CNS 256: Decision Making

Winter 2009

Instructor:
Prof. Richard Andersen
E-mail: andersen@vis.caltech.edu
Office: x8337

Teaching Assistant:
Tamara Knutsen
E-mail: knutsen@caltech.edu
Office: x8332
Office Hours: By appointment, email anytime

Week 1: Course Introduction (04/02/2009)
Week 2: Dopamine (04/09/2009)
 

Schultz, Dayan & Montague, 1997

Fiorillo, Tobler & Schultz, 2003

Presenter
Deb R.
Chess S.
Questioner
Andreas H.
Yang Y.
Questioner
Alice L.
Matt D.

Week 3: Biased Competition (04/16/2009)
 

Cisek 2006

Cisek & Kalaska 2005

Presenter
Xoana T.
Questioner  
Andreas H.
Questioner

Week 4: Effector Choice (04/23/2009)
 

Cui & Andersen 2007

Scherberger & Andersen 2007

Presenter
Yang Y.
Andreas H.
Questioner
Calvin Y.
Matt D.
Questioner

Week 5: Accumulators (04/30/2009)
 

Hanks, Ditterich & Shadlen, 2006

Shadlen & Newsome, 2001
Presenter
Oren S.
Yi C.
Questioner
Yang Y.
Andreas H.
Questioner
Deb R.
Calvin Y.

Week 6: Models (05/07/2009)
 

Furman & Wang 2008

Hanes & Schall 1996

Presenter
Deb R.
Yi C.
Questioner
Andreas H.
Questioner

Week 7: Action Value (05/14/2009)
  Lau & Glimcher 2008

Samejima, Yasumasa, Doya & Kimura 2005

Presenter
Matt D.
Alice L.
Questioner
Yi C.
Yang Y.
Questioner
Calvin Y.
Deb R.

Week 8: Lateral Intraparietal Cortex (05/21/2009)
 

Dorris & Glimcher 2004

Sugrue, Corrado, Newsome 2004
Presenter
Andreas H.
Calvin Y.
Questioner
Deb R.
Yi C.
Questioner
Matt D.

Week 9: Orbitofrontal Cortex and Amygdala (05/28/2009)
 

Paton, Belova, Morrison 2006

Roesch, Olson 2004

Presenter
Matt D.
Yang Y.
Questioner
Alice L.
Matt D.
Questioner
Calvin Y.

Week 10: Frontal Lobes (06/04/2009)
 

Barraclough, Conroy, Lee 2004

Coe, Tomihara, Matsuzawa 2002

Presenter
Alice L.
Calvin Y.
Questioner
Deb R.
Questioner
Yi C.

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