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Katie Barfoot

Email:
katie.barfoot@reading.ac.uk
Phone:
01183783347
Job title:
Lecturer

Areas of interest

My research area spans the fields of nutrition, cognition, mood and mental health. My previous research has explored flavonoid-related benefits in typical and ADHD school-aged children, in student populations and in postnatal mothers and fathers, using a range of experimental psychological and physiological techniques. Recently, I have expanded my research horizons to examine potential mood benefits from exercise and leisure spa use alongside local community co-collaborators.

Teaching

Undergraduate: Introduction to Psychology (Part 1 )
Communicating Current Psychology (Part 3)
Projects Co-ordinator and Project supervisor (Part 3/4 Dissertation)

Research centres and groups

Nutrition & Cognition Lab
Perception, Action & Cognition

Academic qualifications

BSc Psychology
PhD Psychology

Publications

Barfoot, K. , Forster, R. , Lamport, D. ORCID: 0000-0002-4592-0439 (2021) Mental health in new mothers: a randomised controlled study into the effects of dietary flavonoids on mood and perceived quality of life. Nutrients , 13 (7). ISSN: 2072-6643 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu13072383
Barfoot, K. , Istas, G. , Feliciano, R. , Lamport, D. ORCID: 0000-0002-4592-0439 , Riddell, P. , Rodriguez-Mateos, A. , Williams, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-4452-671X (2021) Effects of daily consumption of wild blueberry on cognition and urinary metabolites in school‑aged children: a pilot study. European Journal of Nutrition , 60 pp. 4263-4278. ISSN: 1436-6215 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00394-021-02588-y

Barfoot, K. , May, G. , Lamport, D. , Ricketts, J. , Riddell, P. , Williams, C. (2019) The effects of acute wild blueberry supplementation on the cognition of 7-10 year old schoolchildren. European Journal of Nutrition , 58 (7). pp. 2911-2920. ISSN: 1436-6215 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00394-018-1843-6

Barfoot, K. (2018) The effects of wild blueberry on the cognition and mood of 7-10 year old children. | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.48683/1926.00086498

Khalid, S. , Barfoot, K. ORCID: 0000-0002-2866-6467 , May, G. , Lamport, D. , Reynolds, S. , Williams, C. (2017) Effects of acute blueberry flavonoids on mood in children and young adults. Nutrients , 9 (2). ISSN: 2072-6643 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu9020158