Dr Loukia Tzavella
Research Associate
- TzavellaL@cardiff.ac.uk
- Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre, Maindy Road, Cardiff, CF24 4HQ
Publication
2023
- Tzavella, L. and Chambers, C. D. 2023. Explicit and implicit devaluation effects of food-specific response inhibition training. Journal of Cognition 6(1), article number: 10. (10.5334/joc.256)
2022
- Randle, M., Duarte, I., Maizey, L., Tzavella, L., Adams, R. C. and Chambers, C. D. 2022. The Restrain Food Database: validation of an open-source database of foods that should be eaten more or less as part of a healthy diet. Royal Society Open Science 9(11), article number: 220923. (10.1098/rsos.220923)
- Tzavella, L. and Chambers, C. D. 2022. Response inhibition training and measures of explicit and implicit food valuation. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences 48, article number: 101230. (10.1016/j.cobeha.2022.101230)
- Pennington, C. R., Jones, A. J., Tzavella, L., Chambers, C. D. and Button, K. S. 2022. Beyond online participant crowdsourcing: the benefits and opportunities of big team addiction science. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology 30(4), pp. 444-451. (10.1037/pha0000541)
- Hardwicke, T. E. et al. 2022. Post-publication critique at top-ranked journals across scientific disciplines: a cross-sectional assessment of policies and practice. Royal Society Open Science 9(8), article number: 220139. (10.1098/rsos.220139)
- Chambers, C. D. and Tzavella, L. 2022. The past, present and future of Registered Reports. Nature Human Behaviour 6, pp. 29-42. (10.1038/s41562-021-01193-7)
2021
- Tzavella, L. et al. 2021. Effects of go/no-go training on food-related action tendencies, liking and choice. Royal Society Open Science 8(8), article number: 210666. (10.1098/rsos.210666)
2020
- Tzavella, L., Maizey, L., Lawrence, A. D. and Chambers, C. D. 2020. The affective priming paradigm as an indirect measure of food attitudes and related choice behaviour. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review 27, pp. 1397-1415. (10.3758/s13423-020-01764-1)
- Tzavella, L. 2020. Behavioural measures and training interventions for food-related cognition, motivation and affect. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
2019
- Maizey, L. and Tzavella, L. 2019. Barriers and solutions for early career researchers in tackling the reproducibility crisis in cognitive neuroscience. Cortex 113, pp. 357-359. (10.1016/j.cortex.2018.12.015)
Articles
- Tzavella, L. and Chambers, C. D. 2023. Explicit and implicit devaluation effects of food-specific response inhibition training. Journal of Cognition 6(1), article number: 10. (10.5334/joc.256)
- Randle, M., Duarte, I., Maizey, L., Tzavella, L., Adams, R. C. and Chambers, C. D. 2022. The Restrain Food Database: validation of an open-source database of foods that should be eaten more or less as part of a healthy diet. Royal Society Open Science 9(11), article number: 220923. (10.1098/rsos.220923)
- Tzavella, L. and Chambers, C. D. 2022. Response inhibition training and measures of explicit and implicit food valuation. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences 48, article number: 101230. (10.1016/j.cobeha.2022.101230)
- Pennington, C. R., Jones, A. J., Tzavella, L., Chambers, C. D. and Button, K. S. 2022. Beyond online participant crowdsourcing: the benefits and opportunities of big team addiction science. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology 30(4), pp. 444-451. (10.1037/pha0000541)
- Hardwicke, T. E. et al. 2022. Post-publication critique at top-ranked journals across scientific disciplines: a cross-sectional assessment of policies and practice. Royal Society Open Science 9(8), article number: 220139. (10.1098/rsos.220139)
- Chambers, C. D. and Tzavella, L. 2022. The past, present and future of Registered Reports. Nature Human Behaviour 6, pp. 29-42. (10.1038/s41562-021-01193-7)
- Tzavella, L. et al. 2021. Effects of go/no-go training on food-related action tendencies, liking and choice. Royal Society Open Science 8(8), article number: 210666. (10.1098/rsos.210666)
- Tzavella, L., Maizey, L., Lawrence, A. D. and Chambers, C. D. 2020. The affective priming paradigm as an indirect measure of food attitudes and related choice behaviour. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review 27, pp. 1397-1415. (10.3758/s13423-020-01764-1)
- Maizey, L. and Tzavella, L. 2019. Barriers and solutions for early career researchers in tackling the reproducibility crisis in cognitive neuroscience. Cortex 113, pp. 357-359. (10.1016/j.cortex.2018.12.015)
Thesis
- Tzavella, L. 2020. Behavioural measures and training interventions for food-related cognition, motivation and affect. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
- Maizey, L. and Tzavella, L. 2019. Barriers and solutions for early career researchers in tackling the reproducibility crisis in cognitive neuroscience. Cortex 113, pp. 357-359. (10.1016/j.cortex.2018.12.015)
Teaching
Consortium for reproducible final year undergraduate (UG) research projects (2019-2022)
- Final year projects for students run as part of a reproducibility consortium
- Collaborative study design, protocol preregistration on OSF (e.g. see https://osf.io/8qjnd), and data collection
- Students learn about reproducible research practices and contribute to all research outputs
- Current consortium is formed by supervisors and students at Cardiff University, University of Bath, and Aston University
- More details on this initiative can be found in our latest article
Practicals for Second Year BSc Psychology (2019)
- Module: Emotion & Consciousness
- Designed research study and materials for practicals
- Presentations on theory, methods, and analyses
Tutorials for MSc Neuroimaging Methods & Applications (2016 - 2018)
- Module: Research Design & Analysis in Neuroimaging
- Critical review of published research related to brain stimulation
- Research design for Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation studies
Year 1 Postgraduate Tutor (PGT) for BSc Psychology (2015 - 2017)
- Preparation and delivery of 6 tutorials each semester
- Marking of practical research reports
- Exam marking for research design assignment - Jan 2017
Biography
EDUCATION
- PhD in Psychology, Cardiff University [2015 - 2019]
- MSc in Neuroimaging Methods and Applications (Distinction), Cardiff University [2013 - 2014]
- BSc in Psychology, Nottingham Trent University [2010 - 2013]
Supervisions
Current supervision

Ben Meghreblian
Research student