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Nigel Barber Ph.D.

About

Hailing from Ireland, Nigel Barber received his Ph.D. in Biopsychology from Hunter College, CUNY, and taught psychology at Bemidji State University and Birmingham Southern College. A prolific cross-national researcher, Barber accounts for societal differences in sexual and reproductive behavior using an evolutionary approach. Books include Why Parents Matter, The Science of Romance, Kindness in a Cruel World, and The Myth of Culture: Why We Need a Genuine Natural Science of Societies. Interests include finance, organic gardening, and hiking.

Books by Nigel Barber Ph.D.
Recent Posts
Why Teens Love and Hate TikTok and Instagram

Social media may play a major role in anxiety, depression, and suicidal thoughts, but platforms like TikTok and Instagram are habits that are hard to break.

Social media may play a major role in anxiety, depression, and suicidal thoughts, but platforms like TikTok and Instagram are habits that are hard to break.

The Social Media Mob

The Internet adds new twists to mob psychology, but the beast remains much the same.

The Internet adds new twists to mob psychology, but the beast remains much the same.

How People Become Emotionally Invested in Hate

Factional hatred has a powerful emotional hold over us even though it hurts us practically, psychologically, and somatically.

Factional hatred has a powerful emotional hold over us even though it hurts us practically, psychologically, and somatically.

Why Narcissism Is Rising

There was a steady increase in narcissism among college students from one decade to the next. Why are young people so obsessed with themselves compared to earlier generations?

There was a steady increase in narcissism among college students from one decade to the next. Why are young people so obsessed with themselves compared to earlier generations?

How We Destroy the Environment by Flying

Even keen environmentalists continue to fly despite increasing their carbon footprint. How can psychologists account for such cognitive inconsistency?

Even keen environmentalists continue to fly despite increasing their carbon footprint. How can psychologists account for such cognitive inconsistency?

How Physical Activity Sharpens the Mind

Movement shapes our thinking. This truth cuts across neuroscience, clinical psychology, exercise physiology, and the psychology of aging.

Movement shapes our thinking. This truth cuts across neuroscience, clinical psychology, exercise physiology, and the psychology of aging.