Bill von Hippel
Bill von Hippel is Professor of Psychology at the University of Queensland, Australia. His research interests include evolutionary psychology, executive functioning and social intelligence, and implicit social cognition. He serves on the editorial board of Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Social Psychological and Personality Science, Social Cognition, and is an associate editor Psychological Science.
Primary Interests:
- Applied Social Psychology
- Evolution and Genetics
- Intergroup Relations
- Interpersonal Processes
- Prejudice and Stereotyping
- Social Cognition
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The Neuroscience of Social Intelligence
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16:16 The Neuroscience of Social Intelligence
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13:39 How We Became Humans
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12:54 The Evolutionary Origins of Culture
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1:30:17 Signals That Turn Women Off
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09:21 Deception
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05:31 Self-Deception
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23:15 How Did Humans Become Modern?
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26:39 Is Love Blind?
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57:22 The Evolution of Social Intelligence
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57:08 What's the Point of Happiness, Anyway?
Journal Articles:
- Denson, T. F., Dobson-Stone, C., Ronay, R., von Hippel, W., & Schira, M. M. (2014). A functional polymorphism of the MAOA gene is associated with neural responses to induced anger control. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 26, 1418-1427.
- Denson, T.F., Ronay, R., von Hippel, W., & Schira, M.M. (2013). Endogenous testosterone and cortisol modulate neural responses during induced anger control. Social Neuroscience, 8, 165-177.
- Galperin, A., Haselton, M. G., Frederick, D. A., Poore, J., von Hippel, W., Buss, D. M., & Gonzaga, G. C. (2013). Sexual regret: Evidence for evolved sex differences. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 42, 1145-1161.
- Henry, J. D., von Hippel, W., & Baynes, K. (2009). Social inappropriateness, executive control, and aging. Psychology and Aging, 24, 239-244.
- Kalokerinos, E.K., von Hippel, W., Henry, J. D., & Trivers, R. L. (in press). The aging positivity effect and immune functioning: Positivity in recall predicts higher CD4 counts and lower CD4 activation. Psychology and Aging.
- Radvansky, G. A., Copeland, D. E., & von Hippel, W. (2010). Stereotype activation, inhibition, and aging. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 46, 51-60.
- Ronay, R., & von Hippel, W. (in press). Sensitivity to changing contingencies predicts social success. Social Psychological and Personality Science.
- Ronay, R., & von Hippel, W. (2010). The presence of an attractive woman elevates testosterone and physical risk-taking in young men. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 1, 57-64.
- Stewart, B. D., von Hippel, W., & Radvansky, G. A. (2009). Age, race, and implicit prejudice: Using process dissociation to separate the underlying components. Psychological Science, 20, 164-168.
- Wolff, N., von Hippel, C., Brener, L., & von Hippel, W. (in press). Implicit identification with drug and alcohol use predicts retention in residential rehabilitation programs. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors.
- von Hippel, W. (2007). Aging, executive functioning, and social control. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 16, 240-244.
- von Hippel, W., Brener, L., & von Hippel, C. (2008). Implicit prejudice toward injecting drug users predicts intentions to change jobs among drug and alcohol nurses. Psychological Science, 19, 7-11.
- von Hippel, W., & Dunlop, S. M. (2005). Aging, inhibition, and social inappropriateness. Psychology and Aging, 20, 519-523.
- von Hippel, W., & Gonsalkorale, K. (2005). "That is bloody revolting!" Inhibitory control of thoughts better left unsaid. Psychological Science, 16, 497-500.
- von Hippel, W., Henry, J. D., & Matovic, D. (2008). Aging and social satisfaction: Offsetting positive and negative effects. Psychology and Aging, 23, 435-439.
- von Hippel, W., Ng, L., Abbott, L., Caldwell, S., Gill, G., & Powell, K. (2009). Ex-ecutive functioning and gambling: Performance on the Trail Making Test is asso-ciated with gambling problems in older adult gamblers. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 16, 654-670.
- von Hippel, W., & Trivers, R. (2011). The evolution and psychology of self-deception. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 34, 1-56.
- von Hippel, W., von Hippel, F. A., Chan, N., & Cheng, C. (2005). Exploring the use of Viagra in place of animal and plant potency products in traditional Chinese medicine. Environmental Conservation, 32, 235-238.
Other Publications:
- von Hippel, W., & Henry, J. D. (2012). Social cognitive aging. In S. Fiske & C. N. Macrae (Eds.), The Sage Handbook of Social Cognition. London: Sage.
- von Hippel, W., & Henry, J. D. (2011). Aging and self-regulation. In K. D. Vohs & R. F. Baumeister (Eds.), Handbook of Self-Regulation: Research, Theory, and Applications (2nd ed.). New York: Guilford Press.
Courses Taught:
- Advanced Social Psychology
- Evolutionary Psychology
- Experimental Methods
- Psychological Applications
- Social Cognition
- Social Psychology
- Stereotypes and Prejudice
- Topics in Social Psychology
Bill von Hippel
School of Psychology
323 McElwain Building
University of Queensland
St. Lucia, QLD 4072
Australia
- Phone: 617 3365 6430