Institute of Psychological Sciences

Psychology Research

Some current and recent research projects

• AME for Activity - Increasing Physical Activity: Designing and Testing a Workplace Intervention. This project was funded by the BUPA Foundation and was awarded to the Institute of Psychological Sciences at the University of Leeds in 2006. This important UK-first physical activity trial, led by Dr Rebecca Lawton, aimed to promote good health by making people aware of the benefits of physical activity, encouraging employers to provide an environment conducive to it and staff to practise it. The study was run in collaboration with the Centre for Workplace Health at the Health & Safety Laboratory, an agency of the Health & Safety Executive.

• The HabEat project - brings together 11 European beneficiaries from 6 European countries applying a multidisciplinary approach (psychology, epidemiology, behavioural science, nutrition, and sensory science) to enhance our understanding of how food habits are formed and can also be changed, in infants and young children.

• The VIVA project - V is for vegetable: applying learning theory to liking and intake of vegetables. VIVA is a research project aimed at improving acceptance and intake of vegetables in infants and children. The project is sponsored by the European Commission for Marie Curie Industry Academia Partnerships and Pathways (IAPP) 2009-2013.