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Papers of Interest

Spring 2010
Spring 2009
Fall 2008
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The biweekly meetings are organized jointly by the Department of Economics (AE1) and Department of Cognitive Neuroscience. Participants present overviews of recent research in Neuroeconomics.
September
- September 22, Wed,16:00-17:00, A0.23 (TGS53)
Jeannette Brosig (University of Duisburg-Essen)
Individual differences in decision-making: Neural correlates of behavior in dictator games
October
November
- November 17, Wed,17:30-18:30, room 4.760 (UNS 40)
Planning Meeting
December
- December 1, Wed,17:30-19:00, room A1.23 (TGS53)
Jörg Gross (AE1/FPN)
Utility Theory as a Normative Concept and Valuation in the Brain
Reading:
- Weber E.U., Johnson E.J. (2009): Decisions under Uncertainty: Psychological, Economic, and Neuroeconomic Explanations of Risk Preference, in Neuroeconomics: Decision Making and the Brain (chapter 10, p127-133; Risk Preference: The Historical Context; Decisions Under Uncertainty)
- Bossaerts P., Preuschoff K., Hsu M. (2009): The Neurobiological Foundations of Valuation in Human Decision Making under Uncertainty, in Neuroeconomics: Decision Making and the Brain (chapter 23, p353-360, first three sections)
- Tobler P.N. et al. (2007): Reward Value Coding Distinct From Risk Attitude-Related Uncertainty Coding in Human Reward Systems, Journal of Neurophysiology, 97, 1621-1632
- December 15, Wed,17:30-19:00, room H0.04 (TGS53)
Sasho Paunov (FPN)
Testing Theory of Mind with games and TMS
Reading:
- Singer, T. (2009). Understanding others: Brain mechanisms of theory of mind and empathy, in Neuroeconomics: Decision Making and the Brain (chapter 17, p. 251-265)
- Fehr, E. (2009). Social preferences and the brain, in Neuroeconomics: Decision Making and the Brain (chapter 15, p. 215-230)
- Hampton, A.N., Bossaerts, P., & O'Doherty, J.P. (2008). Neural correlates of mentalizing-related computations during strategic interactions in humans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 105, 18, 6741
- (optional) Glimcher, P.W., Dorris, M.C., & Bayer, H.M. (2005). Physiological utility theory and the neuroeconomics of choice. Games and Economic Behavior, 52, 2, 213-256
January
- January 12, Wed,17:30-19:00, (TGS53)
Sabrina Strang (FPN)
Investigating the neural correlates of active forgiveness
Reading:
- Fischbacher, U., Utikal, V. On the Acceptance of Apologies
- Farrow, T.F.D. et al. (2001). Investigating the functional anatomy of
empathy and forgiveness. NeuroReport, 12, 11, 2433-2438
- Hayashi, A. et al. (2010). Neural correlates of forgiveness for moral transgressions
involving deception. Brain Research, 1332, 90-99
- Young, L. & Saxe, R. (2009). Innocent intentions: A correlation between forgiveness for accidental
harm and neural activity. Neuropsychologia, doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2009.03.020
- January 26, Wed,17:30-19:00, room 5.772 (UNS40)
Eva Wölbert (AE1/FPN)
The role of the striatum and the dopaminergic midbrain in reward processing, learning and action selection
Reading:
- Kandel, E.R. et al. (2000). The Basal Ganglia, in Principles of Neural Science 4th ed. (chapter 43, p. 853-858, 866)
- Schultz, W. (2009). Midbrain dopamine neurons: A retina of the reward system?, in Neuroeconomics: Decision Making and the Brain (chapter 21)
- Niv, Y. and Montague, P.R. (2009). Theoretical and empirical studies of learning, in Neuroeconomics: Decision Making and the Brain (chapter 22)
May
- May 24, Tue,18:30-20:00, room A1.22 (TGS53)
Jörg Gross (AE1/FPN), Eva Wölbert (AE1/FPN), Alexander Vostroknutov (AE1)
Review of Paul Glimcher's book
Reading:
- Paul Glimcher, Foundations of Neuroeconomic Analysis, Oxford University Press, 2011
June
- June 14, Tue,17:00-19:00, room 5.772 (UNS40)
Jörg Gross (AE1/FPN), Jan Zimmermann (FPN)
Decoding utility representations in the brain
Papers of Interest
- Yevgeniy B. Sirotin and Aniruddha Das (2009): Anticipatory haemodynamic signals in sensory cortex not predicted by local neuronal activity, Nature 457, 475-479
- Katja N. Spreckelmeyer et al. (2009): Anticipation of monetary and social reward differently activates mesolimbic brain structures in men and women, Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, available online
- Stone, V. et al. (2002): Selective impairment of reasoning about social
exchange in a patient with bilateral limbic
system damage, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (US), 99(17), 11531-11536
- Zethraeus N. et al. (2009): A randomized trial of the effect of estrogen
and testosterone on economic behavior, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 106(16), 6535-6538
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