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5967
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9485
National Ranking
647

Overview

James M. Cantor is affiliated with the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Canada. Their research spans multiple fields within medicine and psychology, with particular focus on reproductive medicine, experimental and cognitive psychology, and endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism.

Their work encompasses topics such as hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones, evolutionary psychology and human behavior, and growth hormone and insulin-like growth factors. These topics reflect a multidisciplinary approach to understanding physiological and behavioral processes.

Cantor has published research in venues including Hormones and Behavior. A recent paper titled Timing of peripubertal steroid exposure predicts visuospatial cognition in men: Evidence from three samples was published in 2020 in Hormones and Behavior.

  • Talia Shirazi
  • H. L. Self
  • Khytam Dawood
  • Rodrigo A. Cárdenas
  • Kevin A. Rosenfield

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Talia Shirazi
  • H. L. Self
  • Khytam Dawood
  • Rodrigo A. Cárdenas
  • Kevin A. Rosenfield

The main fields of study for Cantor are medicine and psychology, with 2 publications in medicine and 1 in psychology. Their subfields of study cover reproductive medicine, experimental and cognitive psychology, and endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism.

The main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones
  • Evolutionary psychology and human behavior
  • Growth hormone and insulin-like growth factors

Best Publications

  • Child pornography offenses are a valid diagnostic indicator of pedophilia.

    Michael C. Seto;James M. Cantor;Ray Blanchard

  • Pedophilia, hebephilia, and the DSM-V.

    Ray Blanchard;Ray Blanchard;Amy D. Lykins;Amy D. Lykins;Diane K. Wherrett;Michael E. Kuban

  • Cerebral white matter deficiencies in pedophilic men

    James M. Cantor;Noor Kabani;Noor Kabani;Noor Kabani;Bruce K. Christensen;Bruce K. Christensen;Robert B. Zipursky;Robert B. Zipursky

  • Intelligence, memory, and handedness in pedophilia.

    James M. Cantor;Ray Blanchard;Bruce K. Christensen;Robert Dickey

  • Quantitative Reanalysis of Aggregate Data on IQ in Sexual Offenders

    James M. Cantor;Ray Blanchard;Lori K. Robichaud;Bruce K. Christensen

  • Confabulation, memory deficits, and frontal dysfunction.

    Marcia K. Johnson;Margaret O'Connor;James Cantor

  • The Recalled Childhood Gender Identity/Gender Role Questionnaire: Psychometric Properties

    Kenneth J. Zucker;Janet N. Mitchell;Janet N. Mitchell;Susan J. Bradley;Jan Tkachuk

  • Non-offending Pedophiles

    James M. Cantor;Ian V. McPhail

  • Hypersexuality: A Critical Review and Introduction to the "Sexhavior Cycle".

    Michael T. Walton;James M. Cantor;Navjot Bhullar;Amy D. Lykins

  • Perceptions of heterosexual bias in professional psychology programs: A survey of graduate students.

    Neil W. Pilkington;James M. Cantor

  • Self-reported head injuries before and after age 13 in pedophilic and nonpedophilic men referred for clinical assessment

    Ray Blanchard;Michael E. Kuban;Philip Klassen;Robert Dickey

  • Chronic fluoxetine inhibits sexual behavior in the male rat: reversal with oxytocin.

    James M. Cantor;Yitzchak M. Binik;James G. Pfaus

  • Retrospective self-reports of childhood accidents causing unconsciousness in phallometrically diagnosed pedophiles.

    Ray Blanchard;Ray Blanchard;Bruce K. Christensen;Bruce K. Christensen;Scott M. Strong;James M. Cantor

  • IQ, handedness, and pedophilia in adult male patients stratified by referral source.

    Ray Blanchard;Ray Blanchard;Nathan J. Kolla;Nathan J. Kolla;James M. Cantor;Philip E. Klassen;Philip E. Klassen

  • How Many Gay Men Owe Their Sexual Orientation to Fraternal Birth Order

    James M. Cantor;Ray Blanchard;Ray Blanchard;Andrew D. Paterson;Anthony F. Bogaert

  • Interaction of fraternal birth order and handedness in the development of male homosexuality.

    Ray Blanchard;James M. Cantor;Anthony F. Bogaert;S. Marc Breedlove

  • Handedness in pedophilia and hebephilia.

    James M. Cantor;Philip E. Klassen;Philip E. Klassen;Robert Dickey;Robert Dickey;Bruce K. Christensen;Bruce K. Christensen

  • The Revised Screening Scale for Pedophilic Interests (SSPI-2): development and criterion-related validation

    Michael C. Seto;Skye Stephens;Martin L. Lalumière;James M. Cantor

  • Validity in Phallometric Testing for Sexual Interests in Children: A Meta-Analytic Review.

    Ian V McPhail;Chantal A Hermann;Stephanie Fernane;Yolanda M Fernandez

  • Aging Versus Stable Enduring Traits as Explanatory Constructs in Sex Offender Recidivism: Partitioning Actuarial Prediction Into Conceptually Meaningful Components

    Howard E. Barbaree;Calvin M. Langton;Ray Blanchard;James M. Cantor

Frequent Co-Authors

Ray Blanchard
Ray Blanchard University of Toronto
Michael C. Seto
Michael C. Seto University of Ottawa
Bruce K. Christensen
Bruce K. Christensen Australian National University
Kenneth J. Zucker
Kenneth J. Zucker University of Toronto
Howard E. Barbaree
Howard E. Barbaree University of Toronto
Yitzchak M. Binik
Yitzchak M. Binik McGill University
Anthony F. Bogaert
Anthony F. Bogaert Brock University
Navjot Bhullar
Navjot Bhullar University of New England
Marcia K. Johnson
Marcia K. Johnson Yale University
Andrew D. Paterson
Andrew D. Paterson University of Toronto

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