Michelle Field

Biographic Data

ID127258
NAMEMichelle Field
GIVEN NAMESMichelle
FAMILY NAMEField
SIGNATUREFIELD M
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Liverpool
ORCID0000-0002-7790-5559
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS45
TOTAL CITATIONS125
AUTHOR COUNT45
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2006
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX5

  • Framing addiction as a compulsive brain disease lowers readiness to change addictive behavior in alcohol consumers, in two exploratory experiments

    Open AccessYing Liu, Yi-Hao Liu et al.ARTICLEAddiction Research & Theory2026

    Background It has been argued that framing addiction as a compulsive brain disease rather than a value-based choice might harm substance users’ motivation and beliefs concerning their capacity to modify their behavior (so called psychological recovery capital, e.g. readiness to change) but few experiments have tested this proposal.Methods In study 1, students who drink hazardously (N = 63) were randomized to read and hear quotes from scientific p…

  • As measles outbreaks grow, the economic cost of anti-vaccine misinformation could become clearer

    Michelle Field, Matt FieldARTICLEBulletin of the Atomic Scientists2026

    Health economists are growing concerned about the future economic consequences of falling vaccination rates in the United States. In some regions, they are well below the level necessary to stop outbreaks of diseases such as measles. The Trump administration, stacked with anti-vaccine activists or vaccine skeptics, is now a significant source of the vaccine misinformation that experts say is helping to depress support for vaccination

  • Obama’s science adviser on Trump’s science cuts

    Michelle Field, Matt FieldARTICLEBulletin of the Atomic Scientists2025

    Vannevar Bush, an engineer and science advisor to President Franklin Roosevelt, was a firm believer in harnessing science and technology for military gain—he developed a method for detecting submar

  • The ‘holy grail’ of pandemic preparedness

    Open AccessMichelle Field, Matt FieldARTICLEBulletin of the Atomic Scientists2025

    Scientists have been pursuing a universal vaccine against influenza for decades, both to protect against seasonal influenza and potential flu pandemics. Whereas season flu vaccines target a constantly shape-shifting protein on influenza viruses and therefore must be updated each year to match currently circulating strains, a universal vaccine might target an unchanging part of the virus. Government investment has been crucial in this area of pand…

  • The United States isn’t prepared for another pandemic. Here’s what should happen

    Michelle Field, Matt FieldARTICLEBulletin of the Atomic Scientists2025

    After five years, COVID-19 has receded from headlines and emergency rooms. For many, the day-to-day logistics of contagion—masking up before a shopping run, worrying about a tickle in our throats

  • Do drinking occasion characteristics differ across individuals using different moderation approaches? A social practice perspective

    Open AccessAlessandro Sasso, Karen Schelleman-Offermans et al.ARTICLEAddiction Research & Theory2025

    Background: Limiting alcohol consumption is challenging as alcohol often serves as a ‘social lubricant’ in drinking practices. While individuals adopt different behavioral approaches to reduce drinking, it remains unclear how they align their drinking behaviors with moderation goals. Aim: This study utilizes a unique dataset that captures detailed information about the characteristics of drinking occasions, encompassing key theoretically-informed…

  • Knowing how it works for me’

    Open AccessAnna Butters, Michelle Field et al.ARTICLEAddiction Research & Theory2025

  • Am I a responsible drinker? The impact of message frame and drinker prototypes on perceptions of alcohol product information labels

    Open AccessEmma L Davies, Joel Lewin et al.ARTICLEPsychology & Health2024

    BACKGROUND: Current alcohol product labelling tends to include ambiguous messages such as 'drink responsibly'. Consumers who identify as responsible drinkers may not pay heed to health warning messages, believing that they are not the intended target. AIMS: We aimed to determine how responses to responsible drinking labels would differ from responses to positively and negatively framed health messages. We also explored if prototype perceptions wo…

  • The association between the ‘whistle-to-whistle’ ban and the presence of gambling advertising on UK television

    Open AccessEllen McGrane, Robert Pryce et al.ARTICLEAddiction Research & Theory2024

    Background: A previous study explored how restrictions on gambling advertising, known as the ‘whistle-to-whistle’ (W2W) ban, were associated with changes in television advertising around live football broadcasts in the United Kingdom. This study explores changes around other live sports broadcasts, and other programming, in the years before and after the W2W ban. Methods: TV scheduling (Concise Media) and gambling advertising data (Nielsen Media)…

  • How did the ‘whistle-to-whistle’ ban affect gambling advertising on TV? A live football matching study

    Open AccessEllen McGrane, Robert Pryce et al.ARTICLEAddiction Research & Theory2024

    A voluntary partial gambling advertising ban in the UK was associated with reductions in television advertising during live football games during the restricted period. There is evidence of increased advertising in the unrestricted period due to the partial nature of the ban. Future research is needed to explore the impact of the ban on other types of advertising, and across other channels

  • Temporary abstinence challenges

    Open AccessAnna Butters, Inge Kersbergen et al.ARTICLEDrug and Alcohol Review2023

    Participation in temporary abstinence challenges (TAC) continues to increase with campaigns established in several countries. Temporarily abstaining from alcohol as part of such challenges is associated with ongoing benefits including reductions to alcohol consumption after the TAC. We identified three research priorities regarding TACs which are outlined in this paper. First, the role of temporary abstinence itself is unclear with post‐TAC reduc…

  • Meaning in life

    Open AccessAmber Copeland, Andrew Jones et al.ARTICLEAddiction Research & Theory2022

    Background: Individuals with greater meaning in life tend to consume less alcohol. However, research elucidating pathways through which meaning in life influences consumption is lacking. Behavioral economic theories posit that distortions in valuation processes, whilst negative reinforcement models posit that avoidance or regulation of negative internal states, are central in decisions to consume alcohol. Method: Pre-registered, cross-sectional d…

  • Strategies to cut down drinking, alcohol consumption, and usual drinking frequency

    Open AccessAlessandro Sasso, Mónica Hernández-Alava et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2022Cited by: 2References: 22

    This analysis provides a useful platform for further work, using prospective or intervention designs, to test the relative effectiveness of different moderation strategies for alcohol consumers who want to reduce their alcohol consumption

  • How can the Biden administration reduce scientific disinformation? Slow the high-pressure pace of scientific publishing

    Michelle Field, Matt FieldARTICLEBulletin of the Atomic Scientists2021

    For years now, the pressure in academia to publish in journals has been intense; getting articles published in prestigious journals is good for one’s career, and it’s important in winning grant funding. But high productivity isn’t necessarily synonymous with high quality. The COVID-19 pandemic and the absolute flood of scientific articles it has unleashed underscore that point. To tamp down on the flow of flawed science seen during the pandemic, …

  • Instead of reforming Facebook, should we just build something else

    Michelle Field, Matt FieldARTICLEBulletin of the Atomic Scientists2021

    Facebook and other social media platforms are not designed first and foremost to promote a well-functioning society. They’re designed to collect personal data and sell targeted ads. Many people have decried the disinformation, conspiracy theories, and hate speech that proliferate online, but Ethan Zuckerman, a professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, thinks that there’s a more productive way to improve social media than simply trying…

  • The effects of reward and loss anticipation on attentional bias for reward-related stimuli

    Open AccessPaweł Jędras, Andrew Jones et al.ARTICLEAppetite2019Cited by: 1References: 46

  • Cognitive training as a potential treatment for overweight and obesity

    Open AccessAndrew Jones, Charlotte A Hardman et al.ARTICLEAppetite2018

    The aim of this review is to critically evaluate the effectiveness and candidate mechanisms of action of psychological interventions which aim to either (a) improve the capacity for self-regulatory, reflective processes or (b) reduce the impact of automatic appetitive processes, in an attempt to influence food intake and associated weight-gain. Our aim was to examine three important issues regarding each type of intervention: i) whether the inter…

  • State and trait influences on attentional bias to food-cues

    Open AccessHelen K Ruddock, Michelle Field et al.ARTICLEAppetite2018Cited by: 4References: 50

  • "Reprint of "Methodological and reporting quality in laboratory studies of human eating behavior

    Open AccessEric Robinson, Kirsten E Bevelander et al.ARTICLEAppetite2018Cited by: 5References: 43

  • The effects of exposure to appetitive cues on inhibitory control

    Open AccessAndrew Jones, Eric Robinson et al.ARTICLEAppetite2018Cited by: 3References: 86

    84%). Exposure to alcohol-related cues significantly impaired inhibitory control (SMD = -0.21 [95% CI = -0.32, -0.11]; Z = 4.17, p < .001), however exposure to food-related cues did not lead to impairments (SMD = -0.03 [95% CI = -0.21, 0.15]; Z = 0.36, p = .720). There was no evidence that drinking or weight status significantly moderated the effects of cues on inhibitory control. Similarly, cue modality (words, pictures, or smells) did not signi…

  • Methodological and reporting quality in laboratory studies of human eating behavior

    Open AccessEric Robinson, Kirsten E Bevelander et al.ARTICLEAppetite2018Cited by: 15References: 43

    The methodological quality and reporting practices of laboratory studies of human eating behavior determine the validity and replicability of nutrition science. The aim of this research was to examine basic methodology and reporting practices in recent representative laboratory studies of human eating behavior. We examined laboratory studies of human eating behavior (N = 140 studies) published during 2016. Basic methodology (e.g., sample size, us…

  • Challenging the brain disease model of addiction

    Nick Heather, David Best et al.ARTICLEAddiction Research & Theory2017

    Challenging the brain disease model of addiction: European launch of the addiction theory network

  • Alcohol consumers’ attention to warning labels and brand information on alcohol packaging

    Open AccessInge Kersbergen, Michelle FieldARTICLEBMC Public Health2017

    Alcohol consumers allocate minimal attention to warning labels on alcohol packaging and even if their attention is directed to these warning labels, this has no impact on their drinking intentions. The lack of attention to warning labels, even among people who actively want to cut down, suggests that there is room for improvement in the content of health warnings on alcohol packaging

  • Exploring food reward and calorie intake in self-perceived food addicts

    Open AccessHelen K Ruddock, Michelle Field et al.ARTICLEAppetite2017Cited by: 4References: 36

  • Harmful or helpful? The effect of self-perceived food addiction on eating behaviour

    Open AccessHelen K Ruddock, H Ruddock et al.ARTICLEAppetite2016