Molly J. Crockett Explained
Molly J. Crockett is an American neuroscientist who studies human morality, altruism and decision making. She received the 2019 Janet Taylor Spence Award from the Association for Psychological Science.
Career
Crockett is originally from Irvine, California. She is an associate professor of psychology at Princeton University.[1] Previously she was an associate professor of Psychology at Yale, and associate professor of experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford, a fellow at University College London and the University of Zürich, funded by the Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Wellcome Trust, awarded in 2010.[2] After completing her Bachelor of Science at the University of California, Los Angeles, she completed her PhD at King's College, Cambridge, where she was a Gates Cambridge Scholar.[3]
Work
Crockett studies behavioral neuroscience, with a particular focus on the role of neurotransmitters on decision-making, for example studying how antidepressants affect negotiations in experimental settings.[4] [5] She has criticized science journalists for over hyping the generality of some of her research findings.[5]
Recently, Crockett has begun researching moral outrage.[6]
- Works
- Lieberman . MD . Eisenberger . NI . Crockett . MJ . Tom . SM . Pfeifer . JH . Way . BM . Putting feelings into words: affect labeling disrupts amygdala activity in response to affective stimuli . Psychological Science . May 2007 . 18 . 5 . 421–8 . 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2007.01916.x . 17576282. 1445321 .
- Crockett . MJ . Clark . L . Tabibnia . G . Lieberman . MD . Robbins . TW . Serotonin modulates behavioral reactions to unfairness . Science . 27 June 2008 . 320 . 5884 . 1739 . 10.1126/science.1155577 . 18535210 . 2504725. 2008Sci...320.1739C .
- Crockett . MJ . Clark . L . Hauser . MD . Robbins . TW . Serotonin selectively influences moral judgment and behavior through effects on harm aversion . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America . 5 October 2010 . 107 . 40 . 17433–8 . 10.1073/pnas.1009396107 . 20876101 . 2951447. 2010PNAS..10717433C . free .
- Crockett . MJ . Clark . L . Robbins . TW . Reconciling the role of serotonin in behavioral inhibition and aversion: acute tryptophan depletion abolishes punishment-induced inhibition in humans. . The Journal of Neuroscience . 23 September 2009 . 29 . 38 . 11993–9 . 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2513-09.2009 . 19776285 . 2775933.
- Lieberman . MD . Inagaki . TK . Tabibnia . G . Crockett . MJ . Subjective responses to emotional stimuli during labeling, reappraisal, and distraction. . Emotion . June 2011 . 11 . 3 . 468–80 . 10.1037/a0023503 . 21534661 . 3444304.
- Book: Crockett . Molly J. . Fehr . Ernst . Glimcher . Paul W. . Fehr . Ernst . Neuroeconomics: decision making and the brain . 2014 . Elsevier Academic Press . 9780124160088 . 259–279 . 2nd . Chapter 14: Pharmacology of Economic and Social Decision Making.
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: People . 2023-11-13 . Crockett Lab . en-US.
- Web site: Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellows. 11 October 2013.
- Web site: Gates Cambridge Scholars. 13 October 2013.
- News: Frankel . Miriam . Antidepressants make people less likely to harm others . New Scientist . 27 September 2010.
- News: Solon . Olivia . Neuroscientist Molly Crockett: how to spot 'neurobollocks' . 8 November 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121219201616/https://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-11/08/neurobollocks . 19 December 2012.
- Crockett . M. J. . Moral outrage in the digital age . Nature Human Behaviour . 18 September 2017 . 1 . 11 . 769–771 . 10.1038/s41562-017-0213-3. 31024117 . 27074328 .