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Biography
Dr Chris Retzler is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the School of Human and Health Sciences, University of Huddersfield.Chris received his PhD from the University of Nottingham for research into EEG measures of learning in smokers supervised by Dr Lee Hogarth. This was followed by research associate positions at the University of Nottingham and the University of Glasgow with Dr Marios Philiastides, working on the spatiotemporal characteristics of decision making using concurrent fMRI/EEG measures. Chris is happy to supervise projects in the area of cognitive psychology or neuroscience including individual differences, behaviour, addiction or learning using cognitive neuroscience tasks or methods.
Research Expertise and Interests
- Investigating the spatiotemporal characteristics of decision making using concurrent fMRI/EEG measures
- Combining behavioural paradigms with EEG to investigate the underlying mechanisms involved in addiction
- Exploring the resting state EEG of smokers
- Exploring new approaches to smoking cessation
- The effects of stress on smoking and inhibition
- MRI investigation of the addicted brain
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Brief Report: Local–Global Processing and Co-occurrence of Anxiety, Autistic and Obsessive–Compulsive Traits in a Non-clinical Sample
Retzler, C. & Retzler, J., 1 Feb 2025, In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 55, 2, p. 764-771 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Examining neuroanatomical correlates of win-stay, lose-shift behaviour
Westerman, M., Hallam, G., Kafkas, A., Brown, H. & Retzler, C., 1 Mar 2025, In: Brain Structure and Function. 230, 2, 14 p., 40.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Identifying Classes and Correlates of Anti-social Behaviour in Early Adolescence
Laban, L., Harmer, W., Retzler, J. & Retzler, C., 15 May 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Early Adolescence. 31 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Neurobiological and neuropsychological disturbance in EDS
Westerman, M., Kafkas, A., Parry-Jones, A., Strong, S., Retzler, C. & Hallam, G., 31 Oct 2025, In: Frontiers in Neurology. 16, 12 p., 1648702.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Attention to brand labels affects, and is affected by, evaluations of product attractiveness
Yang, X., Retzler, C., Krajbich, I., Ratcliff, R. & Philiastides, M. G., 9 Jan 2024, In: Frontiers in Behavioral Economics. 2, 15 p., 1274815.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Datasets
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Autistic traits and perceptual decisions made in response to motion
Retzler, C. (Creator), Boehm, U. (Contributor) & Manning, C. (Creator), Open Science Framework, 16 Oct 2019
Dataset
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Reducing demand for illicit substances in young people through coproduction, skills training and early intervention
Doyle, M. (Speaker) & Retzler, C. (Speaker)
18 Jun 2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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RISUP: Reducing illicit substance use project
Gunn, R. (Speaker), Retzler, C. (Contributor to Paper or Presentation) & Doyle, M. (Contributor to Paper or Presentation)
20 Feb 2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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RISUP: Reducing illicit substance use project
Doyle, M. (Speaker) & Retzler, C. (Speaker)
14 Dec 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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RISUP: Reducing illicit substance use project
Doyle, M. (Keynote speaker) & Retzler, C. (Contributor to Paper or Presentation)
10 Oct 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Person-centred Approaches to Psychopathology in the ABCD Study: Phenotypes and Neurocognitive Correlates
Retzler, C. (Speaker), Hallam, G. (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), Johnson, S. (Contributor to Paper or Presentation) & Retzler, J. (Contributor to Paper or Presentation)
13 Sept 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Press/Media
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Sweet or Savoury? New Research on the How the Brain Makes Preference-Based Decisions
13/06/17
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research