
Dr Dani Ferriday
B.Sc.(Leeds), MSc(Bristol), Ph.D.(Bristol)
Current positions
Associate Professor in Nutrition and Behaviour
School of Psychological Science
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Research interests
My research is concerned with the psychology of human dietary behaviour. I have particular expertise in the assessment of beliefs about food, episodic memory, oral processing behaviours and understanding drivers of portion size in adults and children. I have been involved with studies exploring how ‘food-cue reactivity’ may lead to overeating and overweight. I have also been involved with projects exploring the incidence of meal-planning in free-living humans, the determinants of 'expected satiation' (the extent to which a food is expected to deliver satiation), and the factors that might promote/compromise ‘flavour-nutrient’ learning in humans. The focus of my Ph.D. was to explore the hypothesis that modern humans exhibit ‘adaptive memory’ for food and that this is expressed as enhanced memory for foods that are energy dense and/or those that promote satiation. As a post-doctoral researcher, I worked on projects exploring; i) how an increase in 'dietary variety' (eating different brands of the same food, in particular) might be enouraging individuals to eat more, ii) the mechanism underlying effects of eating rate (i.e., slow eating) on satiety, and iii) the effectiveness of consuming a 50% smaller lunch (a small 'nudge') in reducing energy intake in adults and whether small enhancements to foods comprising a meal can increase meal enjoyment and preserve meal satisfaction for a smaller portion.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
BRC2 - Diet and Physical Activity Theme
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/12/2022 to 30/11/2027
Consumer Lab: Building academic-industry partnerships to ensure sustained acceptance of healthy foods
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Psychological ScienceDates
14/11/2022 to 13/11/2027
Thesis supervisions
Thirst, hunger or sweetness? What motivates humans to drink in the modern beverage environment?
Supervisors
How and how much to feed a child? Exploring parental decision-making and impact on child satiety responsiveness and adiposity
Supervisors
“That portion is too small, I’ll have something else”
Supervisors
Measuring, understanding, and reducing food disgust
Supervisors
Predictors of UK consumers’ acceptance of alternatives to conventional meat products in the early 2020s
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
27/01/2025Investigating the psychology of eating after exercise — a scoping review
Journal of Nutritional Science
Associations between body mass index and episodic memory for recent eating, mindful eating, and cognitive distraction
Obesity Science & Practice