Research Project
Tuki Attuquayefio
Current Appointments
Senior Research Fellow (Conjoint)
ARC Research Fellow
Key Research Areas
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Tuki is a Research Fellow with expertise in machine learning, experimental psychology and nutrition. He has worked internationally on the cognitive and brain functions impacted by diet and obesity. He is currently Research Fellow on an ARC Linkage grant exploring whether cognitive changes associated with ageing impacts older drivers’ use of emerging vehicle automation and assistive technologies.
Publications
2022, 10 Oct
Kynurenic acid as a biochemical factor underlying the association between Western-style diet and depression: A cross-sectional study
View full journal-article on http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2022.945538
2021, 03 Mar
Tracking smell loss to identify healthcare workers with SARS-CoV-2 infection
View full journal-article on http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0248025
2021, 01 Jan
Factors Associated With Anxiety Symptoms in Australian Deaf or Hard of Hearing Children
View full journal-article on http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/deafed/enaa035
2020, 31 Dec
456. Implementing an At-Home Smell Test for Early Assessment of COVID-19 in High-Risk Healthcare Workers
View full conference-abstract on http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa439.649
2020, 09 Sep
Tracking Smell Loss to Identify Healthcare Workers with SARS-CoV-2 Infection
View full preprint on http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2020.09.07.20188813
2020 Apr
No evidence of flavour-nutrient learning in a two-week ‘home exposure’ study in humans
View full journal-article on http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2019.104536
2020 Feb
Hippocampal-dependent appetitive control is impaired by experimental exposure to a Western-style diet
View full journal-article on http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.191338
2017
A four-day Western-style dietary intervention causes reductions in hippocampal-dependent learning and memory and interoceptive sensitivity
View full journal-article on http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85013659631&partnerID=MN8TOARS
2017
Explicit wanting and liking for palatable snacks are differentially affected by change in physiological state, and differentially related to salivation and hunger
2016
A high-fat high-sugar diet predicts poorer hippocampal-related memory and a reduced ability to suppress wanting under satiety
View full journal-article on http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84991030502&partnerID=MN8TOARS
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