Behavioral Economics and Neuroeconomics

The Behavioral Economics and Neuroeconomics lab (BELab) was created to investigate the perceptual, cognitive and behavioral mechanisms involved in complex decision making processes.

Specifically, through the collaboration between people with different areas of expertise, at BELab we seek to build a bridge between the achievement of scientific results and the use that these results for individuals, for organizations and for the society. To this aim, we work to transform principles of economics, behavioral sciences and psychology into quantitative models to understand, predict and modify suboptimal decision patterns.

Furthermore, we have a more general interest in the theoretical advancement about normative and descriptive principles of this new emerging discipline.

Finally, BELab deals with methodological research in order to refine and increase validity of the results obtained through the use of implicit experimental protocols and tools borrowed from basic neuroscientific research.