Annual Conference on Neuroeconomics: Decision Making and the Brain
Our annual conference, Neuroeconomics: Decision Making and the Brain, aims to promote interdisciplinary collaborations and discussions on topics lying at the intersection of the brain and decision sciences in the hopes of advancing both theory and research in decision making. To this end, we welcome involvement by all researchers interested in these and related topics, including reward, learning, emotion, and social behavior to name but a few. Our meeting embraces a wide breadth of research; please feel free to download abstracts and other material from our previous conferences below.
2013 Annual Conference
- Dates: September 27th-September 29th, 2013
- Call for Abstracts is OPEN: Click here for the Abstract Submission page.
- Location: Lausanne, Switzerland AT EPFL | École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
- Information about the Call for Abstracts will be posted in March 2013.
- Information about the Program will be posted in May 2013.
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| Call for Abstracts Opens |
April 5th |
| Talk Abstracts Due |
May 30th |
| Poster Abstracts Due |
July 25th |
| Conference Registration Opens |
May |
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SPECIAL SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM
September 26th, 2013 at EPFL
Organized by Carmen Sandi, BMI, EPFL, Lausanne & Lorenz Goette (HEC, Lausanne)
“Stress and Social Economic Decision Making”
Description: Stress is a ubiquitous phenomenon in humans’ social environment that can have important consequences both for individuals as well as for society at large. Stress has a major impact on brain function and behaviour, and a wealth of research shows how both chronic and acute stress impact on memory and cognition. Less is known about how stress affects economic judgements, despite a recent surge in research aiming to uncover the neural basis for economic decision making.
The goal of this Symposium is to address the link between stress and social economic decision-making by bringing together leading scientists from the fields of economics, psychology and neuroscience. Experts on stress, emotion, psychopathology and behavioural and neural economics will present their experimental approaches. The symposium includes an overview of current research as well as a debate on where more research is needed, and emphasis is placed on discussions and interactions. There will be a poster session during lunch and coffee breaks and an aperitif for all participants at the end of the symposium.
Confirmed Speakers include: Lorenz Goette (University of Lausanne, Switzerland), Jack van Honk (Utrecht University, Netherlands), Brian Knutson (Stanford University, USA), Antonio Rangel (Caltech, USA), Carmen Sandi (EPFL, Switzerland), Oliver T. Wolf (Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany).
Registration is limited and information is forthcoming. You can find more information here:
2012 Annual Conference
- Dates & Location: September 28th-September 30th at the Ritz-Carlton Key Biscayne in Miami, Florida, USA.
- Our Annual Meeting Registration is now open. If you are a member, please see the email sent to you for a link to register for the discounted rates. Otherwise, click here: http://www.cvent.com/d/ncq2r8/1Q
- There will be a special preconference for up to 35 registrants: Consumer Neuroscience Satellite Symposium. See main page for details.
Conference Program
Workshops in the Foundations of Neuroeconomics
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Neuroscience Workshop Sponsored by the Behavioral and Social Neuroscience PhD program at the California Institute of Technology
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Social and Decision Science Workshop Sponsored by the Zell Center for Risk Research at the Kellogg School of Management
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| Pharmacological tools for Neuroeconomists Benedetto De Martino, University College of London and Caltech Slides |
Computational psychiatry and the problems of phenotyping cognitive function P. Read Montague, Virginia Tech & UCL Slides |
| Why not reinforcement learning? Yael Niv, Princeton University Slides |
Game theory for cognitive neuroscientists Colin Camerer, Caltech Slides |
Location & Accommodations
The official conference hotel is the Ritz-Carlton Key Biscayne, Miami and all sessions will take place there.
Registration Fees
Your registration fee includes breakfast, lunch, and breaks on all three conference days and the annual Society for Neuroeconomics Friday-night banquet dinner! It also includes admission to all workshops, general and special sessions, lectures, and all other conference events.| Early-bird Discounted Rate (Register before Aug 30) |
Registration Fee (After Aug 30) |
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| Nonmember | $585 | $605 |
| Regular Member |
$400 | $425 |
| Student/Postdoc Member |
$315 | $340 |
Additional Sponsors
NYU Center for Neuroeconomics
The Kavli Foundation
The Caltech Laboratory for Experimental Finance
The Ronald and Maxine Linde Institute for Economic and Management Sciences at Caltech
Anonymous Sponsorship from a Friend of the Society
Center for Emotion Research at Freie Universität Berlin
The Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science at George Mason University
University of Minnesota Department of Economics
Emory University Center for Neuropolicy
University of Oregon Department of Economics
Duke Center for Interdisciplinary Decision Science (D-CIDES)
2011 Annual Conference
September 30th to October 2nd in Evanston, Illinois.
Workshops in the Foundations of Neuroeconomics
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Neuroscience for Social Scientists Sponsored by the Behavioral and Social Neuroscience PhD program at the California Institute of Technology |
Economics for Neuroscientists Sponsored by the Zell Center for Risk Research at the Kellogg School of Management |
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| What the $#$!#$is the orbitofrontal cortex doing up there!?! Geoffrey Schoenbaum, University of Maryland Download slides |
Modeling one-choice tasks, two-choice tasks, and confidence with diffusion models
Roger Ratcliff, Ohio State UniversityDownload slides |
| Linking experimental manipulations, brain responses, and behavior with multilevel mediation analysis | Monocular versus binocular views of recent research on the neural substrates of decision making Reid Hastie, University of Chicago Download slides |
2011 Program
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Registration Fees
Your registration fee includes breakfast, lunch, and breaks on all three conference days and the annual Society for Neuroeconomics Friday-night banquet dinner! It also includes admission to all workshops, general and special sessions, lectures, and all other conference events.| Early-bird Discounted Rate (Register before Aug 30) |
Registration Fee (After Aug 30) |
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| Nonmember | $585 | $605 |
| Regular Member |
$400 | $425 |
| Student/Postdoc Member |
$315 | $340 |
Other Information and Policies
Members of the media, please click here to view our media policy before registering
Guests are welcome to attend socials and meals for a fee. You will have the option to register your guest(s) when you register online.
Publishers may host a table to distribute information or publications in the reception/registration area for a fee of $500. Please contact us for details.
2010 Annual Conference
October 15-17, 2010 in Evanston, Illinois
Workshops in the Foundations of Neuroeconomics
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Neuroscience for Social Scientists Behavioral and Social Neuroscience PhD program at the California Institute of Technology
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Economics for Neuroscientists Sponsored by the |
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| The neurobiology of dopamine Paul Phillips, University of Washington Download slides |
Reference-dependent preferences
Botond Kőszegi, University of California BerkeleyDownload slides |
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The role of dopamine in learning and decision making: Multiple levels of analysis
Michael Frank, Brown University
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Axiomatic models of choice Mark Dean, Brown University Download slides |
2010 Program
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Registration Fees
Your registration fee includes breakfast, lunch, and breaks on all three conference days; multiple hors d'oeuvre and cocktail receptions, and the annual Society for Neuroeconomics Friday-night banquet dinner! It also includes admission to all workshops, general and special sessions, lectures, and all other conference events.| Early-bird Discounted Rate (Register before Sept. 25) |
Registration Fee (After Sept. 25) |
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| Nonmember | $585 | $605 |
| Regular Member |
$400 | $425 |
| Student/Postdoc Member |
$315 | $340 |
Other Information and Policies
Members of the media, please click here to view our media policy before registering
Guests are welcome to attend socials and meals for a fee. You will have the option to register your guest(s) when you register online.
Publishers may host a table to distribute information or publications in the reception/registration area for a fee of $500. Please contact us for details.
Previous conferences:
2009 ANNUAL CONFERENCE
September 25-27, 2009
Evanston, Illinois
Download 2009 Program-in-Brief
Download 2009 Program and Abstracts
Workshops in the Foundations of Neuroeconomics
| Neuroscience for Social Scientists |
Economics for Neuroscientists |
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| Neural circuit models of decision making Xiao-Jing Wang, Yale University Download slides |
Decision making under uncertainty: Theory and evidence Peter Bossaerts, California Institute of Technology Download slides |
| Neurogenetics Pate Skene, Duke University Download slides |
Economic theory of consumer behavior Antonio Rangel, California Institute of Technology Download slides |
Session Titles
- Social Decision Making
- Social Reward
- Value Systems
- Emotion and Decision Making
- Temporal Discounting
- Computational Neuroeconomics
- Uncertainty
2008 ANNUAL CONFERENCE
September 25-28, 2008
Park City, Utah
Download 2008 Program-In-Brief
Download 2008 Program and Abstracts
Workshops in the Foundations of Neuroeconomics
| Neuroscience for Social Scientists |
Economics for Neuroscientists |
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| Combining signals from EEG and fMRI Greg McCarthy, Yale University |
Core processes underlying economic decision-making: What can we learn from the behavioral & neurobiological study of non-human animals Peter Shizgal, Concordia University |
| What TMS can(not) prove - lessons from its applications to the visual cortex. Shin Shimojo, Caltech |
Foraging theory and the behavioral ecology of animal decision-making David Stephens, University of Minnesota |
Session Titles
- Social Factors in Decision Making
- Individual and Lifespan Differences
- Valuation I: Non-risky and Multiple Attributes
- Valuation II: Risky Attributes
- Learning: From Rodent to Human
2007 ANNUAL CONFERENCE
September 27-30, 2007
Nantasket Beach, Hull, Massachusetts
Download 2007 Program-in-Brief
Download 2007 Program and Abstracts
Workshops in the Foundations of Neuroeconomics
| Neuroscience for Social Scientists |
Economics for Neuroscientists |
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| Computational Neuroanatomy Bruce Fischl, Harvard Medical School |
A birds' eye view of the evolution of key methodological aspects of experimental economics Guillaume Frechette, New York University |
| Neuroimaging for Neuroeconomics Randy Buckner, HHMI, Harvard University |
Strategies for economic experiments: Some pitfalls and insights Muriel Niederle, Stanford University |
Session Titles
- Social and Contextual Factors in Decision Making
- Risk
- Aversive Processing
- Cognition and Economic Behavior
- Value and Preference
- Trust and Cooperation
2006 ANNUAL CONFERENCE
September 7-10, 2006
Park City, Utah
Download 2006 Program-in-Brief
Download 2006 Program and Abstracts
Workshops in the Foundations of Neuroeconomics
| Neuroscience for Social Scientists |
Economics for Neuroscientists |
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| The other neuroeconomics: Single neuron studies in awake behaving primates Michael Platt, Duke University |
Game theory for neuroeconomists David Levine, Washington University in St. Louis |
| Brain anatomy Paul Glimcher, New York University |
Experimental methods in game theory Teck-Hua Ho, UC Berkeley |
Session Titles
- Loss Aversion
- Risk
- Prospect Theory
- Time
- Marketing
- Learning
- Choice
- Sociality
2005 ANNUAL CONFERENCE
September 15-18, 2005
Kiawah Island, South Carolina
Download 2005 Program-in-Brief
Workshops in the Foundations of Neuroeconomics
| Neuroscience for Social Scientists |
Economics for Neuroscientists |
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| The physics of fMRI Souheil Inati, New York University |
Neoclassical foundations of expected utility theory Colin Camerer, Caltech |
| fMRI data analysis Scott Huettel, Duke University |
Behavioral economics Eric Johnson, Columbia University |
Session Titles
- Choice Amongst Lotteries: Cognition and Perception
- Constructing Value
- Games
- Risk and Salience
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