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PROGRAM


Monday, July 17. Economic models of decision-making

9:00-10:30 am Lecture Rational Choice Models of DM
Andrew Caplin
NYU
11:00-12:30 pm Lecture Behavioral Economics Models of DM
Colin Camerer
Caltech
2:00-3:30 pm Lecture Stylized Behavioral Facts on DM
Colin Camerer
Caltech
4:00-5:00 pm Research Talk Colin Camerer
Caltech
5:00-6:00 pm Office Hours  
7:00 pm Social Event I  


Tuesday, July 18. Basic concepts and tools in neuroscience

9:00-10:30 am Lecture Basic Concepts in Neuroscience I
Paul Glimcher
NYU
11:00-12:30 pm Lecture Basic Concepts in Neuroscience II
Paul Glimcher
NYU
3:30-5:00 pm Lecture Basics of FMRI for Cognitive Neuroscientists
John O’Doherty
Caltech
5:30-6:30 pm Research Talk John O’Doherty
Caltech
6:30-7:30 pm Office Hours  


Wednesday, July 19. Computational models of reward learning

9:00-10:30 am Lecture Computational Models of Reward Learning I
Nathaniel Daw
UCL
11:00-12:30 pm Lecture Computational Models of Reward Learning II
Nathaniel Daw
UCL
4:00-5:00 pm Research Talk Brian Knutson
Stanford University
5:00-6:00 pm Office Hours  
6:00-7:30 pm Q&A session “Bridging the worlds of Neuroscience, Economics, and Psychology”


Thursday, July 20. Neural basis of reward learning

9:00-10:30 am Lecture Neural Basis of Reward Learning I: FMRI Evidence
John O’Doherty
Caltech
11:00-12:30 pm Lecture Neural Basis of Reward Learning II: Animal Evidence
Read Montague
Baylor College of Medicine
4:00-5:00 pm Research Talk Read Montague
Baylor College of Medicine
5:00-6:30 pm Office Hours  


Friday, July 21. Computational models of decision-making

9:00-10:30 am Lecture Computational Models of Decision-Making I
Joshua Gold
U Penn
11:00-12:30 pm Lecture Computational Models of Decision-Making II
Jerome Busemeyer
Indiana University
4:00-5:00 pm Research Talk Michael Platt
Duke
5:00-6:30 pm Office Hours  
7:00 pm Social Event II  


Saturday, July 22. Neural basis of decision-making

9:00-10:30 am Lecture Neural Basis of DM I: Animal Evidence
Michael Platt
Duke
11:00-12:30 pm Lecture Neural Basis of DM II: FMRI Evidence
Jonathan Cohen
Princeton University
2:00-3:00 pm Research Talk Jonathan Cohen
Princeton University
3:00-4:00 pm Office Hours  


Sunday, July 23. DAY-OFF


Monday, July 24. Neural basis of experienced utility and welfare

9:00-10:30 am Lecture What is Well-Being? A Psychological Perspective
Daniel Kahneman
Princeton University
11:00-12:30 pm Lecture What is the Neural Basis of Experienced vs. Decision Utility?
Kent Berridge
University of Michigan
4:00-5:00 pm Research Talk Daniel Kahneman
Princeton University
5:00-6:30 pm Office Hours  


Tuesday, July 25 Choice under uncertainty

9:00-10:30 am Lecture Choice Under Uncertainty: Basic Theory & Behavioral Evidence
Elke Weber
Columbia
11:00-12:30 pm Lecture Choice Under Uncertainty: Neural Basis
Colin Camerer
Caltech
4:00-5:00 pm Research Talk Elke Weber
Columbia
5:00-6:30 pm Office Hours  


Wednesday, July 26. Intertemporal choice

9:00-10:30 am Lecture Intertemporal Choice: Theory and Behavioral Evidence
David Laibson
Harvard
11:00-12:30 pm Lecture Intertemporal Choice: Neural Basis
Paul Glimcher
NYU
3:30-4:00 pm Information Session “Grant Opportunities at NIA for Doing Research in Neuroeconomics”
Lis Nielsen
NIA
4:00-5:00 pm Research Talk George Loewenstein
Carnegie-Mellon
5:00- 6:00 pm Panel Discussion “Multiple Systems in the Brain?”
George Loewenstein, Carnegie-Mellon
David Laibson, Harvard University
Paul Glimcher, NYU
Moderator: Antonio Rangel, Stanford
6:00-7:00 pm Office Hours  


Thursday, July 27. Emotions and decision-making

9:00-10:30 am Lecture The Role of Emotions in Decision-Making I
George Loewenstein
Carnegie-Mellon
11:00-12:30 pm Lecture The Role of Emotions in Decision-Making II
Elizabeth Phelps
NYU
4:00-5:00 pm Research Talk Elizabeth Phelps
NYU
5:00-6:30 pm Office Hours  


Friday, July 28. The neural basics of decision-making in social exchange situations

9:00-10:30 am Lecture Neuroeconomics of Fairness and Cooperation
Alan Sanfey
U Arizona
11:00-12:30 pm Student Projects: Presentations
2:00-3:30 pm Student Projects: Presentations  
7:00 pm Farewell Social Event  


2006 Student Participants

Marina Agranov
New York University

Kenju Akai
Osaka University

Konstanze Albrecht
Max Planck Institute

Daniel Benjamin
Harvard University

Jamil Bhanji
UC Davis

Anat Bracha
MIT Media Laboratory

Daniel Burghart
University of Oregon

Jeff Cooper
Stanford University

Benedetto De Martino
University College of London

Eric DeWitt
New York University
Matthew Feinberg
UC Berkeley
Holger Herz
University of Zurich

James Hurlburt
University of Georgia

Min Jeong Kang
Caltech
Karim Kassam
Harvard University
Hae Joo Kim
University of Toronto
Ian Krajbich
Caltech
Michal Krawczyk
University of Amsterdam
Olav Krigolson
University of Victoria
Gregory Larkin
Stanford University
Arwen Long
Duke University
Kenway Louie
New York University
Eran Magen
Stanford University
Malia Mason
Harvard Medical School
Joshua Miller
University of Minnesota
Jonathan Nelson
UC San Diego
Elise Payzan
London School of Economics and Political Science
Demetris Pillas
University of Cambridge
Hilke Plassmann
Stanford University / Caltech
Scott Rick
Carnegie Mellon University
Sadra Sadeh
Sharif University of Technology
Frederic-Guillaume Schneider
University of Zurich
Tom Schonberg
Tel Aviv University
Peter Sokol-Hessner
New York University
Alireza Soltani
Brandeis University
Elena Stover
UCLA
Dharol Tankersley
Duke University
Wouter van den Bos
University of Amsterdam
Shih-Wei Wu
New York University
Erte Xiao
George Mason University
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Sponsored by National Science Foundation, National Institute of Aging, and SIEPR