CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
NEURAL SYSTEMS OF SOCIAL BEHAVIOR CONFERENCE
May 11-13, 2007
Austin Hilton, Austin, TX
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE INFORMATION: http://mindbrain.ucdavis.edu/labs/Beer/index_html/Conference-Schedules
HOTEL INFORMATION: http://mindbrain.ucdavis.edu/labs/Beer/index_html/Conference-Registration%20and%20Hotels
Please consider submitting an abstract for a paper presentation or a poster presentation at the Neural Systems of Social Behavior conference. The Neural Systems of Social Behavior conference will take place Friday, May 11-Sunday, May 13, 2007 at the Austin Hilton in Austin, Texas, USA.
Invited speakers include:
Dr. Ralph Adolphs (Cal Tech)
Dr. David Amaral (UC Davis)
Dr.Colin Camerer (Cal Tech)
Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett (Boston College)
Dr. John Kihlstrom (UC Berkeley)
Dr. Elizabeth Phelps (NYU)
Dr. Tania Singer (University of Zurich)
This conference will focus on the biological systems supporting social processes from the perspectives of Social Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Economics. Examples of social processes include but are not limited to social cognition (both self-perception and person-perception), emotional processes (experience, regulation, learning, empathy), motivation, decision-making, altruism, and reward/punishment. Research examining human and non-human populations adopting a variety of neuroscience methods such as brain imaging (e.g., fMRI, PET, EEG/ERP, TMS) and lesions/naturally occuring damage are encouraged.
Submissions for talks and posters are invited until December 15, 2006.
Please fill out the form at
Talks are fifteen minute presentations; posters are standard poster presentations. All submissions must include title, author names and affiliations, and an abstract of 250 words. Abstracts should include the goals of the study, a description of the methods used, a summary of the results and a conclusion. Notification of acceptance or rejection will be emailed in early February 2007.
The conference is made possible by generous support from the Donald D. Harrington Fellows Program, the University of Texas at Austin, and the American Psychological Association Science Directorate.
Sincerely,
Jennifer Beer
Conference Organizer
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**PLEASE NOTE ADDRESS CHANGE FOR SEPTEMBER, 2006 BELOW
Jennifer Beer, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
Center for Mind and Brain
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616
Office: 530-754-4919/530-297-4472
Fax: 530-752-2087
jsbeer@ucdavis.edu
http://mindbrain.ucdavis.edu/content/Labs/Beer
**SEPTEMBER 2006 through MAY 2007:
Jennifer Beer
Harrington Faculty Fellow
Department of Psychology
University of Texas at Austin
1 University Station, #A8000
Austin, TX 78712
Office: (512) 471-3224
email will remain jsbeer@ucdavis.edu
