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81
Citations
23517
World Ranking
1394
National Ranking
837

Overview

Gordon G. Gallup is affiliated with the University at Albany, State University of New York in the United States. Their research spans several fields primarily focused on psychology and medicine, with numerous contributions to subfields such as social psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, clinical psychology, psychiatry, mental health, and sociology and political science.

The scientist's work addresses a variety of topics, with a strong emphasis on evolutionary psychology and human behavior, sexuality, behavior, and technology, as well as evolutionary game theory and cooperation. Other researched areas include primate behavior and ecology, sexual function and dysfunction studies, rabies epidemiology and control, and virology along with viral diseases.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Gordon G. Gallup include Steven M. Platek, James R. Anderson, Benjamin C. Ampel, John P. Towne, and Susan M. Hughes. Their publications appear across multiple venues, notably Animal Cognition, Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences, Archives of Sexual Behavior, Medical Hypotheses, and Brain Sciences.

Some of the recent papers released by Gordon G. Gallup and colleagues include:

  • Putting the cart before the horse: claims for mirror self-recognition in horses are unfounded (2021, Animal Cognition)
  • Sex differences in the sedative properties of heterosexual intercourse (2020, Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences)

Other notable papers within their close research circle, reflecting relevant collaborative works, are:

  • Experimental Evidence for Sex Differences in Sexual Variety Preferences: Support for the Coolidge Effect in Humans (2020, Archives of Sexual Behavior)
  • Mirror self-recognition in gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla): a review and evaluation of mark test replications and variants (2022, Animal Cognition)
  • Hypothesized behavioral host manipulation by SARS-CoV2/COVID-19 infection (2020, Medical Hypotheses)

Best Publications

  • Chimpanzees: Self-Recognition

    Gordon G. Gallup

  • Self‐awareness and the emergence of mind in primates

    Gordon G. Gallup

  • The frontal lobes are necessary for `theory of mind'

    Donald T. Stuss;Gordon G. Gallup;Michael P. Alexander

  • Self recognition in primates: A comparative approach to the bidirectional properties of consciousness.

    Gordon G. Gallup

  • Self-recognition and the right prefrontal cortex

    Julian Paul Keenan;Mark A. Wheeler;Gordon G. Gallup;Alvaro Pascual-Leone

  • Animal hypnosis: Factual status of a fictional concept.

    Gordon G. Gallup

  • Where am I? The neurological correlates of self and other.

    Steven M. Platek;Julian Paul Keenan;Gordon G. Gallup;Feroze B. Mohamed

  • Contagious yawning: the role of self-awareness and mental state attribution.

    Steven M Platek;Samuel R Critton;Thomas E Myers;Gordon G Gallup

  • Self-recognition in chimpanzees and orangutans, but not gorillas

    Susan D. Suarez;Gordon G. Gallup

  • Tonic immobility: The role of fear and predation.

    Gordon G. Gallup

  • Attribution of Cognitive States to Animals: Anthropomorphism in Comparative Perspective

    Timothy J. Eddy;Gordon G. Gallup;Daniel J. Povinelli

  • Tonic Immobility as an Evolved Predator Defense: Implications for Sexual Assault Survivors

    Brian P. Marx;John P. Forsyth;Gordon G. Gallup;Tiffany Fusé

  • Handgrip strength predicts sexual behavior, body morphology, and aggression in male college students

    Andrew C. Gallup;Daniel D. White;Gordon G. Gallup

  • Do minds exist in species other than our own

    Gordon G. Gallup

  • The Face in the Mirror: The Search for the Origins of Consciousness

    Julian Paul Keenan;Gordon G. Gallup;Dean Falk

  • Ratings of voice attractiveness predict sexual behavior and body configuration

    Susan M. Hughes;Franco Dispenza;Gordon G. Gallup

  • Left hand advantage in a self-face recognition task

    Julian Paul Keenan;Bruce McCutcheon;Stefanie Freund;Gordon G Gallup

  • Women's voice attractiveness varies across the menstrual cycle

    R. Nathan Pipitone;Gordon G. Gallup

  • Mirror-image stimulation.

    Gordon G. Gallup

  • The mirror test

    Gordon G. Gallup;James R. Anderson;Daniel J. Shillito

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven M. Platek
Steven M. Platek Georgia Gwinnett College
Julian Paul Keenan
Julian Paul Keenan Montclair State University
James R. Anderson
James R. Anderson Kyoto University
Daniel J. Povinelli
Daniel J. Povinelli University of Louisiana at Lafayette
John P. Forsyth
John P. Forsyth University at Albany, State University of New York
David A. Frederick
David A. Frederick Chapman University
David A. Gallo
David A. Gallo University of Chicago
Donald T. Stuss
Donald T. Stuss University of Toronto
Agnieszka Sorokowska
Agnieszka Sorokowska University of Wrocław

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