Doctor Catherine Brignell

Dr Catherine Brignell

 PhD
Senior Teaching Fellow

Research interests

  • Positive and negative drivers of behaviour
  • Cognitive processes in appetitive motivational states, especially addiction, overeating, tech…
  • Appetitive motivational disorders including addiction, obesity, and eating disorders

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Research interests

  • Positive and negative drivers of behaviour
  • Cognitive processes in appetitive motivational states, especially addiction, overeating, technology use
  • Appetitive motivational disorders including addiction, obesity, and eating disorders
  • Reward or incentive value of motivationally salient cues
  • Activation of reward system: attentional, approach, memory impacts