Psychology Faculty

Liane Young

Professor

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Liane Young

Ph.D.

Contact

McGuinn Hall 347

Telephone: 617-552-1541

Email: liane.young@bc.edu

Education

  • Ph.D., Harvard University

Courses

PSYC3341 Psychology of Morality

PSYC4446 Social Neuroscience

PSYC5541 Moral Emotions

PSYC5543 Current Topics in Moral Psychology

Research Interests

Moral Psychology and Neuroscience. The role of theory of mind in moral judgment. Moral emotions. Cultural and individual differences in moral cognition. Moral judgment versus moral behavior. Motivated moral reasoning. Conceptions of the self and free will. The research employs methods of social psychology and cognitive neuroscience: functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), studying patient populations with selective cognitive deficits, and modulating activity in specific brain regions using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS).

Personal Website Curriculum Vitae

Department

Psychology

Representative Publications

Kim, M., Park, B., & Young, L. (2020). The psychology of motivated versus rational impression updating. Trends in Cognitive Sciences.

McManus, R. M., Kleiman-Weiner, M., & Young, L. (2020). What we owe to family: The impact of special obligations on moral judgment. Psychological Science.

Park, B., Fareri, D., Delgado, M., & Young, L. (2020). The role of right temporo-parietal junction in processing social prediction error across relationship contexts. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience.

Theriault, J., Waytz, A., Heiphetz, L., & Young, L. (2020). Theory of Mind network activity is associated with metaethical judgment: An item analysis. Neuropsychologia.

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