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Richard J. Stevenson

Richard J. Stevenson

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Psychology

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65
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15472
World Ranking
2844
National Ranking
138

Overview

Richard J. Stevenson is affiliated with Macquarie University in Australia. Their research primarily spans the fields of neuroscience, psychology, and medicine, with notable contributions in cognitive neuroscience, sensory systems, clinical psychology, social psychology, and physiology.

Stevenson's work addresses several key topics including olfactory and sensory function studies, psychology of moral and emotional judgment, diet and metabolism studies, eating disorders and behaviors, biochemical analysis and sensing techniques, regulation of appetite and obesity, and psychosomatic disorders and their treatments.

Recent publications by Stevenson include:

  • Hippocampal-dependent appetitive control is impaired by experimental exposure to a Western-style diet, 2020, Royal Society Open Science
  • The Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Disgust Sensitivity, 2021, Frontiers in Psychology

Frequent collaborators in Stevenson's research include Heather Francis, Supreet Saluja, Leah S. Dudley, and Fiona Wylie.

Stevenson has published multiple papers in several recurring venues, which include:

  • Appetite
  • Royal Society Open Science
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Food Quality and Preference
  • Developmental Psychobiology

The work also extends into book publications, with one titled Diet Impacts on Brain and Mind released by Cambridge University Press in 2023.

This profile demonstrates Stevenson's integration of neuroscience and psychological approaches to exploring sensory and appetite regulation mechanisms, with a focus on the impact of diet and emotional factors on brain function and behavior.

Best Publications

  • Disgust as a disease-avoidance mechanism.

    Megan Oaten;Richard J. Stevenson;Trevor I. Case

  • An Initial Evaluation of the Functions of Human Olfaction

    Richard J Stevenson

  • Learning to Smell: Olfactory Perception from Neurobiology to Behavior

    Donald A Wilson;Richard J Stevenson

  • A Cognitive Remediation Programme for Adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

    Caroline S Stevenson;Stephanie Whitmont;Laurel Bornholt;David Livesey

  • The longer-term impacts of Western diet on human cognition and the brain.

    Heather Francis;Richard Stevenson

  • The fundamental role of memory in olfactory perception

    Donald A. Wilson;Richard J. Stevenson

  • Confusing Tastes and Smells: How Odours can Influence the Perception of Sweet and Sour Tastes

    Richard J. Stevenson;John Prescott;Robert A. Boakes

  • A brief diet intervention can reduce symptoms of depression in young adults - A randomised controlled trial.

    Heather M. Francis;Richard J. Stevenson;Jaime R. Chambers;Dolly Gupta

  • Olfactory perceptual learning: the critical role of memory in odor discrimination

    Donald A Wilson;Richard J Stevenson

  • A systematic study of microdosing psychedelics.

    Vince Polito;Richard J. Stevenson

  • The characteristics of non-criminals with high psychopathy traits : are they similar to criminal psychopaths?

    Mehmet K. Mahmut;Judi Homewood;Richard J. Stevenson

  • Disease avoidance as a functional basis for stigmatization

    Megan J Oaten;Richard J Stevenson;Trevor I Case

  • The acquisition of taste properties by odors

    Richard J. Stevenson;John Prescott;Robert A. Boakes

  • Higher reported saturated fat and refined sugar intake is associated with reduced hippocampal-dependent memory and sensitivity to interoceptive signals.

    Heather M. Francis;Richard J. Stevenson

  • Changes in Odor Sweetness Resulting from Implicit Learning of a Simultaneous Odor-Sweetness Association: An Example of Learned Synesthesia ☆ ☆☆

    Richard J. Stevenson;Robert A. Boakes;John Prescott

  • Validating the factor structure of the self-report psychopathy scale in a community sample

    Mehmet K. Mahmut;Con Menictas;Richard J. Stevenson;Judi Homewood

  • Children’s Response to Adult Disgust Elicitors: Development and Acquisition

    Richard J. Stevenson;Megan J. Oaten;Trevor I. Case;Betty M. Repacholi

  • Olfactory imagery: a review.

    Richard J. Stevenson;Trevor I. Case

  • Facial disfigurement is treated like an infectious disease

    Stephen Ryan;Megan Oaten;Richard J. Stevenson;Trevor I. Case

  • A mnemonic theory of odor perception.

    Richard J. Stevenson;Robert A. Boakes

  • The Psychology of Flavour

    Richard J Stevenson

  • Learning to Smell

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Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan Mond
Jonathan Mond University of Tasmania
Laurie A. Miller
Laurie A. Miller Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
Robert A. Boakes
Robert A. Boakes University of Sydney
John F. Prescott
John F. Prescott University of Guelph
Martin R. Yeomans
Martin R. Yeomans University of Sussex
Robyn Langdon
Robyn Langdon Macquarie University
Deborah Mitchison
Deborah Mitchison University of Technology Sydney
Anina N. Rich
Anina N. Rich Macquarie University
Max Coltheart
Max Coltheart Macquarie University
Stanley V. Catts
Stanley V. Catts University of Queensland

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