More than likely the principle behind the work- “et.al” is basically academic talk for “and some other folks…” so the work of “Pownall et.al” would be work where Dr. Pownall Has the “star” credit, and she is Dr. Madeleine Pownall of the University of Leeds who has written several books and papers with a focus on psychology.
Now in fairness- she isn’t the ONLY Dr. Pownall in all of human history and existence- Scott Pownall is a Dr. Working in genetics, Dr. James Pownall was a 19th century “mad doctor” who was a surgeon, mayor, murdered, asylum proprietor… and I’m sure you’d find numerous medical and other doctors with the last name who have published papers with peers- but…
From context and everything else it is most likely that they were not discussing one of the specialties of those other Dr. Pownall’s and were discussing her speciality- since it was a reviewer commenting- and thusly the evidence strongly supports that “she is the author.”
Now in fairness- she isn’t the ONLY Dr. Pownall in all of human history and existence- Scott Pownall is a Dr. Working in genetics, Dr. James Pownall was a 19th century “mad doctor” who was a surgeon, mayor, murdered, asylum proprietor… and I’m sure you’d find numerous medical and other doctors with the last name who have published papers with peers- but…
From context and everything else it is most likely that they were not discussing one of the specialties of those other Dr. Pownall’s and were discussing her speciality- since it was a reviewer commenting- and thusly the evidence strongly supports that “she is the author.”