2024 Memory and Attention Conference

8:30 – 9:00 a.m. | Breakfast and Registration – Gallery – 6^th floor

9:00 – 9:10 a.m. | Welcome and Introductions

9:10 – 9:30 a.m. | Opening Remarks in Memory of Daniel Kahneman
Andrei Shleifer, Harvard University

9:30 – 10:45 a.m. | Remembering the Bright Side: Why Bad Isn’t Stronger than Good in Memory
Elizabeth Kensinger, Boston College (Speaker Slides)

Joshua Schwartzstein, Harvard University (Discussant Slides)

10:45 – 11:15 a.m. | Break – 6^th floor prefunction

11:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. | Attention-Based Utility
George Loewenstein, Carnegie Mellon University (Speaker Slides)

Daniel Bartels, University of Chicago (Discussant Slides)

12:30 – 2:15 p.m. | Lunch and Keynote – 6^th floor prefunction
Attention and Memory: Theory and Data
Gordon Logan, Vanderbilt University (Slides)

2:15 – 3:30 p.m. | Associative Learning and Representativeness
Jessica Wachter, University of Pennsylvania (Speaker Slides)

Spencer Kwon, Brown University (Discussant Slides)

3:30 – 4:00 p.m. | Break – 6^th floor prefunction

4:00 – 5:15 p.m. | Attention and Decision Making

Sudeep Bhatia, University of Pennsylvania (Speaker Slides)

Sevgi Yuksel, University of California Santa Barbara (Discussant Slides)

6:00 p.m. | Conference Dinner and Keynote Speech – Frontera Grill, Morales Room
Sendhil Mullainathan, University of Chicago

8:30 – 9:00 a.m. | Breakfast – Gallery – 6^th floor

9:00 – 10:15 a.m. | Price Norms
Pedro Bordalo, University of Oxford (Speaker Slides)

Ryan Webb, University of Toronto (Discussant Slides)

10:15 – 10:45 a.m. | Break

10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | A Cognitive Theory of Reasoning and Choice
Nicola Gennaioli, Bocconi University (Speaker Slides)

Alex Imas, University of Chicago (Discussant Slides)

12:00 p.m. | Conference Adjourns