A5007855899- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Obesity and Health Practices
- Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Culinary Culture and Tourism
- Multisensory perception and integration
Newcastle University
2023-2024
Food cues potently capture human attention, and it has been suggested that hunger increases their propensity to do so. However, the evidence for such hunger-related attentional biases is weak. We focus on one recent study did show significantly greater by food when participants were hungry, using an Emotional Blink of Attention (EBA) task [Piech, Pastorino, & Zald, 2010. Appetite, 54, 579-582]. conducted online (N = 29) in-person 28) replications this with British a Bayesian analytical...
Food acquisition is an adaptive problem resolved via both physiological and psychological processes. Hunger could serve as a coordinating mechanism for these When hunger increases, it may be beneficial to shift cognitive resources away from other problems towards functions that increase the chances of acquiring food, such memory food information. However, there limited research exploring impacts on food-related memory, results are mixed. We conducted two studies investigating whether...
Food insecurity (FI) is associated with obesity in women high-income countries, but causal mechanisms remain unclear. FI often assumed to lead increased levels of hunger. However, quantitative evidence describing daily experiences hunger lacking. Our pre-registered study used ecological momentary assessment capture two groups UK-based women: those experiencing (N = 143) and food security (FS; N 149). Participants self-reported hourly (0900-2100) for one week (Monday-Sunday). There was no...
Hunger is a powerful driver of eating behaviour. However, the relationship between hunger and food-related cognition remains poorly understood. Previous research found that increased ability food cues to capture attention in US student sample (N=23; Piech, Pastorino, & Zald, Appet., 54, p579-582, 2010). We conducted online (N=29) in-person (N=28) replications this study with British participants, using same stimuli sets protocols as original study, Bayesian analytical approach. The...