Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, Chauncey Stillman Distinguished Professor of Practical Ethics

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Web Page:	https://sinnott-armstrong.com

Teaching (Spring 2023):

• Neurosci 267.01, Neuroethics Synopsis

  Perkins 071, MW 01:45 PM-03:00 PM

• Ethics 497s.01, Capstone seminar Synopsis

  West duke 107f, MW 12:00 PM-01:15 PM

• Phil 590s.02, Special fields seminar (top) Synopsis

  West duke 204, Tu 08:30 AM-11:00 AM

Education:

Ph.D.	Yale University	1982
A.B.	Amherst College	1977

Current Ph.D. Students   (Former Students)

• Aaron J Ancell
• Susanne Meyer
• Gordon Steenbergen
• Whitney Kane
• David L. Barack

Postdocs Mentored

• Nina Strohminger (2013/11-present)
• Jesse Summers (2013/11-present)
• Jana Schaich Borg (2013/11-present)
• Tommaso Bruni (2013/11-present)
• Devin Singh (2013/11-present)

Recent Publications   (More Publications)   (search)

1. Krasich, K; Simmons, C; O'Neill, K; Giattino, CM; De Brigard, F; Sinnott-Armstrong, W; Mudrik, L; Woldorff, MG (2022). Prestimulus oscillatory brain activity interacts with evoked recurrent processing to facilitate conscious visual perception.. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 22126. [doi]  [abs]
2. Simmons, C; McKee, P; Antonios, I; Smith, A; Sinnott-Armstrong, W (2022). Bad dream frequency predicts mental health needs during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.. Journal of Affective Disorders Reports, 10, 100448. [doi]
3. Sinnott-Armstrong, W; McKee, P (2022). Certain prosocial motives limit redistribution aimed at equality.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 119(51), e2219059119. [doi]
4. Yu, H; Contreras-Huerta, LS; Prosser, AMB; Apps, MAJ; Hofmann, W; Sinnott-Armstrong, W; Crockett, MJ (2022). Neural and Cognitive Signatures of Guilt Predict Hypocritical Blame.. Psychological Science, 33(11), 1909-1927. [doi]  [abs]
5. Kappes, A; Zohny, H; Savulescu, J; Singh, I; Sinnott-Armstrong, W; Wilkinson, D (2022). Race and resource allocation: an online survey of US and UK adults' attitudes toward COVID-19 ventilator and vaccine distribution.. Bmj Open, 12(11), e062561. [doi]  [abs]