James Rilling | Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny (CARTA)

James K. Rilling is a Professor of Psychology at Emory University, with a secondary appointment in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Dr. Rilling uses brain imaging, genetics and endocrine assays to investigate the biological bases of human social cognition and behavior, with a current focus on caregiving in fathers, grandmothers and dementia caregivers. Much of his research is examining the role of oxytocin signaling in human social cognition and behavior. His latest book is Father Nature: The Science of Paternal Potential (The MIT Press, 2024)

URLs:

http://anthropology.emory.edu/home/people/faculty/rilling.html

Primary Areas of Expertise:

Biological Anthropology, Evolution, Neuroscience

MOCA Topic Author

Listed here are the 4 MOCA topics for which this person is an author.

Topic	Domain
Arcuate Fasciculus Size and Trajectory	Neuroscience
Broca's and Wernicke's Areas	Neuroscience
Corpus Callosum Size	Neuroscience
Size of Dentate Nucleus	Neuroscience

Symposium Speaker

Listed here are the 3 symposium sessions for which this person is a speaker.

Date	Session	Symposium
2025-02-14	The biology of grandmaternal love	The Origin of Love
2021-10-16	Human Arcuate Fasciculus	Comparative Anthropogeny: From Molecules to Societies
2011-10-07	Human Brain Specializations Related to Language	Uniquely Human Features of the Brain