A workshop presented by the Institute of Personality and Social Research and the National Institute on Aging
Agenda

7:30am
- 8:00am
Coffee and pastries will be available
8:00am
- 8:30am
Introduction and Welcoming Remarks
  • Bob Levenson, IPSR, UC Berkeley
    Introduction and framing the questions (10 min)
  • Lis Nielsen, NIA
    NIA interests (5 min)
  • Richard Suzman, NIA
    NIA vision (10 min)

SESSION 1
Fundamental Social and Affective Processes in Aging

8:30am
- 8:50am
Framing Talk (15 min talk/5 min questions)
8:50am
- 10:00am
Exciting Findings (10 min talks/2 min questions)
  • Louise Phillips, Aberdeen
    Aging and the use of emotional cues to guide social judgments
  • Derek Isaacowitz, Brandeis
    What is the function of age-related positive gaze preferences?
  • Fredda Blanchard-Fields, Georgia Tech
    Effective emotion regulation in older adulthood: Converging levels of analysis
  • Steve Manuck, Pittsburgh
    Correlates of social position in brain serotonergic function
  • Michael Lamb, Cambridge
    Exploring the effects of attachment relationships on reactions to transitions
10:00am
- 10:30am
Open Discussion (Moderators: Bob Levenson and Lis Nielsen)
10:30am
- 11:00am
BREAK

SESSION 2
Healthy Aging Over the Lifecourse

11:00am
- 11:20am
Framing Talk (15 min talk/5 min questions)
  • Shelley Taylor, UCLA
    Stress, social processes, and health over the lifecourse
11:20am
- 12:30pm
Exciting Findings (10 min talks/2 min questions)
  • Laura Kubzansky, Harvard
    Biology of resilience: Oxytocin, positive adaptation and health
  • Louise Hawkley, Chicago
    Loneliness: Cause and target
  • David Sbarra, Arizona
    Relationship disruptions and health: From social epidemiology to social psychophysiology
  • Sonja Lyubomirsky, UC Riverside
    The promise of interventions for promoting well-being
  • Elissa Epel, UCSF
    Psychosocial influences on longevity biomarkers
12:30pm
- 1:00pm
Open Discussion (Moderators: Lis Nielsen and Bob Levenson)
1:00pm
- 2:30pm
LUNCH

SESSION 3
Decision Making in Aging

2:30pm
- 2:50pm
Framing Talk (15 min talk/5 min questions)
  • Brian Knutson, Stanford
    Decision making in aging: Emerging insights from affective neuroscience and neuroeconomics
2:50pm
- 3:50pm
Exciting Findings (10 min talks/2 min questions)
  • Natalie Denburg, Iowa
    Neural basis of decision making in aging
  • Mara Mather, USC
    Age and sex differences in the effects of stress on decision making
  • JoNell Strough, West Virginia
    No time to waste: Understanding why older adults are less subject to the sunk-cost fallacy
  • George Loewenstein, Carnegie Mellon
    Wanting and liking for sex by gender and age
3:50pm
- 4:20pm
Open Discussion (Moderators: Bob Levenson and Lis Nielsen)
4:20pm
- 4:50pm
BREAK
4:50pm
- 5:30pm
General Discussion
Institute of Personality and Social Research (IPSR)
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