Program
(tentative as of November 17, 2009)
Location: Andrews Conference Room SSH 2203 (above the L& S Dean's office), Entrance North Quad (extension of 3rd), look for signs, Map
| Friday, November 20 - Andrews Conference Room Social Science & Humanities 2203 | |
| 8:30 - 9:00 am | Registration - Coffee, Tea and Bagels served |
| 9:00 - 9:10 am | Welcome |
| 9:10 - 9:50 am | It is better to give or to receive? Some neural evidence |
| William Harbaugh - University of Oregon, Economics | |
| 9:50 - 10:00 am | Discussant: Joaquim Silvestre |
| 10:00 - 10:40 am | Testing Other-Regarding Preferences in Sociopaths |
| Ming Hsu - UC Berkeley, Business | |
| 10:40 - 10:50 am | Discussant: Mark Lubell |
| 10:50 - 11:30 am | MAO-A Influences the Optimality of Choices is Risky Situations |
| Cary Frydman - Caltech, Social Sciences | |
| 11:30 - 11:40 am | Discussant: Wenjun Ma |
| 12:00 - 2:00 pm | Lunch Break - Gunrock Pub at Silo UC Davis |
| 2:00 - 2:40 pm | Understanding the Role of Genes in Preference Heterogeneity |
| David Cesarini - MIT, Economics | |
| 2:40 - 2:50 pm | Discussant: Ronaldo Carpio |
| 2:50 - 3:30 pm | Toward the emergence of a consilient science of economics: Understanding the natural origins of financial risk-taking |
| Coren Apicella - Harvard University, Anthropology | |
| 3:30 - 3:40 pm | Discussant: Gabriel Mathy |
| 3:40 - 4:00 pm | Coffee Break |
| 4:00 - 4:40 pm | Gender Differences and Hormonal Fluctuations and the Role of Relative Performance Feedback in Competitive Environment Selection |
| Dave Wozniack - University of Oregon, Economics | |
| 4:40 - 4:50 pm | Discussant: Jean Paul Petraud |
| 4:50 - 5:30 pm | Menstruation Cycle, Digit Ratio and Competitive Bidding (with M. Pearson) |
| Burkhard C. Schipper - UC Davis, Economics | |
| 5:30 - 5:40 pm | Discussant: Amos Nadler |
| 6:00 pm | Conference Dinner (by invitation) - Seasons Restaurant |
| Saturday, November 21 - Andrews Conference Room SSH 2203 | |
| 8:30 - 9:00 am | Coffee, Tea and Bagels served |
| 9:10 - 9:50 am | Measuring Beliefs and Rewards: A Neuroeconomic Approach (with M. Dean, P. Glimcher, and P. Rutledge) |
| Andrew Caplin - New York University, Economics | |
| 9:50 - 10:00 am | Discussant: Jeffrey Graham |
| 10:00 - 10:40 am | Neural and computational mechanisms of perceptual decisions |
| Jochen Ditterich - UC Davis, Neuroscience | |
| 10:40 - 10:50 am | Discussant: Giacomo Bonanno |
| 10:50 - 11:30 am | Resource allocation in the brain (R. Alonso and I. Brocas) |
| Juan Carillo - University of Southern California, Economics | |
| 11:30 - 11:40 am | Discussant: Hee Yuel Woo |
| 12:00 - 1:30 pm | Lunch at Burkhard's Home at 300 First Street |
| 1:30 - 2:10 pm | Causal Analysis using Neuroeconomics (with P. Zak) |
| Moana Vercoe - Claremont Graduate University, Economics | |
| 2:10 - 2:20 pm | Discussant: Chris Ayres |
| 2:20 - 3:00 pm | A Neural Model of Human Economic Choice and Experimental Evidence |
| John Dickhaut - Chapman University | |
| 3:00 - 3:10 pm | Discussant: Kuk Mo Jung |
| End of the Workshop (Move to a Coffee Shop) | |
