Psychology Program Presents
Neural Circuitry Underlying Social and Economic Incentives
Thursday, November 19, 2015
Preston Theater
4:45 pm EST/GMT-5
4:45 pm EST/GMT-5
David Smith, Rutgers University
Our decisions shape the courses of our lives and contribute to the substantial variability observed across the population. In this talk, I will show how individual differences in decision making can be linked to how we process incentives. I will focus on how social and economic incentives are converted into a common value scale. In addition, I will also discuss how incentives are imbued with multiple properties that modulate specific neural circuits. Taken together, our findings advance a mechanistic understanding of how incentives are processed and shape behavior.
For more information, call 845-758-7223, or e-mail [email protected].
Time: 4:45 pm EST/GMT-5
Location: Preston Theater