Title: Neuroeconomics Workshop
Number: Psych 232 / Econ 348; 2 units / quarter
Time: F 12:00-2:00 PM
Dates: 01/13/06 - 06/09/06
Location: Changes each week: see below.
Brian Knutson (Psychology)
William T. Newsome (Neurobiology)
Antonio Rangel (Economics)
Neuroeconomics seeks to address the following questions: What are the computational processes that the brain uses to make economic decisions? What is the neural basis of these processes? How do these processes shape economic behavior? In order to address these questions, neuroeconomics combines experimental techniques from neuroscience, psychology, and experimental economics (e.g., electrophysiology, FMRI, eye-tracking, behavioral studies) and models from computational neuroscience and economics.
This course is a high-tech research seminar aimed at graduate students and researchers in these fields. Half of the meetings involve lectures by leading researchers in the field from all over the world. The other half involve students' presentations and discussions of publications by these scholars.
Graduate student status in Economics, Psychology, or Neuroscience, or the approval of one of the instructors.
Papers, assignments, and course updates will be posted at http://www.stanford.edu/group/neuroeconomics/workshop.htm.
The course is graded Pass/Fail. Your grade will be based on your presentation and class participation, and on attendance to the lectures by the outside speakers.
Attendance at all of the lectures and discussions is mandatory. Everyone gets one free absence during the quarter. Additional absences require prior approval by one of the instructors.
Note: Students can sign up for either one or two quarters, but they are encouraged to sign up for both.
| Date | Content / Location | Readings |
| 01/13/06 | Organizational Meeting Location: Clark S361 |
Glimcher
(2003) Camerer, Loewenstein, & Prelec (2005) Sugrue, Corrado, & Newsome (2005) Knutson & Cooper (2005) |
| 01/20/06 | No Meeting | |
| 01/27/06 | Student Presentations Location: Clark S362 Leader: Rangel |
Gold & Shadlen
(2002) Gold & Shadlen (2003) |
| 02/03/06 | Speaker: Joshua Gold Location: Clark S361 Host: Newsome |
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| 02/10/06 | Student Presentations Location: Clark S362 Leader: Rangel |
Huettel et al (2002) Huettel et al (2005) |
| 02/17/06 | Speaker: Scott Huettel Location: Clark S361 Host: Rangel |
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| 02/24/06 | Student Presentations Location: Clark S362 Leader: Knutson |
Daw et al (2005) Niv et al (2005) |
| 03/03/06 | Speaker: Nathaniel Daw Location: Clark S361 Host: Knutson |
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| 03/07/06 | Student Presentations Location: Landau 351 Leader: Rangel (4-6 PM) |
Waelti et al (2001) Tobler et al (2005) Schultz (2006) |
| 03/10/06 | Speaker: Wolfram Schultz Location: Beckman Munzer Host: Newsome |
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| 04/07/06 | Student Presentations Location: Clark S362 Leader: Rangel |
Delgado et al (2005) Phelps et al (2005) Delgado et al (2005) |
| 04/14/06 | Speaker: Elizabeth Phelps Location: Beckman Munzer Host: Knutson |
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| 04/21/06 | Student Presentations Location: Clark S362 Leader: Newsome |
TBA TBA |
| 04/28/06 | Speaker: Paul Glimcher Location: Clark S360 *Cancelled* |
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| 05/05/06 | Student Presentations Location: Clark S362 Leader: Knutson |
Hernandez et al (2005) Conover & Shizgal (2005) |
| 05/12/06 | Speaker: Peter Shizgal Location: Beckman Munzer Host: Knutson |
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| 05/19/06 | Student Presentations Location: Clark S362 Leader: Rangel |
Adolphs (2002) Adolphs et al (2005) |
| 05/26/06 | Speaker: Ralph Adolphs Location: Clark S360 Host: Rangel |
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| 06/02/06 | Student Presentations Location: Clark S362 Leader: Knutson |
O'Doherty et al. (2003) O'Doherty et al. (2004) |
| 06/09/06 | Speaker: John O'Doherty Location: Clark S360 Host: Rangel |