"Improving Decision Making: Interdisciplinary Lessons from the Natural and Social Sciences"

Friday, April 17, 2009

9 a.m.–5 p.m., Radcliffe Gymnasium, 10 Garden Street, Radcliffe Yard, 617-495-8600

Experience the complete proceedings on-line: streaming video of the symposium is now available.

Welcome
Video (4 minutes)

“Nudges in the Developing World”
Video (42 minutes)

“A Behavioral Perspective on Decision Making and Policy”
Video (1:04 minutes)

“Using Decision Errors to Help People”
Video (53 minutes)

“Attachment Styles and Negotiation Performance”
Video (33 minutes)

“Action, Interaction, and Intelligence”
Video (49 minutes)

“A Neurological Approach to Decision Making: The Somatic Marker Framework”
Video (48 minutes)

“Relational Accounts: An Answer for Women to the Compensation Negotiation Dilemma”
Video (47 minutes)

Closing remarks
Video (3 minutes)

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The need to develop a better understanding of human decision making is of great importance in today’s society. The individual decisions we make have a broad impact on many pressing, large-scale issues, including our personal well-being and the well-being of our families, work-life balance, retirement planning, conflict resolution, the health of our planet, and the stability of our global financial systems. This symposium will convene leading neuroscientists, behavioral economists, computer scientists, psychologists, and legal scholars to discuss empirical and theoretical advances in understanding human decision making and the approaches they are investigating to improve decision making.

Schedule

8 a.m.	Check-in
9 a.m.	Welcome Rosalind Segal, Director, Science Program, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study; Professor of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School; Member, Department of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
9:15 a.m.	“Nudges in the Developing World” Dean Karlan, Professor of Economics, Yale University
10 a.m.	“A Behavioral Perspective on Decision Making and Policy” Eldar Shafir, Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs, Princeton University
10:45 a.m.	Break and poster session
11:15 a.m.	“Using Decision Errors to Help People” George Loewenstein, Herbert A. Simon Professor of Economics and Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University
Noon	“Attachment Styles and Negotiation Performance” Leigh Thompson, J. Jay Gerber Professor of Dispute Resolution and Organizations, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
12:45 p.m.	Break and poster session
2 p.m.	“Action, Interaction, and Intelligence” Eric Horvitz, Principal Researcher and Research Area Manager, Microsoft Research
2:45 p.m.	“A Neurological Approach to Decision Making: The Somatic Marker Framework” Antoine Bechara, Professor of Neurology, Neuroscience, and Psychology, University of Southern California
3:30 p.m.	Break and poster session
4 p.m.	“Relational Accounts: An Answer for Women to the Compensation Negotiation Dilemma” Linda Babcock, James M. Walton Professor of Economics, Carnegie Mellon University
4:45 p.m.	Closing remarks Daniel Gilbert, Professor of Psychology, Harvard College Professor, Harvard University

Speakers' Biographies

See the Improving Decision Making speakers' biographies page.