Science

Journal Articles

Gambacorta, D., & Ketelaar, T. (2013). Dominance and deference: Men inhibit creative displays during mate competition when their competitor is strong. Evolution and Human Behavior, 34(5), 330-333. PDF

Trafimow, D., & Gambacorta, D. (2012). How obvious are hypotheses in evolutionary psychology? Journal of Social, Evolutionary, and Cultural Psychology, 6(1), 1-12. PDF

Ketelaar, T., Koenig, B. L., Gambacorta, D., Dolgov, I., Hor, D., Zarzosa, J., Luna-Nevarez, C., Klungle, M., & Wells, L. (2012). Smiles as signals of lower status in football players and fashion models: Evidence that smiles are associated with lower dominance and lower prestige. Evolutionary Psychology, 10(3), 371-397. PDF

Garcia, J. R., Geher, G., Crosier, B., Saad, G., Gambacorta, D., Johnsen, L., & Pranckitas, E. (2011). The interdisciplinarity of evolutionary approaches to human behavior: A key to survival in the ivory archipelago. Futures, 43(8), 749-761. PDF

Geher, G., & Gambacorta, D. (2010). Evolution is not relevant to sex differences in humans because I want it that way! Evidence for the politicization of human evolutionary psychology. EvoS Journal, 2(1), 32-47. PDF

Conference Presentations

Talks

Gambacorta, D., & Ketelaar, T. (2012). Dominance and deference: The effect of social status on creative display in a competitive mating context. Human Behavior and Evolution Society. Albuquerque, NM.

Ketelaar, T., Koenig, B. L., Gambacorta, D., Dolgov, I., Hor, D., Zarzosa, J., Luna-Nevarez, C., Klungle, M., & Wells, L. (2012). Smiles as signals of lower status in football players and fashion models: Evidence that smiles are associated with lower dominance and lower prestige. Animal Behavior Society. Albuquerque, NM.

Gambacorta, D., Breugelmans, S., Koenig, B., & Ketelaar, T. (2010). Sex, ethnicity, and the face: A cross-cultural analysis of facial displays of emotion. Human Behavior and Evolution Society. Eugene, OR.

Gambacorta, D., Breugelmans, S., Koenig, B., & Ketelaar, T. (2010). Sex, ethnicity, and the face: A cross-cultural analysis of facial displays of emotion. NorthEastern Evolutionary Psychology Society. New Paltz, NY.

Crosier, B., Garcia, J. R., Geher, G., Saad, G., Gambacorta, D., & Johnson, L. (2009). The interdisciplinarity of evolutionary approaches to human behavior: A key to survival in the ivory archipelago. International Society of Human Ethology. Orono, ME.

Geher, G., & Gambacorta, D. (2009). Evolution is not relevant to sex differences in humans because I want it that way! Evidence for the politicization of human evolutionary psychology. Darwin’s Reach: A Celebration of Darwin’s Legacy Across Academic Disciplines. Hampstead, NY.

Crosier, B., Garcia, J. R., Geher, G., Saad, G., Gambacorta, D., & Johnson, L. (2009). The interdisciplinarity of evolutionary approaches to human behavior: A key to survival in the ivory archipelago. NorthEastern Evolutionary Psychology Society. Oswego, NY.

Geher, G., & Gambacorta, D. (2009). Evolution is not relevant to sex differences in humans because I want it that way! Evidence for the politicization of human evolutionary psychology. Human Behavior and Evolution Society. Fullerton, CA.

Posters

Gambacorta, D. (2017). Why do people humblebrag? Testing an investment-deficiency cost model of indirect signaling. Society for Personality and Social Psychology. San Antonio, TX.

Gambacorta, D., & Ketelaar, T. (2013). Strategic deference: Dominant competitors inhibit creative display. Society for Personality and Social Psychology. New Orleans, LA.

Hunt, G., Rice, S., Trafimow, D., & Gambacorta, D. (2012). We trust our friends’ friends because they trust them. Society for Personality and Social Psychology. San Diego, CA.

Gambacorta, D., & Ketelaar, T. (2012). Dominance and deference: The effect of social status on creative display in a competitive mating context. NorthEastern Evolutionary Psychology Society. Plymouth, NH.

Gambacorta, D., & Ketelaar, T. (2012). Dominance and deference: Inhibition of sexually attractive behavior in a competitive mating context. Society for Personality and Social Psychology. San Diego, CA.

Gambacorta, D., Breugelmans, S., Koenig, B., & Ketelaar, T. (2011). The context of emotion: How sex, ethnicity and culture affect emotion perception. Society for Personality and Social Psychology. San Antonio, TX.

Gambacorta, D., Breugelmans, S., Koenig, B., & Ketelaar, T. (2010). Sex, ethnicity, and the face: A cross-cultural analysis of facial displays of emotion. International Society for Human Ethology. Madison, WI.

Crosier, B., Garcia, J. R., Geher, G., Saad, G., Gambacorta, D., & Johnsen, L. (2009). The interdisciplinarity of evolutionary approaches to human behavior: A key to survival in the ivory archipelago. Human Behavior and Evolution Society. Fullerton, CA.

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Evolution and Human Behavior
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