Coren Apicella
@corenapicella
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Scientist | First-Gen | Mama |Prof @Penn | Editor @HumBehEvoSoc & Adaptive Behav & Phys | Dir @SBSI_UPenn | Studies human nature.
Philadelphia, PA
Joined January 2010
My students, collaborators, and I completed a large scale project examining the effects of a single dose of intranasal testosterone on economic preferences (N = 1,000 men). @gidin @corenapicella @francescarlub @NipissingU #testosterone
https://t.co/hOdmEHusWY
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There is conflicting evidence on whether testosterone affects economic preferences such as risk taking, fairness, and altruism, with most evidence ...
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Interested in #HBES2026 in Rabat? The hosts have drafted a FAQ regarding the location: https://t.co/ttlr7qIq3H Overall, this is an exciting opportunity for a great location, hosted by a great team, joint with another evolutionary society, and with perspectives we seldom hear
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Dear HBES Community, Now that HBES 2025 in Atlantic City is over, it’s time to start thinking towards 2026. Hosting HBES shows dedication to the society, so thanks to Josh Duntley and the hosts of...
And the location of #HBES2026 will be… (drum roll)... Rabat, Morocco! May 13-16, Zach Garfield and his colleagues at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) will host the first HBES to be held in Africa. From hearing their pitches, it sounds like a great venue. See you there!
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#HBES2026 will be a joint meeting with the Cultural Evolution Society in Rabat, Morocco: CES is May 11-13, HBES is May 13-16, with one day of overlap. It’ll be a great chance for cross-pollination between the two evolutionary societies. Come for one conference, stay for both!
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3) Roney's #HBES2025 plenary yields fresh insights: He provides the 1st evidence of estradiol & progesterone coordinating to suppress sexual desire during the "implantation window" & shows how this makes sense of seemingly conflicting effects of oxytocin
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I could have never conceived that the U.S. President would be far more aggressive against a great university than he would be against a Russian dictator engaged in invading a U.S. ally. Why is it smart to starve cancer research, students on financial aid, innovation in public
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Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions – rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking concrete steps to make sure all students at Harvard can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and
“No government—regardless of which party is in power—should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue.” - President Alan Garber
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Congratulations to Leda Cosmides on being selected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. ‘The embodiment of scientific excellence and service’ | The Current
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Professors Leda Cosmides, Adina Roskies and Rachel Segalman are elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a career honor bestowed upon fewer than 1% of AAAS members
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🚨 New WP🚨 (w/ @corenapicella @CBicchieri @DStibbardHawkes et al.) Using a variant of @Econ_4_Everyone’s take-or-give DG, we examine altruism & fairness concerns among Hunter-Gatherers and find fascinating nuances. Detailed results👇🏻 🔗 https://t.co/Rphu9QCDVa
Often forager food-sharing is portrayed as “a positive insistence on equality” (Woodburn), or an “instinct” to equalise inequalities (Fehr). A new paper with Smith, @eugen_dimant, et al exploring Hadza reallocation decisions, challenges this view. 1/10 https://t.co/CPasqYFlz3
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1. What's at risk by disrupting NIH? With only a bit of hyperbole: a mechanistic understanding of life itself, & therefore better treatments for cancer, dementias, autoimmune disorders, neurodegenerative diseases, birth defects, aging & more. Notes on a revolution interrupted 🧵
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🚨 Paper alert! 🚨 It’s common for cross-cultural research to be conducted in a second language: a national majority language or lingua franca. But research among the Hadza, published today in @PNASNexus, shows second languages can bias results. 🧵/14 https://t.co/xpF2y8Bc8I
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Abstract. Behavioral research in traditional subsistence populations is often conducted in a non-native language. Recent studies show that non-native langu
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HBES is pausing our General Funding Grants. As described at #HBES2024, Elsevier plans to reduce our royalties, leaving us less money to fund subsidiary activities. Negotiations are ongoing; we will inform everyone if/when we can resume these grants. Apologies for inconvenience
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Are religious people really more prosocial? @jmkelly91, @_StephKramer and I spent years meta-analyzing the massive amount of research on this question. Synthesizing over 700 effects spread over 60 years of study, the answer looks very much like a "yes". Thread🧵...
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Here’s the big HBES news! 🙌We want to get students access to evo training!🙌 Awardees receive $ + social support, mentorship + research training—including support to attend + present work at the 2025 HBES Conference. Apps due June 1! Help us broaden the evo world by RTing!!
Calling all students seeking research experience in evolutionary social science! In @HumBehEvoSoc's new ADAPT Program, you'll work w a mentor on a research project in 2024-25. Get $1.2k stipend + up to $3k to attend/present at HBES2025! Apply https://t.co/o5bZNl6pqP by 6/1!
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Nature just published an article that might be useful to any HBES members finishing their degree (or with students finishing): How to land a scientific position even in a struggling economy ( https://t.co/sK6RtO3Jt4)
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Nature is the foremost international weekly scientific journal in the world and is the flagship journal for Nature Portfolio. It publishes the finest ...
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The science of cooperation shows we can coexist peacefully, argues @mmuthukrishna. Yet, he warns, “because the scale of cooperation is now in the hundreds of millions, if not billions, the consequences of potential conflict is higher than it’s ever been.”
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All around us seems to be conflict. But humans largely do get along, and here's how we can more so.
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Do you know an outstanding HBES member who deserves one of the HBES Rising Star Awards (<8 years post-PhD) or of being an HBES Fellow (>10 years post-PhD)? Nominations for these awards are open until March 1st. Spread the word! See for details: https://t.co/eGUT7SwPiX
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To honor John Tooby (1952-2023) & his intellectual contributions, E&HB is inviting HBES members & others to pick a quote(s) from any Tooby publication & explain its importance or impact in <350 words. These will be published later this year. For details:
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– by Deb Lieberman, Editor-in-Chief, Evolution & Human Behavior In honor of John Tooby (1952-2023) and his contributions to our field, members of HBES and invited guests are welcome to pick a...
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We reached our goal of testing 1,000 participants for our #testosterone administration study! @NipissingU. w/ collaborators @corenapicella @gidin @SirElkhair, @francescarlub. Anna Dreber, Pranjal Mehta, Magnus Johannesson, Shawn Geniole, Valentina Proietti, Steven Stanton.
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HBES is proud to unveil the Advancing Diversity through Anthropological + Psychological Training (ADAPT) Program! ADAPT supports undergraduates who have experienced hurdles to accessing evolutionary social science training. Become an ADAPT mentor👇!
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