Dr Nicholas Pound
Divisional Lead / Senior Lecturer in Psychology
Quad North 122
- Email: nicholas.pound@brunel.ac.uk
- Tel: +44 (0)1895 266311
McLaughlin, JL. and Pound, N. (2024) 'Economic inequality, life expectancy, and interpersonal violence in London neighborhoods'. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 0 (ahead of print). pp. 1 - 20. ISSN: 0886-2605 Open Access Link
Franco, AB. and Pound, N. (2022) 'The foundations of Bolsonaro’s support: Exploring the psychological underpinnings of political polarization in Brazil'. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 32 (5). pp. 846 - 859. ISSN: 1052-9284 Open Access Link
Ford, KD., Penton-Voak, IS. and Pound, N. (2022) 'Justice is (not so) blind: Effects of facial masculinity and agreeableness on perceptions of criminal guilt'. Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences, 16 (1). pp. 67 - 80. ISSN: 2330-2925 Open Access Link
Pound, N. (2019) 'Those most at risk of involvement in knife crime are the least likely to have any interactions with a GP'. British Medical Journal, 367. pp. l5791 - l5791. ISSN: 1759-2151 Open Access Link
Price, ME., Sheehy-Skeffington, J., Sidnaius, J. and Pound, N. (2017) 'Is sociopolitical egalitarianism related to bodily and facial formidability in men?'. Evolution and Human Behavior, 38 (5). pp. 626 - 634. ISSN: 1090-5138 Open Access Link
Boothroyd, LG., Gray, AW., Headland, TN., Uehara, RT., Waynforth, D., Burt, DM. and et al. (2017) 'Male Facial Appearance and Offspring Mortality in Two Traditional Societies'. PLOS ONE, 12 (1). pp. e0169181 - e0169181. ISSN: 1932-6203 Open Access Link
Scott, IM. and Pound, N. (2015) 'Menstrual Cycle Phase Does Not Predict Political Conservatism'. PLoS One, 10 (4). pp. e0112042 - e0112042. ISSN: 1932-6203 Open Access Link
Shackelford, TK., Goetz, AT., LaMunyon, CW., Pham, MN. and Pound, N. (2015) 'Human Sperm Competition', in Buss, DM. (ed.) Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology. New York : Wiley. , Volume 1, Foundation. pp. 427 - 443. ISBN 13: 978-1-118-75588-4.
Pound, N., Lawson, DW., Toma, AM., Richmond, S., Zhurov, AI. and Penton-Voak, IS. (2014) 'Facial fluctuating asymmetry is not associated with childhood ill-health in a large British cohort study'. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 281 (1792). pp. 20141639 - 20141639. ISSN: 0962-8452 Open Access Link
Price, ME., Pound, N. and Scott, IM. (2014) 'Female economic dependence and the morality of promiscuity'. Archives of Sexual Behavior: an interdisciplinary research journal, 43 (7). pp. 1289 - 1301. ISSN: 1573-2800 Open Access Link
Pound, N. and Price, ME. (2013) 'Human sex differences: Distributions overlap but the tails sometimes tell a tale'. Psychological Inquiry: an international journal of peer commentary and review, 24 (3). pp. 224 - 230. ISSN: 1047-840X Open Access Link
Price, ME., Pound, N., Dunn, J., Hopkins, S. and Kang, J. (2013) 'Body shape preferences: Associations with rater body shape and sociosexuality'. PLOS ONE, 8 (1). pp. e52532 - e52532. ISSN: 1932-6203 Open Access Link
Boothroyd, L.G., Scott, I., Gray, AW., Coombes, CI. and Pound, N. (2013) 'Male facial masculinity as a cue to health outcomes'. Evolutionary Psychology, 11 (5). pp. 1044 - 1058. ISSN: 1474-7049 Open Access Link
Stephen, ID., Scott, IML., Coetzee, V., Pound, N., Perrett, DI. and Penton-Voak, IS. (2012) 'Cross-cultural effects of color, but not morphological masculinity, on perceived attractiveness of men's faces'. Evolution and Human Behavior, 33 (4). pp. 260 - 267. ISSN: 1090-5138 Open Access Link
Sell, A., Hone, L. and Pound, N. (2012) 'The importance of physical strength to human males'. Human Nature: an interdisciplinary biosocial perspective, 23 (1). pp. 30 - 44. ISSN: 1045-6767
Scott, IM., Pound, N., Stephen, ID., Clark, AP. and Penton-Voak, IS. (2010) 'Does masculinity matter? The contribution of masculine face shape to male attractiveness in humans'. PLoS One, 5 (10). pp. e13585 - e13585. ISSN: 1932-6203 Open Access Link
Pound, N., Daly, M. and Wilson, M. (2009) 'There's no contest: Human sex differences are sexually selected'. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 32 (3-4). pp. 286 - 287. ISSN: 0140-525X Open Access Link
Wilson, M., Daly, M. and Pound, N. (2009) 'Sex Differences in Competitive Confrontation and Risk-taking', in Rubin, RH. and Pfaff, DW. (eds.) Hormone/Behavior Relations of Clinical Importance. Academic Press. pp. 311 - 338. ISBN 10: 0123749263. ISBN 13: 9780123749260.
Wilson, M., Daly, M. and Pound, N. (2009) 'Sex differences and intrasexual variation in competitive confrontation and risk taking: An evolutionary psychological perspective', in Arnold, AP., Pfaff, DW. and Rubin, RT. (eds.) Hormones, Brain and Behavior. San Diego : Academic Press. , 5. pp. 2825 - 2852. ISBN 10: 0123743826. ISBN 13: 9780123743824.
Pound, N., Penton-Voak, IS. and Surridge, AK. (2009) 'Testosterone responses to competition in men are related to facial masculinity'. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 276 (1654). pp. 153 - 159. ISSN: 0962-8452 Open Access Link
Brown, WM., Price, ME., Kang, J., Pound, N., Zhao, Y. and Yu, H. (2008) 'Fluctuating asymmetry and preferences for sex-typical bodily characteristics'. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 105 (35). pp. 12938 - 12943. ISSN: 1091-6490 Open Access Link
Pound, N., Penton-Voak, IS. and Brown, WM. (2007) 'Facial symmetry is positively associated with self-reported extraversion'. Personality and Individual Differences, 43 (6). pp. 1572 - 1582. ISSN: 0191-8869 Open Access Link
Penton-Voak, IS., Cahill, S., Pound, N., Kempe, V., Schaeffler, S. and Schaeffler, F. (2007) 'Male facial attractiveness, perceived personality, and child-directed speech'. Evolution and Human Behavior, 28 (4). pp. 253 - 259. ISSN: 1090-5138
Penton-Voak, IS., Pound, N., Little, AC. and Perrett, DI. (2006) 'Personality judgments from natural and composite facial images: More evidence for a "kernel of truth" in social perception'. Social Cognition, 24 (5). pp. 607 - 640. ISSN: 0278-016X
Shackelford, TK. and Pound, N. (2006) 'Sperm Competition in Humans: Classic and Contemporary Readings'. Springer. ISSN 10: 0387280367 ISSN 13: 9780387280363
Pound, N., Shackelford, TK. and Goetz, AT. (2006) 'Sperm Competition in Humans', in Shackelford, TK. and Pound, N. (eds.) Sperm Competition in Humans: Classic and Contemporary Readings. Springer. pp. 3 - 31. ISBN 10: 0387280367. ISBN 13: 9780387280363.
Pound, N., Goetz, AT. and Shackelford, TK. (2005) 'Psychological and physiological adaptations to sperm competition in humans'. Review of General Psychology, 9 (3). pp. 228 - 248. ISSN: 1089-2680 Open Access Link
Shackelford, TK., Pound, N., Goetz, AT. and LaMunyon, CW. (2005) 'Female Infidelity and Sperm Competition', in Buss, DM. (ed.) The Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology. Hoboken, NJ : Wiley. pp. 372 - 393. ISBN 10: 0471264032. ISBN 13: 9780471264033.
Pound, N. and Gage, MJG. (2004) 'Prudent sperm allocation in Norway rats, Rattus norvegicus: A mammalian model of adaptive ejaculate adjustment'. Animal Behaviour, 68 (4). pp. 819 - 823. ISSN: 0003-3472
Pound, N., Anis Shaikh, M., Javed, MH. and Ruberto, C. (2002) 'Duration of sexual arousal predicts semen parameters for masturbatory ejaculates'. Physiology & Behavior, 76 (4-5). pp. 685 - 689. ISSN: 0031-9384
Wilson, M., Daly, M. and Pound, N. (2002) 'An evolutionary psychological perspective on the modulation of competitive confrontation and risk-taking', in Pfaff, DW., Arnold, AP., Etgen, AM., Fahrbach, SE. and Rubin, RT. (eds.) Hormones, brain and behavior. Academic Press. , 5. pp. 381 - 408. ISBN 10: 012532104X. ISBN 13: 9780125321044.
Pound, N. and Daly, M. (2000) 'Functional significance of human female orgasm still hypothetical'. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 23 (4). pp. 620 - 621. ISSN: 0140-525X Open Access Link
Pound, N. (1999) 'Effects of morphine on electrically evoked contractions of the vas deferens in two congeneric rodent species differing in sperm competition intensity'. Proceedings: Biological Sciences, 266 (1430). pp. 1755 - 1758. ISSN: 0962-8452