Dr Gillian Brown

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Phone

+44 (0)1334 463041

Email

grb4@st-andrews.ac.uk

Research areas

Gillian Brown studies sex differences in behaviour from neuroendocrine, developmental and evolutionary perspectives. Her research investigates topics such as the role of gonadal hormones in the development of sex differences in behaviour and brain function, sex differences in behaviour in human beings, the evolution of mating strategies, and evolutionary perspectives on human behaviour. More information on her research group website (http://gillianbrown.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/). 

Selected publications and performances

• Human mate-choice copying is domain-general social learning

  Street, S. E., Morgan, T. J. H., Thornton, A., Brown, G. R., Laland, K. N. & Cross, C. P., 29 Jan 2018, In : Scientific Reports. 8, 1715.

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article

• Sex differences in the use of social information emerge under conditions of risk

  Brand, C. O., Brown, G. R. & Cross, C. P., 3 Jan 2018, In : PeerJ. 6, 18 p., e4190.

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article

• The dangerous battles over sex and gender

  Brown, G. R., Dec 2017, In : Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 32, 12, p. 881-882

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Book/Film/Article review

• Sex differences in confidence influence patterns of conformity

  Cross, C. P., Brown, G. R., Morgan, T. J. H. & Laland, K. N., Nov 2017, In : British Journal of Psychology. 108, 4, p. 655-667

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article

• Evolutionary approaches to human psychology

  Brown, G. R. & Cross, C. P., 2017, APA Handbook of Comparative Psychology: Volume 1. Call, J., Burghardt, G., Pepperberg, I., Snowdon, C. & T, Z. (eds.). American Psychological Association, p. 299-313

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding ? Chapter

• Sex differences in performance on a cognitive bias task in Norway rats

  Brown, G. R., Cullum, P., Martin, S. & Healy, S. D., Dec 2016, In : Behavioural Processes. 133, p. 52-55

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article

• Exaggerated sexual swellings in female nonhuman primates are reliable signals of female fertility and body condition

  Street, S. E., Cross, C. P. & Brown, G. R., Feb 2016, In : Animal Behaviour. 112, p. 203?212

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article

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