Giada Cordoni is a Tenure Track Researcher of Biological Anthropology in the Department of Life Sciences and System Biology, University of Torino, Italy. Her research focuses on theoretical and experimental studies on primate and other mammal socio-biology to investigate the biological roots of prosocial behaviour and emotional communication in humans. Her topics include: play behaviour, aggression and post-conflict management, anxiety-related behaviours, emotional contagion and communication. Dr Cordoni has been an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports since 2022.
Fanli Jia is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Seton Hall University, USA. His research broadens the scope of inquiry by adding a cultural and developmental lens to empirical investigations of moral emotion, moral identity, and pro-environmental behaviours. He is committed to interdisciplinary research and international collaboration, working closely with colleagues in psychology, biology, environmental studies, and family sciences. Dr Jia has been an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports since 2021.
René Proyer is a Full Professor of Psychological Assessment and Differential Psychology at the Department of Psychology at Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany. His major research interests are in the study of personality traits that enable positive psychological functioning (e.g., playfulness), their measurement, and research into their potential malleability. Professor Proyer has been an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports since 2022.