Brunna Crespi
Biographic Data
| ID | 78680 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brunna Crespi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brunna |
| FAMILY NAME | Crespi |
| SIGNATURE | CRESPI B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Simon Fraser University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0362-392X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Practice for Parturition: Does Sexual Activity Improve Labor and Birth Outcomes
Niles Newton, a prolific reproductive biologist, described physical, psychological, and hormonal similarities between female sexual response and childbirth. Such phenotypic overlap indicates shared mechanisms, which led Newton to suggest that dysfunction in one process could interfere with the other process. There currently exists very little research on how pre-birth female sexuality impacts subsequent parturition. We address this knowledge gap …
Hormonal Mechanisms of Grandmothering: The Coevolution of Physiology, Life History and Behavior
Economic Diversity In Contemporary Timor-Leste
Economic Diversity in Contemporary Timor-Leste analyses various economic dynamics in past and present Timor-Leste. Comprising 14 research chapters, the volume brings to the fore: 1) local, community-based economic values and arrangements; 2) community-based entanglements with a market-driven economy; 3) the colonial and postcolonial governance praxis through which a market-driven economy has permeated the country, and 4) the creative and place-ba…
The hallmarks of autism
I suggest that the current study of autism is problematic, due to: (1) its failure to pursue a medical model of disease causation, with protocols for differential diagnoses of causes; (2) a notable incidence of unrecognized false positive diagnoses in children; (3) the conceptual equating of autism with sets of traits that have been shown to be genetically and phenotypically unrelated to one another; and (4) the expansion of use of the terms "aut…
Cognitive Empathy as Imagination: Evidence From Reading the Mind in the Eyes in Autism and Schizotypy
How is cognitive empathy related to sociality, imagination, and other psychological constructs? How is it altered in disorders of human social cognition? We leveraged a large data set (1,168 students, 62% female) on the Reading the Mind in the Eyes test (RMET), the Autism Quotient (AQ), and the Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire (SPQ-BR) to test the hypotheses that the RMET, as a metric of cognitive empathy, reflects mainly social abilities, i…
Pattern Unifies Autism
Autism is a highly heterogeneous condition, genetically and phenotypically. This diversity of causation and presentation has impeded its definition, recognition, assessment, and treatment. Current diagnostic criteria for autism involve two domains, restricted interests and repetitive behavior (RRBs) and social deficits, whose relationship remains unclear. I suggest that the large suite of traits associated with autism can be usefully conceptualiz…
Entre politiques publiques de l'État et pratiques coutumières locales, le territoire dévoile les conflits à Kamanasa, Timor-Leste
À Kamanasa, ancien royaume marchand contrôlant la côte sud du Timor-Leste, la vie rituelle est restée particulièrement vivace, et même si beaucoup d’aspects locaux de la vie coutumière ont été fortement perturbés, ils se sont reconstitués et renforcés depuis l’indépendance du pays en 2002. Toutefois aujourd’hui, après des années d’ajustement, un nouveau contexte de développement accéléré dans un pays où la reconstruction n’est pas encore accompli…
Sacralité, rituels et développement chez les Bunaq et Tetun de la région de Suia, Timor oriental
À Kamanasa, ancien royaume marchand contrôlant la côte sud du Timor oriental, la population relève de différentes vagues de peuplements. Celles-ci combinent les mouvements migratoires interinsulaires liés au commerce ancien du santal et de la cire et les migrations depuis les foyers de peuplement montagnards de l’arrière-pays, pour aboutir à une double identification ethnolinguistique des groupes en tant que Tetun ou Bunaq. Cet ensemble politique…
Oil and Custom: Impacts of the Tasi Mane Oil Project on Local Communities in Suai, Timor-Leste
This article examines the impact of the Tasi Mane oil infrastructure project, launched in 2011 by the national company Timor Gap, for implementation in local communities in the Covalima district. We focus on how the processes of land expropriation for infrastructure development and of financial compensation offered to the inhabitants has affected people’s relationship with their land and existing customary practices. Highlighting the difficulties…
The ‘extreme female brain’: Increased cognitive empathy as a dimension of psychopathology
La communauté de pêcheurs de Taperebá (Amapá- Brésil) face à la création du Parc national du Cabo Orange
Dans les années 90, Oiapoque, ville brésilienne frontalière de la Guyane française, a connu une importante vague de migration de familles de pêcheurs venant du village de Taperebá, situé à l’embouchure du fleuve Cassiporé. En effet, la population de Taperebá a été contrainte d’abandonner les terres sur lesquelles elle habitait, suite à l'imposition d'un parc naturel : le Cabo Orange. Cette migration a conduit les Taperebenses à abandonner leur sy…
The Insectan Apes
Human Social Evolution: The Foundational Works of Richard D. Alexander
Introduction - Kyle Summers and Bernard Crespi Part I - General Foundations Chapter 1: Insect Behavior & Evolution Introduction by Mary Jane West-Eberhard, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Excerpt from Alexander, R. D. 1969. Comparative animal behavior and systematics. In: Systematic Biology. Proceedings of the International Conference on Systematics (Ann Arbor, Michigan, July 1967). National Academy of Sciences Publication 1962: 494-517.…
The Insectan Apes
Oil and Custom: Impacts of the Tasi Mane Oil Project on Local Communities in Suai, Timor-Leste
This article examines the impact of the Tasi Mane oil infrastructure project, launched in 2011 by the national company Timor Gap, for implementation in local communities in the Covalima district. We focus on how the processes of land expropriation for infrastructure development and of financial compensation offered to the inhabitants has affected people’s relationship with their land and existing customary practices. Highlighting the difficulties…
Economic Diversity In Contemporary Timor-Leste
Economic Diversity in Contemporary Timor-Leste analyses various economic dynamics in past and present Timor-Leste. Comprising 14 research chapters, the volume brings to the fore: 1) local, community-based economic values and arrangements; 2) community-based entanglements with a market-driven economy; 3) the colonial and postcolonial governance praxis through which a market-driven economy has permeated the country, and 4) the creative and place-ba…
Human Social Evolution: The Foundational Works of Richard D. Alexander
Introduction - Kyle Summers and Bernard Crespi Part I - General Foundations Chapter 1: Insect Behavior & Evolution Introduction by Mary Jane West-Eberhard, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Excerpt from Alexander, R. D. 1969. Comparative animal behavior and systematics. In: Systematic Biology. Proceedings of the International Conference on Systematics (Ann Arbor, Michigan, July 1967). National Academy of Sciences Publication 1962: 494-517.…
La communauté de pêcheurs de Taperebá (Amapá- Brésil) face à la création du Parc national du Cabo Orange
Dans les années 90, Oiapoque, ville brésilienne frontalière de la Guyane française, a connu une importante vague de migration de familles de pêcheurs venant du village de Taperebá, situé à l’embouchure du fleuve Cassiporé. En effet, la population de Taperebá a été contrainte d’abandonner les terres sur lesquelles elle habitait, suite à l'imposition d'un parc naturel : le Cabo Orange. Cette migration a conduit les Taperebenses à abandonner leur sy…
The Insectan Apes
The ‘extreme female brain’: Increased cognitive empathy as a dimension of psychopathology
Sacralité, rituels et développement chez les Bunaq et Tetun de la région de Suia, Timor oriental
À Kamanasa, ancien royaume marchand contrôlant la côte sud du Timor oriental, la population relève de différentes vagues de peuplements. Celles-ci combinent les mouvements migratoires interinsulaires liés au commerce ancien du santal et de la cire et les migrations depuis les foyers de peuplement montagnards de l’arrière-pays, pour aboutir à une double identification ethnolinguistique des groupes en tant que Tetun ou Bunaq. Cet ensemble politique…
Oil and Custom: Impacts of the Tasi Mane Oil Project on Local Communities in Suai, Timor-Leste
This article examines the impact of the Tasi Mane oil infrastructure project, launched in 2011 by the national company Timor Gap, for implementation in local communities in the Covalima district. We focus on how the processes of land expropriation for infrastructure development and of financial compensation offered to the inhabitants has affected people’s relationship with their land and existing customary practices. Highlighting the difficulties…
Entre politiques publiques de l'État et pratiques coutumières locales, le territoire dévoile les conflits à Kamanasa, Timor-Leste
À Kamanasa, ancien royaume marchand contrôlant la côte sud du Timor-Leste, la vie rituelle est restée particulièrement vivace, et même si beaucoup d’aspects locaux de la vie coutumière ont été fortement perturbés, ils se sont reconstitués et renforcés depuis l’indépendance du pays en 2002. Toutefois aujourd’hui, après des années d’ajustement, un nouveau contexte de développement accéléré dans un pays où la reconstruction n’est pas encore accompli…
Cognitive Empathy as Imagination: Evidence From Reading the Mind in the Eyes in Autism and Schizotypy
How is cognitive empathy related to sociality, imagination, and other psychological constructs? How is it altered in disorders of human social cognition? We leveraged a large data set (1,168 students, 62% female) on the Reading the Mind in the Eyes test (RMET), the Autism Quotient (AQ), and the Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire (SPQ-BR) to test the hypotheses that the RMET, as a metric of cognitive empathy, reflects mainly social abilities, i…
Pattern Unifies Autism
Autism is a highly heterogeneous condition, genetically and phenotypically. This diversity of causation and presentation has impeded its definition, recognition, assessment, and treatment. Current diagnostic criteria for autism involve two domains, restricted interests and repetitive behavior (RRBs) and social deficits, whose relationship remains unclear. I suggest that the large suite of traits associated with autism can be usefully conceptualiz…
The hallmarks of autism
I suggest that the current study of autism is problematic, due to: (1) its failure to pursue a medical model of disease causation, with protocols for differential diagnoses of causes; (2) a notable incidence of unrecognized false positive diagnoses in children; (3) the conceptual equating of autism with sets of traits that have been shown to be genetically and phenotypically unrelated to one another; and (4) the expansion of use of the terms "aut…
Economic Diversity In Contemporary Timor-Leste
Economic Diversity in Contemporary Timor-Leste analyses various economic dynamics in past and present Timor-Leste. Comprising 14 research chapters, the volume brings to the fore: 1) local, community-based economic values and arrangements; 2) community-based entanglements with a market-driven economy; 3) the colonial and postcolonial governance praxis through which a market-driven economy has permeated the country, and 4) the creative and place-ba…
Practice for Parturition: Does Sexual Activity Improve Labor and Birth Outcomes
Niles Newton, a prolific reproductive biologist, described physical, psychological, and hormonal similarities between female sexual response and childbirth. Such phenotypic overlap indicates shared mechanisms, which led Newton to suggest that dysfunction in one process could interfere with the other process. There currently exists very little research on how pre-birth female sexuality impacts subsequent parturition. We address this knowledge gap …
Hormonal Mechanisms of Grandmothering: The Coevolution of Physiology, Life History and Behavior
Developmental psychology (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Population (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Autism (3 works) · Biology (3 works)