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SUMMARY:Value and confidence signals in the human brain - implications for
  decision making? - Professor Mathias Pessiglione\, Motivation\, Brain &am
 p\; Behavior lab Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle\, Hôpital de la Piti
 é-Salpêtrière\, Paris\, France
DTSTART:20170217T163000Z
DTEND:20170217T180000Z
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CONTACT:Louise White
DESCRIPTION:Basic principles of decision theory assume that in order to ma
 ke a choice\, agents assign values to available options and compare them s
 o as to select the best one. Research in neuroeconomics has identified the
  ventromedial prefrontal cortex (VMPFC) as a key node for signaling the su
 bjective values that drive decision making. In this talk\, I will describe
  the functional properties of the VMPFC signal\, as inferred from fMRI and
  intracranial recordings in humans. These properties might explain some ps
 ychological phenomena manifested in seemingly irrational choice behaviors.
 \n\nMathias Pessiglione has conducted pioneering studies combining cogniti
 ve testing\, functional neuroimaging and computational modeling\, mostly a
 t the Wellcome Trust Center in London and the Pitié-Salpêtrière hospita
 l in Paris. He is now head of the “Motivation\, Brain & Behavior” lab 
 at the Institut du cerveau et de la Moelle (ICM) in Paris. His research ai
 ms at understanding the determinants of behavior (why we do what we do)\, 
 in both normal and pathological conditions. \n\n
LOCATION:Ground Floor Lecture Theatre\, Department of Psychology
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