Social Learning & Choice Lab

In Press & Preprints

Hackel, L. M., Kalkstein, D. A., & Mende-Siedlecki, P. (in press). Simplifying social learning. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. [PDF]

Stillerman, B. S., Lindström, B., Schultner, D. T., Hackel, L. M., Hagen, D. R., Jostmann, N. B., & Amodio, D. M. (preprint). Internalization of societal stereotypes as individual prejudice. [PDF]

2023

Hackel, L. M., & Kalkstein, D. A. (2023). Social concepts simplify complex reinforcement learning. Psychological Science. [PDF]

Hackel, L. M., & Mende-Siedlecki, P. (2023). Two modes of social impressions and their effects on choice. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. [PDF]

Sparkman, G., Hackel, L. M., Crosby, J. R., Gross, J. J., & Hard, B. M. (2023). Connecting introductory psychology to climate change can empower students. Teaching of Psychology. [PDF]

2022

Cho, H., & Hackel, L. M. (2022). Instrumental learning of social affiliation through outcome and intention. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. [PDF]

Hackel, L. M., Mende-Siedlecki, P., Loken, S., & Amodio, D. M. (2022). Context-dependent learning in social interaction: Trait impressions support flexible social choices. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. [PDF]

Hackel, L. M., Kogon, D., Amodio, D. M., & Wood, W. (2022). Group value learned through interactions with members: A reinforcement learning account. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. [PDF]

2021

Doell, K. C., Pärnamets, P., Harris E., Hackel, L. M., & Van Bavel, J. J. (2021). Understanding the effects of partisan identity on climate change. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences. [PDF]

Rathje, S., Hackel, L. M., & Zaki, J. (2021). Attending live theatre improves empathy, changes attitudes, and leads to pro-social behavior. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. [PDF]

2020

Hackel, L. M., Mende-Siedlecki, P., & Amodio, D. M. (2020). Reinforcement learning in social interaction: The distinguishing role of trait inference. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. [PDF] [Materials & data]

Hackel, L. M., Wills, J. A., & Van Bavel, J. J. (2020). Shifting prosocial intuitions: Neurocognitive evidence for a value-based account of group-based cooperation. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. [PDF]

Kalkstein, D. A., Hackel, L. M., & Trope, Y. (2020). Person-centered cognition: The presence of people in a visual scene promotes relational reasoning. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. [PDF]

Wills, J. A., Hackel, L. M., Feldmanhall, O., Pärnamets, P., & Van Bavel, J. J. (2020). The social neuroscience of cooperation. In D. Poeppel, M. Gazaniga & G. R. Mangun. (Eds.) The Cognitive Neurosciences. 6th Edition. MIT Press. [PDF]

2019

Hackel, L. M., Berg, J. J., Lindström, B., & Amodio, D. M. (2019). Model-Based and Model-Free Social Cognition: Investigating the role of habit in social attitude formation and choice. Frontiers in Psychology. [PDF]

2018

Hackel, L. M., & Amodio, D. M. (2018). Computational neuroscience approaches to social cognition. Current Opinion in Psychology, 24, 92-97. [PDF

Hackel, L. M., & Zaki, J. (2018). Propagation of economic inequality through reciprocity and reputation. Psychological Science. [PDF] [Materials & Data]

Hackel, L. M., Coppin, G., Wohl, M. J. A., & Van Bavel, J. J. (2018). From groups to grits: Social identity shapes evaluations of food pleasantness. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 74, 270-280. [PDF] [Materials & Data]​

Schmid, P., Hackel, L. M., Jasperse, L., & Amodio, D. M. (2018.) Frontal cortical effects on feedback processing and reinforcement learning: Relation of EEG asymmetry with the feedback-related negativity and behavior. Psychophysiology, 55(1), e12911. [PDF]

Schmid, P., Hackel, L. M., & Amodio, D. M. (2018). Power effects on instrumental learning: Evidence from the brain and behavior. Motivation Science, 4(3), 206-226. 

2017​

Hackel, L. M., Zaki, J., & Van Bavel, J. J. (2017). Social identity shapes social valuation: Evidence from prosocial behavior and vicarious reward. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 12, 1219-1228. [PDF] [Data] 

Hackel, L. M. & Zaki, J. (2017). My brain contains multitudes: The value of a flexible approach to identity. Psychological Inquiry, 28(2-3), 99-102. [PDF]​​

Dixon-Gordon, K. L., Tull, M. T., Hackel, L. M., & Gratz, K. L. (2017). The influence of emotional state on learning from reward and punishment in borderline personality disorder. Journal of Personality Disorders, 1-14.

2016

Hackel, L. M., Larson, G. M., Bowen, J. D., Ehrlich, G. A., Mann, T. C., Middlewood, B., Roberts, I. D., Eylink, J., Fetterolf, J.C., Gonzalez, F., Garrido, C. O., Kim, J., O’Brien, T., O’Malley, E. E., Mesquita, B., & Barrett, L.F. (2016). On the neural implausibility of the modular mind: Evidence for distributed construction dissolves boundaries between perception, cognition, and emotion. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 39.

2015

Hackel, L. M., Doll, B. B., & Amodio, D. M. (2015). Instrumental learning of traits versus rewards: Dissociable neural correlates and effects on choice. Nature Neuroscience, 18, 1233-1235. [PDF

[Featured in “News & Views” commentary: Hsu, M., & Jenkins, A. C. (2015). Character studies. Nature Neuroscience, 18, 1198-199.] [PDF]

2014

Hackel, L. M., Looser, C. E., & Van Bavel, J. J. (2014). Group membership alters the threshold for mind perception: The role of social identity, collective identification, and intergroup threat. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 52, 15-23. [PDF] [Materials]

Van Bavel, J. J., Hackel, L. M., & Xiao, Y. J. (2014). The group mind: The pervasive influence of social identity on cognition. In J. Decety & Y. Christian (Eds.) New Frontiers in Social Neuroscience. (pp. 41-56). Springer. [PDF]

2013

Van Bavel, J. J., Xiao, Y. J. & Hackel, L. M. (2013). Social identity shapes social perception and evaluation: Using neuroimaging to look inside the social brain. In B. Derks, D. Scheepers & N. Ellemers (Eds.) The Neuroscience of Prejudice and Intergroup Relations. (pp. 110-129). Psychology Press. [PDF]