Muhammad Spocter
Post-Doctoral Scientist, Laboratory for Evolutionary Neuroanatomy
Research Associate, Center for the Advanced Study of Hominid Paleobiology
E-mail spocter@gmail.com
Office: Ross Hall 611 / (202) 994-5923
Dr. Spocter is a biological anthropologist with a special interest in the evolution of hominid brain and body size.
Research
Dr. Spocter’s comparative research has centered on issues relating to allometric scaling of brain size when viewed from different levels of organization. In particular he is interested in the cellular manifestation of brain asymmetry and correlates with behavioral lateralization.
Current Research Projects
- Examining the relationship between hand preference and the cortical cytoachitecture of the temporoparietal cortex in chimpanzees.
- Collaborating on a chimpanzee-human surface registration of the cerebral cortex.
Selected Publications
Articles and Book Chapters
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| 2009 |
Raghanti, M.A., M.A. Spocter, C.D. Stimpson, J.M. Erwin, C.J. Bonar, J.M. Allman, P.R. Hof, and C.C. Sherwood. "Species specific distributions of tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactive neurons in the prefrontal cortex of anthropoid primates," Neuroscience 158: 1551-1559.
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| 2008 |
Dayal, M.R., M.A. Spocter, and M.A. Bidmos. "An assessment of sex using the skull of black South Africans by discriminant function analysis," HOMO: Journal of Comparative Human Biology 59(3): 209-221. |
| 2007 |
Spocter, M.A., and G. Strkalj. "Darwinian medicine: An evolutionary perspective to health and disease," South African Medical Journal 97(11): 1044-1046. |
| 2007 |
Spocter, M.A., and P.R. Manger. "The use of cranial variables for the estimation of hominin body mass," American Journal of Physical Anthropology 134:92-105.
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| 2006 |
Manger, P.R., J. Hemingway, M.A. Spocter, and A. Gallagher. "The mass of the human brain: Is it a spandrel?" Proceedings of the African Genesis International Symposium on Human Evolution, University of the Witwatersrand (January). |
Courses Taught
No courses taught at GW to date.
Education
Ph.D. 2007, University of the Witwatersrand
M.Sc. 2004, University of the Witwatersrand
BSc. Hon. 2002, University of the Witwatersrand
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