Steven Platek: DIRECTORY
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TOP CLAW RECIPIENT
Dr. Steven M. Platek
Professor of Psychology
Biography
Dr. Steven Platek teaches courses in the cognitive neurosciences and evolutionary/comparative psychology. His research investigates the behavioral and neural correlates of mate selection, parent-offspring conflict, face perception, impression formation and yawning. He's published more than 100 peer-reviewed articles and several books and regularly involves undergraduates in his research.
Education
- Doctorate – evolutionary neuroscience – University at Albany-SUNY
Academic Interests
- Evolutionary psychology/biology
- Neuroscience
- Animal behavior
- Mate selection and attraction
Distinctions
- Associate editor of Evolutionary Behavioral Science, Human Nature, Evolutionary Psychology