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Prefrontal Cortex Dysfunction and Income: A Study in Neuroeconomics

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  • Marcello Spinella
  • Bijou Yang
  • David Lester

    (Corresponding author: David Lester, Ph.D., The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Jim Leeds Road, Pomona, New Jersey 08240-0195, USA. lesterd@stockton.edu fax 609 748 5559.)

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In a sample of 235 community residents, income was found to be negatively associated with a measure of prefrontal cortex dysfunction (FrSBe), even after controls for age, sex and education. The results provide support for a neuroeconomic approach to the study of microeconomic variables.

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  • Marcello Spinella & Bijou Yang & David Lester, 2004. "Prefrontal Cortex Dysfunction and Income: A Study in Neuroeconomics," Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics, , vol. 15(2), pages 217-223, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:jinter:v:15:y:2004:i:2:p:217-223
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