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Gerry Jager is affiliated with Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands. Their research primarily falls within the field of Medicine, with a focus on several interconnected subfields including Food Science, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Nutrition and Dietetics, Clinical Psychology, and Psychiatry and Mental Health.

Their work explores a range of topics related to food, nutrition, and health behavior. These main topics include:

  • Sensory Analysis and Statistical Methods
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques
  • Culinary Culture and Tourism
  • Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling
  • Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues

Among their recent publications are studies addressing health perceptions, eating behaviors, and emotional responses related to food, such as:

  • "Healthy eating beliefs and the meaning of food in populations with a low socioeconomic position: A scoping review" (2021, Appetite)
  • "Does the face show what the mind tells? A comparison between dynamic emotions obtained from facial expressions and Temporal Dominance of Emotions (TDE)" (2020, Food Quality and Preference)
  • "The Baby's First Bites RCT: Evaluating a Vegetable-Exposure and a Sensitive-Feeding Intervention in Terms of Child Health Outcomes and Maternal Feeding Behavior During Toddlerhood" (2021, Journal of Nutrition)
  • "Healthy is (not) tasty? Implicit and explicit associations between food healthiness and tastiness in primary school-aged children and parents with a lower socioeconomic position" (2020, Food Quality and Preference)
  • "To like or not to like: Negotiating food assessments of children from families with a low socioeconomic position" (2021, Appetite)

Jager has published extensively in journals such as Appetite and Food Quality and Preference, contributing twelve and six papers respectively. Other publication venues include the Journal of Nutrition, British Journal of Nutrition, and Pediatric Obesity.

Their collaborative work includes frequent partnerships with several co-authors, notably:

  • Cees de Graaf
  • Gertrude G. Zeinstra
  • Maria Isabel Salazar Cobo
  • Elizabeth H. Zandstra
  • Amy van der Heijden

The scope of their research highlights a multidisciplinary perspective on nutrition, sensory analysis, and public health concerns related to eating behaviors and dietary patterns, particularly among populations with varying socioeconomic backgrounds.

Best Publications

  • On the hemispheric specialization for categorical and coordinate spatial relations: a review of the current evidence.

    Gerry Jager;Albert Postma

  • Sex differences for selective forms of spatial memory.

    Albert Postma;Gerry Jager;Roy P.C Kessels;Hans P.F Koppeschaar

  • Long-term effects of frequent cannabis use on working memory and attention: an fMRI study

    Gerry Jager;Rene S. Kahn;Wim Van Den Brink;Jan M. Van Ree

  • The role of emotions in food choice and liking

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  • Effects of frequent cannabis use on hippocampal activity during an associative memory task.

    Gerry Jager;Hendrika H. Van Hell;Maartje M.L. De Win;Rene S. Kahn

  • Chronic effects of cannabis use on the human reward system: An fMRI study

    Hendrika H. van Hell;Matthijs Vink;Lindsey Ossewaarde;Gerry Jager

  • Evoked Emotions Predict Food Choice

    Jelle R. Dalenberg;Swetlana Gutjar;Gert J. ter Horst;Kees de Graaf

  • What reported food-evoked emotions may add : A model to predict consumer food choice

    Swetlana Gutjar;Jelle R. Dalenberg;Cees de Graaf;René A. de Wijk

  • Cannabis use and memory brain function in adolescent boys: a cross-sectional multicenter functional magnetic resonance imaging study.

    Gerry Jager;Robert I. Block;Maartje Luijten;Nick F. Ramsey

  • Why a ‘light’ product package should not be light blue: Effects of package colour on perceived healthiness and attractiveness of sugar- and fat-reduced products

    Irene Tijssen;Elizabeth H. Zandstra;Cees de Graaf;Gerry Jager

  • Long-term consequences of adolescent cannabis exposure on the development of cognition, brain structure and function: an overview of animal and human research.

    Gerry Jager;Nick F Ramsey

  • Functional or emotional? How Dutch and Portuguese conceptualise beer, wine and non-alcoholic beer consumption

    Ana Patricia Silva;Ana Patricia Silva;Gerry Jager;Roelien van Bommel;Hannelize van Zyl

  • Cognition in novice ecstasy users with minimal exposure to other drugs: a prospective cohort study

    Thelma Schilt;Maartje M. L. de Win;Maarten Koeter;Gerry Jager

  • Neurophysiological factors in human information processing capacity.

    Nick F. Ramsey;J. M. Jansma;G. Jager;T. Van Raalten

  • Temporal dominance of emotions: Measuring dynamics of food-related emotions during consumption

    Gerry Jager;Pascal Schlich;Irene Tijssen;Jiali Yao

  • Effects of δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol on human working memory function.

    Matthijs G. Bossong;J. Martijn Jansma;Hendrika H. van Hell;Gerry Jager;Gerry Jager

  • The endocannabinoid system and emotional processing: A pharmacological fMRI study with ∆9-tetrahydrocannabinol

    Matthijs G. Bossong;Matthijs G. Bossong;Hendrika H. van Hell;Gerry Jager;Gerry Jager;René S. Kahn

  • Acute and Non-acute Effects of Cannabis on Human Memory Function: A Critical Review of Neuroimaging Studies

    Matthijs G. Bossong;Gerry Jager;Sagnik Bhattacharyya;Paul Allen

  • A Prospective Cohort Study on Sustained Effects of Low-Dose Ecstasy Use on the Brain in New Ecstasy Users

    Maartje M L de Win;Liesbeth Reneman;Gerry Jager;Erik-Jan P Vlieger

  • Involvement of the endocannabinoid system in reward processing in the human brain

    Hendrika H van Hell;Gerry Jager;Gerry Jager;Matthijs G Bossong;Annelies Brouwer

  • Effectiveness of flavour nutrient learning and mere exposure as mechanisms to increase toddler's intake and preference for green vegetables

    Victoire W.T. de Wild;Cees de Graaf;Gerry Jager

Frequent Co-Authors

Albert Postma
Albert Postma Utrecht University
Maarten W. J. Koeter
Maarten W. J. Koeter University of Amsterdam
Matthijs Vink
Matthijs Vink Utrecht University
Peter Putman
Peter Putman Leiden University
Paul Allen
Paul Allen Royal Holloway University of London
W. van den Brink
W. van den Brink University of Amsterdam
Sagnik Bhattacharyya
Sagnik Bhattacharyya King's College London
Paul Christiansen
Paul Christiansen University of Liverpool
Jack van Honk
Jack van Honk Utrecht University
Herbert L. Meiselman
Herbert L. Meiselman Herb Meiselman Training and Consulting

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