Book Chapters

Armitage, R.M., Iatridi, V., & Yeomans, M.R. (2024). Chemosensory aspects in obesity: rethinking the role of sweet and fat taste. In L. Stafford (Ed), Smell, Taste, Eat: The role of the chemical senses in eating behaviour. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-41375-9_4

Peer-reviewed Publications

Armitage, R.M., Iatridi, V., Sladekova, M., & Yeomans, M.R. (2024). Re-evaluating the relationship between sweet-liking and body composition: systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis. International Journal of Obesity, 48(6) 764-777. https://doi.org/10.1038%2Fs41366-024-01494-7

Yeomans, M.R., Armitage, R.M., Atkinson, R., Fancis, H., & Stevenson, R.J. (2023). Habitual intake of fat and sugar is associated with poorer memory and greater impulsivity. PLoS One, 18(8), e0290308. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0290308

Armitage, R.M., Iatridi, V., VI, C., & Yeomans, M.R. (2023). Phenotypic differences in taste, hedonics:.the effects of sweet liking. Food Quality and Preference, 107, 104845. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2023.104845

Yeomans, M.R., Vi, C., Mohammed, N., & Armitage, R.M. (2022). Re-evaluating how sweet-liking & PROP-tasting are related. Physiology and Behaviour, 246, 113702. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2022.113702

Armitage, R.M., Iatridi, V., & Yeomans, M.R. (2021). Understanding sweet-liking phenotypes & their implications for obesity: narrative review & future directions. Physiology and Behaviour, 1, 113398. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2021.113398

Iatridi, V., Armitage, R.M., Hayes, J.E., & Yeomans, M.R. (2020). Effects of sweet liking on body composition depend on age & lifestyle: a challenge to the simple sweet-liking-obesity hypothesis. Nutrients, 12(9), 2702. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12092702

Yeomans, M.R., Morris, J & Armitage, R.M. (2020). Hedonic contrast & the short-term stimulation of appetite. Appetite, 155, 104849. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2020.104849

Manuscripts in preparation

Armitage, R.M., Zellers, S., Iatridi, V., Gaysina, D., Tuorila, H., Yeomans, M.R., & Kaprio, J.K. Genetic and environmental influences on sweet taste liking and related traits: new insights from twin cohorts.

Armitage, R.M., Iatridi, V., Green, P., Marzola, G., & Yeomans, M.R. Hedonic or metabolic sensing: contrasting responses to sucralose and sucrose between the sweet-liking phenotypes.

Armitage, R.M., Iatridi, V., & Yeomans, M.R. Comparing sweet liking testing methods: liking vs preference.

Oral Presentations

Armitage, R.M., Iatridi, V., & Yeomans, M.R. (2024). Liking and wanting in the sweet-liking phenotypes. 48th Annual Meeting of the British Feeding Drinking Group Meeting. Cambridge, UK.

Armitage, R.M., (2023) Research in the chemosenses: techniques and interdisciplinary insights into sweet taste liking. The Clinical Neuroscience Imaging Seminar Series. University of Sussex, UK.

Armitage, R.M., Zellers, S., Iatridi, V., Gaysina, D., Tuorila, H., Yeomans, M.R. & Kaprio, J.K. (2023). The heritability of sweet taste liking: insights from twin datasets. 15th Pangborn Sensory Science Symposium. Nantes, France.

Armitage, R.M., Zellers, S., Iatridi, V., Gaysina, D., Tuorila, H., Yeomans, M.R. & Kaprio, J.K. (2023). The heritability of sweet taste liking: insights from twin datasets. 47th Annual Meeting of the British Feeding Drinking Group Meeting. Leeds, UK. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2023.106703

Armitage, R.M., Zellers, S., Iatridi, V., Gaysina, D., Tuorila, H., Yeomans, M.R. & Kaprio, J.K. (2022). Heritability of Sweet Taste Liking. School of Psychology, University of Sussex, UK.

Armitage, R.M., Zellers, S., Tuorila, H., & Kaprio, J.K. (2022). The Finnish Sweet Taste Liking Project: What Drives Differences in Liking? The Finnish Institute for Molecular Medicine, University of Helsinki.

Armitage, R.M., Sladekova, M., & Yeomans, M.R. (2022). Comparing body composition between the sweet-liking phenotypes: Systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis. 29th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior. Porto, Portugal.

Armitage, R.M., Iatridi, V., Gaysina, D., & Yeomans, M.R. (2022) Re-evaluating the relationship between sweet-liking and body composition. 46th Annual Meeting of the British Feeding Drinking Group, Leeds, UK. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2022.106204.

Armitage, R.M. (2021). Sweet-Liking Phenotypes: What Drives Differences in Liking? British Feeding Drinking Group Virtual Early Career Researcher Workshop.

Armitage, R.M., Vi, C., & Yeomans, M.R. (2021). Sweet Taste and Sweet-Liking Phenotypes: The Challenges of using Sweet Taste as a Reward. ACM CHI Virtual Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Yokohama, Japan.

Vi, C., Armitage, R.M., & Yeomans, M.R. (2021). Differences in remembered taste and smell sweetness in food and beverages. ACM CHI Virtual Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Yokohama, Japan.

Armitage, R.M. (2021). Understanding Individual Differences in Sweet Taste. The Leverhulme Trust Seminar Series, University of Sussex, UK.

Hamilton-Fletcher, G., Armitage, R. M., Lui, C., Parra, C., Chan., & Ward, J. (2020). Sight restoration with OOKP preserves visual mapping and cross-modal activity in the occipital cortex alongside superior tactile acuity. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 61(7), 4277.

First Author Poster Presentations

Armitage, R.M., Vi, C., Racey, C., & Yeomans, M.R. (2024). Contrasting neural responses to sweet taste between the sweet-liking phenotypes: an fMRI experiment. 19th International Symposium on Olfaction and Taste. Reykjavík, Iceland.

Armitage, R.M., Harvey, H., Green, P., Marzola, G., Iatridi, V., & Yeomans, M.R. (2024). Sweet-liking and the basic tastes. 48th Annual Meeting of the British Feeding Drinking Group Meeting. Cambridge, UK.

Armitage, R.M., Iatridi, V., Green, P., Marzola, G., & Yeomans, M.R. (2023). Hedonic or metabolic sensing: contrasting responses to sucralose and sucrose between the sweet-liking phenotypes. 33rd Annual Meeting of the European Chemoreception Research Organization. Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

Armitage, R.M., Iatridi, V., & Yeomans, M.R. (2023). Comparing sweet liking testing methods: liking vs preference. 30th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior. Portland, USA.

Armitage, R.M., Vi, C., & Yeomans, M.R. (2022). Phenotypic differences in taste hedonics: the effects of sweet liking. EuroSense. Turku, Finland.

Armitage, R.M., Obrist, M., & Brianza, G. (2022). Micro-phenomenological interview technique: designing and refining an experiential protocol to evoke olfactory experiences. BPS PsyPAG Virtual Annual Conference, UK.

Armitage, R.M., & Yeomans, M.R. (2021). Revaluating the relationship between sweet liking and body composition. University of Sussex Psychology Poster Competition, Brighton, UK.

Armitage, R.M., Vi, C., & Yeomans, M.R. (2021). Exploring phenotypic differences in the remembered experience of odours: the effects of sweet liking. 45th annual meeting of the British Feeding and Drinking Group. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2021.105566.

Armitage, R.M., Vi, C., Iatridi, V., & Yeomans, M.R. (2020). Understanding sweet-liker phenotypes: exploring habitual intake of Western diet, impulsivity and childhood eating experience. 44th annual meeting of the British Feeding and Drinking Group. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2020.104939.

Coauthor Poster Presentations

Iatridi, V., Armitage, R.M., Hayes, J.E., & Yeomans, M.R. (2023). Effect of an 8-day exposure to a diet high in sugars on liking for palatable snacks and sweetness. 47th Annual Meeting of the British Feeding Drinking Group Meeting. Leeds, UK. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2023.106944

Yeomans, M.R., Iatridi, V., Vi, C., & Armitage, R.M. (2020). Understanding sweet-liker phenotypes: strong liking for sweetness is associated with higher reward sensitivity but lower adiposity. International Symposium on Olfaction and Taste. Portland, USA.

Iatridi, V., Armitage, R.M., Hayes, J.E., & Yeomans, M.R. (2019). Relationships between sweet-liking and body size and body composition in adults: some unexpected findings. 13th Pangborn Sensory Science Symposium. Edinburgh, Scotland.