Professor Patricia Lockwood BSc, PhD

Professor Patricia Lockwood

School of Psychology
Professor of Decision Neuroscience

Contact details

Email
p.l.lockwood@bham.ac.uk
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Professor Patricia Lockwood is a cognitive and social neuroscientist. She is head of the Social Decision Neuroscience Lab. Her work focuses on the neurocognitive foundations of social learning and decision-making across the lifespan and in psychiatric and neurological disorders.

Qualifications

PhD Biomedical Sciences, University College London, Awarded Frith Prize for Exceptional Doctoral Contributions

First Class BSc (Hons) Psychology and Philosophy, University of Bristol. Awarded BPS Award for Undergraduate Psychology and Henri Tajfel Prize for Social Psychology.

Biography

Professor Patricia Lockwood is a Wellcome Trust/Royal Society Sir Henry Dale Fellow and Jacobs Foundation Research Fellow at the University 麻豆精选. She was previously a Junior Research Fellow at Christ Church and Somerville College, University of Oxford, and a Medical Research Council Fellow at the University 麻豆精选, University of Oxford and University of Zurich.

She holds a PhD in Psychology from University College London and a BSc in Psychology and Philosophy from the University of Bristol. Her lab investigates social learning and decision-making across the lifespan and in neurological and psychiatric disorders using a mixture of computational modelling, behavioural measures, self report, patient studies and neuroimaging.

Her work has received multiple awards (S4SN Early Career Award, APS Award for Transformative Early Career Contributions), she is a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science and a member of the Women of the Future Network. You can read more about the lab here: . 

Postgraduate supervision

PhD students: Students interested in working with Professor Lockwood  should email her to discuss potential funding opportunities. For further information regarding the PhD application process see the 'how to apply' section of the .

Postdoctoral researchers: Professor Lockwood is also looking for excellent and motivated postdoctoral researchers and can advise and assist with obtaining funding. Please contact her to discuss further.

Research

Social learning, decision-making, motivation, lifespan research, conduct problems, brain imaging, computational modelling, empathy, apathy

Publications

Highlight publications

Cutler, J, Nitschke, JP, Lamm, C & Lockwood, PL 2021, '', Nature Aging, vol. 1, pp. 880鈥�888.

Cutler, J, Wittmann, MK, Abdurahman, A, Hargitai, LD, Drew, D, Husain, M & Lockwood, PL 2021, '', Nature Communications, vol. 12, no. 1, 4440.

Lockwood, PL, Apps, MAJ, Valton, V, Viding, E & Roiser, JP 2016, '', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 113, no. 35, pp. 9763鈥�9768.

Lockwood, PL, Hamonet, M, Zhang, SH, Ratnavel, A, Salmony, FU, Husain, M & Apps, MAJ 2017, '', Nature Human Behaviour, vol. 1, no. 7, 0131.

Lockwood, PL, Klein-Fl眉gge, MC, Abdurahman, A & Crockett, MJ 2020, '', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 117, no. 44, pp. 27719-27730.

Recent publications

Article

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, '', Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging.

Pauli, R, Brazil, I, Kohls, G, Hauser, TU, Gistelinck, L, Dikeos, D, Dochnal, R, Fairchild, G, Fern谩ndez-Rivas, A, Herpertz-Dahlmann, B, Hervas, A, Konrad, K, Popma, A, Stadler, C, Freitag, CM, De Brito, SA & Lockwood, PL 2025, '', Biological Psychiatry.

Holton, E, van Opheusden, B, Grohn, J, Ward, H, Grogan, J, Lockwood, PL, Ma, I, Ma, WJ & Manohar, SG 2025, '', The Journal of Neuroscience.

Talbot, J, Cutler, J, Tamm, M, Little, SJ, Harmer, CJ, Husain, M, Lockwood, PL & Apps, MAJ 2025, '', The Journal of Neuroscience.

Su, Z, Garvert, MM, Zhang, L, Vogel, TA, Cutler, J, Husain, M, Manohar, SG & Lockwood, PL 2025, '', PLoS Biology, vol. 23, no. 4, e3003079.

Vanags, P, Cutler, J, Kosse, F & Lockwood, PL 2025, '', PNAS nexus, vol. 4, no. 2, pgae582.

Gueguen, M, Cutler, J, Drew, D, Apps, MAJ, Jeyaretna, DS, Husain, M, Manohar, SG & Lockwood, PL 2025, '', Brain.

Contreras-Huerta, LS, Pisauro, MA, K眉chenhoff, S, Gekiere, A, Le Heron, C, Lockwood, PL & Apps, MAJ 2024, '', Scientific Reports, vol. 14, no. 1, 26845.

Lockwood, PL, Cutler, J, Drew, D, Abdurahman, A, Jeyaretna, DS, Apps, MAJ, Husain, M & Manohar, SG 2024, '', Nature Human Behaviour, vol. 8, no. 7, pp. 1403-1416.

Elster, E, Pauli, R, Baumann, S, De Brito, S, Fairchild, G, Freitag, CM, Konrad, K, Roessner, V, Brazil, IA, Lockwood, P & Kohls, G 2024, '', Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, vol. 63, no. 4, pp. 454-463.

Vogel, T & Lockwood, PL 2024, '', Perspectives on Psychological Science, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 53鈥�56.

Preprint

Yanga, X, Schulza, J, Schmidt, K, Kenny, AR, Pfuhl, G, Gjoneska, B, Dalgar, I, Lewis, SC, Exner, A, Buchanan, EM, Lander, K, Becker, M, Du, H, Johri, A, Selcuk, E, Gallyamova, A, Calluso, C, Reggev, N, Vranka, MA, Acar, OA, Palma, TA, Kocur, M, Oliveros, JC, Montefinese, M, Wilton, LS, Zdybek, PM, Ferreira, PRS, Pfattheicher, S, Akkas, H, Autin, F, Sorokowska, A, Janssen, SMJ, March, DS, Young, DM, Valentova, JV, Ta艧ba艧, EHO, B眉k眉n, MF, Giammusso, I, Brandt, MJ, Couto, C, Simon, DA, Cutler, J, Prokosch, ML, Sj氓stad, H, Manunta, E, Whyte, S, Marsh, AA, Papadatou-Pastou, M, Jaeger, B, Morvinski, C, Primbs, MA, Akil, AM, Kapoor, H, Barzykowski, K, Ghai, S, Moreau, D, Seehuus, M, Kowal, M, Evans, TR, Hill, KM, Calvillo, DP, Wiechert, S, Afhami, R, Hoyer, K, Korbmacher, M, Elbaek, CT, Alsuhaibani, Z, Pronizius, E, Cui, Q, Wang, Z, Cundiff, JM, Panahi, AT, Bjornsdottir, RT, Baskin, E, Ergiyen, T, Metin-Orta, I, Collins, WM, B酶, S, Marinucci, M, Baker, BJ, 脰zdo臒ru, AA, Anne, M, Standage, M, Tullett, AM, Milfont, TL, Flynn, FJ, Zidkova, R, Ruiz-Fernandez, S, Sachs, T, Bilancini, E, Verheyen, S, Massoni, S, Jiahui, W, Camargo, A, Wang, YA, Zhou, S, Peetz, HK, Grigoryev, D, Ghasemi, O, Cong, CW, Westgate, EC, Sutherland, CAM, Boucher, L, Grigoryan, L, Paltoglou, AE, Al-Hoorie, AH, Sacco, DF, Thomas, AG, Haeffel, GJ, Davis, WE, Mandalaywala, TM, Cruz, F, Ross, RM, Jiang, X, Studzinska, A, Dumbrav膬, A, University, IC, Misiak, M, Tran, US, Felisberti, FM, Nagy, T, Gunaydin, G, Buchanan, EM, Miranda, JF, Behnke, M, Akin, K, Berkessel, JB, Johnson, DC, Wu, Y, Godbersen, H, Edlund, JE, Gourdon-Kanhukamwe, A, Martin, D, Norman, JB, Batres, C, K眉t眉k, B, Szumowska, E, Storage, D, Bouguettaya, A, Lins, S, Voracek, M, Tr茅moli猫re, B, Cyrus-Lai, W, Alzahawi, S, Tavel, P, Anderson, LD, R枚er, JP, Malinakova, K, Varella, MAC, Karababa, A, Walczak, RB, Ribeiro, G, Sar谋, E, Pypno-Blajda, K, Paruzel-Czachura, M, Travaglino, GA, Neta, M, Vaidis, DC, Lu, JG, Tatachari, S, Camg枚z, SM, Lockwood, PL, Panagiotis, M, Lin, W, Rathje, S, van Lent, T, Greijdanus, H, Faure, R, Lamm, C, Brick, C, Zhao, X, Aquino, SD, Ulloa, JL, Walker, B, Malecki, WP, Lou, NM, Pizziol, V, Kuzminska, AO, Michael, S, Ad谋g眉zel, A, Karadeniz, G, Y眉cel, E, Isloi, C, Chwi艂kowska, P, Yu, Z, Fay, N, Papaioannou, K, Peker, M, Huang, G, El-Haddad, RW, Verschuere, B, Meier, Z, Vaughn, LA, Albayrak-Aydemir, N, Stieger, S, 脟oksan, S, Bijlstra, G, Alves, SG, Hartanto, A, Mallik, PR, Jami, WA, Chen, R, Fellnhofer, K, Marcu, GM, Batalha, L, Kocalar, HE, Vieira, L, Gleibs, IH, Sharifian, MH, Hadjisolomou, SP, Riva, P, Sirota, M, Novak, L, Sorokowski, P, Li, Y, Elsherif, M, Carvalho, CL, de Lima, TJS, Baker, A, Ishii, T, Mifune, N, Miura, A, Ohtsubo, Y, Takahashi, R, Szala, A, Wolfe, K, 脰zdemir, F, Komyaginskaya, E, Wu, Q, Boncinelli, L, Lin, J, Gupta, R, Vazirian, MH, Hajighasemi, M, Sepehri, A, Peters, K, Emery, C, Collis, H, Henningsen, L, Aglioti, SM, Mirisola, A, Manriquez-Robles, D, Baeza-Rivera, MJ, Salazar-Fern谩ndez, C, Paydarfard, S, Dorfman, A, Katzir, M, Ram, H, Butt, MM, Jia, L, Chua, KQ, Ismail, I, WIllinger, D, Siebenhandl, A, Kaminski, G, Bennett, T, Kohl, A, Stevens, L, Flowe, HD, Colloff, MF, Scott, K, Wagner, K, Ingham, MP, Krishnappa, SM, Fabbri, M, Limata, P, Smalarz, L, Eerdmans, RE, Garza, PB, Gaviria, A, Esp铆n, AM, Kov谩艡铆k, J, Benito-Ostolaza, JM, Galang, RMN, Denzon, EES, Taborda-Osorio, H, Ot谩lora, Y, Aminnuddin, NA, Ka莽a, G, Bo臒a, M, Solescu, DM, Bal谋m, S, B眉rhan, P, Bilger, D, Liu, L, Kruse, E, Solak, 脟, Akp谋nar, B, Co艧kun, B, G眉l, D, Muftarevi莽, S, Deschrijver, E, Zigdon, I, Krosch, AR, Ilchovska, ZG, Dokovova, M, Daryani, Y, Tome, NL, G枚rzig, A, Rhoads, SA, Kountouriotis, G, 脰z莽akan, S, G枚kda臒, C, Freira, L, Spasovski, O & Dunham, Y 2024 '' PsyArXiv.

Lockwood, P, Bos, WVD & Dreher, J-C 2024 '' PsyArXiv.

Su, Z, Garvert, MM, Zhang, L, Manohar, S, Vogel, TA, Thomas, L, Balsters, JH, Husain, M, Apps, MAJ & Lockwood, PL 2024 '' PsyArXiv.

Review article

Lockwood, PL, van den Bos, W & Dreher, J-C 2025, '', Annual Review of Psychology, vol. 76, no. 1, pp. 475-500.