I was invited to give a public lecture at The Storey in Lancaster as part of Lancaster University's Science and Technology Lecture Series. My talk was about the effects of different dietary choices on our health, and the New Year’s Resolutions we can make to start off 2020 as a healthy year for body and … Continue Reading about Public Lecture: NEWtritional Year’s Resolutions
Publications
Sugar rush or sugar crash?: A meta-analysis of carbohydrate effects on mood
Mantantzis, K., Schlaghecken, F., Sunram-Lea, S-I., & Maylor, E. (2019). Sugar rush or sugar crash? A meta-analysis of carbohydrate effects on mood. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 101, 45-67.
The effect of carbohydrate (CHO) consumption on mood is at the center of a long-standing debate, with researchers reporting both mood improvements and decrements following CHO ingestion. As global consumption of sugar-sweetened products has sharply increased in recent years, examining the validity of claims of an association between CHOs and mood is of high importance. We … [Read more...] about Sugar rush or sugar crash?: A meta-analysis of carbohydrate effects on mood
A content analysis and ethical review of mobile applications for depression: exploring the app marketplace
Bowie, D., Sunram-Lea, S.I., Sas, C. and Iles-Smith. H. (2019). A content analysis and ethical review of mobile applications for depression: Exploring the app marketplace. CHI 2019 Symposium: Computing and Mental Health. 2019.
Research investigating commercial mobile applications for depression have shown a range of concerns from limited research evidence, poor treatment fidelity, and issues with privacy and data security. This study advances this work through a content analysis and ethical review of app store listings of apps for depression. Whilst past content analyses and app reviews have … [Read more...] about A content analysis and ethical review of mobile applications for depression: exploring the app marketplace
A systemic ethical framework for mobile mental health: From design to implementation
Bowie, D., Sunram-Lea, S-I. (Ed.), Sas, C. (Ed.), & Iles-Smith, H. (Ed.) (Accepted/In press). A systemic ethical framework for mobile mental health: From design to implementation. Poster session presented at NIHR MindTech MIC National Symposium 2018, London, United Kingdom.
The impact of diet-based glycaemic response and glucose regulation on cognition: evidence across the lifespan
Sünram-Lea, S. I., & Owen, L. (2017). The impact of diet-based glycaemic response and glucose regulation on cognition: evidence across the lifespan. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 76(4), 466-477.
The brain has a high metabolic rate and its metabolism is almost entirely restricted to oxidative utilisation of glucose. These factors emphasise the extreme dependence of neural tissue on a stable and adequate supply of glucose. Whereas initially it was thought that only glucose deprivation (i.e. under hypoglycaemic conditions) can affect brain function, it has become apparent … [Read more...] about The impact of diet-based glycaemic response and glucose regulation on cognition: evidence across the lifespan
Last in, first out: brain economy in times of limited resources
Sunram-Lea, S-I. (2017). Last in, first out: brain economy in times of limited resources. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology , 17(12), 2586-2596.
It has been argued that cognitive abilities that developed last ontogenetically are likely the first to become impaired when cognitive and/or physiological resources are compromised. In phylogeny as in ontogeny, the prefrontal cortex is a late developing region of the cortex. Late maturing areas of the dorso-lateral prefrontal cortex are primarily involved in higher executive … [Read more...] about Last in, first out: brain economy in times of limited resources