Using cognitive and behavioural science to understand food rewards. This project aims to investigate how cues associated with food rewards (such as the McDonald's M) affect learning, cognition and mot

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Using cognitive and behavioural science to understand food rewards. This project aims to investigate how cues associated with food rewards (such as the McDonald's M) affect learning, cognition and motivated behaviour in humans. Using well-validated and reliable methods from studies of reward processing in behavioural neuroscience, this project will shed light on how cues that signal reward bias decision making across different contexts - when individuals are hungry, full, stressed, or currently seeking to moderate food intake. The expected project outcome is novel mechanistic insights into the behavioural determinants of food choice. This project will contribute to an evidence base that can inform future policy and potential regulation of food advertising in Australia. . Scheme: ARC Future Fellowships. Field: 5204 - Cognitive and Computational Psychology. Lead: Dr Poppy Watson