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Behavioral governance and self-conscious emotions: Unveiling governance implications of authentic and hubristic pride. (2011)
"The authors elucidate the ‘bright’ connotation of pride, namely authentic pride. They argue that examining both positive and negative facets of pride is a critical complement to understanding the governance...
Research Café 1 (2011) video – General overview
The Daedalus Trust and Brain-Mind Forum Research Café, held on 7 October 2011 at Magdalen College, Oxford. This video provides a general overview and taste of proceedings at this very...
Research Café 1 (2011) – Prof John Stein: a neuroscientific perspective
"We know people have different traits: there are risk takers versus cautious people, self confident people versus doubting people... What we’re interested in as neuroscientists is how the brain (triggers) those...
Research Café 1 (2011) – Dr John Coates: hormonal influences on risk taking
"These people were not like this before the bubble, and they were not like it afterwards. Something was happening to them when they were making above-average profits that was changing...
Research Café 1 (2011) – Lord Owen: a neuroscientific basis for hubris
“I could have talked about politicians, but I’ve done that. So, as a very lapsed neuroscientist, I thought I would summarise some indicators (for) seeing whether there’s a neuroscience basis for...
Research Café 1 (2011) – Practical ways to improve decision making
Deborah Booth summarises the discussion of her break-out group at Research Café 1. “The focus of (our group) was very much on looking for practical ideas on what could we do...
Research Café 1 (2011) – Forms of social organisation affecting hubris
Geoff Marlow summarises the discussion of his break-out group at Research Café 1. "Our topic was forms of social organisation and whether they support hubris or inhibit it”, (Please note -...
Research Café 1 (2011) – Wider implications of hubristic behaviour
Dr Graham Robinson summarises the discussion of his break-out group at Research Café 1. “What are the wider societal and institutional implications of hubristic behaviour in the current social, political...
Research Café 1 (2011) – Origins of hubris
Dr Peter Garrard summarises the discussion of his break-out group at Research Café 1. "We agreed that the problem of the origin of hubris syndrome is a complex one…. It’s a...
Research Café 1 (2011) – Charles T Ross closing remarks
Charles T Ross, Chair, Brain Mind Forum. “We’re not going to be taken seriously by the community while we’re talking about theories and speculations. We’ve got to come up with...