Tuki Attuquayefio

Tuki Attuquayefio

Research Fellow

Biography

Tuki completed his PhD in Psychology at Macquarie University in 2018, exploring the relationship between obesity and cognitive function. 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.

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Interests
  • Data Science
  • fMRI
  • Psychology
  • Eating Behaviour
  • Gut Microbiome
Education

  • PhD in Psychology, 2018

    Macquarie University

  • Certificate IV in AUSLAN, 2015

    TAFE NSW

  • Bachelor of Science (Psychology with Honours), 2010

    UNSW

  • Bachelor of Arts (Modern Greek & French), 2010

    UNSW

Skills

R

100%

SPSS

100%

Python

20%

SPM12 Matlab Toolbox

30%

CONN Functional Connectivity Toolbox

80%

SQL Database

10%

Research Experience

 
 
 
 
 
UNSW Sydney
Research Fellow
UNSW Sydney
Apr 2021 – Present Sydney, Australia

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. Responsibilities include:

  • Analysing
  • Modelling
  • Deploying
 
 
 
 
 
Yale School of Medicine
Postdoctoral Fellow
Yale School of Medicine
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 New Haven, CT, USA
Postdoc working on a NIDDK project examining the impact of adiposity, peripheral and central insulin sensitivity on brain and cognitive function in pre-diabetic youth with overweight/obesity.
 
 
 
 
 
School of Psychological Science, University of Bristol
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
School of Psychological Science, University of Bristol
Oct 2017 – Dec 2019 Bristol, UK
Postdoc investigating flavour-nutrient learning in humans, as well as fMRI and resting state fMRI project on brain areas involved in food choice based on satiety and/or liking.

Recent Posts

My first blog post
Hello world. This is my first post on my new website. Stay tuned for interesting content related to psychology, eating behaviour, and data science.
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Recent Publications

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Johanna Long, Tuki Attuquayefio, Jennifer L Hudson (2021). Factors Associated With Anxiety Symptoms in Australian Deaf or Hard of Hearing Children. The Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 26(1) 13–20. https://doi.org/10.1093/deafed/enaa035.

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Julian J. Weiss, Tuki N. Attuquayefio, Elizabeth B. White, Fangyong Li, Rachel S. Herz, Theresa L. White, Melissa Campbell, Bertie Geng, Rupak Datta, Anne L. Wyllie, Nathan D. Grubaugh, Arnau Casanovas-Massana, M. Catherine Muenker, Adam J. Moore, Ryan Handoko, Akiko Iwasaki, Richard A. Martinello, Albert I. Ko, Dana M. Small, Shelli F. Farhadian, {the Yale IMPACT Research Team} (2021). Tracking Smell Loss to Identify Healthcare Workers with SARS-CoV-2 Infection. PLoS ONE In Giovanni Cammaroto: , 16(3) e0248025. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0248025.

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Julian J Weiss, Tuki Attuquayefio, Elizabeth B White, Bertie Geng, Ryan Handoko, Rachel S Herz, Theresa L White, Akiko Iwasaki, Nathan D Grubaugh, Rupak Datta, Melissa Campbell, Richard A Martinello, Albert I Ko, Dana M Small, Shelli F Farhadian (2020). Implementing an At-Home Smell Test for Early Assessment of COVID-19 in High-Risk Healthcare Workers. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 7(Supplement1) S295-S296. https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa439.649.

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Tuki Attuquayefio, Suzy Parish, Peter J. Rogers, Jeffrey M. Brunstrom (2020). No Evidence of Flavour-Nutrient Learning in a Two-Week ‘Home Exposure’ Study in Humans. Appetite, 147 104536. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2019.104536.

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Tuki Attuquayefio (2019). An example preprint / working paper.

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Tuki Attuquayefio, Richard J. Stevenson, Megan J. Oaten, Heather M. Francis (2017). A Four-Day Western-Style Dietary Intervention Causes Reductions in Hippocampal-Dependent Learning and Memory and Interoceptive Sensitivity. PLoS ONE In Lin Lu: , 12(2) e0172645. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0172645.

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Richard J. Stevenson, Heather M. Francis, Tuki Attuquayefio, Candice Ockert (2017). Explicit Wanting and Liking for Palatable Snacks Are Differentially Affected by Change in Physiological State, and Differentially Related to Salivation and Hunger. Physiology & Behavior, 182 101–106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2017.10.007.

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Tuki Attuquayefio, Richard J. Stevenson, Robert A. Boakes, Megan J. Oaten, Martin R. Yeomans, Mehmet Mahmut, Heather M. Francis (2016). A High-Fat High-Sugar Diet Predicts Poorer Hippocampal-Related Memory and a Reduced Ability to Suppress Wanting under Satiety.. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning and Cognition, 42(4) 415–428. https://doi.org/10.1037/xan0000118.

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Tuki Attuquayefio, Robert Ford (2015). An example journal article. Journal of Source Themes, 1(1).

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Richard J. Stevenson, Tuki Attuquayefio (2013). Human Olfactory Consciousness and Cognition: Its Unusual Features May Not Result from Unusual Functions but from Limited Neocortical Processing Resources. Front. Psychol., 4 https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00819.

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