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

JJV Bavel, K Baicker, PS Boggio, V Capraro… - Nature human …, 2020 - nature.com
The COVID-19 pandemic represents a massive global health crisis. Because the crisis
requires large-scale behaviour change and places significant psychological burdens on …

[HTML][HTML] Ten considerations for effectively managing the COVID-19 transition

KB Habersaat, C Betsch, M Danchin… - Nature human …, 2020 - nature.com
Governments around the world have implemented measures to manage the transmission of
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). While the majority of these measures are proving …

Forms and functions of the self-conscious emotions

D Sznycer - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2019 - cell.com
Pride, shame, and guilt color our highest and lowest personal moments. Recent evidence
suggests that these self-conscious emotions are neurocognitive adaptations crafted by …

Beliefs about bad people are volatile

JZ Siegel, C Mathys, RB Rutledge… - Nature human …, 2018 - nature.com
People form moral impressions rapidly, effortlessly and from a remarkably young age,,,–.
Putatively 'bad'agents command more attention and are identified more quickly and …

The cognitive neuroscience of moral judgment and decision making

JD Greene - 2015 - direct.mit.edu
Cognitive neuroscience aims to understand the mind in physical terms. This endeavor
assumes that the mind can be understood in physical terms, and, insofar as it is successful …

The moral preferences of investors: Experimental evidence

We characterize investors' moral preferences in a parsimonious experimental setting, where
we auction stocks with various ethical features. We find strong evidence that investors seek …

Neural mechanisms for learning self and other ownership

PL Lockwood, MK Wittmann, MAJ Apps… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Sense of ownership is a ubiquitous and fundamental aspect of human cognition. Here we
used model-based functional magnetic resonance imaging and a novel minimal ownership …

[HTML][HTML] How peer influence shapes value computation in moral decision-making

H Yu, JZ Siegel, JA Clithero, MJ Crockett - Cognition, 2021 - Elsevier
Moral behavior is susceptible to peer influence. How does information from peers influence
moral preferences? We used drift-diffusion modeling to show that peer influence changes …

Moral motivation and the basal forebrain

R Zahn, R de Oliveira-Souza, J Moll - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral …, 2020 - Elsevier
Moral motivations drive humans to sacrifice selfish needs to serve the needs of others and
internalized sociocultural norms. Over the past two decades, several brain regions have …

The application of computational models to social neuroscience: promises and pitfalls

CJ Charpentier, JP O'Doherty - Social neuroscience, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Interactions with conspecifics are key to any social species. In order to navigate this social
world, it is crucial for individuals to learn from and about others. From learning new skills by …