Media Archive 2010
German Fairness Award 2010 for Ernst Fehr Basler Zeitung - October 30, 2010 Ernst Fehr received the German Fairness Award 2010. The Board of Trustees of the Fairness Foundation (Frankfurt/Main) presented him with the award for substantially increasing the awareness for the meaning of cooperation and fairness in the business world. Fairness Foundation article (German) Fairness Foundation video (German)
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Austrian Decoration for Science and Art for Ernst Fehr ORF - October 25, 2010 Ernst Fehr was awarded the "Austrian Decoration for Science and Art." This award honors individuals for scientific or artistic achievements.
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Revenge may be all in the anticipation Los Angeles Times - October 18, 2010 Behavioral studies suggest that thinking about revenge stimulates the brain but that following through doesn't improve mood.
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Neuroscience – Soccer samaritans Nature (Research Highlights) - October 14, 2010 Fans of different soccer teams are often sworn enemies — but would they go so far as to refuse to help a rival fan in pain?
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Economist Ernst Fehr WirtschaftsWoche - September 11, 2010 Economist Ernst Fehr received the Gustav Stolper Award 2010, one of the most prestigious awards in economics in Germany. A conversation about irrational behavior, the end of homo oeconomicus - and errors made by the guild of economists.
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Ernst Fehr – Neuroeconomist ORF, Da capo: Im Gespräch – August 13, 2010 "People are not solely interested in maximizing material self-interest" - Michael Kerbler speaks with Ernst Fehr, Neuroeconomist
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Altruism – Sharing, giving, helping Deutschlandradio - July 19, 2010 What makes humans human? It's not their intelligence, says Professor Ernst Fehr, it's their capacity for social behavior.
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Watching the brain work UZH News - June 4, 2010 Today the Laboratory for Social and Neural Systems Research will be officially inaugurated by renowned international guest speakers. In the lab, neuroeconomics and social neuroscience researchers can watch experimental subjects' brains in action.
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In the lab with soccer fans, children, and college students UZH News - June 4, 2010 Behavioral experiments with human participants are of crucial importance to the work in the Laboratory for Social and Neural Systems Research. Who participates in those experiments? And how valid is research on human behavior conducted in a laboratory? UZH News spoke with Christian Ruff, Head of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Research in the lab.
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I’m selfish, you aren’t either TSR 1, Specimen - April 14, 2010 Why are we able to remain indifferent to the suffering of others in real-life situations even though a melodramatic movie upsets us? What happens in the brain when we feel empathy? Our behavior varies between selfishness and altruism for many reasons. The program presents various explanations that shed light on our tendency to behave selfishly in some situations and help each other in others. In particular, we will see why groups favor a selfish attitude and what happens in the brain of a person who witnesses a close friend suffering.
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Altruism research – Searching for the good in us Der Spiegel - April 12, 2010 How can people be persuaded to act selflessly and feel compassion? To find an answer, neuroscientists sometimes even put monks into MRI scanners. Now economists in Switzerland have joined forces with the Dalai Lama in order to uncover the true nature of good.
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Ernst Fehr – Professor of Economics DRS 3, Focus - April 5, 2010 Fairness, rather than selfishness, is especially important to humans. Professor of Economics Ernst Fehr's experiments have been demonstrating this for years. Further information (German)
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