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)