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Economic Decisions Linked to Serotonin Sunday, June 08, 2008 - Ehud Rattner Home >> Headlines >> Science   
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Researchers have linked low levels of serotonin in the brain to various mental states, including depression and impulsive, irrational behavior. A team headed by neuroscience Ph.D. student Molly Crockett of the University of Cambridge in the U.K. wondered whether the neurotransmitter would affect how people play the ultimatum game, an experiment used by economists that shows how people's economic decisions are sometimes irrational. (source: sciencenow.sciencemag.org)
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