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Shared fate was associated with sustained cooperation during the COVID-19 pandemic
Guevara Beltran, D., Ayers, J. D., Claessens, S., Alcock, J., Baciu, C., Cronk, L., ... & Aktipis, A. (2024). Shared fate was associated with sustained cooperation during the COVID-19 pandemic. PloS one, 19(9), e0307829.
Empathic concern motivates willingness to help in the absence of interdependence
Guevara Beltran, D., Shiota, M. N., & Aktipis, A. (2024). Empathic concern motivates willingness to help in the absence of interdependence. Emotion, 24(3), 628.
What is reciprocity? A review and expert-based classification of cooperative transfers
Beltran, D. G., Ayers, J. D., Munoz, A., Cronk, L., & Aktipis, A. (2023). What is reciprocity? A review and expert-based classification of cooperative transfers. Evolution and Human Behavior, 44(4), 384-393.
The future of evolutionary medicine: sparking innovation in biomedicine and public health
Natterson-Horowitz, B., Aktipis, A., Fox, M., Gluckman, P. D., Low, F. M., Mace, R., ... & Blumstein, D. T. (2023). The future of evolutionary medicine: sparking innovation in biomedicine and public health. Frontiers in Science, 1, 997136.
Fitness interdependence as indexed by shared fate: Factor structure and validity of a new measure
Ayers, J. D., Sznycer, D., Sullivan, D., Guevara Beltrán, D., van den Akker, O. R., Muñoz, A. E., ... & Aktipis, A. (2023). Fitness interdependence as indexed by shared fate: Factor structure and validity of a new measure. Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences, 17(3), 259.
Food scarcity and disease concern reduce interdependence when people eat together
Guevara Beltran, D., Whisner, C. M., Krems, J. A., Todd, P. M., & Aktipis, A. (2023). Food scarcity and disease concern reduce interdependence when people eat together. European Journal of Social Psychology, 53(6), 1245-1261.
Unpredictable needs are associated with lower expectations of repayment
Beltran, D. G., Mercado, D., Ayers, J. D., Van Horn, A., Alcock, J., Todd, P. M., ... & Aktipis, A. (2023). Unpredictable needs are associated with lower expectations of repayment. Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology, 4, 100095.
Mother-in-law daughter-in-law conflict: An evolutionary perspective and report of empirical data from the USA
Ayers, J. D., Krems, J. A., Hess, N., & Aktipis, A. (2022). Mother-in-law daughter-in-law conflict: An evolutionary perspective and report of empirical data from the USA. Evolutionary Psychological Science, 8(1), 56-71.
Design principles for risk-pooling systems
Cronk, L., & Aktipis, A. (2021). Design principles for risk-pooling systems. Nature Human Behaviour, 5(7), 825-833.
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Claessens, S., Ayers, J. D., Cronk, L., & Aktipis, A. (2021). Need-based transfer systems are more vulnerable to cheating when resources are hidden. Evolution and Human Behavior, 42(2), 104-112.
Can some microbes promote host stress and benefit evolutionarily from this strategy?
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Aktipis, A. & ✝Beltran, D. G. (2021). Can some microbes promote host stress and benefit evolutionarily from this strategy?. BioEssays, 43(1), 2000188.
Need-based transfers enhance resilience to shocks: an agent-based model of a Maasai risk-pooling system
Campenni, M., Cronk, L., & Aktipis, A. (2021). Need-based transfers enhance resilience to shocks: an agent-based model of a Maasai risk-pooling system. Human Ecology, 1-14.
Social feeding behavior of Trichoplax adhaerens
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Fortunato, A., & Aktipis, A. (2019). Social feeding behavior of Trichoplax adhaerens. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 7, 19.
The role of the microbiome in cancer initiation and progression: How microbes and cancer cells utilize excess energy and promote one another’s growth.
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Whisner, C. M., & Aktipis, C. A. (2019). The Role of the Microbiome in Cancer Initiation and Progression: How Microbes and Cancer Cells Utilize Excess Energy and Promote One Another’s Growth. Current nutrition reports, 1-10.
Understanding cooperation through fitness interdependence
Aktipis, A., Cronk, L., Sznycer, D., Alcock, J., Ayers, J., Baciu, C., Balliet, D., Boddy, A., Curry, O., Krems, J., Munoz, A., Sullivan, D., Wilkinson, G., Winfrey, P. (2018). Understanding cooperation through fitness interdependence. Nature Human Behaviour, 2(7), 429.
Resource conflict and cooperation between human host and gut microbiota: implications for nutrition and health
Wasielewski, H., Alcock, J., Aktipis, C. A. (2016). Resource conflict and cooperation between human host and gut microbiota: implications for nutrition and health. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1372: 20–28.
Cooperation in an uncertain world: For the Maasai of East Africa need-based transfers outperform account keeping in volatile environments
Aktipis, C.A., Cronk, L., De Aguilar, R (2016). Cooperation in an uncertain world: For the Maasai of East Africa need-based transfers outperform account keeping in volatile environments. Human Ecology, 44(3): 353–364.
Principles of cooperation across systems: from human sharing to multicellularity and cancer
Aktipis, A. (2016). Principles of cooperation across systems: from human sharing to multicellularity and cancer. Evolutionary Applications, 9:17–36.
Fetal microchimerism and maternal health: A review and evolutionary analysis of cooperation and conflict beyond the womb
Boddy, A. M., Fortunato, A., Wilson Sayres, M. and Aktipis, A. (2015). Fetal microchimerism and maternal health: A review and evolutionary analysis of cooperation and conflict beyond the womb. Bioessays, 37: 1106–1118.
Cancer across the tree of life: Cooperation and cheating in multicellularity
Aktipis, C. A., Boddy, A., Jansen, G., Hochberg, M., Maley, C., Hibner, U., Wilkinson, G. (2015). Cancer across the tree of life: Cooperation and cheating in multicellularity. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B.
Is eating behavior manipulated by the gastrointestinal microbiota? Evolutionary pressures and potential mechanisms
Alcock, J., Maley, C.C., Aktipis, C.A. (2014). Is eating behavior manipulated by the gastrointestinal microbiota? Evolutionary pressures and potential mechanisms. Bioessays. Online publication 8/7/14.
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