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7 Post author: IsTheLittleLion 26 June 2014 06:38PM

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Comment author: SolveIt 27 June 2014 01:22:54AM 2 points [-]

I'm skeptical. Is it possible to provide significantly more than a superficial understanding of the topics covered in a nine week course? It seems like you'd need one hell of a solid background to even begin exploring these issues. Or is it the case that even a superficial understanding is useful?

Comment author: IsTheLittleLion 28 June 2014 05:49:49AM *  2 points [-]

Judging from previous experiences with coursera, you can cover a lot of gorund in a nine weeks online course. It should be enough time to go through the most important neuroeconomics experiments and central ideas.