Events

Penn grad students, postdocs and RAs, you are invited to lunch with interesting guests. Not a talk – they’ll take 10 minutes to introduce their work, then it’s pure conversation. Sandwiches and drinks served. Alex Stahn is an assistant professor of psychiatry at the Perelman School of Medicine. His primary research focuses on the effects […]

Johanna Mollerstrom, PhD Associate Professor of Economics George Mason University   Can Simple Advice Eliminate the Gender Gap in Willingness to Compete?   As a recent literature has demonstrated, men and women differ in their willingness to sort into competitive environments. In particular, men are more willing than women to compete. We investigate whether it […]

Michael Platt Departments of Marketing, Psychology, Neuroscience   How marketing exploits our social brains   Each year, the CNS Public Talk Series highlights an issue or theme. The 2019-2020 theme is Penn Research on Neuroscience and Society. We are featuring faculty from four of Penn’s schools, presenting their research into the social implications of neuroscience. […]