Highlight publications
Cutler, J, Nitschke, JP, Lamm, C & Lockwood, PL 2021, 'Older adults across the globe exhibit increased prosocial behavior but also greater in-group preferences', Nature Aging, vol. 1, pp. 880–888. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43587-021-00118-3
Cutler, J, Wittmann, MK, Abdurahman, A, Hargitai, LD, Drew, D, Husain, M & Lockwood, PL 2021, 'Ageing is associated with disrupted reinforcement learning whilst learning to help others is preserved', Nature Communications, vol. 12, no. 1, 4440. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24576-w
Lockwood, PL, Apps, MAJ, Valton, V, Viding, E & Roiser, JP 2016, 'Neurocomputational mechanisms of prosocial learning and links to empathy', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 113, no. 35, pp. 9763–9768. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1603198113
Lockwood, PL, Hamonet, M, Zhang, SH, Ratnavel, A, Salmony, FU, Husain, M & Apps, MAJ 2017, 'Prosocial apathy for helping others when effort is required', Nature Human Behaviour, vol. 1, no. 7, 0131. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-017-0131
Lockwood, PL, Klein-Flügge, MC, Abdurahman, A & Crockett, MJ 2020, 'Model-free decision making is prioritized when learning to avoid harming others', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 117, no. 44, pp. 27719-27730. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2010890117
Recent publications
Book
Smith, DV, Lockwood, PL & Fareri, DS (eds) 2026, Neuroeconomics: Core Topics and Current Directions. 1 edn, Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-02925-6
Article
Chang, SWC & Lockwood, PL 2026, 'Central Questions for Social Neuroscience Research', The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, vol. 46, no. 8, e0123262026. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0123-26.2026
Vogel, TA, Priestley, L, Cutler, J, Hogg, T, Khalighinejad, N, Garrett, N, Apps, MAJ, Rushworth, MFS & Lockwood, PL 2026, 'Humans are more prosocial in poor foraging environments', Nature Communications, vol. 17, 483. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-66880-9
Zhao, S, Ye, R, Sen, A, Scholl, J, Lockwood, P, Li, M, Karataş, KF, Ang, Y-S, Little, SJ, Harmer, CJ, He, K, Li, Q, Wang, K, Apps, MAJ, Manohar, S & Husain, M 2026, 'On the relationships between apathy, depression and anhedonia', Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2025-337245
Zhao, S, Ye, R, Tang, Q-Y, Attaallah, B, Toniolo, S, Saleh, Y, Rouse, MA, Garrard, P, Broulidakis, MJ, Thompson, S, Manohar, SG, Irani, SR, Ang, Y-S, Lockwood, P, Apps, MAJ, Hu, P, Wang, K, Rowe, JB, Le Heron, C & Husain, M 2026, 'The social dimension of apathy: evidence for a distinct domain from 11,243 individuals across health and neurocognitive disorders', Translational Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-026-04023-4
Elster, EM, Pauli, R, Fairchild, G, McDonald, M, Baumann, S, Sidlauskaite, J, De Brito, S, Freitag, CM, Konrad, K, Roessner, V, Brazil, IA, Lockwood, PL & Kohls, G 2025, 'Altered Neural Responses to Punishment Learning in Conduct Disorder', Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsc.2025.01.003
Rush, P, Keating, C, Lugtmeijer, S, Allmark, E, Davis, A, Beejadhur, A, Tarling, A, Todd, K, Hannon, S, Iddles, A, Vichare, C, Gachomba, MJM, Lockwood, P, Apps, M & Sowden-Carvalho, S 2025, 'Autistic and non-autistic prosocial decision-making: The impact of recipient neurotype', Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, vol. 128, 202710 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.reia.2025.202710
Chapter
Su, Z & Lockwood, PL 2026, The Neuroeconomics of Social Influence and Contagion. in DV Smith, PL Lockwood & DS Fareri (eds), Neuroeconomics: Core Topics and Current Directions. 1 edn, Springer Nature, pp. 467-482. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/tgmj3_v1, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-02925-6_26
Foreword/postscript
Smith, DV, Lockwood, PL & Fareri, DS 2026, Foundations of Neuroeconomics: History and Methods. in DV Smith, PL Lockwood & DS Fareri (eds), Neuroeconomics: Core Topics and Current Directions. 1 edn, Springer, pp. 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-02925-6
Smith, DV, Lockwood, PL & Fareri, DS 2026, From Neural Data to Societal Impact: Applications of Neuroeconomics. in DV Smith, PL Lockwood & DS Fareri (eds), Neuroeconomics: Core Topics and Current Directions. 1 edn, Springer, pp. 629-631. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-02925-6
Smith, DV, Fareri, DS & Lockwood, PL 2026, Individual Differences in Neuroeconomics: Age, Sex and Gender, and Clinical Variation. in DV Smith, PL Lockwood & DS Fareri (eds), Neuroeconomics: Core Topics and Current Directions. 1 edn, Springer, pp. 503-506. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-02925-6
Fareri, DS, Smith, DV & Lockwood, PL 2026, Modulators of Decision-Making: Emotion and Social Context. in DV Smith, PL Lockwood & DS Fareri (eds), Neuroeconomics: Core Topics and Current Directions. 1 edn, Springer, pp. 329-332. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-02925-6
Lockwood, PL, Smith, DV & Fareri, DS 2026, Social Preferences and Social Decision-Making. in DV Smith, PL Lockwood & DS Fareri (eds), Neuroeconomics: Core Topics and Current Directions. 1 edn, Springer, pp. 423-425. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-02925-6
Fareri, DS, Lockwood, PL & Smith, DV 2026, Temporal Discounting, Effort-Based Choice, and Self-Control. in DV Smith, PL Lockwood & DS Fareri (eds), Neuroeconomics: Core Topics and Current Directions. 1 edn, Springer, pp. 235-237. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-02925-6
Lockwood, PL, Fareri, DS & Smith, DV 2026, Valuation, Learning, Risk, and Uncertainty. in DV Smith, PL Lockwood & DS Fareri (eds), Neuroeconomics: Core Topics and Current Directions. 1 edn, Springer, pp. 121-123. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-02925-6
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