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Gayle Brewer

Gayle Brewer

QUALIFICATIONS
BSc, Psychology (Royal Holloway, London), 1999

MSc, Evolutionary Psychology (Liverpool), 2001

PhD, Psychology (UCLan), 2006

MEd, Professional Practice in HE (UCLan) 2007

MSc, Psychological Research Methods (Open University), 2014

PAPERS
1. Robinson, Sarita Jane and Brewer, Gayle (2016) Performance on the traditional and the touch screen, tablet versions of the Corsi Block and the Tower of Hanoi tasks. Computers in Human Behavior, 60 . pp. 29-34. ISSN 07475632 Item availability may be restricted.
2. Brewer, Gayle and Lyons, Minna (2015) Discrimination of sexual orientation: Accuracy and confidence. Personality and Individual Differences, 90 . pp. 260-264. ISSN 01918869 Item availability may be restricted.
3. Abell, Loren, Brewer, Gayle, Qualter, Pamela and Austin, Elizabeth (2015) Machiavellianism, emotional manipulation, and friendship functions in women's friendships. Personality and Individual Differences, 88 . pp. 108-113. ISSN 01918869 Item availability may be restricted.
4. Abell, Loren, Qualter, Pamela, Brewer, Gayle, Barlow, Alexandra, Stylianou, Maria, Henzi, Peter and Barrett, Louise (2015) Why Machiavellianism Matters in Childhood: The Relationship Between Children's Machiavellian Traits and Their Peer Interactions in a Natural Setting. Europe’s Journal of Psychology, 11 (3). pp. 484-493. ISSN 1841-0413
5. Brewer, Gayle, Hunt, Danielle, James, Gail and Abell, Loren (2015) Dark Triad traits, infidelity and romantic revenge. Personality and Individual Differences, 83 . pp. 122-127. ISSN 01918869 Item availability may be restricted.
6. Hendrie, Colin A., Brewer, Gayle, Lewis, Hannah and Mills, Francesca (2014) Contemporary and Historical Evidence to Suggest that Women’s Preference for Age at Birth of First Child Remains Consistent Across Time. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 43 (7). pp. 1373-1378. ISSN 0004-0002
7. Simpson, Victoria J., Brewer, Gayle and Hendrie, Colin A. (2014) Evidence to Suggest that Women’s Sexual Behavior is Influenced by Hip Width Rather than Waist-to-Hip Ratio. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 43 (7). pp. 1367-1371. ISSN 0004-0002
8. Lyons, Minna, Lynch, Aoife, Brewer, Gayle and Bruno, Davide (2013) Detection of Sexual Orientation ("Gaydar") by Homosexual and Heterosexual Women. Archives of Sexual Behavior . ISSN 0004-0002 Item not available from this repository.
9. Brewer, Gayle, Apell, Loren and Lyons, Minna (2013) It's not just a man-thing: testing sex as a moderator between peer attachment and machiavellianism, competition and self-disclosure. Individual Differences Research, 11 (3). p. 114. ISSN 1541-745X (Submitted) Item not available from this repository.
10. Brewer, Gayle and Howarth, Sharon (2012) Sport, attractiveness and aggression. Personality and Individual Differences, 53 (5). pp. 640-643. ISSN 0191-8869 Item availability may be restricted.
11. Hendrie, Colin A. and Brewer, Gayle (2012) Evidence to Suggest That Teeth Act as Human Ornament Displays Signalling Mate Quality. PLoS ONE, 7 (7). e42178-e42178. ISSN 1932-6203
12. Brewer, Gayle, Dewhurst, Annie M and Doran, Dawn (2012) Undergraduate Research Projects: practice and perceptions. Psychology Learning & Teaching, 11 (2). pp. 208-217. ISSN 1475-7257 Item not available from this repository.
13. Brewer, Gayle and Hendrie, Colin A. (2011) Evidence to Suggest that Copulatory Vocalizations in Women Are Not a Reflexive Consequence of Orgasm. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 40 (3). pp. 559-564. ISSN 0004-0002
14. Brewer, Gayle (2011) Personality and symptoms of psychological ill health among adult male offenders. American Journal of Men's Health, 5 (3). pp. 236-242. ISSN 1557-9883 Item not available from this repository.
15. Brewer, Gayle (2011) Psychological health and bullying among adult male offenders. International Journal of Prisoner Health, 6 (1). pp. 33-40. ISSN 1744-9200 Item not available from this repository.
16. Brewer, Gayle (2011) The evolutionary psychology of Shrek. In: Social political and economic aspects of Shrek. Palgrave Macmillan. Item not available from this repository.
17. Brewer, Gayle and Riley, C (2010) Sexual Dimorphism in Stature (SDS), jealousy and mate retention. Evolutionary Psychology, 8 (4). pp. 530-544. ISSN 1474-7049
18. Brewer, Gayle, Roy, Mark and Smith, Yvonne (2010) Domestic violence: the psychosocial impact and perceived health problems. Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research, 2 (2). p. 4. ISSN 1759-6599 Item not available from this repository.
19. Brewer, Gayle, Roy, Mark P and Watters, J. (2010) Testicular Self-Examination in an Adult Community Sample. American Journal of Men's Health . ISSN 1557-9883 Item not available from this repository.
20. Hendrie, C.A. and Brewer, Gayle (2010) Kissing as an evolutionary adaptation to protect against Human Cytomegalovirus-like teratogenesis. Medical Hypotheses, 74 (2). p. 222. ISSN 03069877 Item availability may be restricted.

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