PSYCH 231ANeuroeconomics
Psychology · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
Review of research at the nexus of psychology, neuroscience, and economics. Focus on current state of knowledge about the neuroscience of social and affective motivations in decision-making. Topics include decisions involving risk and uncertainty, reinforcement learning, strategic interactions and games, and the use of neuroscience as a predictor of future choices.
S/U or letter grading.
When it runs
- Winter 2026
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.