People

jdecetyJean Decety

Jean Decety is Professor of Psychology and of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience at the University of Chicago and the College. He is the director of the Child NeuroSuite and head of the Social Cognitive Neuroscience Lab. Dr. Decety recently edited The Moral Brain: A Multidisciplinary Perspective, and Social Cognition: Development Across the Life Span.

e-mail: decety [AT] uchicago.edu

Post doctoral scholars and graduate students

elizabethhElizabeth Huppert

Elizabeth Huppert received a B.A. in psychology and classics from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. She then completed a M.A. degree at the University of Chicago, studying the effects of scarcity on moral judgment and behavior in adults. Now Elizabeth is examining the impact of resource shortage on children’s moral cognition, prosocial behavior, and concern with reputation. Additionally, she is investigating social decision-making and distributive justice in a cross-cultural project combining behavioral economics and developmental psychology.
email: ehuppert [AT] uchicago.edu

vkozloffViolet Kozloff

Violet graduated from Wellesley College in 2017 with a joint B.A. in Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences and French. After college, Violet worked at the University of Delaware in the Language Acquisition and Brain Lab, focusing on autism and first language acquisition. She also studied bilingual literacy development at the Brain Organization for Language and Literacy Development Lab. She is interested in using fMRI, fNIRS, and EEG techniques to explore communication, language, and social cognition. Violet joined the Child Neurosuite team as the Lab Manager.
email: vkozloff [AT] uchicago.edu

kyoderKeith Yoder

Keith Yoder received his Ph.D. (Psychology) from the University of Chicago where he used behavioral economics and cognitive neuroscience to investigate justice sensitivity. He got a B.S. in Human Development from Cornell University while working with EEG in the Laboratory for the Neuroscience of Autism. Keith uses functional MRI, diffusion tensor imaging, and high-density EEG to investigate ways in which the brain supports moral cognition and social decision-making in children and adults.
email: kjyoder [AT] uchicago.edu

Undergraduate students

Hanna Czeladko

Second year at the College

Majoring in neuroscience & pre-med

Sabrina Foster

Second year at the College

Majoring in neuroscience

Angela Fung

Second year at the College

Majoring in neuroscience

Julia Goldstein

Second year at the College

Majoring in neuroscience & pre-med

Sydney Lupo

Second year at the College

Majoring in neuroscience & pre-med

Medha Reddy

Second year at the College

Majoring in neuroscience & pre-med

Leela Sarukkai

First year at the College

Majoring in economics

Lauren Thompson

Second year at the College

Majoring in psychology & biology

Collaborators