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Exposure to green and historic urban environments and mental well-being: Results from EEG and psychometric outcome measures (2022)
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Reece, R., Bornioli, A., Bray, I., & Alford, C. (2022). Exposure to green and historic urban environments and mental well-being: Results from EEG and psychometric outcome measures. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(20), 13052. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013052

Previous studies have identified the benefits of exposure to green or historic environments using qualitative methods and psychometric measures, but studies using a combination of measures are lacking. This study builds on current literature by focus... Read More about Exposure to green and historic urban environments and mental well-being: Results from EEG and psychometric outcome measures.

Exposure to green, blue and historic environments and mental well-being: A comparison between virtual reality head-mounted display and flat screen exposure (2022)
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Reece, R., Bornioli, A., Bray, I., Newbutt, N., Satenstein, D., & Alford, C. (2022). Exposure to green, blue and historic environments and mental well-being: A comparison between virtual reality head-mounted display and flat screen exposure. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(15), e9457. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19159457

Improving the mental health of urban residents is a global public health priority. This study builds on existing work that demonstrates the ability of virtual exposure to restorative environments to improve population mental health. It compares the r... Read More about Exposure to green, blue and historic environments and mental well-being: A comparison between virtual reality head-mounted display and flat screen exposure.

Cyclist and pedestrian trust in automated vehicles: An on-road and simulator trial (2022)
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Parkin, J., Crawford, F., Flower, J., Alford, C., Morgan, P., & Parkhurst, G. (2023). Cyclist and pedestrian trust in automated vehicles: An on-road and simulator trial. International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, 17(7), 762-774. https://doi.org/10.1080/15568318.2022.2093147

Automated vehicles (AVs) need to be trusted by cyclists and pedestrians where they will share the road. To test trust, cyclists and pedestrians, and a comparison cohort of drivers, observed trials of both a road and simulator AV undertaking three com... Read More about Cyclist and pedestrian trust in automated vehicles: An on-road and simulator trial.

An on-premise study to investigate the effects of mixing alcohol with caffeinated beverages (2022)
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Johnson, S. J., Verster, J. C., & Alford, C. (2022). An on-premise study to investigate the effects of mixing alcohol with caffeinated beverages. Brain and Behavior, 12(3), Article e2445. https://doi.org/10.1002/brb3.2445

Objective: The purpose of this on-premise study was to determine if mixing alcohol with caffeinated mixers had an impact on objective and subjective intoxication. Methods: The study was conducted across eight drinking occasions in the City of Bristol... Read More about An on-premise study to investigate the effects of mixing alcohol with caffeinated beverages.

A comparison between ecological momentary assessment and the adapted-quick drinking screen: Alcohol mixed with energy drinks (2022)
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Johnson, S. J., Verster, J. C., & Alford, C. (2022). A comparison between ecological momentary assessment and the adapted-quick drinking screen: Alcohol mixed with energy drinks. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 57(5), 630-640. https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agab086

AIMS: To compare alcohol consumption and risk-taking behaviours on alcohol mixed with energy drink (AMED) and alcohol-only (AO) drinking occasions collected via ecological momentary assessment (EMA) versus retrospective survey methods (adapted-Quick... Read More about A comparison between ecological momentary assessment and the adapted-quick drinking screen: Alcohol mixed with energy drinks.

Using in-seat electrical potential sensors for non-contact monitoring of heart rate, heart rate variability, and heart rate recovery (2021)
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Stephenson, A. C., Willis, R., & Alford, C. (2021). Using in-seat electrical potential sensors for non-contact monitoring of heart rate, heart rate variability, and heart rate recovery. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 169, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2021.08.005

Detecting transient changes in heart rate and heart rate variability during experimental simulated autonomous driving scenarios can indicate participant arousal and cognitive load, providing valuable insights into the relationship between human and v... Read More about Using in-seat electrical potential sensors for non-contact monitoring of heart rate, heart rate variability, and heart rate recovery.

A cross-cultural comparison of the effects of alcohol mixed with energy drink (AMED) consumption on overall alcohol consumption and related consequences (2021)
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Benson, S., Johnson, S. J., Alford, C., Scholey, A., & Verster, J. C. (2021). A cross-cultural comparison of the effects of alcohol mixed with energy drink (AMED) consumption on overall alcohol consumption and related consequences. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(14), Article 7579. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18147579

There is a growing body of scientific literature examining the effects of alcohol mixed with energy drink (AMED) on alcohol consumption and related negative consequences, such as risky behavior or negative health effects. It is unknown whether differ... Read More about A cross-cultural comparison of the effects of alcohol mixed with energy drink (AMED) consumption on overall alcohol consumption and related consequences.

Risk-taking behavior and the consumption of alcohol mixed with energy drink among Australian, Dutch and UK students (2021)
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Johnson, S. J., Benson, S., Scholey, A., Alford, C., & Verster, J. C. (2021). Risk-taking behavior and the consumption of alcohol mixed with energy drink among Australian, Dutch and UK students. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(10), 14. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18105315

The relationship between risk-taking behavior, alcohol consumption and negative alcoholrelated consequences is well known. The current analyses were conducted to investigate whether alcohol mixed with energy drink (AMED) is related to risk-taking beh... Read More about Risk-taking behavior and the consumption of alcohol mixed with energy drink among Australian, Dutch and UK students.

Effects of an unexpected and expected event on older adults’ autonomic arousal and eye fixations during autonomous driving (2020)
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Stephenson, A. C., Eimontaite, I., Caleb-Solly, P., Morgan, P. L., Khatun, T., Davis, J., & Alford, C. (2020). Effects of an unexpected and expected event on older adults’ autonomic arousal and eye fixations during autonomous driving. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, Article 571961. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.571961

© Copyright © 2020 Stephenson, Eimontaite, Caleb-Solly, Morgan, Khatun, Davis and Alford. Driving cessation for some older adults can exacerbate physical, cognitive, and mental health challenges due to loss of independence and social isolation. Fully... Read More about Effects of an unexpected and expected event on older adults’ autonomic arousal and eye fixations during autonomous driving.

The utility of psychological measures in evaluating perceived usability of automated vehicle interfaces – A study with older adults (2020)
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Voinescu, A., Morgan, P. L., Alford, C., & Caleb-Solly, P. (2020). The utility of psychological measures in evaluating perceived usability of automated vehicle interfaces – A study with older adults. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 72, 244-263. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2020.05.003

© 2020 Elsevier Ltd The design of the traditional vehicle human-machine interfaces (HMIs) is undergoing major change as we move towards fully connected and automated vehicles (CAVs). Given the diversity of user requirements and preferences, it is vit... Read More about The utility of psychological measures in evaluating perceived usability of automated vehicle interfaces – A study with older adults.

The impact of alcohol hangover on simulated driving performance during a ‘commute to work’—zero and residual alcohol effects compared (2020)
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Alford, C., Broom, C., Carver, H., Johnson, S. J., Lands, S., Reece, R., & Verster, J. C. (2020). The impact of alcohol hangover on simulated driving performance during a ‘commute to work’—zero and residual alcohol effects compared. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 9(5), Article 1435. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm9051435

Driving is increasing across the world and road traffic accidents are a major cause of serious injuries and fatalities. The link between alcohol consumption and impaired driving has long been established and has led to legislation in many countries,... Read More about The impact of alcohol hangover on simulated driving performance during a ‘commute to work’—zero and residual alcohol effects compared.

The effects of alcohol hangover on mood and performance assessed at home (2020)
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Alford, C., Martinkova, Z., Tiplady, B., Reece, R., & Verster, J. C. (2020). The effects of alcohol hangover on mood and performance assessed at home. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 9(4), Article 1068. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm9041068

The current study evaluated the next day consequences of a social night of drinking compared to a no alcohol night, with standardised mood and portable screen-based performance measures assessed in the morning at participants’ homes, and a breathalys... Read More about The effects of alcohol hangover on mood and performance assessed at home.

Sensitivity to experiencing alcohol hangovers: Reconsideration of the 0.11% blood alcohol concentration (BAC) threshold for having a hangover (2020)
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Verster, J. C., Kruisselbrink, L. D., Slot, K. A., Anogeianaki, A., Adams, S., Alford, C., …Stock, A. K. (2020). Sensitivity to experiencing alcohol hangovers: Reconsideration of the 0.11% blood alcohol concentration (BAC) threshold for having a hangover. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 9(1), Article 179. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm9010179

The 2010 Alcohol Hangover Research Group consensus paper defined a cutoff blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.11% as a toxicological threshold indicating that sufficient alcohol had been consumed to develop a hangover. The cutoff was based on prev... Read More about Sensitivity to experiencing alcohol hangovers: Reconsideration of the 0.11% blood alcohol concentration (BAC) threshold for having a hangover.

Relationship between alcohol hangover and physical endurance performance: Walking the Samaria Gorge (2019)
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Verster, J. C., Anogeianaki, A., Kruisselbrink, D., Alford, C., & Stock, A. K. (2020). Relationship between alcohol hangover and physical endurance performance: Walking the Samaria Gorge. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 9(1), Article 114. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm9010114

Alcohol hangover is a potentially debilitating state. Several studies have demonstrated that it does not seem to impair strength or short-term endurance, but its effects on continuous exercise performance/long-term endurance have never been investiga... Read More about Relationship between alcohol hangover and physical endurance performance: Walking the Samaria Gorge.

Advantages and limitations of naturalistic study designs and their implementation in alcohol hangover research (2019)
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Verster, J. C., van de Loo, A. J. A. E., Adams, S., Stock, A., Benson, S., Scholey, A., …Bruce, G. (2019). Advantages and limitations of naturalistic study designs and their implementation in alcohol hangover research. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 8(12), Article 2160. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm8122160

In alcohol hangover research, both naturalistic designs and randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are successfully employed to study the causes, consequences, and treatments of hangovers. Although increasingly applied in both social sciences and medica... Read More about Advantages and limitations of naturalistic study designs and their implementation in alcohol hangover research.

Exploring the usability of a connected autonomous vehicle human machine interface designed for older adults (2018)
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Morgan, P. L., Voinescu, A., Alford, C., & Caleb-Solly, P. (2019). Exploring the usability of a connected autonomous vehicle human machine interface designed for older adults. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 786, 591-603. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93885-1_54

Users of Level 4–5 connected autonomous vehicles (CAVs) should not need to intervene with the dynamic driving task or monitor the driving environment, as the system will handle all driving functions. CAV human-machine interface (HMI) dashboards for s... Read More about Exploring the usability of a connected autonomous vehicle human machine interface designed for older adults.

Alcohol mixed with energy drink (AMED): A critical review and meta-analysis (2018)
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Verster, J. C., Benson, S., Johnson, S. J., Alford, C., Godefroy, S. B., & Scholey, A. (2018). Alcohol mixed with energy drink (AMED): A critical review and meta-analysis. Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical and Experimental, 33(2), e2650. https://doi.org/10.1002/hup.2650

© 2018 The Authors Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical and Experimental Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. The purpose of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to critically review the (1) prevalence of alcohol mixed with energy drink (AMED)... Read More about Alcohol mixed with energy drink (AMED): A critical review and meta-analysis.

Are energy drinks unique mixers in terms of their effects on alcohol consumption and negative alcohol-related consequences? (2018)
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Johnson, S. J., Alford, C., Stewart, K., & Verster, J. C. (2018). Are energy drinks unique mixers in terms of their effects on alcohol consumption and negative alcohol-related consequences?. International Journal of General Medicine, 11(11), 15-23. https://doi.org/10.2147/IJGM.S143476

© 2018 Johnson et al. Introduction: Previous research has suggested that consuming alcohol mixed with energy drinks (AMED) increases overall alcohol consumption. However, there is limited research examining whether energy drinks are unique in their e... Read More about Are energy drinks unique mixers in terms of their effects on alcohol consumption and negative alcohol-related consequences?.

Investigating older adults’ preferences for functions within a human-machine interface designed for fully autonomous vehicles (2018)
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Voinescu, A., Morgan, P. L., Alford, C., & Caleb-Solly, P. (2018). Investigating older adults’ preferences for functions within a human-machine interface designed for fully autonomous vehicles. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 10927 LNCS, 445-462. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92037-5_32

© Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018. Compared to traditional cars, where the driver has most of their attention allocated on the road and on driving tasks, in fully autonomous vehicles it is likely that the user would... Read More about Investigating older adults’ preferences for functions within a human-machine interface designed for fully autonomous vehicles.