Biography

Following my PhD (Sussex) I completed research at the University of Birmingham on an AERC (Alcohol Education Research Council) project examining factors important in alcohol consumption.  I joined the Psychology department at 91¸£ÀûÍø in 2005 and in addition to my own research I am involved in teaching on the undergraduate psychology degree and postgraduate MSc Health Psychology.

Research interests

My research interests are centred on how our sensory system (mainly smell and taste) affect our behaviour on a unisensory and multisensory level.  One example of this is how our perception of alcohol is affected not merely by taste but also by auditory factors, which is important to understand as this influences the rate at which alcohol is consumed and thus intoxication.  More recently, I have conducted research that seeks to further understand the relationship between the chemical senses and the emotion of disgust.

Research outputs

2025

Iorfa, K. S., Stafford, L., Bowyer, C., Jack, L.

1 May 2025, In: Food and Humanity. 4, 10p., 100595

Research output: Article

2024

Stafford, L., Gould, C., Kelly, D., Parker, M., Seddon, J., Clay, J. M.

1 Dec 2024, In: Food Quality and Preference. 121, 6p., 105283

Research output: Article

Freemantle, A. W. J., Stafford, L.

1 Oct 2024, In: Perception. 53, 10, p. 704-715

Research output: Article

Lockhart, T. S., Moore, R., Bard, K. A., Stafford, L.

10 Sep 2024,

Research output: Poster

Stafford, L.

27 Mar 2024,

Research output: Book

2023

Stafford, L., Nunkoosing, K., Haydon-Laurelut, M., Fisher, M.

19 Oct 2023, In: PLoS One. 18, 10, 16p., e0293110

Research output: Article

Clay, J. M., Baker, K. A., Mezabrovschi, R. D., Berti, G., Shields, G. S., Slavich, G. M., Stafford, L. D., Parker, M. O.

1 Aug 2023, In: Journal of Psychiatric Research. 164, 10p.

Research output: Article

Clay, J. M., Stafford, L. D., Parker, M. O.

1 Feb 2023, In: International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. 21, 22p.

Research output: Article

Philpott, C. M., Espehana, A., Garden, M., Ta, N., Gadi, N., Kumaresan, K., Maru, D., Stafford, L. D., Bleasdale, N., Boak, D.

1 Jan 2023, In: Clinical Otolaryngology. 48, 1, p. 17-24, 8p.

Research output: Article

Clay, J. M., Fontana, B. D., Proserpio, C., Fernandez, E. J., Pagliarini, E., Lopes, F., López-Moreno, J. A., Canales, J. J., Loyant, L., Doron, R., Stafford, L. D., Parker, M. O.

1 Jan 2023, In: Addiction Research and Theory. 31, 1, p. 16-28

Research output: Article