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Nikhil T. Kurapati
Researcher at Marquette University
Publications - 10
Citations - 467
Nikhil T. Kurapati is an academic researcher from Marquette University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cooperative breeding & Kinship. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 9 publications receiving 406 citations. Previous affiliations of Nikhil T. Kurapati include Medical College of Wisconsin & University of Michigan.
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Neural circuitry of emotional face processing in autism spectrum disorders.
Christopher S. Monk,Shih Jen Weng,Jillian Lee Wiggins,Nikhil T. Kurapati,Hugo M.C. Louro,Melisa Carrasco,Julie Maslowsky,Susan Risi,Catherine Lord +8 more
TL;DR: When attention bias to emotional faces was equivalent between ASD and control groups, ASD was associated with greater amygdala activation, and alterations in connectivity are consistent with emotion and face processing disturbances in ASD.
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Neural Activation to Emotional Faces in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Shih Jen Weng,Melisa Carrasco,Johnna R. Swartz,Jillian Lee Wiggins,Nikhil T. Kurapati,Israel Liberzon,Susan Risi,Catherine Lord,Christopher S. Monk +8 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used functional MRI to characterize activation in the amygdala, ventral prefrontal cortex (vPFC), and striatum, three structures involved in socio-emotional processing in adolescents with ASD.
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Religion as a means to assure paternity
Beverly I. Strassmann,Nikhil T. Kurapati,Brendan F. Hug,Erin E. Burke,Brenda W. Gillespie,Tatiana M. Karafet,Michael F. Hammer +6 more
TL;DR: It is shown that the indigenous religion enables males to achieve a significantly lower probability of cuckoldry by enforcing the honest signaling of menstruation, but that all three religions share tenets aimed at the avoidance of extrapair copulation.
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Are humans cooperative breeders?: Most studies of natural fertility populations do not support the grandmother hypothesis
TL;DR: The evidence in favor of beneficial associations between grandparenting and child survival is generally weak or absent and the present state of the data on human alloparenting supports a more restricted use of the term “cooperative breeding.”
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What Explains Patrilineal Cooperation
TL;DR: Assessment of patrilineal cooperation in the Dogon of Mali shows that kin selection is a more useful theory for explaining cooperative behavior within work-eat groups, and both quantitative data and informants’ statements show that WEGs are the more important unit for economic activity and family life.