key publications

Artificial intelligence and illusions of understanding in scientific research
Messeri, L. & Crockett, M.J. (2024).
Nature. Link» View PDF»

Algorithm-mediated social learning in online social networks
Brady, W.J., Jackson, J.C., Lindström, B., & Crockett, M.J. (in press)
Trends in Cognitive Sciences Link» View PDF»

How social learning amplifies moral outrage expression in online social networks
Brady, W.J., McLoughlin, K., Doan, T.N., & Crockett, M.J. (2021)
Science Advances, 7(33), eabe5641 Link» View PDF»

Moral dilemmas and trust in leaders during a global health crisis.
*Everett, J.A.C., *Colombatto, C., Awad, E., Boggio, P., Bos, B., Brady, W.J., Chawla, M., Chituc, V., Chung, D., Drupp, M.A., Goel, S., Grosskopf, B., Hjorth, F., Ji, A., Kealoha, C., Kim, J.S., Lin, Y., Ma, Y., Maréchal, M.A., Mancinelli, F., Mathys, C., Olsen, A.L., Pearce, G., Prosser, A.M.B., Reggev, N., Sabin, N., Senn, J., Sinnott-Armstrong, W., Shin, Y.S.,  Sjastad, H., Strick, M., Sul, S., Tummers, L., Turner, M., Yu, H., Zoh, Y., & Crockett, M.J. (2021)
Registered Report in Nature Human Behaviour. Link» View PDF»

The relational logic of moral inference
Crockett, M.J., Siegel, J.Z., Everett, J.A.C., & Gill, M. (2021)
Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, vol. 64. Link» View PDF»

 

2024 & IN PRESS

Artificial intelligence and illusions of understanding in scientific research
Messeri, L. & Crockett, M.J. (2024).
Nature. Link» View PDF»

Science communication with generative AI
Alvarez, A., Caliskan, A., Crockett, M.J., Ho, S.S., Messeri, L., & West, J. (2024).
Nature Human Behavior. Link» View PDF»

How the evaluability bias shapes transformative decisions
Zoh, Y., Paul, L.A., Crockett, M. J. (2024).
Synthese. Link» View PDF»

 

2023

Mentorship practices that improve the culture of peer review
Aly, M., Ansari, S., Colunga, E., Crockett, M. J., Diekman, A.B., Goldrick, M., Gomez, P., Kung, F.Y.H., McKee, P.C., Pérez, M., & Stillwell, S.M. (2023).
Nature Reviews Psychology. Link» View PDF»

Vaccine Nationalism Counterintuitively Erodes Public Trust in Leaders
Colombatto, C., Everett, J.A.C., Senn, J., Maréchal, M. A., & Crockett, M. J. (2023).
Psychological Science. Link» PDF»

The limitations of machine learning models for predicting scientific replicability
Crockett, M.J., Bai, X., Kapoor, S., Messeri, L., Narayanan, A. (2023)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 120. Link» PDF»

Norm psychology in the digital age: How social media shapes the cultural evolution of normativity
Brady, W.J., Crockett, M.J. (2023)
Perspectives on Psychological Science, 0(0). Link» PDF»

Changing the culture of peer review for a more inclusive and equitable psychological science
Aly, M., Colunga, E., Crockett, M.J., Goldrick, M., Gomez, P., Kung, F.Y.H., McKee, P.C., Pérez, M., Stilwell, S.M., & Diekman, A.B. (in press)
Journal of Experimental Psychology: General Preprint»

Algorithm-mediated social learning in online social networks
Brady, W.J., Jackson, J.C., Lindström, B., & Crockett, M.J. (in press)
Trends in Cognitive Sciences Preprint»

Neural representations of vicarious rewards are linked to interoception and prosocial behavior
Contreras-Huerta, L.S., Coll, M.P., Bird, G., Yu, H., Prosser, A.M.B., Lockwood, P., Murphy, J., *Crockett, M.J., & *Apps, M.A.J. (2023)
Neuroimage, Volume 269, 119881 Link» View PDF»

Overperception of moral outrage in online social networks inflates beliefs about intergroup hostility
Brady, W.J., McLoughlin, K.L., Torres, M.P., Luo, K.F., Gendron, M., & Crockett, M.J. (2023)
Nature Human Behavior Link»

 

2022

A computational account of how individuals resolve the dilemma of dirty money
Siegel, J.Z., van der Plas, E., Heise, F., Clithero, J.A., & Crockett, M.J. (2022)
Scientific Reports 12, 18638 Link»

Distinguishing self-involving from self-serving choices in framing effects
Crockett, M.J. & Paul, L.A. (2022)
Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Volume 45, e224 Link»

Public attitudes value interpretability but prioritize accuracy in Artificial Intelligence
Nussberger, A.M., Luo, L., Celis, L.E., & Crockett, M.J. (2022)
Nature Communications, 13, 5821 Link»

Neural and Cognitive Signatures of Guilt Predict Hypocritical Blame
Yu, H., Contreras-Huerta, L. S., Prosser, A. M. B., Apps, M. A. J., Hofmann, W., Sinnott-Armstrong, W., & Crockett, M. J. (2022).
Psychological Science. Link» View PDF»

Computational ethics
Awad, E., Levine, S., Anderson, M., Anderson, S.L., Conitzer, V., Crockett, M.J., Everett, J.A.C., Evgeniou, T., Gopnik, A., Jamison, J, Kim., T.W., Liao, S.M., Meyer M.N., Mikhail, J., Opoku-Agyemang., K., Borg, J.S., Schroeder, J., Sinott-Armstrong, W., Slavkovik, M., Tenebaum, J.B. (2022)
Trends in Cognitive Sciences. Link»

Narrating the "what" and "why" of our moral actions.
Kim, J., & Crockett, M. J. (2022).
Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (Vol. 44, No. 44). Link»

How inferred motives shape moral judgements
Carlson, R.W., Bigman, Y.E., Gray, K., Ferguson, M.J., & Crockett, M.J. (2022)
Nature Reviews Psychology Link» View PDF»

Prosocial correlates of transformative experiences at secular multi-day mass gatherings
Yudkin, D.A., Prosser, A.M.B., Heller, M.S., McRae, K., Chakroff, A., & Crockett, M.J. (2022)
Nature Communications Link» View PDF»

Psychological selfishness
Carlson, R.W., Adkins, C., Crockett, M.J., & Clark, M.S. (2022)
Perspectives on Psychological Science Link» View PDF»

For whom do moral changes matter? The influence of change type, direction, and target on judgments of identity persistence.
Everett, J.A.C., Skorburg, J., Livingston, J., §Chituc, V., & Crockett, M.J. (2022).
In: Tobia, K. (Ed) Experimental Philosophy of Identity and the Self. London, UK: Bloomsbury Press.

Theory-driven Measurement of Emotion (Expressions) in Social Media Text
Brady, W.J., McLoughlin, K., & Crockett, M.J. (in press)
The Atlas of Language Analysis in Psychology. Link»

2021

Dreading the pain of others? Altruistic responses to others' pain underestimate dread
Story, G.W., Chowdhury, R., Kurth-Nelson, Z., Crockett, M.J., Vlaev, I., Darzi, A., Dolan, R.J. (2021)
Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior Link» View PDF»

Evaluating transformative decisions.
Chituc, V., Paul, L.A., & Crockett, M.J. (2021)
Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Link»

Explaining individual differences in advantageous inequity aversion by social-affective trait dimensions and family environment.
Yu, H., Lu, C., Gao, X., Shen, B., Liu, K., Li, W., Xiao, Y., Yang, B., Zhao, X., Crockett, M.J., & Zhou, X. (2021)
Social Psychological and Personality Science. Link»

How peer influence shapes value computation in moral decision-making
Yu, H., Siegel, J.Z., Clithero, J., & Crockett, M.J. (2021)
Cognition. Link» View PDF»

How social learning amplifies moral outrage expression in online social networks
Brady, W.J., McLoughlin, K., Doan, T.N., & Crockett, M.J. (2021)
Science Advances, 7(33), eabe5641 Link»

How social relationships shape moral judgments
Earp, B.D., McLoughlin, K., Monrad, J., Clark, M.S., & Crockett, M.J. (2021)
Nature Communications Link» View PDF»

Moral dilemmas and trust in leaders during a global health crisis.
*Everett, J.A.C., *Colombatto, C., Awad, E., Boggio, P., Bos, B., Brady, W.J., Chawla, M., Chituc, V., Chung, D., Drupp, M.A., Goel, S., Grosskopf, B., Hjorth, F., Ji, A., Kealoha, C., Kim, J.S., Lin, Y., Ma, Y., Maréchal, M.A., Mancinelli, F., Mathys, C., Olsen, A.L., Pearce, G., Prosser, A.M.B., Reggev, N., Sabin, N., Senn, J., Sinnott-Armstrong, W., Shin, Y.S.,  Sjastad, H., Strick, M., Sul, S., Tummers, L., Turner, M., Yu, H., Zoh, Y., & Crockett, M.J. (2021)
Registered Report in Nature Human Behaviour. Link» View PDF»
*equal contribution

Political polarization and moral outrage on social media
Carpenter, J., Brady, W., Crockett, M.J., Weber, R., & Sinnott-Armstrong, W. (2021)
Connecticut Law Review. Link» View PDF»

Serotonin depletion impairs both Pavlovian and instrumental reversal learning in healthy humans
Kanen, J.W., Apergis-Schoute, A.M, Yellowlees, R., Arntz, F.E., van der Flier, F.E., Price, A., Cardinal, R.N., Christmas, D.M., Clark, L., Sahakian, B.J., Crockett, M., Robbins, T. (2021)
Molecular Psychiatry Link» View PDF»

The prefrontal cortex and (uniquely) human cooperation: a comparative perspective.
Zoh, Y., *Chang, S.W.C., & *Crockett, M.J. (2021).
Neuropsychopharmacology Reviews. Link»
*
Equal contribution

The relational logic of moral inference
Crockett, M.J., Siegel, J.Z., Everett, J.A.C., & Gill, M. (2021)
Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, vol. 64. Link» View PDF»

When Helping is Risky: The Behavioral and Neurobiological Tradeoff of Social and Risk Preferences
Gross, J., Faber, N.S., Kappes, A., Nussberger, A., Cowen, P., Browning, M., Kahane, G., Savulescu, J., Crockett, M.J., & De Dreu, C.K.W. (2021)
Psychological Science. Link» View PDF»

2020

A computational phenotype of disrupted moral inference in borderline personality disorder
Siegel, J.Z., Curwell-Parry, O., Pearce, S., *Saunders, K., & *Crockett, M.J. (2020)
Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging. Link» View PDF» View commentary»
*
equal contribution

A neuroeconomic model of gender disparities in moralistic punishment
Chawla, M., Earp, B.D., & Crockett, M.J. (2020).
Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences. Link» View PDF»

A theory of moral praise
Anderson, R., Crockett, M.J., & Pizarro, D.A. (2020)
Trends in Cognitive Sciences. Link»  View PDF»

Children punish third parties to satisfy both consequentialist and retributive motives
Marshall, J., Yudkin, D.A., & Crockett, M.J. (2020)
Nature Human Behaviour. Link» View PDF»

Model-free decision-making is prioritized when learning to avoid harming others
*Lockwood, P.L., *Klein-Flugge, M., Abdurahman, A., & Crockett, M.J. (2020)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Link» View PDF»
*equal contribution

Motivated misremembering of selfish decisions
Carlson, R.W., Maréchal, M., Oud, B., Fehr, E., & Crockett, M.J. (2020).
Nature Communications. Link» View PDF»

Prosocial behaviour is associated with transdiagnostic markers of affective sensitivity in multiple domains
Contreras-Huertas, L.S., Lockwood, P., Bird, G., Apps, M.*, & Crockett, M.J.* (2020)
Emotion. Link»  View PDF»
*equal contribution

Social discounting of pain
Story, G.W., Kurth-Nelson, Z., Crockett, M.J., Vlaev, I., Darzi, A., & Dolan, R.J. (2020)
Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. Link» View PDF»

The MAD Model of Moral Contagion: The role of motivation, attention and design in the spread of moralized content online
Brady, W.J., Crockett, M.J., & Van Bavel, J. (2020).
Perspectives on Psychological Science. Link» View PDF»

Transformative experience and social connectedness mediate the mood-enhancing effects of psychedelic use in naturalistic settings
Forstmann, M., Yudkin, D.A., Prosser, A.M.B., Heller, S.M., & Crockett, M.J. (2020).
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Link» View PDF»

Toward a brain-based biomarker of guilt
Yu, H., Koban, L., Crockett, M.J., Zhou, X., & Wager, T.D. (2020)
Neuroscience Insights. Link» View PDF»

Using social and behavioural science to support COVID-19 pandemic response
Van Bavel, J. J., Baicker, K., Boggio, P. S., Capraro, V., Cichocka, A., Cikara, M., Crockett, M. J., Crum, A. J., Douglas, K. M., Druckman, J. N. Drury, J., Dube, O., Ellemers, N., Finkel, E. J., Fowler, J. H., Gelfand, M., Han, S., Haslam, S. A., Jetten, J., Kitayama, S., Mobbs, D., Napper, L. E., Packer, D. J., Pennycook, G., Peters, E., Petty, R. E., Rand, D. G., Reicher, S. D., Schnall, S., Shariff, A., Skitka, L. J., Smith, S. S., Sunstein, C. R., Tabri, N., Tucker, J. A., van der Linden, S., Van Lange, P. A. M., Weeden, K. A., Wohl, M. J. A., Zaki, J., Zion, S. & Willer, R. (2020).
Nature Human Behaviour. Link» View PDF»

Who are “we” and why are we cooperating? Insights from social psychology
Clark, M.S., Earp, B.D., & Crockett, M.J. (2020).
Behavioral and Brain Sciences. Link» View PDF»

2019

Exposure to violence affects the development of moral impressions and trust behavior in incarcerated males
Siegel, J.Z., Estrada, S., Crockett, M.J.* & Baskin-Sommers, A.* (2019)
Nature Communications, 10(1), 1942. Link» View PDF»
*equal contribution

How effective is online outrage?
Brady, W.J., & Crockett, M.J. (2019)
Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 23(2), 79-80. PubMed link» View PDF»

Neuroimaging ‘will to fight’ for sacred values: an empirical case study with supporters of an Al Qaeda
associate

Hamid, N., Pretus, C., Atran, S., Crockett, M.J., Ginges, J., Sheikh, H., Tobena, A., Carmona, S., Gomez, A., Davis, R., & Vilarroya, O. (2019).
Royal Society Open Science, published online 12 June 2019. Link» View PDF»

Social uncertainty is heterogeneous and sometimes valuable
Kappes, A., Nussberger, A., Siegel, J.Z., Rutledge, R.B., & Crockett, M.J. (2019).
Nature Human Behaviour. Link» View PDF»

The effects of psychosocial stress on intergroup resource allocation
Schweda, A., Faber, N.S., Crockett, M.J., & Kalenscher, T. (2019).
Scientific Reports. Link» View PDF»

2018

Actions speak louder than outcomes in judgments of prosocial behavior
Yudkin, D.A., Prosser, A.M.B., & Crockett, M.J. (2018)
Emotion, published online 26 November 2018. PubMed link» View PDF»

Beliefs about bad people are volatile
Siegel J.Z., Mathys C., Rutledge R.B., & Crockett M.J. (2018)
Nature Human Behaviour, 2(10), 750-756.  Link»  View PDF» View commentary» 
**Winner of the 2018 International Social Cognition Network Best Paper Award

Beyond Sacrificial Harm: A Two-Dimensional Model of Utilitarian Psychology
Kahane, G.*, Everett, J. A. C.*, Earp, B. D., Caviola, L., Faber, N. S., Crockett, M. J., & Savulescu, J. (2018).
Psychological Review, 125(2), 131-164.  PubMed link»  View PDF»
*equal contribution
**Winner of the 2019 SPSP Daniel M. Wegner Theoretical Innovation Prize

Concern for Others Leads to Vicarious Optimism
Kappes, A., Faber, N.S., Kahane, G., Savulescu, J., & Crockett, M.J. (2018). 
Psychological Science29(3), 379-389.  PubMed link»  View PDF»

Extraordinary Altruism and Transcending the Self
Crockett M.J., & Lockwood P.L. (2018).
Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 22(12), 1071-1073.  PubMed link» View PDF»

Modeling Morality in 3-D: Decision-Making, Judgment and Inference
Yu, H., Siegel, J.Z., & Crockett, M.J. (2018)
Topics in Cognitive Science, Special Issue on Computational Approaches to Social Cognition, published online 14 September 2018. Link»  View PDF»

Neural mechanisms for learning self and other ownership
Lockwood, P.L., Wittmann, M.K., Apps, M.A.J., Klein-Flügge, M.C., Crockett, M.J., Humphreys, G.W., Rushworth, M.F.S. (2018)
Nature Communications, 9(1), 4747. PubMed link» View PDF»

Sex differences in the effects of acute stress on behavior in the ultimatum game
Youssef, F.F., Bachew, R., Bissessar, S., Crockett, M.J., & Faber, N.S. 
Psychoneuroendocrinology , 96, 126-131. PubMedLink» View PDF»

The costs of being consequentialist: social inference from instrumental harm and impartial beneficence
Everett, J.A.C., Faber, N., Savulescu, J., & Crockett, M.J. (2018)
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 79, 200-216PubMed link» View PDF»

The lateral prefrontal cortex and moral goal pursuit
Carlson R.W., & Crockett M.J. (2018).
Current Opinion in Psychology, 24, 77-82.  PubMed link» View PDF»

Uncertainty about the impact of social decisions increases prosocial behavior
Kappes, A.,*, Nussberger, A.*, Faber, N.S., Kahane, G., Savulescu, J., & Crockett, M.J. (2018)
Nature Human Behaviour, 2(8), 573-580. Link» View PDF»
*equal contribution

2017

Binding oneself to the mast: stimulating frontopolar cortex enhances precommitment
Soutschek A., Ugazio G., Crockett M.J., Ruff C.C., Kalenscher T., Tobler P.N. (2017). 
Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 12(4), 635-642.  PubMed link»  View PDF»

Compassion is not always a motivated choice: a multiple decision systems perspective
Montgomery M.A., Kappes A., & Crockett M.J. (2017).
In: Moral Psychology, Volume 5, Eds: Sinnott-Armstrong W., & Miller C.B. MIT Press. View PDF»

Individual differences in empathy are associated with apathy-motivation
Lockwood, P.L.,  Ang, YS., Husain, M. & Crockett, M.J. (2017)
Scientific Reports7(1), 17293.  PubMed link»  View PDF»

Inferences about moral character moderate the impact of consequences on blame and praise.
Siegel J.Z*, Crockett M.J.*, & Dolan R.J. (2017)
Cognition167, 201-211. PubMed link» View PDF»
*equal contribution

Moral outrage in the digital age
Crockett M.J. (2017)
Nature Human Behaviour1(11), 769-771.  Link»  View PDF»

Moral transgressions corrupt neural representations of value
Crockett M.J., Siegel J.Z, Kurth-Nelson Z., Dayan P., & Dolan R.J. (2017)
Nature Neuroscience20(6), 879-885.  PubMed link»  View PDF»

Serotonin enhances the impact of health information on food choice
Vlaev I., Crockett M.J., Clark L., Muller U., & Robbins T.W. (2017). 
Cognitive Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience, 17(3), 542-553.  PubMed link»  View PDF» 

The role of social status and testosterone in human conspicuous consumption
Wu Y., Eisenegger C., Sivanathan N., Crockett M.J., Clark L. (2017)
Scientific Reports7(1), 11803.  PubMed link»   View PDF»

 

2016

Computational modeling of moral decisions
Crockett, M.J. (2016). 
In: The Social Psychology of Morality, eds: Forgas J.P., Jussim L., & Van Lange, P.A.M. Psychology Press. View PDF» 

From Risk to Fairness
Kappes, A., Kahane, G., & Crockett, M.J. (2016). 
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113(42), 11651-11653. PubMed link»  View PDF» 

How formal models can illuminate mechanisms of moral judgment and decision-making 
Crockett, M.J. (2016). 
Current Directions in Psychological Science, 25(2), 85-90. PubMed link»  View PDF» 

Inference of trustworthiness from intuitive moral judgments
Everett, J.A.C., Pizarro, D.A., & Crockett, M.J. (2016). 
Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 145(6), 772-787. PubMed link»  View PDF» 

Neurochemical Modulation of Moral Judgment and Behavior
Crockett, M.J. (2016).
In: Moral Brains: The Neuroscience of Morality, ed: S. Matthew Liao. Oxford University Press. View PDF» 

The benefits and costs of a rose-colored hindsight
Kappes, A., & Crockett, M.J. (2016). 
Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 20(9), 644-646. PubMed link»  View PDF» 

 

2015

Dissociable effects of serotonin and dopamine on the valuation of harm in moral decision-making
Crockett, M. J., Siegel, J. Z., Kurth-Nelson, Z., Ousdal, O.T., Story, G., Freiband, C., Grosse-Rueschkamp, J.M., Dayan, P., & Dolan, R. J. (2015). 
Current Biology, 25(14), 1852-1859.  PubMed link»  View PDF»  View commentary» 

Economic Games and Social Neuroscience Methods Can Help Elucidate The Psychology of Parochial Altruism
Everett, J.A.C., Faber, N.S., Crockett, M.J., & De Dreu, C.K. (2015).
Frontiers in Psychology, 6, 861.  PubMed link» View PDF»

Editorial overview: Social behavior
Crockett, M.J. & Cuddy, A. (2015)
Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 3:v-vii.  View PDF»

Effects of serotonin depletion on punishment processing in the orbitofrontal and anterior cingulate cortices of healthy women
Helmbold, K., Zvyagintsev, M., Dahmen, B., Bubenzer-Busch, S., Gaber, T.J., Crockett, M.J., Klasen, M., Sanchez, C.L., Eisert, A., Konrad, K., Habel, U., Herpertz-Dahlmann, B., & Zepf, F.D. (2015).
European Neuropsychopharmacology, 25(6), 846-856. PubMed link» View PDF»

Goal-directed, habitual and Pavlovian prosocial behavior
Gesiarz, F. & Crockett, M.J. (2015).
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 9:135.  PubMed link» View PDF»

Neuromodulation and the (in)stability of moral cognition
Crockett, M.J. & Rini, R.A. (2015).
In: The Moral Brain: A Multidisciplinary Perspective, Eds: Decety, J. & Wheatley, T. MIT Press. View PDF»

Preferences and beliefs in ingroup favoritism
Everett, J.A.C., Faber, N.S., & Crockett, M.J. (2015).
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 9:15.  PubMed link» View PDF»

Serotonin and aversive processing in affective and social decision-making
Crockett, M. J. & Cools, R. (2015). 
Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 5, 64-70.  PubMed link»  View PDF»

Social redistribution of pain and money
Story, G. W., Vlaev, I., Metcalfe, R. D., Crockett, M. J., Kurth-Nelson, Z., Darzi, A., & Dolan, R. J. (2015). 
Scientific Reports, 5, 15389.  PubMed link»  View PDF»

The influence of social preferences and reputational concerns on intergroup prosocial behavior in gains and losses contexts
Everett, J.A.C., Faber, N.S., & Crockett, M.J. (2015). 
Royal Society Open Science, 2(12), 15046. PubMed link»  View PDF» 

 

2014

Differential effects of MDMA and methylphenidate on social cognition
Schmid, Y., Hysek, C. M., Simmler, L. D., Crockett, M. J., Quednow, B. B., & Liechti, M. E. (2014).
Journal of Psychopharmacology, 28(9), 847-856.  PubMed link» View PDF»

Harm to others outweighs harm to self in moral decision making
Crockett, M. J., Kurth-Nelson, Z., Siegel, J. Z., Dayan, P., & Dolan, R. J. (2014).
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111(48), 17320-17325.  PubMed link»  View PDF»
**Winner of the 2015 Einhorn Award, Society for Judgment and Decision-Making

Moral bioenhancement: a neuroscientific perspective
Crockett, M. J. (2014).
Journal of medical ethics, 40(6), 370-371.  PubMed link»  View PDF»

Pharmaceutical effects on moral behavior: a neuroscientific perspective
Crockett, M.J. (2014).
Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology, 21(2), 131-134.  PubMed link» View PDF»

Social brains on drugs: tools for neuromodulation in social neuroscience
Crockett, M. J., & Fehr, E. (2014).
Social cognitive and affective neuroscience, 9(2), 250-254.  PubMed link»  View PDF»

The cost of social punishment and high-lethality suicide attempts in the second half of life
Szanto, K., Clark, L., Hallquist, M., Vanyukov, P., Crockett, M., & Dombrovski, A. Y. (2014).
Psychology and aging, 29(1), 84.  PubMed link» View PDF»

The value of vengeance and the demand for deterrence
Crockett, M. J., Özdemir, Y., & Fehr, E. (2014).
Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 143(6), 2279-2286.  PubMed link»  View PDF»

 

2013

How serotonin shapes moral judgment and behavior
Siegel, J. Z., & Crockett, M. J. (2013).
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1299(1), 42-51. PubMed link»  View PDF»

Models of morality
Crockett, M. J. (2013).
Trends in cognitive sciences, 17(8), 363-366.  PubMed link»  View PDF»

Pharmacology of Economic and Social Decision-Making
Crockett, M.J. & Fehr, E. (2013).  
In: Neuroeconomics: Decision-Making and the Brain, Eds: Glimcher, P. & Fehr, E. Academic Press. View PDF»

Restricting Temptations: Neural Mechanisms of Precommitment
Crockett, M. J., Braams, B. R., Clark, L., Tobler, P. N., Robbins, T. W., & Kalenscher, T. (2013).
Neuron, 79(2), 391-401.  PubMed link»  View PDF»  View commentary»

Serotonin modulates striatal responses to fairness and retaliation in humans
Crockett, M. J., Apergis-Schoute, A., Herrmann, B., Lieberman, M. D., Müller, U., Robbins, T. W., & Clark, L. (2013).
The Journal of Neuroscience, 33(8), 3505-3513.  PubMed link»  View PDF»

 

2012

Effects of acute tryptophan depletion on prefrontal-amygdala connectivity while viewing facial signals of aggression
Passamonti, L.*, Crockett, M. J.*, Apergis-Schoute, A. M., Clark, L., Rowe, J. B., Calder, A. J., & Robbins, T. W. (2012).
Biological psychiatry, 71(1), 36-43.  PubMed link»  View PDF»
*equal contribution

Punishment promotes response control deficits in OCD: Evidence from a motivational go/no-go task
Morein-Zamir, S., Papmeyer, M., Gillan, C.M., Crockett, M.J., Fineberg, N.A., Sahakian, B.J., & Robbins, T.W. (2012).
Psychological Medicine, 43(2), 391-400.  PubMed link»  View PDF»

Serotonin modulates the effects of Pavlovian aversive predictions on response vigor
Crockett, M. J., Clark, L., Apergis-Schoute, A. M., Morein-Zamir, S., & Robbins, T. W. (2012). 
Neuropsychopharmacology, 37(10), 2244-2252.  PubMed link»  View PDF»

The effects of acute tryptophan depletion on costly information sampling: impulsivity or aversive processing? 
Crockett, M. J., Clark, L., Smillie, L. D., & Robbins, T. W. (2012).
Psychopharmacology, 219(2), 587-597.  PubMed link»  View PDF»

2011

Converging evidence for central 5-HT effects in acute tryptophan depletion
Crockett, M.J., Clark, L., Roiser, J.P., Robinson, O.J., Cools, R., Chase, H.W., den Ouden, H., Apergis-Schoute, A.M., Campbell-Meikeljohn, D., Seymour, B., Sahakian, B.J., Rogers, R.D., & Robbins, T.W.  (2011).
Molecular Psychiatry, 17(2), 121-3.  PubMed link»  View PDF»

Subjective responses to emotional stimuli during labeling, reappraisal, and distraction
Lieberman, M. D., Inagaki, T. K., Tabibnia, G., & Crockett, M. J. (2011).
Emotion, 11(3), 468.  PubMed link»  View PDF»

5-HT modulation by acute tryptophan depletion of human instrumental contingency judgements
Chase, H. W., Crockett, M. J., Msetfi, R. M., Murphy, R. A., Clark, L., Sahakian, B. J., & Robbins, T. W. (2011). Psychopharmacology, 213(2-3), 615-623.  PubMed link»  View PDF»

 

2010

Impulsive choice and altruistic punishment are correlated and increase in tandem with serotonin depletion
Crockett, M. J., Clark, L., Lieberman, M. D., Tabibnia, G., & Robbins, T. W. (2010).  
Emotion, 10(6), 855.  PubMed link»  View PDF»

Mood state moderates the role of serotonin in cognitive biases
Robinson, O. J., Cools, R., Crockett, M. J., & Sahakian, B. J. (2010).
Journal of Psychopharmacology, 24(4), 573-583.  PubMed link»  View PDF»

Reply to Harris and Chan: Moral judgment is more than rational deliberation
Crockett, M. J., Clark, L., Hauser, M. D., & Robbins, T. W. (2010).  
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 107(50), E184-E184.  Link»  View PDF»

Role of Central Serotonin in Impulsivity and Compulsivity: Comparative Studies in Experimental Animals and Humans
Robbins, T. W., & Crockett, M. J. (2010).
Handbook of Behavioral Neuroscience, 21, 415-427. Link» View PDF»

Serotonin selectively influences moral judgment and behavior through effects on harm aversion
Crockett, M. J., Clark, L., Hauser, M. D., & Robbins, T. W. (2010).
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 107(40), 17433-17438.  PubMed link»  View PDF»  View commentary»

 

2009 and earlier

Reconciling the role of serotonin in behavioral inhibition and aversion: acute tryptophan depletion abolishes punishment-induced inhibition in humans
Crockett, M. J., Clark, L., & Robbins, T. W. (2009).
The Journal of neuroscience, 29(38), 11993-11999.  PubMed link»  View PDF»

The neurochemistry of fairness
Crockett, M. J. (2009).
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1167(1), 76-86.  PubMed link»  View PDF»

Serotonin modulates behavioral reactions to unfairness
Crockett, M. J., Clark, L., Tabibnia, G., Lieberman, M. D., & Robbins, T. W. (2008).
Science, 320(5884), 1739-1739.  PubMed link»  View PDF»

Putting feelings into words affect labeling disrupts amygdala activity in response to affective stimuli
Lieberman, M. D., Eisenberger, N. I., Crockett, M. J., Tom, S. M., Pfeifer, J. H., & Way, B. M. (2007).
Psychological Science, 18(5), 421-428.  PubMed link»  View PDF»

 

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