Pranjal Mehta, Ph.D.
Full CV Collaborators	Pranjal H. Mehta, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow Columbia University Graduate School of Business 722 Uris Hall Email: pm2482@columbia.edu Phone: 212.851.0489 Fax: 212.854.3778 I am a social-personality psychologist interested in status, power, and social decision-making. My research addresses questions such as: what makes a person strive for high status? What drives competitive and cooperative behaviors? Who makes a confident leader, and why? And how does status influence economic decisions in social interactions? My research combines theories and methods from experimental social psychology, personality psychology, behavioral endocrinology, and social neuroscience. Publications Mehta, P. H., & Beer, J. S. (in press). Neural mechanisms of the testosterone-aggression relation: The role of orbitofrontal cortex. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. PDF Mehta, P. H., Wuerrhman, E., & Josephs, R. A (2009). When are low testosterone levels advantageous?: The moderating role of individual versus intergroup competition. Hormones and Behavior, 56, 158-162. PDF Mehta, P. H., Jones, A. C., & Josephs, R. A. (2008). The social endocrinology of dominance: Basal testosterone predicts cortisol changes and behavior following victory and defeat. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 94, 1078–1093. PDF Mehta, P. H., & Josephs, R. A. (2007). Testosterone. In R. Baumeister & K. D. Vohs (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Social Psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Mehta, P. H., & Josephs, R. A. (2006). Testosterone change after losing predicts the decision to compete again. Hormones and Behavior, 50, 684-692. PDF *see also Edwards, D. A. (2006). Competition and testosterone. Hormones and Behavior, 50, 681-683. [Commentary on Mehta & Josephs, 2006]. PDF Josephs, R. A., Sellers, J. G., Newman, M. L., & Mehta, P. H. (2006). The mismatch effect: When testosterone and status are at odds. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 90, 999-1013. PDF Gosling, S. D., & Mehta, P. H. (in press). Personalities in comparative perspective: What do human psychologists glean from animal personality studies? In C. Carere & D. Maestripieri (Eds.), Animal personalities: Behavior, physiology, and evolution. Chicago, IL: University Chicago Press. Mehta, P. H. & Gosling, S. D. (2008). Bridging Human and Animal Research: A Comparative Approach to Studies of Personality and Health. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 22, 651-661. PDF Mehta, P. H. & Gosling, S. D. (2006). How can animal studies contribute to research on the biological bases of personality? In T. Canli (Ed.), The Biological Bases of Personality and Individual Differences. New York: Guilford. PDF Manuscripts under revision or in preparation Mehta, P. H., & Josephs, R. A (in preparation). Neuroendocrine regulation of dominance behavior: A dual-hormone approach. Brooks, M. L, Swann, W. B., & Mehta, P. H (under review). When we cannot be ourselves: Compensatory self-verification following a deprivation experience.
Columbia University, Graduate School of Business