Nigel Barber
Nigel Barber | |
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| Born | November 7, 1955 Tullamore, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Alma mater | Hunter College (Ph.D., 1989) |
| Spouse |
Trudy Callaghan (m. 1979) |
| Children | David |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Birmingham-Southern College |
| Thesis | Proximate factors in the control of sandbathing in the chinchilla (Chinchilla laniger) (1989) |
| Doctoral advisor | Robert L. Thompson |
Nigel William Thomas Barber (born November 7, 1955) is an Irish-born American
Biography
Barber emigrated from his native Ireland to the United States in 1982.Birmingham-Southern College as an assistant professor.[1]
Research
Barber's research focuses on various subjects in the fields of biopsychology and evolutionary psychology.[1] These include the evolution of altruism,[3] the reasons that men grow facial hair,[4][5] and the reasons people believe in religion, which he holds pertain to economic adversity.[6][7]
Publications
Books
- (1998). Parenting: Roles, Styles and Outcomes. Nova Science Publisher, Inc. ISBN 1-56072-573-7
- (2000). Why Parents Matter: Parental Investment and Child Outcomes. Bergin & Garvey ISBN 0-89789-725-0
- (2002). The Science of Romance: Secrets of the Sexual Brain. ISBN 1-57392-970-0
- (2002). Encyclopedia of Ethics in Science and Technology. Facts on File, Inc. ISBN 0-8160-4314-0
- (2004). Kindness in a Cruel World. Prometheus Books. ISBN 1-59102-228-2
- (2008). The Myth of Culture. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 1-84718-619-X
- (2012). Why Atheism Will Replace Religion. Kindle (ebook) ASIN B00886ZSJ6
- (2020). Evolution in the Here and Now. Prometheus Books.
- (2021). The Human Beast Volume II... Evolution and the Modern World. ISBN 978-0-9855691-4-3
- (2021). The Human Beast Volume I... Through the Lens of Evolution. ISBN 978-0-9855691-2-9
- (2022). The Restless Species: Causes and Environmental Costs of Human Adaptive Success. ISBN 979-835600-7095
- (2022). The Human Beast Volume III... Restless People on a Troubled Planet. ISBN 978-0-9855691-7-4
Selected articles
- Barber, N. (1991). "Play and Energy Regulation in Mammals." The Quarterly Review of Biology, 66(2), pages 129–147. JSTOR 2830228
- Barber, N. (1995). "The evolutionary psychology of physical attractiveness". Ethology and Sociobiology, 16, pages 395–424.
- Barber, N. (1998). "The role of reproductive strategies in academic attainment". Sex Roles, 38, pages 313–323.
- Barber N. (1998). "Secular changes in standards of bodily attractiveness in women: tests of a reproductive model". The International journal of eating disorders, 23(4), pages 449–453.
- Barber, N. (1998). "Ecological and Psychosocial Correlates of Male Homosexuality". Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 29(3), pages 387–401. https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/sage/ecological-and-psychosocial-correlates-of-male-homosexuality-gg0LYh9ZAl?key=sage
- Barber. (1998). "Sex differences in disposition towards kin, security of adult attachment, and sociosexuality as a function of parental divorce". Evolution and Human Behavior, 19(2), pages 125–132.
- Barber, N. (1999). "Women's dress fashions as a function of reproductive strategy". Sex Roles, 40(5–6), pages 459–471.
- Barber, N. (2000). "The sex ratio as a predictor of cross-national variation in violent crime". Cross-Cultural Research, 34(3), pages 264–282.
- Barber, N. (2001). "Mustache Fashion Covaries with a Good Marriage Market for Women". Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 25, pages 261–272.
- Barber, N. (2003). "Paternal investment prospects and cross-national differences in single parenthood". Cross-Cultural Research, 37(2), pages 163–177.
- Barber, N. (2003). "Divorce and reduced economic and emotional interdependence: A cross-national study". Journal of Divorce and Remarriage, 39, pages 113–124.
- Barber, N. (2004). "Single Parenthood as a Predictor of Cross-National Variation in Violent Crime". Cross-Cultural Research, 38(4), pages 343–358.
- Barber, Nigel. (2005). "Evolutionary Explanations for Societal Differences in Single Parenthood". Evolutionary Psychology. 3.
- Barber, N. (2005). "Educational and ecological correlates of IQ: A cross-national investigation". Intelligence, 33(3), pages 273–284.
- Barber, N. (2006). "Why is violent crime so common in the Americas?" Aggressive Behavior, 32(5), pages 442–450. doi:10.1002/ab.20144
- Barber, N. (2006). "Is the Effect of National Wealth on Academic Achievement Mediated by Mass Media and Computers?" Cross-Cultural Research, 40(2), pages 130–151.
- Barber, N. (2007). "Evolutionary Explanations for Societal Differences and Historical Change in Violent Crime and Single Parenthood". Cross-Cultural Research, 41(2), pages 123–148.
- Barber, N. (2008). "Explaining Cross-National Differences in Polygyny Intensity: Resource-Defense, Sex Ratio, and Infectious Diseases". Cross-Cultural Research, 42(2), pages 103–117.
- Barber, N. (2008). "Cross-National Variation in the Motivation for Uncommitted Sex: The Role of Disease and Social Risks". Evolutionary Psychology.
- Barber, N. (2009). "Countries with fewer males have more violent crime: marriage markets and mating aggression". Aggressive behavior, 35(1), pages 49–56. doi:10.1002/ab.20291
- Barber, N. (2010). "Explaining cross-national differences in fertility: A comparative approach to the demographic shift". Cross-Cultural Research, 44, pages 3–22.
- Barber, N. (2015). "Why behavior matches ecology: Adaptive variation as a novel solution". Cross-Cultural Research, 49(1), pages 57–89.
- Barber, N. (2017). "Creative productivity and marriage markets: Mating effort and career striving as rival hypotheses". Journal of Genius and Eminence, 2, pages 32–44.
- Barber, N. (2018). "Cross-national variation in attitudes to premarital sex: Economic development, disease risk, and marriage strength". Cross-Cultural Research, 52, pages 259–273.
References
- ^ a b c d "Nigel Barber". Contemporary Authors. Gale. 2009.
- ^ Keenan, John (December 7, 2016). "Where is the world's most 'godless' city?". The Guardian. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
- ^ Dingfelder, Sadie (December 1, 2006). "Altruism: An accident of nature?". Monitor on Psychology. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
- ^ Saxtin, Tamsin (April 19, 2016). "The real reason men grow beards". BBC Future. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
- ^ Abrahams, Marc (June 4, 2012). "Men's facial hair: losing by a whisker". The Guardian. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
- ^ "Nigel Barber: Religion Will Disappear By 2041". The Inquisitr. July 26, 2013. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
- ^ Sheets, Connor Adams (July 24, 2013). "Author Claims 'Atheism Will Replace Religion' By 2041". International Business Times. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
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