Nigel Barber
Nigel Barber | |
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| Born | November 7, 1955 Tullamore, Ireland |
| Education | Hunter College (Ph.D., 1989) |
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Trudy Callaghan (m. 1979) |
| Children | David |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biopsychology, evolutionary psychology |
| Workplaces | Bemidji State University, Birmingham-Southern College |
| Thesis | Proximate factors in the control of sandbathing in the chinchilla (Chinchilla laniger) (1989) |
| Robert L. Thompson | |
Nigel William Thomas Barber (born November 7, 1955) is an Irish-born American biopsychologist and author.
Biography
Barber emigrated from his native Ireland to the United States in 1982. He received his Ph.D. in biopsychology from Hunter College of the City University of New York in 1989, after which he taught at Bemidji State University as an instructor for one year, and then at Birmingham-Southern College as an assistant professor.
Research
Barber's research focuses on various subjects in the fields of biopsychology and evolutionary psychology. These include the evolution of altruism, the reasons that men grow facial hair, and the reasons people believe in religion, which he holds pertain to economic adversity.
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