Dr. Crockett’s lab investigates the psychological and neural mechanisms of morality, altruism and economic decision-making. Her research integrates perspectives from social psychology, neuroscience, behavioral economics, and philosophy, and employs a range of methods including behavioral experiments, computational modeling, brain imaging, and pharmacology. Her interests include the neurobiology of self-deception and moral hypocrisy; the development of trust in healthy people and psychiatric disorders; moral outrage and political polarization; and how technology transforms social emotions.