Workshop on Testing Theories of Choice Behavior

Workshop on Testing Theories of Choice Behavior

18-20 July 2012, Berlin

The goal of this workshop is to bring together scholars interested in intertemporal choice, risky choice, game theory, and methods for theory testing in the decision sciences. Junior scientists are especially encouraged to attend and can register for free.

Invited Speakers include Daniel Cavagnaro, Andreas Gloeckner, John Hey, Konstantinos Katsikopoulos, Jonathan Leland, Graham Loomes, Daniel Read, Joerg Rieskamp, Ariel Rubinstein, and E.J. Wagenmakers.

Please register before 30 June 2012 at http://www.choiceworkshop.org/ and indicate whether you would like to present a poster.

This workshop is funded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, with additional support from the U.S. National Science Foundation and the Max Planck Society. The meeting will be hosted by the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin.

Organizers:

Michel Regenwetter, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (regenwet@illinois.edu)

Jeffrey R. Stevens, University of Nebraska and Max Planck Institute for Human Development (jeffrey.r.stevens@googlemail.com)

EMPG 2012: European Mathematical Psychology Group, University of Navarra

The next meeting of the European Mathematical Psychology Group (EMPG 2012) will be held at University of Navarra (Pamplona, Spain) from August 29 to August 31, 2012.

The Web site of the conference will be available on March 25, 2012 at https://sites.google.com/site/empg2012/.

Important dates

• Abstract submission opens: March 25, 2012
• Abstract submission closes: June 3, 2012
• Notification of acceptance: June 17, 2012
• Early registration deadline: July 15, 2012
• Start of conference: August 29, 2012
• End of conference: August 31, 2012

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Schedule for 2011 Annual Scientific Meeting (London)

2011 Annual Scientific Meeting & AGM (London)

Annual Scientific Meeting & AGM

3^rd December 2011

BPS Offices, 30 Tabernacle Street, London, EC2A 4UE

Attendance free

Coffee from 10.30am, Meeting begins at 11am (AGM at 3.30pm)

Keynote Speaker:

Prof Zoltan Dienes: Using Bayes to make the most of null results.

Registration

To register for this free event, please email name, institution, contact details to the Secretary of the Maths, Stats & Computing Section:

Dr Collette Corry cv.corry_at_ulster.ac.uk

Call for papers

The closing date for submissions is Wednesday 26^th November 2011

Presentations on both theoretical and substantive applications are welcome in the area of Mathematics, Statistics or Computing in Psychology.  We welcome submissions from postgraduate students.  Abstracts should be submitted (no more than 200 words) with your name, institution and contact details to:  Dr Collette Corry, cv.corry_at_ulster.ac.uk

2011 Ranald Macdonald Postgraduate Research Award

The Mathematical, Statistical and Computing Psychology Section is pleased to invite considerations for the 2011 Ranald Macdonald Postgraduate Research Award. Deadline for applications 30th March 2012

This will be awarded to the best UK Postgraduate thesis/dissertation/project (MSc, MRes, MPhil, Professional Doctorate, DPhil or PhD) using mathematics or statistics in a novel way to investigate an aspect of Psychology. The work and qualification upon which the award is assessed must have been awarded between 1st August 2010 and 31st December 2011.

The award consists of £150 and expenses up to £200 to attend the section's Annual Scientific Meeting in the following year (2012 for the 2011 award). As a condition of accepting the award, the winner will be expected to present on their winning work at that meeting (scheduled for December 2012) and to join the section if they are not already a member.

Details about eligibility and the (simple) application process can be found below or by contacting the Section Secretary Dr Collette Corry.

cv.corry _at_ ulster.ac.uk

Please note the deadline for submissions will be 30th March 2012 at 5pm.

How to apply:

Please send the following to the section secretary Collette Corry via email to:

cv.corry_at_ulster.ac.uk

1. Your full contact details including Name, Institution, Degree Title and Date the qualification was awarded, Address, Email, Telephone number and the Name (s) of Supervisors

2. The extended abstract from your thesis, which outlines the findings of your work

3. A supporting statement from one of your supervisory team outlining the importance and contribution of your thesis and suitability for the award (no more than 300 words) and listing any peer-reviewed publications associated with the work.

Procedure: Your application will be considered by a panel of Mathematical, Statistical and Computing Section Committee members, and the panel’s decision will be final. One or more submissions will be short-listed and their authors may be invited to submit the complete thesis to the panel for final consideration via PDF. The panel reserves the right not to short-list any candidates if the panel does not deem the quality of submissions to be sufficiently high. From time to time the panel may also seek the views of expert reviewers on the quality of a submission prior to short-listing or to making an award. The panel may, in exceptional circumstances, make a split award between two equally deserving candidates.

Criteria for making the award: Emphasis will be placed on the following criteria:

- use of novel mathematics or statistics

- reference to substantive issues in psychology or related disciplines

- clarity of exposition of the mathematical or statistical concepts

- potential or actual contribution to the field, via peer-reviewed publication

British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology archives online

The BJMSP archives going back to the first issue (Volume 1 Part 1 in 1947) are now online for subscribers (including BPS members). It began life as the The British Journal of Psychology (Statistical Section), but became known as the British Journal of Statistical Psychology. Although it changed to the British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology in 1964 the focus was on mathematical contributions to psychology in its broadest sense (including statistics) rather than narrowly on statistics, though factor analysis dominated in the early years. This was probably partly because of the founding editors (Burt and Thomson) and partly because of the importance of factor analysis at the time.


The first editorial by Burt and Thomson is free to all readers here.