Molly J. Crockett
Molly J. Crockett | |
|---|---|
 Crockett speaks at the 2017 World Economic Forum | |
| Alma mater | University of California, Los Angeles (BA) King's College, Cambridge (PhD) |
| Awards | APS Janet Taylor Spence Award (2019) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Neuroscience |
| Institutions | Princeton University Yale University University of Oxford |
| Doctoral advisor | Prof Trevor Robbins |
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
[edit]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
[edit]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 (May 2007). "Putting feelings into words: affect labeling disrupts amygdala activity in response to affective stimuli". Psychological Science. 18 (5): 421–8. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9280.2007.01916.x. PMID 17576282. S2CID 1445321.
- Crockett, MJ; Clark, L; Tabibnia, G; Lieberman, MD; Robbins, TW (27 June 2008). "Serotonin modulates behavioral reactions to unfairness". Science. 320 (5884): 1739. Bibcode:2008Sci...320.1739C. doi:10.1126/science.1155577. PMC 2504725. PMID 18535210.
- Crockett, MJ; Clark, L; Hauser, MD; Robbins, TW (5 October 2010). "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. 107 (40): 17433–8. Bibcode:2010PNAS..10717433C. doi:10.1073/pnas.1009396107. PMC 2951447. PMID 20876101.
- Crockett, MJ; Clark, L; Robbins, TW (23 September 2009). "Reconciling the role of serotonin in behavioral inhibition and aversion: acute tryptophan depletion abolishes punishment-induced inhibition in humans". The Journal of Neuroscience. 29 (38): 11993–9. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2513-09.2009. PMC 2775933. PMID 19776285.
- Lieberman, MD; Inagaki, TK; Tabibnia, G; Crockett, MJ (June 2011). "Subjective responses to emotional stimuli during labeling, reappraisal, and distraction". Emotion. 11 (3): 468–80. doi:10.1037/a0023503. PMC 3444304. PMID 21534661.
- Crockett, Molly J.; Fehr, Ernst (2014). "Chapter 14: Pharmacology of Economic and Social Decision Making". In Glimcher, Paul W.; Fehr, Ernst (eds.). Neuroeconomics: decision making and the brain (2nd ed.). Elsevier Academic Press. pp. 259–279. ISBN 9780124160088.
References
[edit]- ^ "People". Crockett Lab. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
- ^ "Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellows". Retrieved 11 October 2013.
- ^ "Gates Cambridge Scholars". Retrieved 13 October 2013.
- ^ Frankel, Miriam (27 September 2010). "Antidepressants make people less likely to harm others". New Scientist.
- ^ a b Solon, Olivia (8 November 2012). "Neuroscientist Molly Crockett: how to spot 'neurobollocks'". Archived from the original on 19 December 2012.
- ^ Crockett, M. J. (18 September 2017). "Moral outrage in the digital age". Nature Human Behaviour. 1 (11): 769–771. doi:10.1038/s41562-017-0213-3. PMID 31024117. S2CID 27074328.
External links
[edit]- "Podcast: Of Cheese And Neuro-Bunk". Skepticality. 11 November 2014.
- "Interview: The Science of Morality". Discovery - BBC World Service. 20 May 2012.
- Beware Neuro Bunk; TED talk, 2012
- Drugs and Morals 2011 TEDx talk, 2011
- Living people
- American neuroscientists
- Academics of University College London
- Alumni of King's College, Cambridge
- American moral psychologists
- People from Irvine, California
- American women neuroscientists
- Yale University faculty
- 21st-century American scientists
- 21st-century American women scientists
- American women academics