Lynda Boothroyd

@drboothroyd.bsky.social

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Cross-cultural and experimental psychologist / anthropologist. Working on: appearance ideals, body image, sexual selection, gender, social transmission. Working in: 🇬🇧 🇨🇴 🇭🇳 🇲🇽 🇵🇪 🇿🇼 🇰🇪 🇿🇦 🇨🇳 (A veces posteo en español.) Prof @ Durham http://www.boothlab.org

Chart showing a massive increase in UK undergrads with no, or only low level, pre uni qualifications.
Sam Neill in costume as Charles II, complete with big hat, massive long curly wig, moustache and flouncy clothes, standing with a silver-topped cane in a rose garden.
Screencap of a social media post. Felipetorresmedina Excited about Norway facing England, mostly because Haalabd v Anthony Gordon is the closest we'll get to seeing a real life viking square off against some unprepared East Anglian king names something like Ceptheldred the Meek.
Screenshot of a Twitter thread from 2020 Lynda Boothroyd @drboothroyd New conference ice breaker idea: instead of name badges, everyone wears t-shirts with their preferred topics of conversation on the back. Picture it, taking a glass of wine and turning to the stranger to my left who asks "So, what are the odds that the Babylon5 remake will suck?" Later an eminent professor l've never dared speak to peers behind my shoulder and says, "You know, I quite like using Henry VIll as an example of where sexual selection theories fall short." I share my love of detailing Cesare Borgia's tactics in my Social Intelligence lecture. Before I leave, 1 am invited to meet up with someone at coffee tomorrow, to play around with GGPlot and get better at fancy figures. Then me and [Bobby May] go get noodles.
A bedroom wall that is painted red but then bathed extra red (even the white woodwork) by a square of woerd sunlight.
Me, Amy Pearson and Monique Botha in the cloister before we processed in to the Cathedral
Validation and psychometric properties of the Spanish Curvy Ideal Internalization scale (CII-S) in Colombian women by Andres et al in Body Image
John Bull Habsburg derby let's goooo winner gets Naples. ... Jon @sloopjonb1960.b.. Loser gets Belgium. ... Vill George @willgeor... I'm sure the loser will take it on the chin
The Camera Degli Sposi in Mantua. A room in the ducal palace covered in frescoes by Andrea Mantegna. They depict the marriage of the then Marchese of Mantua and are known for the early use of perspective and optical illusion to create a sense of 3D space.
legend_title <- "Time" ggplot(data = DATA30_Cohen, aes(x = Age, y = effsize, color = Time)) + geom_smooth(method = "lm", se = TRUE) + geom_point(size = 4) + ylab("Cohen's D Language") + xlab("Age when taking the test (month)") + geom_hline(yintercept = 0, col = "black") + theme_minimal() + theme(axis.line.y = element_line(arrow = arrow(length = unit(2, "mm")))) + coord_cartesian(ylim=c(-0.25, 0)) + scale_color_manual(legend_title, values=c("#66CC00", "#006600","#003300"))
From 2004 to 2006 he sat as a Liberal Democrat on the City Council, then as Labour until 2019, when he was suspended after receiving a domestic violence court order.
“Elves are wonderful. They provoke wonder. Elves are marvellous. They cause marvels. Elves are fantastic. They create fantasies. Elves are glamorous. They project glamour. Elves are enchanting. They weave enchantment. Elves are terrific. They beget terror. The thing about words is that meanings can twist just like a snake, and if you want to find snakes look for them behind words that have changed their meaning. No one ever said elves are nice. Elves are bad.”
A hammock, a parasol, coke zero and Terry Pratchett, all on a hot summer's day in a green garden.
Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett, propped on my legs in a hammock.
A tree stands alone on a river bank, creating dappled shade beneath it.
Above: Hand drawn plots showing how the same absolute difference in means can be informative re group differences or not depending on the spread of the data around the means. Notes beside give the key requirements for parametric analysis. Below: Ordinal or non normal data should be analysed with non parametric tests which are not dependant on a given distribution.
In response to being called KMart: It's the Cheryl Ladd collection, and I got it at J C Penny.
Pictures of JEssica DAy and Nick Miller from New Girl, Mr & Mrs Bennet from Pride and Prejudice (1993), and Gomez and Morticia Addams from the Addams Family (1990s films), above a schematic of the Sternberg Triarchic model of love
Schematic and photo of the experimental houses The key features of a Star Home are as follows: (1) building orientated to provide optimal shading throughout the day to keep the house cooler at night (→ indoor climate); (2) lightweight and durable roof with partially closed eaves to reduce the entry of malaria vectors (→ malaria, indoor climate); (3) facade and openings screened to reduce insect entry while assuring airflow (→ malaria, indoor climate); (4) raised concrete ground floor that can be easily cleaned and increases hygiene and reduces the risk of enteric and soil-transmitted infections (→ diarrheal diseases); (5) a screened indoor cooking area with the means to remove smoke to reduce indoor pollution (→ respiratory infections); (6) a protected, lockable, ground floor storage area to reduce rodent infestations and provide a sense of security (→ safety); (7) sleeping areas with bednets raised to the first floor, improving airflow and comfort while reducing mosquito abundance (→ malaria, indoor climate); (8) a water harvesting system that allows the collection of rainwater from the roof, filtering and covered storage (→ diarrheal diseases); (9) an outdoor fly-proof latrine (→ diarrheal diseases); and (10) solar power providing electric light at night (→ safety).
A simple round roll of bread that belies a moist interior and a soft smell and taste of coconut.
Predictions for Sex of First Born Child Reflect Masculine and Feminine Characteristics in Male and Female Undergraduates
In the UK the RAABI lots alongside ED symptoms in the tripartite model and is predicted by body dissatisfaction, appearance comparisons tendencies, curvy (but not thin) ideal internalisation, and peer pressure.
Weather app alert: Omoa. Rain. Rain expected to stop in the next few hours.
Fabienne and I are sitting a a table with our laptops on the hotel veranda. Behind Fabienne is the main road of La Curva into the city and the Lagoon beyond. The sky, alas is very grey.
I have a Ninja It depends on the size you like mine grills fryes. Air roasts bakes and dehydrated They have double ovens Or single
How does Einstein help me learn? How does Einstein connect to my Canvas? What if my school doesn't use Canvas? What if I don't want to connect my school account? Does Einstein just give me answers? What interactive learning tools does Einstein create? Can he help me study for exams? What subjects does he support? How do I talk to Einstein? Does Einstein get better over time?
Development of face similarity linkage for the attribution of intelligence links in unsolved sexually motivated serial homicide Feb 2026The Police Journal
Durham Cathedral in half silhouette against a punk and grey-blue evening sky, rising above a dual carriageway
Screen cap of three posts in a thread (the start and end posts) with a gap in the middle HEY ARRESTED HIM ON HIS BIRTHDAY Can’t BELIEVE I am saying this but gods bless Thames Valley Police ... skip some posts... and personally I think publicly humiliating him on his birthday is also a step in the right direction the charge is misconduct in public office which is some al capone tax evasion type shenanigans but you know what I will take it
Right: sociocultural model of eating disorders - sociocultural pressures feed through internalisation and body dissatisfaction. Left: what we found in Nicaragua - sociocultural pressure predicts everything, nothing mediates.
Hierarchical regression analysis with eating disorder symptoms (EAT) as outcome, separate analysis for boys and girls. Perceived sociocultural pressures predict eating disorder symptoms even when controlling for appearance ideal internalisation and body esteem.
A tiered concrete building sites on the banks of the River Wear with a concrete footbridge arching across the river in front.
Four roughly positive trend lines, roughyl in parallel, with the youngest generations trend line on top and okdest's on the bottom.
Men and women achieve reproductive success in different ways, and so men and women evolved different psychological proclivities (Geary, 2021).1 To pass on their genes, women needed to prioritize both their own survival and that of their children (Campbell, 1999). Because of the extended helplessness and vulnerability of human offspring, nine months of pregnancy was not enough – women had to survive for many years to nurture and protect their children. Women thus evolved to (i) have higher concern for vulnerable others, and (ii) avoid risks, by preferring kin (those most likely to have their interests at heart), befriending highly trustworthy and equal status others (those who pose no competitive or aggressive threats), and eliminating from their social world anyone who did present risks. For men to pass on their genes, they needed to gain access to women. They did so by (i) competing against peer men to attract women and to gain status and deference from other men and (ii) cooperating with peer men to defeat outgroup men and gain access to their resources and women (e.g., Buss, 1988; Puts, 2010). Men thus evolved to compete in status hierarchies, by displaying competence to their peers, identifying and cooperating with skilled others, and building large coalitions to compete effectively against and defeat enemy groups.
Themes in body image researchers' free text responses to questions about challenges to anti-racism and inclusivity in body image research: 1. Body Image Researchers as Individuals Within Systems 1.1. Limited Individual Power in Disrupting Systemic Racism 1.2. Lack of Anti-Racist Education and Training 1.3. Complicity vs Resistance in white supremacist Body Image Practices 2. Lack of Diversity Amongst Body Image Researchers 2.1. “Echo chamber of white-ness” 2.2. Researchers of Colour Disproportionately Obstructed 3. Barriers Within the Research Process 3.1 White Centricity Creates Blind Spots in Body Image Research 3.2 Practical Methodological Barriers 3.3 ‘Publish or Perish’ Culture
An image of Nina Sosanya
Insert cuoboard organiser shelves create just the right amount of space in a kitchen cupboard to store pasta bowls, glassware, dinner plates, side plates and soup bowls in their own spaces. There's even space for a glass full of multi coloured straws in the corner.
Trivers writes: Mathew, S., Boyd, R., & Van Veelen, M. (2013). Human cooperation among kin and close associates require enforcement of norms by third parties. In P. J. Richerson & M. Christiansen (Eds.), Cultural£volutic (pp. 45-60). Cambridge MA: MIT Press. pjr>> IF THIS IS TRUE-THAT "HUMAN COOPERATION AMONG KIN" and also AMONG "CLOSE ASSOCIATES"- "MAY REQUIRE ENFORCEMENT OF NORMS BY THIRD PARTIES", THEN 1 HAVE WASTED 40 yearS OF My lIFE ON THESE TOPICS.
Front. Mol. Neurosci., 11 November 2020 Volume 13 - 2020 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fnmol.2020.575575 Using Zebrafish to Model Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Comparison of ASD Risk Genes Between Zebrafish and Their Mammalian Counterparts
My favourite part of the day is when I am sitting in my Durham University office, at my Durhan University PC, connected by hard-line to the Durham University network onto which I am already signed in with my Durham University account, and when I hapoen to want to read a document on my Durham University Sharepoint space, I need to go find my phone to prove who I am...
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Prompt card: Give a presentation about drugs to primary school children. Response composed via word magnets: Creep possess dangerous rock they bad ruin life
SATAQ3 item loadings taken from the Brazilian Portuguese validation paper by Amaral et al.
Sam's original post With exactly a dozen likes
3 lovely fat arepa frying in the pan
Slide showing outcomes of past meta-analyses on sex differences in emotion perception (effect sizes get smaller between 1978 and 2025) and interpersonal communication (mostly based on old meta-analyses)
Direct message saying: I can 'hear' your teaching voice in my head when reading your chapters! [Laughing emoji]