Subject: CDS Weekly newsletter

 

Upcoming seminars of potential interest at Columbia

 

Monday, October 11

 

12.10-1.30, Schermerhorn 200C (Psych Dept Cognitive Lunch)

Aaron Kozbelt (City University of New York)

"The Psychology of Realistic Drawing"

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2.40-3.55, Schermerhorn 200C (Psych Dept Social Snack)

Dana Carney (Columbia University)

“Does Power Corrupt? Or Does Power Buffer Stress-For Better and For Worse?”

Abstract

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2.30-4.00, IAB 1101 (Economic Theory Workshop)

Eyal Winter (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

“Contracting with Heterogeneous Externalities” (with Shai Bernsteiny)

           Paper

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Tuesday, October 12

 

12.30-1.45, Uris 307 (Marketing Division Seminar)

Ravi Mehta (Univ. of British Columbia)

“Exploring the Role of External Rewards in Creative Cognition”

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12.30-2.00, Calder (Management Division Seminar : Please note special room)

Patricia Hewlin  (Georgetown University)
“Gender Differences in Reactions to Organizational Value Breaches” (McGill)

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2:15-3:45, Uris 306 (I.O., Organizations, and Strategy)

Igal Hendel (Northwestern University)

“A Simple Model of Demand Anticipation” (with Aviv Nevo)

Paper

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Wednesday, October 13

 

12.00-1.30, Knox Hall 509 (New Pathways for the Social Sciences Colloquium Series)

Eviatar Zerubavel (Rutgers University)
“Ancestors and Relatives: Cognitive Sociology Meets Genealogy”

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4:15-5:45, IAB 1101 (Applied Microeconomics Seminar)

Mark Duggan (U. of Maryland)
“Does Risk Adjustment Reduce Selection in the Private Health Insurance Market? New Evidence from the Medicare Advantage Program”

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4.10-5.30, Schermerhorn 501 (Psych Dept Colloquium)

           Dorothy Cheney (University of Pennsylvania)

“Why Be Nice? The Function and Mechanisms of Cooperation in Wild Female Baboons”

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Thursday, October 14

 

2.15-3.45, Uris Hall 332 (Finance Division Seminar)

Stefan Nagel (Stanford)

Title TBA

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10:00-11:30, the Sergievsky Center Conference Room on the 19th floor of the Presbyterian Hospital Building  (Cognitive Neuroscience Seminar)

Michael Rosenbaum (Columbia University Medical Center)

“Neuroimaging of feeding behavior in humans”

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Upcoming seminars of potential interest at NYU

 

Weblink of the week

 

How long does it take for a behavior to become a habit?

http://bps-research-digest.blogspot.com/2010/10/how-to-form-habit.html

Even Hitler apparently understood the value of a behavioral “nudge”

http://danariely.com/2010/10/05/hitler-nudge/