Prof. Gillian R. Brown: [email protected]
I am interested in all aspects of sex/gender differences in behaviour, from how hormones during early life influence the developmental trajectory of female and male animals, to how social and cultural factors influence gender differences in human cognition and behaviour, and how evolutionary theory can be used to understand gender differences and similarities.
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Current members
Yihua Chen, PhD student (2025-29): The impact of microaggressions on mental wellbeing in women: investigating the role of social appraisal processes.
Jinwen Xie, PhD student (2023-27): Understanding the relationship between gender discrimination and mental health: a multi-method approach.
Csilla Pákozdy, postdoctoral researcher (2025-26), funded by InFrame-Wellcome Trust.
Alumni
Csilla Pákozdy, PhD (2020-24): The impact of gendered socialisation and gender equality on psychological traits.
Tim Temizyürek, MSc by Research student (2020-21): Personality development on the population level: a cross-cultural approach.
Natalie Wareham, MSc by Research (2020-21): An investigation into universal sex roles and
sex differences in mate preferences.
Amy Hodgson, MSc by Research (2017-18): The effect of adolescent ovarian hormones on anxiety-like behaviour, response to novelty and social behaviour in Norway rats.
Michael Emmerson, PhD (2013-17): Adolescent stress and social experiences : developmental antecedents of adult behavioural responses to unfamiliar stimuli and the underlying neuroendocrine mechanisms.
Lotty Brand, PhD (2013-16): Sex differences in social learning : exploring the links with risk aversion and confidence.
Camille Duval, postdoctoral researcher (2013-14), funded by Wellcome Trust Institutional Strategic Support Fund.
Kyle Kulbarsh, MPhil (2012-14): The organisational effects of adolescent gonadal hormones on behavioural development in rats.
Bobby May, postdoctoral researcher (2011-13), funded by John Templeton Foundation.
Rachel Gluck, MPhil (2011-12): Sex differences in interpretation bias and interpersonal difficulties in adolescence and young adulthood.
Sally Street, PhD (2010-14): Phylogenetic comparative investigations of sexual selection and cognitive evolution in primates.
De-Laine Cyrenne, PhD (2007-11): Developmental and sex differences in responses to novel objects : an exploration of animal models of sensation seeking behaviour.
Debra Lynn, PhD (2007-11): Sex differences in anxiety during adolescence: evidence from rodents and humans.
Other researchers
I would like to thank all of the research interns and undergraduate project students who have contributed to the research that we have conducted. Several of these students are co-authors on published manuscripts, and I am grateful for their ideas, enthusiasm and hard work.