我們實驗室研究大腦怎麼作決策，特别是複雜的社會決策。當前，我們的研究着眼于博弈行為中，大腦怎麼推斷他人的行動和目标、猜測他人的策略，以及怎麼基于這些預測來做決定。例如，(i) 大腦如何通過統計學習來了解外部環境，預判他人的行為（Nature Neuroscience 2023，Nature Communications 2019, PNAS 2012); (ii) 如何理解和選擇交流信号來溝通意圖（Science Advances 2021, Nature Neuroscience 2014)。

我們用博弈實驗搭建人際交互的行為平台，用腦科學研究手段來探查決策的硬件，用博弈論、機器學習、計算語言學，社會網絡分析等模型來刻畫生成決策的軟件，從而理解決策行為的認知和神經機制，以及這些機制如何随年齡發展，在神經和精神疾病下将出現怎樣的偏差。

實驗室長期招收博士後，歡迎在自然語言處理、機器學習、深度學習，電生理，行為經濟學，腦成像等方面有相關專長的研究者加入。

英文論著

# co-first author,  * co-corresponding author

S. Lee, R. Niu, L. Zhu, A.S. Kayser, & M. Hsu, Distinguishing deception from its confounds by improving the validity of fMRI-based neural prediction, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 121 (50) e2412881121, [中文簡介](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/5L_v9yOQjmbBpuAg120jlA)

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

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 [中文簡介]

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. [中文簡介]

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. [中文簡介]

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. [中文簡介]

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.