Faculty Member, Anthropology
Senior Lecturer
Faculty of Arts
About
Greg is trained as a cultural anthropologist (U Chicago 1998), but has increasingly worked on biocultural modifications to the body and nervous system resulting from skill acquisition. He has written extensively on capoeira (an Afro-Brazilian martial art and dance) and mixed martial arts ('no-holds-barred' or 'cage fighting'). He is starting a new project on cognitive variation among rugby players induced by cultural differences in training and developmental techniques.
He is currently working on a manuscript, The Athletic Animal: Sports and Human Potential, and co-editing, with Daniel Lende, a proposed volume on neuroanthropology. He writes extensively on Neuroanthropology.net and culturematters.wordpress.com.
Contact Information
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| Address: | Department of Anthropology |
| Telephone: |
M +61 (0) 428 331 695 |
| IM: | skype: gregdowneyoz |









