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luis.contrerashuerta@psy.ox.ac.uk

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Luis Sebastian Contreras-Huerta

MSc (Neuroscience), BSc (Psychology)

Motivation & Social Neuroscience (Apps Lab)

Social Neuroscience

My research focuses on understanding the neural and psychological mechanisms that underlie moral concern, altruism, and empathy. In particular, I am interested in what environmental and internal factors affect the decisions of an agent towards the well-being of others in moral contexts. In order to address these goals, I use methods from cognitive neuroscience, such as functional magnetic resonance (fMRI), together with computational modelling approaches, and behavioural paradigms. My work is carried out under the supervision of Dr. Molly Crockett, Dr. Matthew Apps and Dr. Geoff Bird.

My current projects tie in with previous research on social neuroscience I conducted at the University of Queensland, Australia, during my MSc studies. There, I focused on understanding how social factors, such as race, can modulate neural empathic responses to others’ pain. Following my MSc studies I worked as an associate researcher at Universidad Diego Portales, Chile, on the impact of socially vulnerable contexts on empathy and social cognition. During my DPhil studies I hope to further expand my previous research, by investigating modulating factors not only in regard to social cognition but also social actions.

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