Symposium Program
SpeakersMark D'Esposito (UC Berkeley)
Earl Miller (MIT) John O'Doherty (CalTech) Liz Phelps (NYU) Trevor Robbins (Cambridge University) Wolfram Schultz (Cambridge University) Daphna Shohamy (Columbia University) |
Discussants
Discussants include Columbia faculty from Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience: Peter Balsam, Holly Moore, Kevin Ochsner, Daniel Salzman, Mike Shadlen and Elke Weber.
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
8:00 | Check-in & Coffee * |
8:30 | Welcoming Remarks |
Session 1: | Chair, Holly Moore |
8:40 | Wolfram Shultz: Reward value and risk signals |
9:20 | John O'Doherty: Neural mechanisms of goal-directed and habitual control in humans |
9:55 | Discussion |
10:10 | Coffee Break |
Session 2: | Chair, Elke Weber |
10:30 | Earl Miller: Abstraction via frontostriatal interactions |
11:10 | Liz Phelps: Top down modulation of the reward circuitry |
11:45 | Discussion |
12:00 - 1:30 | Lunch (on your own) |
Session 3: | Chair, Kevin Ochsner |
1:30 | Daphna Shohamy: Learning and motivation in the striatum |
2:10 | Mark D'Esposito: Dopamine, frontostriatal circuits, and working memory |
2:50 | Trevor Robbins: Neural substrates of compulsivity: Relevance to clinical syndromes |
3:25 | Discussion |
Session 4: | Panel Discussion * |
3:40 | Coffee & Desserts Break |
4:10 | Panel Discussion: Speakers & Discussants |
5:00 | Closing Remarks |
* Note: Session 1-3 will take place at the Italian Academy. Session 4 will take place at the Faculty House, which is a five minute walk from the location of the talks. Maps and directions from the Italian Academy to the Faculty House will be available the day of the symposium.