Dr Lucy Chambers

Biography

I am interested in the psychological and biological processes that contribute to appetite control, and how to establish and maintain heathy eating.

Role

In my current role as Research Fellow  I am working on a BBSRC funded grant with Professor Martin Yeomans examining how beliefs about food influence behavioural and physiological satiety responses. Please go here for further information.

Previous research 

From September 2008 to January 2010 I worked at the Health Behaviour Research Centre, University College London as a Research Associate investigating the impact of rewards on children's healthy eating.

From 2005-2008 I conducted my PhD research at the University of Sussex, supervised by Professor Martin Yeomans. My work examined the psychology and gastrointestinal physiology associated with the tendency to overeat. 

This PhD research was sandwiched between two BBSRC funded positions as Research Assistant and Research Fellow, both investigating the role of learning in food preferences.

Qualifications

2009 PhD in Experimental Psychology, University of Sussex

2003 BSc in Neuroscience, University of Sussex

Journal articles

- Chambers L, Ells H, Yeomans, MR (2013). Can the satiating power of a high energy beverage be improved by manipulating sensory characteristics and label information? Food Quality and Preference. 28(1), 271-278.

- McCrickerd, Keri, Chambers, Lucy, Brunstrom, Jeffery and Yeomans, Martin R (2012) Subtle changes in the flavour and texture of a drink enhance expectations of satiety. Flavour, 1 (20). ISSN 2044-7248

- Yeomans MR, Chambers L. Satiety-relevant sensory qualities enhance the satiating effects of mixed carbohydrate-protein preloads. Am J Clin Nutr. 2011 Dec;94(6):1410-7.

- Cooke, LJ, Chambers, LC, Anez, EV, Wardle, J. (2011) Facilitating or undermining? The effect of reward on food acceptance: a narrative review. Appetite, Oct;57(2):493-7

- Chambers, L. Yeomans, M. (2011) Individual differences in satiety response to carbohydrate and fat: predictions from the Three Factor Eating Questionnaire (TFEQ). Appetite, Apr;56(2):316-23

- Cooke LJ, Chambers LC, Añez EV, Croker HA, Boniface D, Yeomans MR, Wardle J. (2011) Eating for profit or pleasure: the effect of incentives on children's enjoyment of vegetables. Psychological Science, Feb 1;22(2):190-6

- Yeomans, MR, Chambers, L, Blumenthal, H & Blake, A. (2008) The role of expectancy in sensory and hedonic evaluation: the case of smoked salmon ice-cream. Food Quality and Preference, 19, 565-573.

- Chambers, L. Mobini, S. Yeomans, MR. (2007) Caffeine deprivation state modulates expression of acquired liking for caffeine-paired flavours. Q J Exp Psychol. 2007 Oct; 60(10):1356-66.

- Yeomans, MR. Mobini, S. Chambers, L. (2007) Additive effects of flavour-caffeine and flavour-flavour pairings on liking for the smell and flavour of a novel drink. Physiol Behav. 2007 Dec 5;92(5):831-9.

- Mobini, S. Chambers, L. Yeomans, MR. (2007) Effects of hunger state on flavour pleasantness conditioning at home: flavour-nutrient learning vs. flavour-flavour learning. Appetite. 2007 Jan;48(1):20-8. 

Published abstracts

- Chambers, L. Yeomans, M. (2008) Appetitive behaviours and the Three Factor Eating Questionnaire. Appetite 50 (2-3): 556

- Yeomans, M. Gould, N. Mobini, S. Chambers, L. (2008) Heightened responses to the hedonic qualities of sucrose in olfactory conditioning for women scoring high on the Three Factor Eating Questionnaire disinhibition scale. Appetite 51 (2): 411

- Chambers, L. Yeomans, M. (2007) Low fasting PYY3-36 levels in healthy women with high dietary restraint. Appetite, 49 (1): 283 

- Mobini, S. Chambers, L. Yeomans, M. (2006) Dependence of pleasantness of sweet-paired acquired through flavour-consequence and flavour-flavour learning under naturalistic conditions on hunger state in humans. Appetite 57 (2): 270

McCrickerd, Keri, Chambers, Lucy, Brunstrom, Jeffery and Yeomans, Martin R (2012) Subtle changes in the flavour and texture of a drink enhance expectations of satiety. Flavour, 1 (20). ISSN 2044-7248

Yeomans, Martin R and Chambers, Lucy (2011) Satiety-relevant sensory qualities enhance the satiating effects of mixed carbohydrate-protein preloads. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 94 (6). pp. 1410-1417. ISSN 0002-9165

Chambers, Lucy and Yeomans, Martin R (2011) Individual differences in satiety response to carbohydrate and fat. Predictions from the Three Factor Eating Questionnaire (TFEQ). Appetite, 56 (2). pp. 316-323. ISSN 0195-6663

Yeomans, Martin R, Chambers, Lucy, Blumenthal, Heston and Blake, Anthony (2008) The role of expectancy in sensory and hedonic evaluation: The case of smoked salmon ice-cream. Food Quality and Preference, 19 (6). pp. 565-573. ISSN 0950-3293

Yeomans, Martin, Mobini, Sirous and Chambers, Lucy (2007) Additive effects of flavour-caffeine and flavour-flavour pairings on liking for the smell and flavour of a novel drink. Physiology and Behavior, 92 (5). pp. 831-839.

Chambers, Lucy, Mobini, Sirous and Yeomans, Martin R (2007) Caffeine deprivation state modulates expression of acquired liking for caffeine-paired flavours. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 60 (10). pp. 1356-1366. ISSN 1747-0218

Mobini, Sirous, Chambers, Lucy and Yeomans, Martin (2007) Effects of hunger state on flavour pleasantness conditioning at home: flavour-nutrient learning vs. flavour-flavour learning. Appetite, 48 (1). pp. 20-28. ISSN 0195-6663