Dr Georgia Butler
Faculties, departments and locations
- Faculty of Business and Social Sciences
- Department of Psychology
- School of Law, Social and Behavioural Sciences
- Penrhyn Road
Senior Lecturer
- Email:
- [email protected]
About
I obtained my PhD from the University of Greenwich on the topic of impulsivity and risk-taking behaviour in clinical and non-clinical populations. This included research with recreational drugs users, women with anorexia nervosa, children and adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
At Kingston University I teach bio-psychology at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, mental health and brain function, neuropsychology and neuro-rehabilitation. I am course leader for the MSc Psychology (conversion).
Qualifications
- PhD - University of Greenwich
- BSc Psychology (Hons) - London Guildhall University
- PG Certificate in Teaching and Learning - Kingston University
Domains
- My research focuses on impulsive behaviour in populations with impaired impulse control, such as licit and illicit drug users and individuals with dysfunctional eating behaviours.
- I am also interested in wider aspects of drug use, including the non-medical use of prescription drugs and cognitive-enhancing drugs.
- Wider aspects of eating behaviours, including the role of social media and food addiction.
- Mental health in drug users, dysfunctional eating behaviour and people with food addiction.
- Mental health in hard-to-reach populations such as construction workers. In 2019, with consultancy research funding from a SME rail infrastructure provider, mental health in their employees was investigated.
- Second supervisor to a PhD student investigating the role of oxytocin on eating.
Specialisms
- Eating Behaviours
- Drug Use and addiction
- Impulsivity
- Risk-taking behaviour
Scholarly affiliations
- Graduate Member of the BPS
Publications
Impulsivity dimensions and their associations with disinhibited and actual eating behaviour
Goodwin, Alexandra L., Butler, Georgia K.L. and Nik─ìevi─ç, Ana V., 2023, Eating Behaviors, E-pub ahead of print
Intranasal oxytocin reduces attentional bias to food stimuli
Burmester, V., Butler, G. and Terry, P., 2021, Appetite (168), E-pub ahead of print
Oxytocin reduces post-stress sweet snack intake in women without attenuating salivary cortisol
Burmester, V., Gibson, E. L., Butler, G., Bailey, A. and Terry, P., 2019, Physiology & Behavior (212), Published
Attitudes of intravenous drug users in London towards the provision of drug consumption rooms
Butler, Georgia, Chapman, Dita and Terry, Philip, 2018, Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy (25), 1pp 31-37, Published
Subjective self-control and behavioural impulsivity coexist in anorexia nervosa
Butler, G.K.L. and Montgomery, A.M.J., 2005, Eating Behaviors (6), 3pp 221-227, Published
Impulsivity, risk taking and recreational 'ecstasy' (MDMA) use
Butler, G.K.L. and Montgomery, A.M.J., 2004, Drug and Alcohol Dependence (76), 1pp 55-62, Published
A quantitative study of eating attitudes and body shape concerns in elite rowers
Butler, Georgia and Kennedy, Leonora(2015). [Published]
Recreational drug use, impulsivity, risk taking and anxiety
Butler, Georgia and O‘Leary, N(2010). [Published]
The relationship of impulsivity with alcohol consumption and alcohol related problems
Butler, Georgia and John, K(2009). [Published]
Intravenous drug users attitudes to drug consumption rooms
Butler, G.K.L. and Chapman, D.(2008). [Published]
Polydrug use is associated with self-report impulsivity and risk taking but not digit ratio
Butler, G.K.L. and Chapman, D.(2006). [Published]
Self-reported impulsivity and 'ecstasy' (MDMA) use
Butler, G.K.L. and Harrison, K.N.(2005). [Published]
Impulsiveness, inattention and risk-taking in medicated adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Butler, GK and Montgomery, AMJ(2002). [Published]
Recreational ecstasy (MDMA) use is associated with increases in risk-taking and self-report scores for impulsiveness, venturesomeness and novelty-seeking
Butler, GKL and Montgomery, AMJ(2001). [Published]
Ecstasy (MDMA) use is associated with risk-taking and increased self-report scores for impulsiveness, and novelty-seeking
Butler, G. and Montgomery, A.M.J.(2001). [Published]