Neuroeconomics Summer School 2023
University of Pennsylvania

 

All sessions will be held in the SAIL Room, 111 Levin Building, 425 S. University Avenue (map)

Dinner will be available for residential students in the dining hall at Hill College House (map

 

Monday July 17

     8:30am – 9:00am               Breakfast and coffee/tea available

   9:00am – 10:30am                 Agnieszka Tymula: Axiomatic Approaches to Economics 1

 10:30am – 10:45am                 break

10:45am – 12:15pm                  Agnieszka Tymula: Axiomatic Approaches to Economics 2

  12:15pm – 1:30pm                 Lunch (provided) / break

    1:30pm – 3:00pm                 Paul Glimcher: Intro to Neuroscience 1

    3:00pm – 3:15pm                Coffee/tea break

    3:15pm – 4:45pm                Paul Glimcher: Intro to Neuroscience 2

    4:45pm – 6:00pm                 break

    6:00pm – 8:00pm                Welcome dinner at Clarkville, 4301 Baltimore Avenue

 

Tuesday July 18

     8:30am – 9:00am                Breakfast and coffee/tea available

   9:00am – 10:30am                 Charles Sprenger: Economic Approaches to Prospect Theory 1

 10:30am – 10:45am                 break

10:45am – 12:15pm                 Charles Sprenger: Economic Approaches to Prospect Theory 2

  12:15pm – 1:30pm                Lunch (provided) / break

    1:30pm – 3:00pm                Discussion: student projects and posters

    3:00pm – 3:15pm               Coffee/tea break

    3:15pm – 4:45pm               Student poster session – Levin Building lobby

 

Wednesday July 19

     8:30am – 9:00am              Breakfast and coffee/tea available

   9:00am – 10:30am                Eric Johnson: Psychological Approaches to Prospect Theory 1

 10:30am – 10:45am                break

10:45am – 12:15pm                 Eric Johnson: Psychological Approaches to Prospect Theory 2

  12:15pm – 1:30pm                Lunch (provided) / break

    1:30pm – 3:00pm                Ifat Levy: Value and Uncertainty in the Brain 1

    3:00pm – 3:15pm                Coffee/tea break

    3:15pm – 4:45pm               Ifat Levy: Value and Uncertainty in the Brain 2

    4:45pm – 6:45pm                    Dinner break

    6:45pm – 6:55pm                    return to Levin Building/SAIL Room

    7:00pm – 8:30pm                    Felix Nitsch & Lauren Patrick: Methods in Neuroscience

 

Thursday July 20

     8:30am – 9:00am              Breakfast and coffee/tea available

   9:00am – 10:30am                 Cary Frydman: Neurofinance 1

 10:30am – 10:45am               break

10:45am – 12:15pm                Cary Frydman: Neurofinance 2

  12:15pm – 1:30pm               Lunch (provided) / break

    1:30pm – 3:00pm                Cendri Hutcherson: Social Preferences 1

    3:00pm – 3:15pm                Coffee/tea break

    3:15pm – 4:45pm                Cendri Hutcherson: Social Preferences 2

 

Friday July 21

     8:30am – 9:00am               Breakfast and coffee/tea available

   9:00am – 10:30am                  Karolina Lempert: Emotions & Decisions 1

 10:30am – 10:45am                break

10:45am – 12:15pm                 Karolina Lempert: Emotions & Decisions 2

  12:15pm – 1:30pm                Lunch (provided) / break

    1:30pm – 3:00pm                 Joshua Gold: Perceptual Decision Making 1

    3:00pm – 3:15pm                 Coffee/tea break

    3:15pm – 4:45pm                Joshua Gold: Perceptual Decision Making 2

 

Saturday July 22

     8:30am – 9:00am               Breakfast and coffee/tea available

   9:00am – 10:30am                  Naoshige Uchida: Dopamine 1

 10:30am – 10:45am                break

10:45am – 12:15pm                 Naoshige Uchida: Dopamine 2

  12:15pm – 1:30pm                Lunch (provided) / break

    1:30pm – 3:00pm                 Nathaniel Daw: Reinforcement Learning 1

    3:00pm – 3:15pm                 Coffee/tea break

    3:15pm – 4:45pm                Nathaniel Daw: Reinforcement Learning 2

      Evening                                Fun night out

 

Sunday July 23

10:30am – 11:30am                     Brunch available

      11:30am                                 meet Yellowbird bus at 3900 Spruce Street

11:30am – 5:00pm                       Trip to Bucks County River Country - Delaware River tubing

 

Monday July 24

     8:30am – 9:00am               Breakfast and coffee/tea available

   9:00am – 10:30am                 Joseph Kable: Time Preferences & Self-Control 1

 10:30am – 10:45am               break

10:45am – 12:15pm                Joseph Kable: Time Preferences & Self-Control 2

 12:15pm – 1:30pm                Lunch (provided) / break 

   1:30pm – 3:00pm                 Hilke Plassmann: Consumer Neuroscience 1

   3:00pm – 3:15pm                 Coffee/tea break

   3:15pm – 4:45pm                Hilke Plassmann: Consumer Neuroscience 2

 

Tuesday July 25

    8:30am – 9:00am                Breakfast and coffee/tea available

   9:00am – 10:30am                  Ryan Webb: Neuroeconomic Models of Decision-Making 1

 10:30am – 10:45am                 break

10:45am – 12:15pm                 Ryan Webb: Neuroeconomic Models of Decision-Making 2

  12:15pm – 1:30pm                Lunch (provided) / break

    1:30pm – 3:00pm                Julia Sliwa: From Social Perception to Social Decision Making in the Primate Brain 1

   3:00pm – 3:15pm                 Coffee/tea break

   3:15pm – 4:45pm                 Julia Sliwa: From Social Perception to Social Decision Making in the Primate Brain 2

 

Wednesday July 26

     8:30am – 9:00am              Breakfast and coffee/tea available

   9:00am – 10:30am                Rosemarie Nagel: Game Theory 1

10:30am – 10:45am                 break

10:45am – 12:15pm                 Rosemarie Nagel: Game Theory 2

  12:15pm – 1:30pm                Lunch (provided) / break

    1:30pm – 3:00pm                Ming Hsu: Game Theory in the Brain 1

    3:00pm – 3:15pm               Coffee/tea break

    3:15pm – 4:45pm                Ming Hsu: Game Theory in the Brain 2

 

Thursday July 27

     8:30am – 9:00am              Breakfast and coffee/tea available

   9:00am – 10:30am                Catherine Hartley: Development of Decision-Making 1

 10:30am – 10:45am                break

10:45am – 12:15pm                 Catherine Hartley: Development of Decision-Making 2

 12:15pm – 1:30pm                 Lunch (provided) / break

   1:30pm – 3:00pm                 Student presentations 1

   3:00pm – 3:15pm                Coffee/tea break

   3:15pm – 4:45pm                 Student presentations 2

   4:45pm – 5:00pm                 break

   5:00pm – 6:30pm                  Farewell reception – Levin Building lobby

 

Friday July 28 – ISDN

 

Saturday July 29 – ISDN

 

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