William D. Hopkins

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center — United States

Psychology · Social Sciences

40h-index5.3kcitations81works3.22yr avg
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Research Topics

Child and Animal Learning Development(46), Primate Behavior and Ecology(44), Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior(24), Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience(24), Action Observation and Synchronization(7)

Publications81 total

Brain age gap is associated with cognitive abilities in captive chimpanzees
Scientific Reports·2025Open Access
Left-Right Brain-Wide Asymmetry of Neuroanatomy in the Mouse Brain
NeuroImage·2025· 7 citedOpen Access
Handedness and brain asymmetries in nonhuman primates
Handbook of clinical neurology·2025· 2 cited
Long term impacts of early social environment on chimpanzee white matter
Scientific Reports·2024· 5 citedOpen Access
Comparative lifespan and healthspan of nonhuman primate species common to biomedical research
2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Ginkgo Chauvel's deep white matter atlas of the chimpanzee brain
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)·2022Open Access
Ginkgo Chauvel's left and right superficial white matter atlas of the chimpanzee brain
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)·2022Open Access
Ginkgo Chauvel's deep white matter atlas of the chimpanzee brain
2022Open Access
Ginkgo Chauvel's left and right superficial white matter atlas of the chimpanzee brain
2022· 1 citedOpen Access
Primate Gesture
2021
Early Socioemotional Intervention Mediates Long-Term Effects of Atypical Rearing on Structural Covariation in Gray Matter in Adult Chimpanzees
Psychological Science·2018· 30 citedOpen Access
The mismeasure of ape social cognition
Animal Cognition·2017· 128 citedOpen Access
Left Brain Asymmetry of the Planum Temporale in a Nonhominid Primate: Redefining the Origin of Brain Specialization for Language
Cerebral Cortex·2017· 69 citedOpen Access
Motor skill for tool-use is associated with asymmetries in Broca’s area and the motor hand area of the precentral gyrus in chimpanzees ( Pan troglodytes )
Behavioural Brain Research·2016· 52 citedOpen Access
Primate Gesture
2016
Distal Communication by Chimpanzees ( <i>Pan troglodytes</i> ): Evidence for Common Ground?
Child Development·2015· 24 citedOpen Access
FROM GRASPING TO GROOMING TO GOSSIP
The Evolution of Language·2014· 1 cited
From Grasping to Grooming to Gossip: Innovative Use of Chimpanzee Signals in Novel Environments Supports Both Vocal and Gestural Theories of Language Origins
Interdisciplinary evolution research·2014· 5 cited
Des mains à la bouche dans l'épouillage mutuel des chimpanzés sauvages de Fongoli : Latéralité, synchronisation mains‑lèvres et origine du langage
Revue de primatologie·2013Open Access
Are Chimpanzees Really So Poor at Understanding Imperative Pointing? Some New Data and an Alternative View of Canine and Ape Social Cognition
PLoS ONE·2013· 42 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

David A. Leavens(20), Kim A. Bard(10), Jamie L. Russell(8), Duane M. Rumbaugh(4), David A. Washburn(4), E. Sue Savage‐Rumbaugh(4), Heidi Lyn(4), Autumn B. Hostetter(3), Jennifer Schaeffer(3), Jared P. Taglialatela(2), Michael J. Wesley(2), Monica Cantero(2), Allyson J. Bennett(2), Filippo Aureli(2), Charles W. Hyatt(2), Samuel Fernàndez‐Carriba(2), Dawn L. Pilcher(2), Adrien Meguerditchian(2), Mary Catherine Mareno(2), Steven J. Schapiro(2)