Molly Crockett, Lab Director
Dr. Molly Crockett is an Associate Professor at Princeton University’s Department of Psychology and University Center for Human Values. Prior to joining Princeton, Dr. Crockett was an Associate Professor of Psychology at Yale University, Associate Professor of Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Jesus College. They hold a BSc in Psychobiology from UCLA and a PhD in Experimental Psychology from the University of Cambridge, and completed a Wellcome Trust Postdoctoral Fellowship with economists and neuroscientists at the University of Zürich and University College London.
Judy sein Kim, POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW
Prior to starting as a postdoc in the Crockett Lab, Judy obtained a PhD in Cognitive Psychology from Johns Hopkins University. She is interested in the abstract structures people use to understand and communicate their experiences. During their PhD, they studied theories that individuals born blind form about “visual” phenomena (e.g., color). Currently, Judy is investigating how people construct moral narratives in the service of making sense of their own values as well as for persuading others.
Yeon Soon Shin, POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW
Yeon Soon is a postdoc in the Crockett Lab. Prior to joining the lab, she got her PhD in Neuroscience from Princeton University. She uses computational models to investigate the cognitive mechanisms of inference. During her PhD, she studied how we infer the hidden structure of the complex world and how the inferred structure organizes our experiences. Currently, she is studying how people make moral inferences and how the inference process is altered in psychiatric disorders.
Sally xie, Postdoctoral fellow
Sally is a postdoc in the Crockett Lab. She received her PhD in Experimental Psychology at McGill University, where she investigated how social and situational contexts (such as racial and gender identities, stereotypes, everyday experiences, and situational goals) shape social impressions. Building on this foundational work, she is currently examining how intersecting identities—and identity transformations—alter the way we perceive others and ourselves.
Adam Morris, PostDoctoral Fellow
Adam Morris is a postdoc in the Crockett Lab. He recently finished his PhD in cognitive science at Harvard University. During his PhD, he studied “habits of thought” in decision-making: habitual cognitive mechanisms which guide abstract thought patterns and decision operations. He is currently investigating people’s awareness of their own implicit choice mechanisms, and the ways that this awareness can be improved through attentional training.
Megha Chawla, PhD Student
Megha is a fourth year PhD student in psychology at Yale, and is co-supervised by Drs. Molly Crockett and Steve Chang. She received a BA in Psychology from the University of Southern California and a MRes in Developmental Neuroscience and Psychopathology from University College London. Prior to joining the PhD program, Megha worked as a research assistant in Dr. Ifat Levy’s lab at Yale for two years. In the Crockett lab, she is using neuroimaging, computational and behavioral methods to understand the psychology and neuroscience of social decision-making.
KilliaN Mcloughlin, PHD STUDENT
Killian is a second year PhD student on the joint degree program in psychology and social policy at Princeton where he is supervised by Molly Crockett. Having received a BA in philosophy and English literature from University College Dublin (UCD), he went on to complete his first postgraduate degree in psychology at Trinity College Dublin, before returning to UCD to study for an MSc in social data analytics. He spent two years as laboratory technician in the Crockett Lab before joining as a graduate student, first at Yale and then at Princeton. Killian’s research leverages computational methods to explore the interactions between moral psychology and digital technologies.
Yoonseo Zoh, PHD STUDENT
Yoonseo is a third year PhD student in psychology at Princeton, working with Dr. Molly Crockett and Dr. Steve Chang. She obtained her B.A. in Psychology and Education at Seoul National University in South Korea. Yoonseo’s research examines the interplay between human cognitive processes and moral intuitions. She is particularly interested in understanding how individuals think and make decisions regarding issues of justice and morality.
Lauren Wilkins, Lab Manager
Lauren graduated with a BA in Psychology from Columbia University. At Columbia, they completed an honors thesis on affect labeling and emotion regulation with Dr. Kevin Ochsner, conducted a global replication study of Lees & Cikara’s 2020 political polarization study with Dr. Kai Ruggeri, and has studied memory acquisition and recall in trivia experts with Dr. Mariam Aly. Broadly, Lauren is interested in how we understand ourselves and how these understandings shape our social interactions. Their hobbies include dancing, baking, taking care of houseplants, and entertaining their cat, Rey.
Mira Raju, undergraduate researcher
Mira is a senior studying Philosophy at Yale. She hails from Tucson, Arizona and is interested in epistemology and social philosophy. Mira is excited to be working with Judy Kim to study what people believe they can learn about others from testimony versus simulation. Beyond the lab, Mira enjoys curating playlists for jogging, recording podcasts, and singing with the Yale Glee Club.
Julia Cabri, undergraduate researcher
Julia is a current Senior undergraduate at Princeton University with a concentration in Psychology. She is interested in the study of how our social impressions are influenced by various contexts, specifically gender identity. Working with Molly Crockett and Sally Xie, Julia will conduct a Senior thesis researching day-to-day changes in gender identity and how these reflections change across different contexts. At Princeton, Julia is a member of the Women’s Volleyball team and works for the school newspaper, The Daily Princetonian. In her free time, she enjoys reading and spending time with friends.
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lab ALUMNI
William Brady (postdoc, now Assistant Professor at Northwestern Kellogg School of Management)
Ryan Carlson (PhD student, now postdoc at University of Chicago)
Clara Colombatto (postdoc, now Assistant Professor at University of Waterloo)
Luis Sebastian Contreras-Huerta (PhD student, now Assistant Professor at Universidad Adolfo Ibanez)
Brian Earp (PhD student, Senior Research Fellow at University of Oxford)
Jim Everett (PhD student, now Associate Professor at University of Kent)
Nadira Faber (postdoc, now Professor at University of Bremen)
Filip Gesiarz (lab manager, now Research Advisor at Behavioural Insights Team)
Andreas Kappes (postdoc, now Associate Professor at City University London)
Caleb Kealoha (lab manager, now PhD student at Harvard Business School)
Patricia Lockwood (postdoc, now Associate Professor at University of Birmingham)
Anne-Marie Nussberger (PhD student, now postdoc at Max Planck Center for Humans and Machines)
Annayah Prosser (lab manager, now Assistant Professor at University of Bath)
Elisa van der Plas (MSc student, now Senior Data Scientist at Netherlands Ministry of Justice & Security)
Nicholas Sabin (postdoc, now Associate Professor at Universidad de Santiago de Chile)
Jenifer Siegel (PhD student, now postdoc at Columbia University)
Hongbo Yu (postdoc, now Assistant Professor at UC Santa Barbara)
Daniel Yudkin (postdoc, now Senior Advisor at More In Common)