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Molly J. Crockett

Molly J. Crockett

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Psychology

D-Index
49
Citations
17427
World Ranking
5546
National Ranking
3024

Overview

Molly J. Crockett is affiliated with Yale University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on social sciences, neuroscience, and psychology. These disciplines are further refined into subfields including cognitive neuroscience, sociology and political science, social psychology, artificial intelligence, and safety research.

Their research topics cover a range of areas related to human behavior and societal dynamics. Key topics include:

  • Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
  • Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Cultural Differences and Values
  • Misinformation and Its Impacts
  • Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
  • Emotions and Moral Behavior
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions

Crockett has contributed to various publication venues, with frequent appearances in:

  • Nature Communications
  • Nature Human Behaviour
  • Trends in Cognitive Sciences
  • Perspectives on Psychological Science
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Some recent papers authored include:

  • Using social and behavioural science to support COVID-19 pandemic response, 2020, Nature Human Behaviour
  • Artificial intelligence and illusions of understanding in scientific research, 2024, Nature
  • COVID-19 Incidence and Death Rates Among Unvaccinated and Fully Vaccinated Adults with and Without Booster Doses During Periods of Delta and Omicron Variant Emergence - 25 U.S. Jurisdictions, April 4-December 25, 2021, 2022, MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
  • The MAD Model of Moral Contagion: The Role of Motivation, Attention, and Design in the Spread of Moralized Content Online, 2020, Perspectives on Psychological Science
  • How social learning amplifies moral outrage expression in online social networks, 2021, Science Advances

Their frequent collaborators include:

  • William J. Brady
  • Killian Lorcan McLoughlin
  • Annayah Miranda Beatrice Prosser
  • Hongbo Yu
  • Luis Sebastian Contreras-Huerta

Best Publications

  • Using social and behavioural science to support COVID-19 pandemic response.

    Jay J. Van Bavel;Katherine Baicker;Paulo S. Boggio;Valerio Capraro

  • Putting Feelings Into Words Affect Labeling Disrupts Amygdala Activity in Response to Affective Stimuli

    Matthew D. Lieberman;Naomi I. Eisenberger;Molly J. Crockett;Sabrina M. Tom

  • Serotonin selectively influences moral judgment and behavior through effects on harm aversion

    Molly J. Crockett;Luke Clark;Marc D. Hauser;Trevor W. Robbins

  • Moral outrage in the digital age.

    M. J. Crockett

  • Serotonin Modulates Behavioral Reactions to Unfairness

    Molly J. Crockett;Molly J. Crockett;Luke Clark;Luke Clark;Golnaz Tabibnia;Golnaz Tabibnia;Matthew D. Lieberman;Matthew D. Lieberman

  • Inference of trustworthiness from intuitive moral judgments.

    Jim A. C. Everett;David A. Pizarro;M. J. Crockett

  • Beyond sacrificial harm: A two-dimensional model of utilitarian psychology.

    Guy Kahane;Jim A. C. Everett;Brian D. Earp;Lucius Caviola

  • Subjective responses to emotional stimuli during labeling, reappraisal, and distraction.

    Matthew D. Lieberman;Tristen K. Inagaki;Golnaz Tabibnia;Molly J. Crockett

  • Harm to others outweighs harm to self in moral decision making

    Molly J. Crockett;Zeb Kurth-Nelson;Jenifer Z. Siegel;Jenifer Z. Siegel;Peter Dayan

  • The MAD Model of Moral Contagion: The Role of Motivation, Attention, and Design in the Spread of Moralized Content Online:

    William J. Brady;M. J. Crockett;Jay J. Van Bavel;Jay J. Van Bavel

  • Reconciling the Role of Serotonin in Behavioral Inhibition and Aversion: Acute Tryptophan Depletion Abolishes Punishment-Induced Inhibition in Humans

    Molly J. Crockett;Luke Clark;Trevor W. Robbins

  • Models of morality.

    Molly J. Crockett

  • Preferences and beliefs in ingroup favoritism

    Jim A. C. Everett;Nadira S. Faber;Molly J. Crockett

  • The effectiveness of moral messages on public health behavioral intentions during the COVID-19 pandemic

    Everett Jac;Colombatto C;Chituc;Brady Wj

  • How social learning amplifies moral outrage expression in online social networks.

    William J. Brady;Killian McLoughlin;Tuan N. Doan;Molly J. Crockett

  • The costs of being consequentialist: Social inference from instrumental harm and impartial beneficence.

    Jim A.C. Everett;Nadira S. Faber;Julian Savulescu;Molly J. Crockett

  • Impulsive choice and altruistic punishment are correlated and increase in tandem with serotonin depletion.

    Molly J. Crockett;Luke Clark;Matthew D. Lieberman;Golnaz Tabibnia

  • Serotonin Modulates Striatal Responses to Fairness and Retaliation in Humans

    Molly J. Crockett;Molly J. Crockett;Annemieke Apergis-Schoute;Benedikt Herrmann;Matthew D. Lieberman

  • Effects of acute tryptophan depletion on prefrontal-amygdala connectivity while viewing facial signals of aggression.

    Luca Passamonti;Molly J. Crockett;Annemieke M. Apergis-Schoute;Luke Clark

  • Transformative experience and social connectedness mediate the mood-enhancing effects of psychedelic use in naturalistic settings.

    Matthias Forstmann;Matthias Forstmann;Daniel A Yudkin;Daniel A Yudkin;Annayah M B Prosser;S Megan Heller

  • Beyond Sacrificial Harm: A Two-Dimensional Model of Utilitarian Psychology (vol 125, pg 131, 2018)

    G Kahane;Everett Jac.;B D Earp;L Caviola

  • Harm to others outweighs harm to self in moral decision making (vol 111, pg 17320, 2014)

    MJ Crockett;Z Kurth-Nelson;JZ Siegel;P Dayan

Frequent Co-Authors

Trevor W. Robbins
Trevor W. Robbins University of Cambridge
Luke Clark
Luke Clark University of British Columbia
Patricia L. Lockwood
Patricia L. Lockwood University of Birmingham
Barbara J. Sahakian
Barbara J. Sahakian University of Cambridge
Matthew D. Lieberman
Matthew D. Lieberman University of California, Los Angeles
Jay J. Van Bavel
Jay J. Van Bavel New York University
Roshan Cools
Roshan Cools Radboud University
Beate Herpertz-Dahlmann
Beate Herpertz-Dahlmann RWTH Aachen University
David A. Pizarro
David A. Pizarro Cornell University
David G. Rand
David G. Rand Cornell University

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