Molly Crockett
Associate Professor of Experimental Psychology
Neural and computational mechanisms of social behaviour
The Crockett Lab studies the neural basis of altruism, morality and economic decision-making in healthy people and in psychiatric disorders. Our approach integrates social psychology, behavioral economics, neuroscience and philosophy. We use a range of methods including computational modeling, brain imaging, and pharmacology.
Our work has been featured by The New York Times, The Financial Times, New Scientist, and the BBC.
Twitter: @mollycrockett
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Key publications
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Harm to others outweighs harm to self in moral decision making.
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Crockett MJ. et al, (2014), Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 111, 17320 - 17325
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Dissociable Effects of Serotonin and Dopamine on the Valuation of Harm in Moral Decision Making.
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Crockett MJ. et al, (2015), Curr Biol, 25, 1852 - 1859
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Models of morality.
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Crockett MJ., (2013), Trends Cogn Sci, 17, 363 - 366
Recent publications
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PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOUR IS ASSOCIATED WITH TRANSDIAGNOSTIC MARKERS OF AFFECTIVE SENSITIVITY IN MULTIPLE DOMAINS
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Contreras-Huerta L. et al, (2020), Emotion
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Serotonin enhances the impact of health information on food choice.
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Vlaev I. et al, (2017), Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci, 17, 542 - 553
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Binding oneself to the mast: stimulating frontopolar cortex enhances precommitment.
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Soutschek A. et al, (2017), Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci, 12, 635 - 642
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From risk to fairness.
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Kappes A. et al, (2016), Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 113, 11651 - 11653
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The Benefits and Costs of a Rose-Colored Hindsight.
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Kappes A. and Crockett MJ., (2016), Trends Cogn Sci, 20, 644 - 646