Phone:  (864) 656-4978
Office:  410-C Brackett Hall
E-mail:  ccantal@clemson.edu

Education:

• Postdoctoral Fellowship: Yerkes National Primate Research Center (Emory University, 2001-2004)
• PhD:  Biopsychology (University of Memphis, 2000)
• MS: General Psychology (University of Memphis, 1998)
• BS:  Experimental Psychology (University of Padua, Italy, 1994)

Research Interests:

• Evolution of laterality and cerebral asymmetry in vertebrates
• Neuroanatomical substrates of vocal and gestural communication in nonhuman primates
• Functional correlates of neuroanatomical asymmetry of language-area homologs in nonhuman primates
• Implementation of structural magnetic resononance imaging (MRI) and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) techniques with human and nonhuman primates

Selected Publications:

• Cantalupo, C. & Hopkins, W.D. (in press). The cerebellum and its contribution to complex tasks in higher primates: a comparative perspective. Cortex.
• Cantalupo, C., Oliver, J., Smith, J., Nir, T., Taglialatela, J., and Hopkins, W.D. (2009). The chimpanzee brain shows human-like perisylvian asymmetries in white matter. European Journal of Neuroscience, 30, 431- 438.
• Cantalupo, C., Freeman, H., Rodes, W., & Hopkins, W.D. (2008). Handedness for tool use correlates with cerebellar asymmetries in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). Behavioral Neuroscience, 122, 191-198.
• Hopkins, W. D., & Cantalupo, C. (2008). Theoretical speculations on the evolutionary origins of hemispheric specialization. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 17, 233-237.
• Hopkins, W. D., Russell, J., & Cantalupo, C. (2007).  Neuroanatomical correlates of handedness for tool use in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): Implication for the evolution of language.  Psychological Science, 18, 971-977.
• Cantalupo, C., Pilcher, D., & Hopkins, W.D. (2003). Are planum temporale and Sylvian fissure asymmetries directly related? An MRI study in great apes. Neuropsychologia, 41, 1975-1981.
• Cantalupo, C., & Ward, J.P. (2002). Function of head-cocking in the small-eared bushbaby (Otolemur garnettii). International Journal of Primatology, 23, 203-221.
• Cantalupo, C., & Hopkins, W.D. (2001). Asymmetric Broca’s area in great apes. Nature, 414, 505.

Awards and Honors:

• Officially granted Permanent Resident Status by the Government of the United States of America on the basis of Outstanding Achievements in Research (USCIS category E17 - Outstanding Professor or Researcher) (2008)
• Emerging Scholar Award, College of Business and Behavioral Sciences, Clemson University (2007)
• Richard M. Griffith Award, Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology (2003)
• Brenda A. Milner Award, American Psychological Association Division 6 (2002)
• Grant reviewer for National Science Foundation
• Grant reviewer for the Italian Bureau of Education, University and Research

Professional Affiliations:

• Society for Neuroscience
  
• American Psychological Association
• American Society of Primatologists
• International Society of Primatology
• Society for Computers in Psychology
• Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology

Teaching Responsibilities:

• PSYCH 324: Physiological Psychology
• PSYCH 325: Physiological Psychology Lab
• PSYCH 422: Sensation and Perception
• PSYCH 426: Advanced Physiological Psychology
• PSYCH 490/491/497/498: Supervise Undergraduate Research