CV

Giorgio CORICELLI

 

Department of Economics

University of Southern California

3620 South Vermont Avenue

Kaprielian Hall 316A

Los Angeles, CA 90089-0253

Tel : (213) 740-2098

FAX: (213) 740-8543

e-mail: giorgio.coricelli@usc.edu

 

 

  • Assistant professor. Department of Economics, University of Southern California
  • Director of the Neuroeconomics Team at the Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience, French National Center for Scientific Research - CNRS, France
  • Principal investigator: PAT (Provincia Autonoma di Trento) research grant, Project: Neuroeconomics. Center for Mind/Brain Sciences - CIMeC, University of Trento, Italy

 

 

Education

2008 Habilitation à diriger des recherches (HDR), Université Claude Bernard Lyon I

2002 Ph.D. in Economics, University of Arizona, USA.

2001 Master of Arts in Economics, University of Arizona, USA

1996 Master Degree Analysis and Management of Science and Technology, Universidad Carlos III, Madrid, Spain

1995 Degree in Economics, Magna cum Laude. University of Rome “La  Sapienza”, Italy

 

Academic  experience

2010-present  Assistant professor, Department of Economics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

2004-2010  Research scientist (Chargé de Recherche) CR 1-CNRS, Institut des Sciences Cognitives, Centre de Neurosciences Cognitives (CNC) Lyon

2009-2010  Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Studies, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

2008-present Visiting scholar, Center for Mind/Brain Sciences - CIMeC, University of Trento, Trento, Italy

2007 Visiting scholar, California Institute of Technology (Caltech). Pasadena, CA, USA

2003 Chercheur associe estranger, CNRS Institut des Sciences Cognitives, Lyon

2002-2004 Post-doctoral research fellow. Department of Economics, University of Siena

2002  Visiting research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Research into Economic Systems. Director: Werner Güth. Strategic Interaction Group. Jena, Germany

2001-2002 Research fellow at the Centre for Experimental Economics (EXEC), Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York, UK

1999-2002 Research assistant, Economic Science Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA

1997-1998 Visiting Pre-Doctoral Fellow, Economic Science Laboratory (ESL), University of Arizona, Tucson. Advisor: Vernon L. Smith (Nobel Prize Laureate 2002)

1996-1997 Research fellow: ISPE (Istituto di Studi per la Programmazione Economica), Rome. Public Policy Department, Microsimulation Unit

 

Teaching experience

Courses taught:

  • Experimental Economics, ESL University of Arizona, 2000
  • Game Theory and Experimental Economics, Doctoral program in economics, University of Siena, 2001
  • Theory of Mind and Autism, University of Arizona, 2001
  • Econ201B, Macroeconomics. Spring 2001, University of Arizona
  • Statistical Economics, University of Siena, 2002-2003
  • Experimental Economics, University of Lyon 2, France, 2004
  • Neuroeconomics, Doctoral program cognitive sciences, University of Siena, 2005
  • Introduction to Neuroeconomics, Doctoral program in Economics and Complexity, University of Torino, 2006-2007
  • Introduction to Neuroeconomics, SISSA, Trieste, 2006
  • Brain and decision making, Doctoral program in Behavioral Economics, University of Trento, 2006-2007
  • The neural basis of decision making. Graduate course. University Claude Bernard, Lyon I, 2007-2008.
  • Neuroeconomics, Doctoral program in Economics and Complexity, University of Torino, 2008
  •   The neural basis of individual and social decision making. 2009
    • Graduate course. University of Torino
    • Graduate course. University of Trento
    • Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon
  • Neurobiology of decision-making. Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, 2010
  • Neuroeconomics. Master program in Economics and Psychology. Paris I (Economics Department of Pantheon-Sorbonne University) and Institute of Psychology of Paris Descartes University. 2010
  • ECON 303, Intermediate Microeconomics Theory, University of Southern California, USA

 

Honors and Awards

  • Graduate assistantship from the University Carlos III, Madrid, 1995-96
  • Fellowship from the University of Rome “La Sapienza” 1997-98
  • Fellow, Economics Science Laboratory Graduate Student Workshop, summer, 1997
  • George Coleman Award for the 1999-2000 academic years USA
  • Graduate assistantship from the University of Arizona, 1998-2002
  • Prix Découvertes 2004: Comment éprouver du regret influence nos décisions. From the French Ministry of Research.

 

Research Grants

  • Grant from the Economic Science Laboratory, University of Arizona, 2001-2002
  • Grant from EU-TMR Research Network ENDEAR, 2001-2002
  • Human Frontier Science Program - HFSP. Title of the project: “Decision making and strategies in the brain: a multidisciplinary approach for understanding social behaviour”.  2004-2007.
  • Principal invstigator : “Systemes complexes en SHS”, Grant from CNRS and Ministere de la Recherche, 2003-2004. Title of the project: “Relational Complexity” (48,000 Euros).
  • Principal investigator: PAT (Provincia Autonoma di Trento) research grant. Title: Neuroeconomics. 2008-2011 (385,000 Euros).
  • Principal investigator : ANR (Agence Nationale de la Recherche). Title of the project: “SocialBrain“. 2008-2011 (150,000 Euros). 

 

Professional affiliations

 

International collaborations

Aldo Rustichini, University of Minnesota, USA

Rosemarie Nagel, U. Pompeu Fabra, Spain

Colin Camerer, Caltech, USA

Raymond Dolan, UCL, FIL, London, UK

Marie-Claire Villeval, GATE-CNRS, France

Enrico Diecidue, INSEAD, France

Hugo Critchley, University of Sussex, UK

Giuseppe di Pellegrino, University of Bologna, IT

Sarah-Jane Blakemore, UCL, UK

 

Invited Lectures

2002-2004

-“Multi-level Contests: Within Group Conflict and Between Groups Competition.” Max Planck Institute, Jena, Germany, December 2002.

-“Theorie de l’Esprit et Psycholpathologie”. Colloque des Confrontations Psychiatriques. Lyon, September 26, 2003.

-“The emotions of regret and disappointment”. University of Tilburg, Holland, October 2003.

-“Endogenous partner selection in public goods experiments.” Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Economique (GATE) CNRS - Lyon, October 13, 2003.

-“The role of ventromedian cortex in experiencing regret.” Workshop on Modelling of Prefrontal Function. Trieste, Italy, 15-18 October 2003.

-“How the brain evaluates and predicts monetary rewards.” 6th Workshop in Applied Game Theory: The Brain, Rationality, and Economics. University of Hamburg, December 2003.

-“How the brain processes the consequence of our choice”. Third Tilburg Symposium on Psychology and Economics: Games and Decisions. Tilburg, Holland, 1 September 2004.

 

2005

-“How the brain processes the consequences of our choice”. Advances in Neuroeconomics. University of Siena, Itlay June 21, 2005.

-“The neural basis of individual and social decision making”. University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain, July 13, 2005.

-"How would have been better if I had chosen differently : Learning to avoid intense negative emotions”. Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Economique (GATE) CNRS. Lyon, November 7, 2005.

-“Brain and decision making”. 15ème Journée de Neuropsychologie Jean-Louis Signoret. Hôpital de la Salpêtrière. Paris, October 24, 2005.

 

2006

-“Brain and decision-making: learning to avoid intense negative emotions”. Twenty-fourth European Workshop on Cogntive Neuropsychology. Bressanone, January 2006.

-"The influence of high-level emotions on decision making: An fMRI study". University of Trento, Rovereto, April 3, 2006.

-“The role of the Orbitofrontal cortex in decision making”. University of Verona, Department of Neurology, May 31, 2006.

-“The neural and theoretical basis of regret as an adaptive emotion“. Workshop on Neuroeconomics. University of Florence, November 17, 2006.

-“Neural basis of emotional aspects of ‘Economic decision making’”. Université Paris I, Panthéon Sorbonne, Institut Nicod, Paris, December 1, 2006.

-“Brain and decision making: A multidisciplinary approach for A multidisciplinary approach for understanding individual and social behavior”. FENS/Hertie WINTER SCHOOL 2006, Brain Basis of Social Interaction: From Concepts to Imaging.

 

2007

-“Bases neuronales de la toma de decisions.” V Simposio de Neurosciencias FLENI. 9-12 May 2007.

-“Neuroeconomia.” V Simposio de Neurosciencias FLENI. 9-12 May 2007.

-“Interdependent utilities: How social ranking affects choice behavior”, EWEBE 2, Lyon, 7-8 December 2007.

-Department of Psychology, University of Padova, Italy 19 December 2007

 

2008

-“Interdependent utilities: How social ranking affects choice behavior”University Bocconi, Milano. February 2008

-Insead, France, April 2008

-“The Physionomics of Tax Evasion: Cheating Rationally or Deciding Emotionally?” University of Varese, Italy, March 2008.

-“Beauty contest in the brain: the neural basis of strategic thinking”. Arne Ryde Workshop on Neuroeconomics, Lund, Sweden, 22-23 May 2008.

-Institut d'Economie Industrielle (IDEI), University of Toulouse 1. 12 December 2008.

-“How moral emotions affect choice behavior: the paradigmatic example of shame”, CNR Rome, Italy June 2008.

 

2009

-“The Neuroeconomics of depth of strategic reasoning”.

-Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales HEC Paris February 13, 2009.

-4es Rencontres de Neurologie Comportamentale. February 5, 2009.

-“Reward-based emotions: affective evaluation of outcomes and regret learning”.  Workshop on Regret, Emotions and Decision Making. The Center for the Study of Rationality Hebrew University, Jerusalem, March 23 2009.

-“Neural correlates of depth of social reasoning in medial prefrontal cortex”. First Symposium "The Biology of Decision Making" Bordeaux University, June 10 2009.

-“Neural correlates of strategic reasoning”. Econometrics Research Workshop. European University Institute, 19 June 2009, Firenze, Italy

-“Neural bases of human decision making”.  Summer school CNRS, Aix en Provence, July 2, 2009.

-“Neural correlates of human competitive behavior”. Helsinki, September 2009.

-“Neural bases of bounded rational behavior”. Department of Economics, University of Bologna, October 12, 2009.

-“Neural correlates of strategic reasoning”.

- Paris, Ecole Normale Superior, October 19, 2009

   - Grenoble, October 22, 2009.

-“Neuroeconomia: Il futuro e` delle donne?”. Festa della Scienza, Genova, October  2009.

-“Neural correlates of bounded rational behavior”, Max Planck Institute of Economics, Jena, Germany, November 11, 2009.

 

2010

-“Neural correlates of competitive behavior”, Invited speaker Alpine Brain Imaging Meeting -ABIM 2010, Jan 10-14 2010

 -“Measuring Strategic Uncertainty and Risk in Coordination, Entry Games, and Lotteries with fMRI”, 11 March, 2010 ICNC The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

-“Outperforming others is more rewarding than succeeding alone: the neural basis of human competitive behavior”. Dept. of Psychology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem  March 2010.

-“Cheating, Emotions, and Rationality: An Experiment on Tax Evasion” with Joffily, M., Montmarquette, C., and Villeval M-C. Behavioral Economics Seminars, Jerusalem March 2010. 

-“Neural basis of strategic choice”. Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya (IDC - Tel Aviv)

-Zurich, March 31 2010. Inst. for Empirical Research in Economics, University of Zurich.

-Symposium on Motivation and Cognitive Control, to be held at St John’s College Oxford, UK, June 2nd-4th

-Mind Brain Lecture: “Assessing strategic risk with fMRI”, Berlin School of Mind and Brain. Humboldt University. Berlin May 27 2010.

  -“Emotion and cognition”. Neuroeconomics Summer School, Amsterdam June 2010.

  - Summer school in Neuroeconomics, Heidelberg Summer School, Germany, August 2010

   -“Neural basis of strategic choice”. Stony Brook July 21-23 2010, USA

                     -Tamagawa-Caltech -Keio 8-10 September 2010, Japan

-“Assessing strategic risk with fMRI”. - Brain, Mind and Society Seminar Series. Caltech, September 30, 2010, USA

- Spain V Alhambra Experimental Workshop, October 23, 2010, Spain 

 

2011 Invited Lectures

-“Neural correlates of strategic choice”. New Challenges for Economic Decision-Making: Biology, Neuroscience and Economic Models. Institute for Economic Policy Research. Los Angeles, CA, May 2011

-“Brain and behavior in coordination games”. Journée d’étude commune de l’Association de Neurologie Comportementale et de l’Association Européenne de Neuroéconomie, Paris June 15, 2011

- “The neural basis of strategic choice”. Summer School on Experiments in economics, experiments in philosophy, San Sebastian, Spain, July 2011

-“The neural correlates of strategic choice”.  USC, Los Angeles USA, May 2011

-“Winning in a social environment is more rewarding than succeeding alone: the neural basis of social comparison”. 2nd Annual Interdisciplinary Symposium on Decision Neuroscience. Temple University, Philadelphia USA Sept 2011

-Unpacking emotions. NYU, New York Sept 2011

- “Outperforming others is more rewarding than succeeding alone:  The neural basis of social comparison”. Social Psychology seminar series USC, Los Angeles, USA, October 2011

-“Neural Basis of Strategic Choice”. University of Oregon, Eugene, USA, October 2011

-“Equilibrium Selection Among Multiple Equilibria: Insights from the Brain”. SoCal NEGT Symposiu 2011. Nov 3-4 2011, Caltech, Pasadena CA, USA

-“Neural Basis of Strategic Choice”. NIH Neuroscience Seminar Series, Betesda, USA 12/12/2011. http://videocast.nih.gov/summary.asp?live=10755 (podcast)

 

Ad hoc reviewer

Science, Nature Neuroscience, Journal of Neuroscience, NeuroImage, Cerebral Cortex, Neuropsychologia, Neuroscience Letter, Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, The Journal of Alzhaimer’s Desease, Cortex, Human Brain Mapping, Cognitive Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience, European Journal of Social Psychology, Emotion, Cortex, Journal of Economic Psychology, Cognition, Cognition and Emotion, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Trends in Cognitive Sciences, Journal of Experimental Economics, Journal of Conflict Resolution, American Economic Review, Revue d'économie politique, Health Economics, Economic Notes, European Economic Review, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Games and Economic Behavior.

Ad hoc grant reviewer: National Science Foundation (NSF, USA), Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR, France)

 

Tutorial activity

  • Nadége Bault, PhD student, Neuroscience Program, University Lyon 1 (advisor, 2005-2010). Project: Social emotions: interplay between reward and mentalizing systems
  • Elsa Fouragnan,  PhD student University Lion 1 and University of Trento (advisor, 2009-present). Project: Investigating reputation building in social interaction using Multivariate Pattern Analysis and Real time fMRI
  • Gabriele Chierchia, PhD student CIMeC, University of Trento. Project: Similarity in games
  • Luca Polonio, PhD student University of Trento. Project: Eye-tracking of decisional processing in games
  • Dalton Combs, PhD student, Neuroscience program, University of Southern California (2011-present)
  • Remi Neveu, PhD student, Neuroscience Program, University Lyon 1 (advisor, 2008-present). Project: Neuroeconomics of eating  disorders
  • Suzanne Robic , PhD student, Neuroscience Program, University Lyon 1 (advisor, 2009-present). Project: Emotional deficits in asperger’s syndrome patients
  • Philippe Domenech, PhD student, Neuroscience Program, University Lyon 1 (co-advisor, 2006-present). Project: Functional organization of the prefrontal cortex
  • Chiara Chelini, PhD student, Economics, University of Torino (stage in my lab, 2006-2009)
  • Francesca Giardini, Doctoral program in Cognitive Science, University of Siena (co-advisor, 2005-2006)
  • Elissar Andari, Ph.D student, University Lyon 1 (co-advisor, 2007-2008)
  • Brice Le Stunff, Master 1, Psychology, University Lyon 2 (advisor, 2007-2008)
  • Marina Casanova, Master 1, Psychology, University Lyon 2 (advisor, 2008-2009). Project: Emotions and decision making