Keri McCrickerd, PhD

Keri McCrickerd, PhD

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Executive Director at the Centre for Holistic Initiatives for Learning and Development (CHILD)
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Keri graduated from the University of Bristol with a B.Sc. in Experimental Psychology.  She then completed her  PhD on how cognitive and sensory cues present at the time of ingestion could be optimised to improve the satiating power of nutrients consumed as a beverage.

Currently, Keri is Executive Director at the Centre for Holistic Initiatives for Learning and Development (CHILD).

 

 

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The Future of Food Preference – What You Should Know from the 13th Pangborn Sensory Science Symposium

Author(s): Ciarán Forde, PhD, Keri McCrickerd, PhD, and Nikos Padigas, PhD

Key takeaways from Pangborn 2019: Eating experience and environment has a large impact on food preference. Researchers and those seeking to maximize food preference need to consider consumer experience, using immersive techniques (e.g. augmented reality) to collect more realistic data. Sensory cues can be used to design products that can help make the healthy choice…