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Wednesday, August 20, 2008

A framework for studying the neurobiology of value-based decision making.

Jul 2008 Neuroeconomics is the study of the neurobiological and computational basis of value-based decision making. Its goal is to provide a biologically based account of human behaviour that can be applied in both the natural... Read more...

A nation on the binge. Interview by Jo Carlowe.

6 Jun 2008 How do the UK's drinking habits compare with the rest of Europe? Read more...

Values as protective factors against violent behavior in Jewish and Arab high schools in Israel.

21 May 2008 This study tested the hypothesis that values, abstract goals serving as guiding life principles, become relatively important predictors of adolescents' self-reported violent behavior in school environments in which... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Social Values'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• A framework for studying the neurobiology of value-based decision making. Jul 2008
• Valuing health with values. 24 Jun 2008
• A nation on the binge. Interview by Jo Carlowe. 6 Jun 2008
• Values as protective factors against violent behavior in Jewish and Arab high schools in Israel. 21 May 2008
• Health system values and social values of dental practitioners. May 2008
• Can self-declared personal values be used to identify those with family medicine career aspirations? May 2008
• A new archival approach to the study of values and value--behavior relations: validation of the value lexicon. May 2008
• Societal threat, authoritarianism, conservatism, and U.S. state death penalty sentencing (1977-2004). May 2008
• Intergenerational transmission of values: family generativity and adolescents' narratives of parent and grandparent value teaching. Apr 2008
• Effects of social value orientations on fairness judgments. Apr 2008
• Sexual values among Latino youth: measurement development using a culturally based approach. Apr 2008
• Cultural variation in values attached to informed choice in the context of prenatal diagnosis. Apr 2008
• [Work values and goal consciousness in young adult workers] Apr 2008
• Human development and the legacy of women. 18 Mar 2008
• Pride and prejudice. 13 Mar 2008
• Regulating scientific research: should scientists be left alone? Mar 2008
• The bigger picture. If racism exists in society, then surely it must influence mental health services. Mar 2008
• Partner effects of Mexican cultural values: the couple and parenting relationships. Mar 2008
• The psychology of meta-ethics: exploring objectivism. Mar 2008
• The medicalization of body size and women's healthcare. Mar 2008

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Technical information about 'Social Values'

Definition: Abstract standards or empirical variables in social life which are believed to be important and/or desirable.

Descriptor UI: D012945

Alternative terms: Social Values; Values, Social; Value Orientation; Value Orientations;

Related Mesh Headings: Value of Life; Virtues;

Allowable Qualifiers: ethnology;

Tree Number: F01.829.873;

History Note: 69