Marcus R Munafò

Biographic Data

ID2536607
NAMEMarcus R Munafò
GIVEN NAMESMarcus R
FAMILY NAMEMunafò
SIGNATUREMUNAFÒ M R
AFFILIATIONSSchool of Psychological Science University of Bristol Bristol UK
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS27
TOTAL CITATIONS102
WORKS AS AUTHOR27
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2006
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX3

  • Childhood internalising symptoms at ages 3 and 6

    Open AccessLaura Schellhas, Mannan Luo et al.ARTICLEJournal of Child Psychology and…2026

    BACKGROUND: Pre- and postpartum environments and genetic effects influence childhood internalising problems, which increase depression risk. DNA methylation (DNAm) may capture some of these effects. We therefore investigated associations between child blood DNAm and internalising problems. METHODS: We meta-analysed probe and region-level epigenome-wide association studies using data from 3 European birth cohorts (ALSPAC, MoBa, Generation R; analy…

  • Implications of the genomic revolution for education research and policy

    Open AccessTim T Morris, Stephanie Von Hinke et al.ARTICLEBritish Educational Research…2024References: 71

    Research at the intersection of social science and genomics, ‘sociogenomics’, is transforming our understanding of the interplay between genomics, individual outcomes and society. It has interesting and maybe unexpected implications for education research and policy. Here we review the growing sociogenomics literature and discuss its implications for educational researchers and policymakers. We cover key concepts and methods in genomic research i…

  • Confirmation of Covid-19 infection status and reporting of Long Covid symptoms in a population-based birth cohort

    Open AccessCatherine Ia Macleod-Hall, Marcus Munafò et al.ARTICLEJournal of Health Psychology2024References: 44

    Some patients with COVID-19 develop symptoms after the acute infection, known as 'Long COVID'. We examined whether or not confirmation of COVID-19 infection status could act as a nocebo, using data from questionnaires distributed to the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children cohort. We examined associations between confirmation of COVID-19 infection status (confirmed by a positive test vs unconfirmed) and reporting of Long COVID symptoms…

  • Acceptability of integrating smoking cessation treatment into routine care for people with mental illness

    Open AccessKatherine Sawyer, Kim Fredman Stein et al.ARTICLEHealth Expectations2023

    INTRODUCTION: Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPTs) Services could offer smoking cessation treatment to improve physical and psychological outcomes for service users, but it currently does not. This study aimed to understand participants' views and experiences of receiving a novel smoking cessation intervention as part of the ESCAPE trial (intEgrating Smoking Cessation treatment As part of usual Psychological care for dEpression and…

  • Effects of state anxiety on gait

    Open AccessAngela Attwood, Casimir J H Ludwig et al.ARTICLEPsychological Research2021

    We used the 7.5% carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) model of anxiety induction to investigate the effects of state anxiety on normal gait and gait when navigating an obstacle. Healthy volunteers ( n = 22) completed a walking task during inhalations of 7.5% CO 2 and medical air (placebo) in a within-subjects design. The order of inhalation was counterbalanced across participants and the gas was administered double-blind. Over a series of trials, participants …

  • Examining the bidirectional association between emotion recognition and social autistic traits using observational and genetic analyses

    Open AccessZoe E Reed, Liam Mahedy et al.ARTICLEJournal of Child Psychology and…2021

    BACKGROUND: There is mixed evidence for an association between autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and emotion recognition deficits. We sought to assess the bidirectionality of this association using phenotypic and genetic data in a large community sample. METHODS: Analyses were conducted in three stages. First, we examined the bidirectional association between social autistic traits at age 8 years and emotion recognition task (ERT) responses at age 2…

  • Views about integrating smoking cessation treatment within psychological services for patients with common mental illness

    Open AccessGemma Taylor, Katherine Sawyer et al.ARTICLEHealth Expectations2021

    BACKGROUND: Tobacco smoking rates are significantly higher in people with common mental illness compared to those without. Smoking cessation treatment could be offered as part of usual outpatient psychological care, but currently is not. OBJECTIVE: To understand patient and health care professionals' views about integrating smoking cessation treatment into outpatient psychological services for common mental illness. DESIGN: Qualitative in-depth i…

  • Cigarette pack size and consumption

    Open AccessIlse Lee, Anna K M Blackwell et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2021

    https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN34202533

  • Effects of electronic cigarette e-liquid flavouring on cigarette craving

    Open AccessMaddy Dyer, Jasmine Khouja et al.ARTICLETobacco Control2021

    We did not find evidence to suggest that nicotine-containing fruit/sweet-flavoured and unflavoured e-liquids have different effects on cigarette cravings after 1 week of use. Further research is needed to establish if differences emerge over longer periods of exposure and extend to smoking cessation outcomes

  • Straight-sided beer and cider glasses to reduce alcohol sales for on-site consumption

    Open AccessLaura A Brocklebank, Anna K M Blackwell et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2021References: 14

    BACKGROUND: Straight-sided glasses can slow the rate of lager consumption in a laboratory setting compared with curved glasses. Slower drinking rates may lower overall alcohol consumption. Glass shape is therefore a potential target for intervention. The aim of this randomised crossover trial was to estimate the impact of serving draught beer and cider in straight-sided glasses, compared with usual, predominantly curved glasses, on alcohol sales …

  • The impact on selection of non-alcoholic vs alcoholic drink availability

    Open AccessAnna K M Blackwell, Katie De-Loyde et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2020

    Greater availability of non-alcoholic drinks, compared to alcoholic drinks, increased their online selection, an effect that may be larger when changing their relative availability, i.e., increasing the proportion of non-alcoholic drinks. Naturalistic studies are needed to determine the impact of availability interventions on reducing alcohol purchasing and consumption

  • Impact of health warning labels on snack selection

    Open AccessNatasha Clarke, Emily Pechey et al.ARTICLEAppetite2020Cited by: 3References: 46

    Excessive consumption of energy-dense food increases the risk of obesity, which in turn increases the risk of non-communicable diseases, including heart disease, type 2 diabetes and most non-smoking-related cancers. Health warning labels (HWLs) that communicate the adverse health consequences of excess energy consumption could reduce intake of energy-dense foods. The aim of the current study was to estimate the impact on selection of energy-dense…

  • Have e-cigarettes renormalised or displaced youth smoking? Results of a segmented regression analysis of repeated cross sectional survey data in England, Scotland and Wales

    Britt Hallingberg, Olivia M Maynard et al.ARTICLETobacco Control2019

    Research registry number: researchregistry4336

  • Robust research needs many lines of evidence

    Open AccessMarcus Munafò, Marcus R Munafò et al.ARTICLENature2018

  • Severity and susceptibility

    Open AccessOlivia Maynard, Harry Gove et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2018

    Our findings support previous evidence that pictorial HWLs are rated as more effective and believable than text-only warnings, and provide some support for the use of severe or 'grotesque' HWLs on tobacco products. Our data also suggest that HWLs should aim to increase perceived susceptibility to disease, as this was positively related to perceived message effectiveness and believability

  • Alcohol pictorial health warning labels

    Open AccessCarlos Sillero‐Rejon, Angela S Attwood et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2018

    These findings call into question the validity of the self-affirmation manipulation, which is purported to reduce defensive reactions to threatening warnings. We discuss possible explanations for this null effect, including the impact of participants' low perceived susceptibility to the risks shown on these pictorial health warning labels. Our finding that highly-severe health warnings increase avoidance and reactance but are also perceived as be…

  • The Association of Cigarette Smoking With Depression and Anxiety

    Open AccessMeg Fluharty, Amy E Taylor et al.ARTICLENicotine & Tobacco Research2017

  • Patterns of cannabis use during adolescence and their association with harmful substance use behaviour

    Open AccessMichelle Taylor, Simon M Collin et al.ARTICLEJournal of Epidemiology and…2017Cited by: 3References: 35

    BACKGROUND: Evidence on the role of cannabis as a gateway drug is inconsistent. We characterise patterns of cannabis use among UK teenagers aged 13-18 years, and assess their influence on problematic substance use at age 21 years. METHODS: We used longitudinal latent class analysis to derive trajectories of cannabis use from self-report measures in a UK birth cohort. We investigated (1) factors associated with latent class membership and (2) whet…

  • A manifesto for reproducible science

    Open AccessMarcus Munafò, Marcus R Munafò et al.ARTICLENature Human Behaviour2017Cited by: 87References: 86

    Improving the reliability and efficiency of scientific research will increase the credibility of the published scientific literature and accelerate discovery. Here we argue for the adoption of measures to optimize key elements of the scientific process: methods, reporting and dissemination, reproducibility, evaluation and incentives. There is some evidence from both simulations and empirical studies supporting the likely effectiveness of these me…

  • Does wine glass size influence sales for on-site consumption? A multiple treatment reversal design

    Open AccessRachel Pechey, Dominique‐Laurent Couturier et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2016

    ISRCTN registry: ISRCTN12018175 . Registered 12(th) May 2015

  • Effects of first exposure to plain cigarette packaging on smoking behaviour and attitudes

    Open AccessOlivia Maynard, Ute Leonards et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2015

    Current Controlled Trials ISRCTN52982308. Registered 27 June 2013

  • Power failure

    Open AccessKatherine S Button, John P A Ioannidis et al.ARTICLENature Reviews Neuroscience2013

  • Attentional bias retraining in cigarette smokers attempting smoking cessation (ARTS)

    Open AccessR Begh, Marcus Munafò et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2013

    Current Controlled Trials: ISRCTN54375405

  • The effects of food-related attentional bias training on appetite and food intake

    Open AccessCharlotte A Hardman, Peter J Rogers et al.ARTICLEAppetite2013Cited by: 9References: 33

  • Delayed reward discounting and addictive behavior

    Open AccessJames Mackillop, Michael T Amlung et al.ARTICLEPsychopharmacology2011