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Department of Psychology

I am a PhD candidate working under the supervision of Jeff Dalley and Becky Lawson. My research centres around advancing our understanding of the computational role of serotonin in belief updating under uncertainty and flexible goal-directed behaviour. This research has implications for our understanding of individual differences in cognitive flexibility, as well as for how psychiatric disorders are improved by antidepressants and the development of novel antidepressants and cognitive enhancers.

Publications

Key publications: 

Beckett, C.W. and Lawson, R.P., 2026. From symptoms to systems: A comprehensive review of the clinical utility of classic and novel approaches to major depression subtyping. Journal of Affective Disorders [Online], 395, p.120731. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2025.120731

Beckett, C.W. and Niklison-Chirou, M.V., 2022. The role of immunomodulators in treatment-resistant depression: case studies. Cell Death Discovery [Online], 8(1), p.367. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41420-022-01147-6 

PhD student
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