Sixth Workshop on Choice Process Data
ESA World Meeting 2026
July 14, 2026 | Jamaica Bay Inn, Marina Del Rey, CA
Join us for a day of cutting-edge research on choice process data at the Economic Science Association World Meeting. This workshop brings together leading researchers exploring how people make decisions using eye-tracking, response times, and other process measures.
Speakers
Craig Fox
UCLA, Anderson School of Management
Joe Kable
University of Pennsylvania
Kirby Nielsen
Caltech
Marta Serra-Garcia
UC San Diego, Rady School of Management
Program — Tuesday, July 14
The full-day program features four keynote addresses, contributed talks, and a tutorial, running from 8:50 AM to 5:00 PM at the Jamaica Bay Inn.
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 8:50 – 9:00 | Opening remarks from the organizers |
| 9:00 – 9:40 | Keynote: The role of attention in probability weighting — Craig Fox (UCLA, Anderson School of Management) |
| 9:40 – 10:00 | What do people think about? — Joshua Tasoff (Claremont Graduate School) |
| 10:00 – 10:15 | Break |
| 10:15 – 10:55 | Keynote: Rules in the Face of Complexity — Kirby Nielsen (Caltech) |
| 10:55 – 11:15 | Eliciting decision rules in general vs. concrete insurance problems — Ayala Arad (Tel Aviv University, Coller School of Management) |
| 11:15 – 11:30 | Break |
| 11:30 – 11:50 | Carbon Footprint Labels and Food and Beverage Choice: Eye-Tracking Evidence from maaDDM — Wei James Chen (National Taiwan University) |
| 11:50 – 12:10 | Biological correlates of rational inattention — Colin Camerer (Caltech) |
| 12:10 – 1:40 | Lunch |
| 1:40 – 2:10 | Tutorial: Combating AI agents in online experiments — Kianté Fernandez (UCLA) |
| 2:10 – 2:30 | Asking the right questions: Flexible information acquisition for decision under uncertainty — Pete Robertson (Stanford) |
| 2:30 – 2:45 | Break |
| 2:45 – 3:25 | Keynote: Attribute-guided attention as an adaptive mechanism for efficient search: evidence from mobile eye-tracking during naturalistic decision-making — Joseph Kable (University of Pennsylvania) |
| 3:25 – 3:45 | Attribute latencies underlie heterogeneity in risk attitudes and behavioral anomalies — Fadong Chen (Zhejiang University) |
| 3:45 – 4:00 | Break |
| 4:00 – 4:20 | Cognition is the Invisible Hand: How Response Times Make Markets Allocationally Efficient — Brenden Eum (University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management) |
| 4:20 – 5:00 | Keynote: Gender Differences in Negotiation? Not on the Intensive Margins — Marta Serra-Garcia (UC San Diego, Rady School of Management) |
Venue
Getting There: The Jamaica Bay Inn is located in Marina del Rey, approximately 5 miles from LAX airport. The venue offers convenient access from the 405 and 90 freeways.
Accommodations: The Jamaica Bay Inn offers waterfront rooms with views of the marina. Additional hotels are available throughout Marina del Rey and nearby Venice Beach.
Registration
Registration is now closed.
Thank you to everyone who signed up — we have the headcount we need for lunch and logistics. See you on July 14 at the Jamaica Bay Inn.
Abstract Submission
Abstract submissions are now closed.
Thank you to everyone who submitted — the program is finalized. See the full program for the list of accepted talks.
Organizers
Charles Noussair
University of Arizona
Questions? Contact the organizers at krajbich@ucla.edu