我们实验室研究大脑怎么作决策，特别是复杂的社会决策。当前，我们的研究着眼于博弈行为中，大脑怎么推断他人的行动和目标、猜测他人的策略，以及怎么基于这些预测来做决定。例如，(i) 大脑如何通过统计学习来了解外部环境，预判他人的行为（Nature Neuroscience 2023，Nature Communications 2019, PNAS 2012); (ii) 如何理解和选择交流信号来沟通意图（Science Advances 2021, Nature Neuroscience 2014)。

我们用博弈实验搭建人际交互的行为平台，用脑科学研究手段来探查决策的硬件，用博弈论、机器学习、计算语言学，社会网络分析等模型来刻画生成决策的软件，从而理解决策行为的认知和神经机制，以及这些机制如何随年龄发展，在神经和精神疾病下将出现怎样的偏差。

实验室长期招收博士后，欢迎在自然语言处理、机器学习、深度学习，电生理，行为经济学，脑成像等方面有相关专长的研究者加入。

英文论著

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Neurocomputational mechanism of real-time distributed learning on social networks. Y Jiang, Q Mi, L Zhu*. Nature Neuroscience 2023. [中文简介]

Neurocomputations of strategic behavior: From iterated to novel interactions. Y Jiang#, H.T. Wu#, Q Mi, L Zhu*. WIREs Cognitive Science 2022

Reinforcement learning disruptions in individuals with depression and sensitivity to symptom change following cognitive behavioral therapy. V Brown, L Zhu, A Solway, J Wang, K McCurry, B King-Casas*, P Chiu*. JAMA Psychiatry. 2021

Reading between the lines: Listener’s vmPFC simulates speaker cooperative choices in communication games. Q Mi, C Wang, C F. Camerer, L Zhu*. Science Advances. 2021 [中文简介]

Patients with basal ganglia damage show preserved learning in an economic game. L Zhu*, Y Jiang, D Scabini, RT. Knight, M Hsu*, Nature Communications. 2019. [中文简介]

Promoting subjective preferences in simple economic choices during nap. S Ai#, Y Yin#, Y Chen, C Wang, Y Sun, X Tang, L Lu, L Zhu*, J Shi*. eLife. 2018. [中文简介]

Predicting human behavior toward members of different social groups. AC Jenkins, P Karashchuk, L Zhu, M Hsu*. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2018.

Associability-modulated loss learning is increased in posttraumatic stress disorder. VM Brown, L Zhu, JM Wang, BC Frueh, B King-Casas*, PH Chiu*. eLife. 2018.

In cocaine dependence, neural prediction errors during loss avoidance are increased with cocaine deprivation and predict drug use. JM Wang, L Zhu, VM Brown, V, R De La Garza II, T Newton, B King-Casas*, PH Chiu*. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging. 2018

Cognitive neuroscience of honesty and deception: a signaling framework. CA Jenkins, L Zhu*, M Hsu*. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 2016.

Dopamine modulates egalitarian behavior In humans. I Saez, L Zhu, E Set, A Kayser, M Hsu*. Current Biology, 2015.

Damage to dorsolateral prefrontal cortex affects tradeoffs between honesty and self-interest. L Zhu, AC Jenkins, E Set, D Scabini, R Knight, P Chiu, B King-Casas, and Ming Hsu*. Nature Neuroscience, 2014. [中文简介]

Dissociable contribution of prefrontal and striatal dopaminergic genes to learning in economic games. E Set, I Saez, L Zhu, D Houser, N Myung, S Zhong, RP Ebstein*, SH Chew*, and M Hsu*. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2014.

Dissociable neural representations of reinforcement and belief prediction errors underlie strategic learning. L Zhu, K Mathewson, M Hsu*. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2012.