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
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| 4:00-5:00 pm |
Research Talk |
Colin Camerer
Caltech |
| 5:00-6:00 pm |
Office Hours |
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| 7:00 pm |
Social Event I |
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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 |
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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 |
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| 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 |
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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 |
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| 7:00 pm |
Social Event II |
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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
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| 2:00-3:00 pm |
Research Talk |
Jonathan Cohen
Princeton University |
| 3:00-4:00 pm |
Office Hours |
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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 |
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Tuesday, July 25 Choice under uncertainty
| 9:00-10:30 am |
Lecture |
Choice Under Uncertainty: Basic Theory & Behavioral Evidence 
Elke Weber
Columbia
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| 11:00-12:30 pm |
Lecture |
Choice Under Uncertainty: Neural Basis 
Colin Camerer
Caltech |
| 4:00-5:00 pm |
Research Talk |
Elke Weber
Columbia
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| 5:00-6:30 pm |
Office Hours |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
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| 11:00-12:30 pm |
Student Projects: Presentations |
| 2:00-3:30 pm |
Student Projects: Presentations |
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| 7:00 pm |
Farewell Social Event |
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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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