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William D. Hopkins is a researcher affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their primary area of study lies within Medicine, with a particular emphasis on Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Cognitive Neuroscience, Social Psychology, Physiology, and Geometry and Topology as subfields.

Hopkins's research topics primarily focus on advanced neuroimaging techniques and their applications, hemispheric asymmetry in neuroscience, primate behavior and ecology, diet and metabolism studies, morphological variations and asymmetry, comparative animal anatomy studies, and neonatal and fetal brain pathology.

Their recent publications cover diverse aspects of neuroscience and primate biology. Notable works include:

  • "Left-Right Brain-Wide Asymmetry of Neuroanatomy in the Mouse Brain," 2025, NeuroImage
  • "Long term impacts of early social environment on chimpanzee white matter," 2024, Scientific Reports
  • "Comparative lifespan and healthspan of nonhuman primate species common to biomedical research," 2024, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "Handedness and brain asymmetries in nonhuman primates," 2025, Handbook of Clinical Neurology
  • "Ginkgo Chauvel's left and right superficial white matter atlas of the chimpanzee brain," 2022, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Hopkins collaborates frequently with a select group of co-authors, including Chauvel Maëlig, Uszynski Ivy, Herlin Bastien, Jean-François Mangin, and Cyril Poupon.

Publication venues often chosen by Hopkins reflect the breadth of their research interests. The recurring venues include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Scientific Reports
  • NeuroImage
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Handbook of Clinical Neurology

Their contributions extend to book publications as well, with a notable work titled Primate Cognitive Studies published in 2022 by Cambridge University Press.

Best Publications

  • The genetic architecture of the human cerebral cortex

    Katrina L. Grasby;Neda Jahanshad;Jodie N. Painter;Lucía Colodro-Conde

  • Spontaneous Symbol Acquisition and Communicative Use By Pygmy Chimpanzees (Pan paniscus)

    Sue Savage-Rumbaugh;Kelly McDonald;Rose A. Sevcik;William D. Hopkins

  • Why primate models matter

    Kimberley A. Phillips;Karen L. Bales;Karen L. Bales;John P. Capitanio;John P. Capitanio;Alan Conley

  • Intentional Communication by Chimpanzees: A Cross-Sectional Study of the Use of Referential Gestures

    David A. Leavens;William D. Hopkins

  • Indexical and Referential Pointing in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

    David A. Leavens;William D. Hopkins;Kim A. Bard

  • Intentionality as Measured in the Persistence and Elaboration of Communication by Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

    David A. Leavens;Jamie L. Russell;William D. Hopkins;William D. Hopkins

  • Chimpanzees Differentially Produce Novel Vocalizations to Capture the Attention of a Human

    William D. Hopkins;William D. Hopkins;Jared P. Taglialatela;David A. Leavens

  • Planum temporale asymmetries in great apes as revealed by magnetic resonance imaging (mri)

    William D. Hopkins;Lori Marino;James K. Rilling;Leslie A. MacGregor

  • Recognizing facial cues: individual discrimination by chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta).

    Lisa A. Parr;James T. Winslow;William D. Hopkins;Frans B. M. de Waal

  • Understanding the Point of Chimpanzee Pointing Epigenesis and Ecological Validity

    David A. Leavens;William D. Hopkins;Kim A. Bard

  • Tactical use of unimodal and bimodal communication by chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

    David A Leavens;David A Leavens;Autumn B Hostetter;Michael J Wesley;William D Hopkins;William D Hopkins

  • Differential Use of Vocal and Gestural Communication by Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) in Response to the Attentional Status of a Human (Homo sapiens)

    Autumn B. Hostetter;Monica Cantero;William D. Hopkins

  • Hand preferences for a coordinated bimanual task in 110 chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): cross-sectional analysis.

    William D. Hopkins

  • Relaxed genetic control of cortical organization in human brains compared with chimpanzees

    Aida Gómez-Robles;William D. Hopkins;Steven J. Schapiro;Chet C. Sherwood

  • Primate Laterality: Current Behavioral Evidence of Primate Asymmetries

    Jeannette P. Ward;William D. Hopkins

  • Comparative and familial analysis of handedness in great apes.

    William D. Hopkins

  • The whole-hand point: the structure and function of pointing from a comparative perspective.

    David A. Leavens;William D. Hopkins

  • New human-specific brain landmark: The depth asymmetry of superior temporal sulcus

    François Leroy;Qing Cai;Stephanie L. Bogart;Jessica Dubois

  • Broca's Area Homologue in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): Probabilistic Mapping, Asymmetry, and Comparison to Humans

    Natalie M. Schenker;William D. Hopkins;William D. Hopkins;Muhammad A. Spocter;Amy R. Garrison

  • Wild chimpanzees show population-level handedness for tool use.

    Elizabeth V. Lonsdorf;William D. Hopkins

  • Hand Use and Gestural Communication in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

    William D. Hopkins;David A. Leavens

  • Referential communication by chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes).

    David A. Leavens;William D. Hopkins;Roger K. Thomas

  • From hand to mouth in the evolution of language: the influence of vocal behavior on lateralized hand use in manual gestures by chimpanzees ( Pan troglodytes )

    William D. Hopkins;William D. Hopkins;Monica Cantero

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven J. Schapiro
Steven J. Schapiro The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
David A. Leavens
David A. Leavens University of Sussex
David A. Washburn
David A. Washburn Georgia State University
Robert D. Latzman
Robert D. Latzman Georgia State University
Kim A. Bard
Kim A. Bard University of Portsmouth
Duane M. Rumbaugh
Duane M. Rumbaugh Georgia State University
E. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh
E. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh Iowa Primate Learning Sanctuary
Robin G. Morris
Robin G. Morris King's College London
Jacques Vauclair
Jacques Vauclair Aix-Marseille University
Lisa A. Parr
Lisa A. Parr Emory University

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