Depression is associated with altered sensitivity to reward and punishment, which can influence complex decision-making. We examined punishment sensitivity in the performance of participants with major depressive disorder (MDD) with that of a comparison group on the automatic Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART), which is a direct measure of risk taking. The present study examined the BART perform...

The conference started with musical audio on Dhanvantari Archana prepared by Dr. Shrikant Wagh and enchanting Ayats from Holy Quran were read. Dr. Mandar Bedekar was the master of ceremony of the inaugural function. Dato Dr. Lim, President and CEO DXN Company (Malaysia) inaugurated the conference. Other dignitaries present were President of the conference Dr. Jose Rugue of Sao Paulo, Brazil, Gu...

• Rick Wilson, Director, The Genome Institute at Washington Univ. School of Medicine • Judy Garber, Director, Cancer Risk/Prevention Clinic, Dana Farber • Shashikant Kulkarni, Head of Clinical Genomics, Wash. University School of Medicine • Shyamali Singhal, Medical Director of the Cancer Center, El Camino Hospital • Nickolas Papadopoulos, Director of Translational Genetics, Johns Hopkins Medic...

We extend the original work of Malmendier and Tate (2008) to cover the full spectrums of firm size, and a recent time period that includes the 1998-2001 merger wave. In particular, we explore the impact of target firm CEO overconfidence on firm M&A performance and the general impact of CEO overconfidence on firm long run post-M&A stock returns. We also examine the differential impact of CEO ove...