Connectionists: SUMMER SCHOOL IN NEUROECONOMICS

[Antonio Rangel]

Call for Applications

STANFORD SUMMER SCHOOL IN NEUROECONOMICS 2006

July 17 - July 28, 2006.

Stanford University, California, USA



http://neuroeconomics-summerschool.stanford.edu




Application Deadline: MARCH 15, 2006



Organizers:

Colin Camerer (Caltech)

Paul Gilmcher (NYU)

Antonio Rangel (Stanford)



The aim of the Stanford Summer School in Neuroeconomics is to provide  
an introduction to the new fiel of neuroeconomics to graduate  
students and post-docs in neuroscience, psychology, and economics.



Part of the meeting will focus on "computational neuroeconomics",  
which provides the unifying framework for the field, and a common  
language for the three related fields. This part of the program  
describes state-of-the art models of how the brain makes economic  
decisions (Which variables are computed? How are they computed? How  
do they interact with each other to generate choices?) The other part  
of the program covers several experimental techniques and their  
applications to neuroeconomics. The program also includes daily  
research talks by leading scholars in the field and a student project.



Graduate students and post-doctoral scholars in neuroscience,  
psychology, and economics are invited to apply. Those interested in  
attending the course should send the materials listed below by e-mail  
no later MARCH 15, 2006. 40 applicants will be selected and notified  
by email in mid-April, 2006.





LECTURERS (include):



Kent Berridge (Michigan)

Colin Camerer (Caltech)

Nathaniel Daw (UCL)

Daniel Kahneman (Princeton)

Paul Glimcher (NYU)

David Laibson (Harvard)

George Loewenstein (Carnegie-Mellon)

Read Montague (Baylor)

John O’Doherty (Caltech)

Elizabeth Phelps (NYU)

Michael Platt (Duke)

Antonio Rangel (Stanford)

Aldo Rustichini (Minnesota)

Alan Sanfey (U. Arizona)

Tania Singer (UCL)

Elke Weber (Columbia)





SPONSORS:



National Science Foundation

National Institute of Aging

SIEPR





PARTIAL LIST OF TOPICS:



Computational Models of Reward Learning

Neural Basis of Reward Learning

Perceptual Decision Making

Computational Models of Economic Decision Making

Neural Basis of Decision Making

Psychological Perspectives on Well-Being

Neural Basis of Experienced and Decision Utility

Behavioral Economics of Choice Under Uncertainty

Neural Foundations of Choice Under Risk and Uncertainty

Neuroeconomics of Intertemporal Choice

Role of Emotions in Decision Making

Advances in Social Neuroscience

Neuroeconomics of Social Exchange





APPLICATION:



Please send the following materials via email  by MARCH 15 TH, 2006.  
No late submissions will be accepted.



Send to:
Dafna Baldwin

dafb at stanford.edu

1-650-725-6668.



Materials:

1. Application form (available at the school’s website)

2. Two letters of recommendation (to be sent by email to the same  
address by the evaluator).





SELECTION:



We will accept 40 students based primarily on their research interests

and motivation. We will also consider the balance of members'

research disciplines and other factors that contribute to a diverse  
intellectual atmosphere.





COSTS AND FINANCIAL AID:



The program will provide lodging (in double rooms at the Stanford  
dorms), materials, breakfasts, lunches, and some dinners.



Limited travel funds will be available for students who cannot obtain  
sufficient travel support from their home laboratories or  
institutions. Travel funds must be requested with the application.





ADDICTIONAL INFORMATION:



Details about the program will be posted on the web course web page:

http://neuroeconomics-summerschool.stanford.edu/





For specific questions regarding the application process please contact:

Antonio Rangel

Stanford University

Department of Economics

Stanford, CA 94305

rangel at stanford.edu