Dr Lynda Boothroyd

Publications

Evans, E., Toveé, M., Boothroyd, L.G. & Drewett, R. (2013) Body dissatisfaction and disordered eating attitudes in 7- to 11-year-old girls: Testing a sociocultural model. Body Image, in press. (PDF)

Boothroyd, L.G., Tovee, M.T., & Pollett, T. (2012) Mechanisms of change in body size preferences. PLOS One, 7: e48691. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0048691 (PDF)

Scott, I.M.L., Clark, A.P., Boothroyd, L.G. & Penton-Voak, I.S. (2012) Do men's faces really signal heritable immunocompetence? Behavioural Ecology, in press doi 10.1093/beheco/ars092 (PDF)

Gray, A.W. & Boothroyd, L.G. (2012) Female facial appearance and health. Evolutionary Psychology, 10, 66-77 (PDF)

Re, D.E., Coetzee, V., Xiao, D.K., Tiddeman, B.P., Buls, D., Boothroyd, L.G. & Perrett, D.I. (2011) Viewing heavy bodies enhances preferences for facial adiposity. Journal of Evolutionary Psychology, 9, 295-308

Boothroyd, L.G. & McLaughlin, E. (2011) Birds do it, bees do it: evolution and the comparative psychology of mate choice. Schools Science Review, 93, 53-60

Boothroyd, L.G., Cross, C.P., Gray, A.W., Coombes, C., & Gregson-Curtis, K. (2011) Perceiving the facial cues of sociosexuality: further evidence. Personality and Individual Differences, 50, 422-425 (PDF)

Jones, B.C.,  Boothroyd, L.G., Feinberg D.R. & DeBruine L.M. (2010). Age at menarche predicts individual differences in women’s preferences for masculinized male voices in adulthood. Personality and Individual Differences.

Boothroyd, L.G., Lawson, J.F. & Burt, D.M. (2009) Testing immuncompetence explanations of male facial masculinity. Journal of Evolutionary Psychology, 7, 65-81 (PDF)

Boothroyd, L.G. & Perrett, D.I. (2008)  Father absence, parent-daughter relationships and partner preferences. Journal of Evolutionary Psychology, 6, 187-205 (PDF)

Pawlowski, B.,  Boothroyd, L.G., Perrett, D.I. & Kluska, S. (2008)  Is female attractiveness related to final reproductive success? Collegium Antropolgicum, 32, 457-460 (PDF)

Boothroyd, L.G., Jones, B.C., Burt, D.M., DeBruine, L.M., & Perrett, D.I. (2008) Facial correlates of sociosexuality. Evolution & Human Behavior, 29, 211-218 (PDF)

Cornwell, R.E., Law Smith, M.J., Boothroyd, L.G., Moore, F.R., Davis, H.P., Stirrat, M., et al. (2006). Reproductive strategy, sexual development and attraction to facial characteristics. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 361, 2143-2154. (PDF)

Boothroyd, L.G. & Perrett, D.I. (2006) Facial and bodily correlates of family background. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences, 273, 2375-2380. (PDF)

DeBruine, L.M., Jones, B.C., Little, A.C., Boothroyd, L.G., Perrett, D.I., Penton-Voak, I.S., et al. (2006). Correlated preferences for facial masculinity and ideal or actual partner's masculinity. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 273(1592), 1355-1360.  (PDF)

Law Smith, M.J., Perrett, D.I., Jones, B.C., Cornwell, R.E., Moore, F.R., Feinberg, D.R., Boothroyd, L.G., Durrani, S.J., Stirrat, M.R., Whiten, S., Pitman, R.M. & Hillier, S.G. (2006) Facial appearance is a cue to reproductive hormone levels in women. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences, 273, 145-150. (PDF)

Jones, B.C., Little, A.C., Boothroyd, L.G. Feinberg, D.R. DeBruine, L.M., Cornwell, R.E., Roberts, R.C., Penton-Voak, I.S., Law Smith, M.J., Moore F. & Perrett, D.I. (2005) Women's physical and psychological condition independently predict their preference for apparent health in faces. Evolution & Human Behavior, 26(6), 451-457. Available online

Feinberg D.R., Jones B.C., DeBruine L.M., Moore F.R., Law Smith M.J., Cornwell R.E., Tiddeman B.P., Boothroyd L.G., Perrett D.I. (2005) The voice and face of woman: one ornament that signals quality? Evolution & Human Behavior, 26, 398-408. Available online

Jones, B. C., Little, A. C., Boothroyd, L., DeBruine, L. M., Feinberg, D. R., Smith, M. J. L., Moore, F.R., Cornwell, R.E. & Perrett, D.I. (2005) Commitment to relationships and preferences for femininity and apparent health in faces are strongest on days of the menstrual cycle when progesterone level is high. Hormones and Behavior, 48, 283-290.  (PDF) Available online

Boothroyd, L.G., Jones, B.C., Burt, D.M., Cornwell, R.E., Little, A.C., Tiddeman, B.P. & Perrett, D.I. (2005) Facial masculinity is related to perceived age but not perceived health. Evolution and Human Behavior, 26, 416-431 (PDF)

Jones, B.C., Perrett, D.I., Little, A.C., Boothroyd, L.G., Cornwell, R.E., Feinberg, D.R., Tiddeman, B.P. Whiten, S., Pitman, R.M., Hillier, S.G., Burt, D.M., Stirrat, M.R. (2005) Pregnancy, menstrual cycle and hormonal contraceptive use alter attraction to apparent health in faces. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences, 272, 347–354 (PDF)

Cornwell, R.E., Boothroyd, L., Burt, D.M., Feinberg, D.R., Jones, B.C., Little, A.C., Pitman, R.M., Whiten, S. & Perrett, D.I. (2004) Concordant preferences for opposite-sex signals? Human pheromones and facial characteristics. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences, 271(1539), 635-640. (PDF)