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Research Interests
My research area focuses on understanding the brain and cognitive processes that underlie social interaction and decision making in complex scenarios. Specifically, I am interested in understanding what are the personal and external factors that make a person decide to help and cooperate with others in uncertain scenarios. For this, I model the evaluation of alternatives in decision making by identifying those mechanisms that facilitate social behavior, using neuroimaging methods (fMRI, EEG), behavioral paradigms and computational modeling of decision making.
Key Words
Decision-making; Prosocial Behavior; Empathy; Intergroup Relations; Motivation.
Profession
Psychologist, Universidad de Valparaíso 2009
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Projects
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11250611: Neurocognitive Mechanisms of Prosocial Behaviour in Socioeconomically Vulnerable Populations
Contreras, L. (Principal Investigator)
Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo
1/04/25 → 1/04/28
Project: Research
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1241087: Empatía enactiva: un estudio multimodal de la relevancia del cuerpo, la experiencia y la temporalidad en la conexión emocional con los demás.
Martínez-Pernía, D. (Principal Investigator), Contreras, L. (Co-Investigator) & Soto, V. (Co-Investigator)
Agencia Nacional de Investigacion y Desarrollo
1/04/24 → 1/04/27
Project: Research
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Mobile EEG as a valid alternative to high-resolution laboratory EEG measures
Rojas-Thomas, F., Macchiavello, F., Soto, V., Álvaro Rivera-Rei, R.-R., Franco-OByrne, D., Bórquez, J., Ruiz, C., Ramírez-Barrantes, R., Huepe, D. & Contreras-Huerta, L. S., Jun 2026, In: NeuroImage. 333, 121950.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Yoga-based meditation improves self-regulation and well-being in medical students: a pilot study
Rojas-Thomas, F., Cantwell, I., Artigas, C., Garrido, D., Goset, J., Olivares, M. J., Araya, J., Ibañez, B., Pereira, A., Otero, M. C., Contreras-Huerta, L. S. & Ramirez-Barrantes, R., 2026, In: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 20, 1844429.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Your brain on nature: A scoping review of the neuroscience of nature exposure
Baquedano, C., Olguí, A., Contreras-Huerta, L. S., Rosas, F. E. & Estarellas, M., Apr 2026, In: Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews. 183, 106565.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Hypocritical blame is associated with reduced prosocial motivation
Contreras-Huerta, L. S., Yu, H., Prosser, A. M. B., Lockwood, P. L., Crockett, M. J. & Apps, M. A. J., Dec 2025, In: Scientific Reports. 15, 1, 32811.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Instrumental Harm and Impartial Beneficence Distinctively Frame Cognitive Representations of Moral Decision Problems
Zoh, Y., Yu, H., Contreras-Huerta, L. S., Prosser, A. M. B., Apps, M. A. J., Sinnott-Armstrong, W., Chang, S. W. C. & Crockett, M. J., 2025, In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. 154, 11, p. 3217-3232 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access1 Scopus citations
Press/Media
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Reports from University of Adolfo Ibanez Provide New Insights into Biomarkers (Mobile EEG as a Valid Alternative to High-Resolution Laboratory EEG Measures)
Huepe, D., Soto, V. & Contreras, L.
4/05/26
1 item of Media coverage
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Reports Outline Life Science Study Findings from Universidad Adolfo Ibanez (Your Brain on Nature: A Scoping Review of the Neuroscience of Nature Exposure)
3/02/26
1 item of Media coverage
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Scientists are ‘most trusted’ source of climate information in global-south survey
22/08/25
1 item of Media coverage
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