Coren Apicella | University of Pennsylvania Department of Psychology

Assistant Professor

Department:

Psychology

Education:

BA, Psychology, Bradford College, MS, Evolutionary Psychology, University of Liverpool, MA, PhD, Biological Anthropology, Harvard University

Address:

Solomon Labs Bldg, C03B, 3720 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104

Phone:

215-898-9718

Email:

capicella@psych.upenn.edu

Personal Webpage

Research Themes:

Behavioral Neuroscience

Decision Processes

Evolutionary Psychology

Social and Cultural Psychology

Research Synopsis:

Representative Publications:

2012 Apicella, C L., & Marlowe, F. Fowler, J.H. Christakis, N.A. Social networks and cooperation in hunter-gatherers. Nature, 481, 497-501.

2011 Apicella, C L. & Cesarini, D.A. Testosterone response and political donations: Winner Loser effects in the 2008 presidential election. In Man is by nature a political animal: Evolution, Biology and Politics. (Eds. Hatemi, P & McDermott, R). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

2010 Apicella, C L., Cesarini, D., Johannesson, M, Dawes, C.T, Litchenstein, P., Wallace, B., Beauchamp, J., Westberg, L. No association between Oxytocin Receptor (OXTR) Gene polymorphisms and experimentally elicited social preferences. PLoS One, 6.

2009 Apicella, C .L., & Feinberg, D. Voice pitch alters mate-choice relevant perception in hunter-gatherers. Proceedings of the Royal Society, B, 276, 1077-1082.

2008 Apicella, C.L., Dreber, A.. Campbell, B., Gray, P. Hoffman, M., & Little, A. C. Testosterone and financial risk-taking. Evolution and Human Behavior, 29, 385-390.

2007 Apicella, C. L., Little, A.C. & Marlowe, F.W. Averageness and attractiveness in an isolated population of hunter-gatherers. Perception, 36, 1813-1820.