Building Better Business through Brain Science
Connecting Brain Science and Business to Build a Better Society
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A team of neuroscientists and legal experts, including our own Wharton Neuroscience collaborator Gideon Nave, published a perspective in Science drawing attention to the need to develop science-backed policies that take into account children’s vulnerabilities in the digital world.
How do leaders find a tangible sense of how to encourage and attain true teamwork, defined as a blend of collaboration, coordination, and partnership? Michael Platt and Zab Johnson write of recent advancements in neuroscience that now point to an answer. Learn More
How do leaders find a tangible sense of how to encourage and attain true teamwork, defined as a blend of collaboration, coordination, and partnership? Michael Platt and Zab Johnson write of recent advancements in neuroscience that now point to an answer. Learn More
The Leader’s Brain: Enhance Your Leadership, Build Stronger Teams, Make Better Decisions, and Inspire Greater Innovation with Neuroscience
A pioneering neuroscientist, Michael Platt, reveals how brain science can transform how we think about leadership, team-building, decision-making, innovation, marketing, and more.
Wharton Neuroscience’s Executive Director (far right), Elizabeth (Zab) Johnson and Barbara Kahn created Wharton MKTG 239/739: Visual Marketing, which combines the principles of visual neuroscience with the practical applications of marketing. Read about how the course came about, how this unusual mashup works in the classroom, and how the course applies classroom concepts through a unique partnership with The Hershey Company.
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3620 Locust Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Ph. 215.898.7766
