From Habits to Self-Regulation:
How do we Change?
(November 4-5, 2011)
All events will take place at Yale University,
Linsley-Chittenden (LC) Hall, 63 High Street, New Haven [map]
Talks will take place in room LC 102
Registration and refreshments will be available in room LC 196
Unfotunately, due to exceptionally high interest, conference registration is now closed.
Friday, November 4, 2011
2:30-3:00 Registration and refreshments
3:00-3:15 Welcome and Introduction
Tamar Gendler (Yale: Philosophy, Cognitive Science)
Hedy Kober (Yale: Psychiatry, Cognitive Science,
Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program)
3:15-4:00 James Gross (Stanford: Psychology)
Title: Emotion Regulation
4:00-4:30 Break: Informal discussion and refreshments
4:30-5:00 Amy Arnsten (Yale School of Medicine: Neurobiology, Psychology,
Cognitive Science, Interdepartmental Neuroscience
Program)
Title: Molecular Regulation of Prefrontal Cortical Circuits Underlying
Working Memory and Self-Control
5:00-5:30 Daeyeol Lee (Yale School of Medicine: Neurobiology, Cognitive
Science, Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program)
Title: Neurobiology of Intertemporal Choice and Self Control in Non-
Human Primates
5:30-6:00 Jeremy Gray (Yale: Psychology, Cognitive Science, Interdepartmental
Neuroscience Program)
Title: Self-Control and Intelligence: What's the Relation?
6:00-6:15 Break: Informal discussion and refreshments
6:15-7:00 Richard Holton (MIT: Philosophy)
Title: Making Space for an Addict's Self Control
7:00-7:45 Roy Baumeister (Florida State University: Psychology)
Title: Self-Regulation as a Limited Resource
7:45 Closing Remarks
Saturday, November 5, 2011
9:00-9:30 Registration and Refreshments
9:30-10:15 Angela Duckworth (University of Pennsylvania: Psychology)
Title: Self Control in Children
10:15-11:00 Todd Heatherton (Dartmouth College: Psychological and Brain
Sciences)
Title: Neural Correlates of Self Regulation Failure
11:00-11:30 Break: Informal discussion and refreshments
11:30-12:00 June Gruber (Yale: Psychology, Cognitive Science)
Title: Harnessing Positive Emotions in Bipolar Disorder and Beyond
12:00-12:45 Kevin Ochsner (Columbia: Psychology)
Title: The Cognitive Control of Emotion: Neural Mechanisms and Beyond
12:45-1:15 Susan Nolen-Hoeksema (Yale: Psychology)
Title: Lost in Thought: The Perils of Rumination
1:15-2:15 Lunch! (LC 103)
2:15-3:00 Dan Ariely (Duke: School of Business, Economics, Cognitive
Neuroscience)
Title: (Dis)honesty
3:00-3:45 Kentaro Fujita (Ohio State University: Psychology)
Title: A Construal Level Approach to Self-Control Decision-Making
3:45-4:15 John Bargh (Yale: Psychology, Cognitive Science)
Title: Implicit Self Regulation
4:15-4:45 Break: Informal discussion and refreshments
4:45-5:15 Hedy Kober (Yale: Psychiatry, Cognitive Science, Interdepartmental
Neuroscience Program)
Title: Self-regulation in Sustance Use Disorders
5:15-6:15 Philosophy Panel
Tamar Gendler (Yale), Rae Langton (MIT),
Matthew Noah Smith (Yale), J. David Velleman (NYU)
6:15-6:30 Break: Informal discussion and refreshments
6:30-7:30 Walter Mischel (Columbia: Psychology)
Title: Contextualizing Self-Regulation In Vivo
7:30 Closing Remarks
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