Miss Keri McCrickerd

Biography

I graduated with a BSc in Experimental Psychology from the University of Bristol in 2009. During this time I conducted a research project supervised by Jeff Brunstrom and Charlotte Hardman, investigating children’s expectations of fullness of a range of snack foods, and the relationship between these expectations and the child's familiarity with the products. In 2010 I began a 4-year PhD funded by BBSRC DRINC initiative, supervised by Prof. Martin Yeomans and Dr Lucy Chambers at the university of Sussex.  My PhD research is focused on the role of cognitive and sensory influences on satiety and satiation, with a focus on the design of satiating drink products.

2010-Present: DPhil Experimental Psychology, University of Sussex

2006-2009: BSc Experimental Psychology, University of Bristol

Role

DPhil Researcher and Associate Tutor

My research interests include:

• Portion size decisions
• Satiety
• Expectations about satiety and satiation
• Beverages and energy balance
• Food product design
• Determinants of eating behaviour in children

More information about this research and the wider research from our lab group can be found on the Sussex Ingestive Behaviour Group webpage.

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

Hardman, Charlotte A, McCrickerd, Keri and Brunstrom, Jeffrey M (2011) Children's familiarity with snack foods changes expectations about fullness. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 94 (5). pp. 1196-1201. ISSN 0002-9165