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
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
Wittmann, MK, Lin, Y, Pan, D, Braun, MN, Dickson, C, Spiering, L, Luo, S, Harbison, C, Abdurahman, A, Hamilton, S, Faber, NS, Khalighinejad, N, Lockwood, PL & Rushworth, MFS 2025, 'Basis functions for complex social decisions in dorsomedial frontal cortex', Nature, vol. 641, no. 8063, pp. 707-717. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-08705-9
Pauli, R, Brazil, I, Kohls, G, Hauser, TU, Gistelinck, L, Dikeos, D, Dochnal, R, Fairchild, G, Fernández-Rivas, A, Herpertz-Dahlmann, B, Hervas, A, Konrad, K, Popma, A, Stadler, C, Freitag, CM, De Brito, SA & Lockwood, PL 2025, 'Conduct disorder is associated with heightened action initiation and reduced learning from punishment but not reward', Biological Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2025.03.005
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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