Symposia/Workshop programme

 


The neural basis of reward and economic decision making


Synopsis

 

Organised by

Wolfram Schultz (University of Cambridge, UK)

 

Location *

TBC

 

0845

Welcome and Introduction Wolfram Schultz

0900

Paul Apicella (CNRS Marseille , France)
Reward signals in striatal interneurons

0930

Daeyeol Lee (Yale University , USA)
Prefrontal decision activity in formal games

1000

Matthew Rushworth (Oxford University , UK)
Effort and reward functions in anterior cingulate cortex

1030

Coffee

1100

Shunsuke Kobayashi (Cambridge University , UK)
Distinct reward and aversive processing in prefrontal cortex

1130

Ben Seymour (University College L ondon, UK)
Human imaging of reward and punishment

 

Synopsis

Whereas we have substantial information on how sensory stimuli are processed and have gained a good understanding on how the brain organises eye and arm movements, we have rather limited knowledge about how reward information is processed by the brain and used for decisions for obtaining objects that are essential for our survival. The current symposium will bring together leading researchers that have made major contribution to the field in the past several years.

 

Symposia Location Key

LT 1 Babbage Lecture Theatre (New Museums Site)
LT 2 Cockcroft Lecture Theatre (New Museums Site)
LT 3 Main Physiology Lecture Theatre (Downing Site)
LT 4 Main Anatomy Lecture Theatre (Downing Site)
LT 5 Biffin Lecture Theatre (Downing Site)
LT 6 Physiology Lecture Theatre 3 (Downing Site)
LT 7 Arts School Room B (New Museums Site)
LT 8 Arts School Room C (New Museums Site)