Research
Research interests
- Evolutionary significance of individual differences, esp. in general intelligence and personality traits
- Neurostructural indicators of intelligence and cognitive ageing, esp. associations with white matter integrity
- Links between somatometric measures of the body and face with psychological traits
- Imaging genetics
- Evolutionary psychology of mate choice, romantic relationships and sexuality, esp. using speed dating as a research design
- Life history theory
- Online research
Current research projects
- Evolutionary genetics of interindividual differences
- Edinburgh Symmetry Lab: Associations of 3D face and body measures with psychological differences
- Disconnected Mind Project: Brain white matter imaging and cognitive ageing in the Lothian Birth Cohort of 1936
- Berlin Speed Dating Study (BSDS)
- International Sexuality Description Project, 2nd Wave (ISDP-2)
- Online research (PSYTESTS, FaceResearch)
