Papers of Interest

Spring 2010
Spring 2009
Fall 2008

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

If you want to participate, please contact me, I will include you in the email list.

Contact: Alexander Vostroknutov
a.vostroknutov@maastrichtuniversity.nl