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Andrea Camperio Ciani

Media Contact
SPN Mentor

I am interested in eco-ethology and evolutionary psychology. I have a field project in Morocco on macaca sylvanus as biological indicator of desertification. I study sexual behavior, sexual strategies in primates and humans. I am currently working on CAD-DAD mate attraction strategies, machiavellianism and mate attraction, and the adaptive value of homosexual orientation. I am also intererested in the profiling of actors and victims of sexual crimes from infanticide, neonaticide, infant and juvenile abuse, pedophilia, etc.

Primary Interests:

Aggression, Conflict, Peace
Evolution and Genetics
Gender Psychology
Personality, Individual Differences
Sexuality, Sexual Orientation

Aggression, Conflict, Peace
Evolution and Genetics
Gender Psychology

Personality, Individual Differences
Sexuality, Sexual Orientation

Research Group or Laboratory:

LIRIPAC Eco-Ethology Laboratory [Map]

Online Studies:

Eco-Ethology Project in Morocco
Evolution of Personality in Small Island Inhabit

Journal Articles:

Camperio, C. A. (2000). When to get mad: The adaptive significance of rage in animals. Psychopathology, 2, 272-279.
Camperio, C. A. (1997). The strategies of immature macaques in their interactions with adult males in a colony of Macaca fuscata. Human Evolution, 12(3), 139-146.
Camperio, C. A., & Chiarelli, B. (1998). Deforestation and reforestation: Perspectives to reduce human caused desertification. Global Bioethics, 11(1-4), 87-98.
Camperio, C. A., Martinoli, M., Capiluppi, C., Arhou M., & Mouna M. (2001). Effects of water availability and habitat quality on bark-stripping behavior in Barbary macaques. Conservation Biology, 15(1), 259-265.
Camperio, C. A., Palentini L., & Finotto E. (2001). Survival of a small translocated Procolobus kirkii population on Pemba Island. Animal biodiversity and conservation, 24(1), 15-18.
Camperio, C. A., Stanyon R., Scheffrahn, W., & Sampurno, B. (1989). Evidence of gene flow between Sulawesi macaques. American Journal of Primatology, 17, 257-270.

Courses Taught:

Advanced Ethology and Evolutionary Psychology
Animal Behavior and Evolution (Veterinary)
Developmental Psychobiology
Ethology

Advanced Ethology and Evolutionary Psychology
Animal Behavior and Evolution (Veterinary)

Developmental Psychobiology
Ethology

Andrea Camperio Ciani
Department of General Psychology
University of Padova
35131 Padova
Italy

Phone: +39 335 6256126
Fax: +39 049 8276600

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