Research

Social Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory

Participate

If you are interested to be a participant in one of the research projects, contact the lab manager or Dr. Jean Decety by email.

Currently, we are conducting several projects employing measures of brain connectivity, functional magnetic resonance imaging, high-density EEG, eye-tracking, and behavioral economics methods. All projects are approved by the University of Chicago Institutional Review Board, and participants are compensated for their time.

Current Projects

  • How and why moral conviction catalyzes dogmatism and intolerance
  • Impact of forced-displacement and violence exposure on children’ social preferences and social norms in the Sahel region of Africa
  • The influence of resource scarcity on children’s moral decision-making
  • How do we value human lives across the lifespan
  • Socioemotional processing in incarcerated female psychopaths
  • Vulnerability to video propaganda from terrorist groups

Funding

  • University of Chicago Grossman Center for Quantitative Biology and Human Behavior
  • National Institute for Child Health and Human Development
  • The Pearson Institute for the Study and Resolution of Global Conflicts
  • The World Bank
  • National Institute of Mental Health
  • US Department of Defense

Social Cognitive Neuroscience Lab
5848 S. University Avenue

Chicago, IL 60637