University of Pittsburgh

McBurney, Donald

Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychology
PhD, Brown University
Individualized Program

Contact

4429 Sennott Square
412-624-4511
Fax: 412-624-4428
mcburney@pitt.edu

Research Interests: Psychophysics of taste and smell, evolutionary psychology

Accepting Graduate Students: No

Selected Publications

  • McBurney, D. H., Zapp, D. J., & Streeter, S. A. (in press) Preferred Number of Sexual Partners: Tails of Distributions, and Tales of Mating Systems. Evolution and Human Behavior.
  • Gaulin, S. J. C., and McBurney, D. H. (2004). Evolutionary Psychology (2nd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
  • Streeter, S. A., & McBurney, D. H. (2003). Waist-hip ratio and attractiveness: New evidence and a critique of a critical test. Evolution and Human Behavior, 24, 88-98.
  • McBurney, D. H.,Balaban, C. D., Popp, J., & Rosencranz, J. (2002). Adaptation to capsaicin burn: Effects of concentration and individual differences. Physiology and Behavior, 72, 205-216.
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