Invited Lectures
The power of positivity: Positive expressive writing for stress reduction. Invited seminar at the University of Lincoln, November 2020.
Positive expressive writing for psychological distress. Invited seminar at the University of Reading, November 2019.
Stress: Can't live with it, (certainly) can't live without it. What can we do about it? Invited lecture at British Psychological Society London and Home Counties Branch, July 2017.
Type D personality and physical health complaints in the general population. Invited seminar at Anglia Ruskin University, April 2017.
Type D (distressed) personality and psychobiological stress reactivity. Invited talk in symposium ‘Psychobiological stress: mechanisms, health and wellbeing’ at UK Society for Behavioural Medicine Annual Conference, Newcastle upon Tyne, December 2015.
Sweet memories: Glucose effects on human memory performance. Keynote lecture at British Psychological Society Psychology4Students, Sheffield, United Kingdom, November 2014.
Neurocognitive mechanisms underpinning the ‘glucose memory facilitation effect’. Invited talk in symposium ‘New Directions in Human Neuroscience’ [convenor: Professor John Aggleton] at British Psychological Society Annual Conference, Birmingham, United Kingdom, May 2014.
A spoonful of sugar: Glucose and glucoregulatory influences on cognitive performance. Invited seminar at the School of Psychology and Speech Pathology, Curtin University, Perth, Australia, November 2013.
HPA axis function and reactivity to multi-tasking in good versus poor glucoregulators. Invited seminar at the Centre for Human Psychopharmacology, Swinburne University, Melbourne, Australia, August 2013.
A spoonful of sugar: Glucose and glucoregulatory influences on cognitive performance. Keynote lecture at the Durham University Department of Psychology 7th Annual Postgraduate Conference, October 2012.
Glucose enhancement of memory: Modulation by trait anxiety. Invited seminar at the Brain Sciences Institute, Swinburne University, Melbourne, Australia, April 2010.
Public Engagement Talks
May 2019: Pint of Science Newcastle talk: “I don’t know owt” (a talk based on my research on sexual health knowledge and behaviours in teenagers).
August 2018: Little TED at the Coast talk: ‘Who’s Stressed: The Psychobiology of Stress’.
April 2017: ‘Who’s Stressed?’. BPS North East Branch York Psychology in the Pub (with Dr Mark Wetherell)
January 2016: ‘Stress, why study it anyway?’. BPS North East Branch Newcastle Psychology in the Pub talk (with Dr Mark Wetherell)
March 2014: ‘Psychobiological stress reactivity: What can be learned from naturalistic studies’. Café Scientifique, Durham
Conference Contributions as Presenting Author
Smith, M. A., Allen, S., Thompson, A., & Wetherell, M. A. (2018, September). Perceived stress reactivity as a predictor of cardiovascular reactivity to multitasking stress. Paper presented at the British Psychological Society Psychobiology Section Annual Scientific Meeting, Windermere, United Kingdom.
Smith, M. A., Hall, L., Thompson, A., & Wetherell, M. A. (2017, November). Investigating the efficacy of an emotional writing intervention in Type D (distressed) individuals. Paper presented Psychological Society of Ireland Annual Conference, Limerick, Ireland (I was invited to present this paper as part of a symposium).
Smith, M. A., Whitehouse, S., Wetherell, M. A., & Alford, C. (2017, September). An exploratory study of stress, anxiety and emotional snacking as predictors of sleep quality in type 1 diabetes. Paper presented at the British Psychological Society Psychobiology Section Annual Scientific Meeting, Windermere, United Kingdom.
Smith, M. A., Jones, N., Riby, L. M. (2017, July). Facing diabetes: Exploring the mechanisms underpinning face recognition deficits in older adults with type 2 diabetes. Paper presented as part of symposium on ‘Fuelling the Brain’ at the Experimental Psychology Society July Meeting, Reading, United Kingdom (EPS funded invited symposium).
Smith, M. A., Hall, L., Thompson, A., & Wetherell, M. A. (2017, March). Investigating the efficacy of an emotional writing intervention in Type D (distressed) individuals. Paper presented at the 2nd International Congress of Psychological Science, Vienna, Austria (British Psychological Society funded symposium).
Smith, M. A., Jones, N., Riby, L. M. (2016, September). Facing diabetes: Exploring the mechanisms underpinning face recognition deficits in older adults with type 2 diabetes. Paper presented at the British Psychological Society Psychobiology Section Annual Scientific Meeting, Windermere, United Kingdom.
Smith, M. A., Riccalton, V., Kelly-Hughes, D. H., O’Connor, D. B., & Wetherell, M. A. (2015, September). Social inhibition is associated with elevated basal cortisol: The influence of increasing age. Paper presented at the British Psychological Society Psychobiology Section Annual Scientific Meeting, Windermere, United Kingdom.
Cross, B., & Smith, M. A. (2015, September). Rescue Remedy chewing gum enhances reaction time performance. Poster presented at the British Psychological Society Psychobiology Section Annual Scientific Meeting, Windermere, United Kingdom.
Smith, M. A., Riccalton, V., Kelly-Hughes, D. H., O’Connor, D. B., & Wetherell, M. A. (2015, July). Social inhibition is associated with elevated basal cortisol: The influence of increasing age. Paper presented at the 14th European Congress of Psychology, Milan, Italy (British Psychological Society funded symposium).
Smith, M. A., Riccalton, V., Kelly-Hughes, D. H., O’Connor, D. B., & Wetherell, M. A. (2015, May). Social inhibition is associated with elevated basal cortisol: The influence of increasing age. Poster presented at the British Psychological Society Annual Conference, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
Smith, M. A., Riccalton, V., Kelly-Hughes, D. H., O’Connor, D. B., & Wetherell, M. A. (2015, April). Is Type D (distressed) personality associated with physical health complaints and basal cortisol secretion in the general population? Paper presented at the British Society for the Psychology of Individual Differences 6th Annual Conference, York, United Kingdom.
Smith, M. A., Kelly-Hughes, D. H., Riccalton, V., & Wetherell, M. A. (2014, September). Type D (distressed) personality and psychobiological stress reactivity. Paper presented at the British Psychological Society North East of England Branch Annual Conference, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
Smith, M. A., & Bridges, H. A. (2014, September). Doctor-patient relationship as a predictor of diabetes-related distress: Mediation by illness perceptions. Paper presented at the British Psychological Society Division of Health Psychology Annual Conference, York, United Kingdom.
Smith, M. A. (2014, May). Neurocognitive mechanisms underpinning the ‘glucose memory facilitation effect’. Invited talk presented as part of symposium ‘New Directions in Human Neuroscience' at British Psychological Society Annual Conference, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Smith, M. A., Else, J. E., Paul, L., Foster, J. K., Wesnes, K. A., & Riby, L. M. (2013, December). Functional living in type 2 diabetes: Executive functioning, dual task performance and the impact on postural stability and motor control. Poster presented at the International Diabetes Federation World Diabetes Congress, Melbourne, Australia.
Kelly-Hughes, D., Wetherell, M. A., & Smith, M. A. (2013, September). Type D (distressed) personality and cardiovascular reactivity to multi-tasking stress. Paper presented at the British Psychological Society Psychobiology Section Annual Conference, Windermere, United Kingdom.
Smith, M. A. (2013, September). Ready for the weekend? A single case study of the effects of naturalistic socially-evaluative stress and competitive exercise on diurnal cortisol rhythmicity. Poster presented at the British Psychological Society Psychobiology Section Annual Conference, Windermere, United Kingdom.
Harrison, C., Ratcliffe, J. M., & Smith, M. A. (2013, September). Does executive functioning capacity mediate the relationship between HPA axis function and sexual risk taking behaviour? Poster presented at the British Psychological Society Psychobiology Section Annual Conference, Windermere, United Kingdom.
Hare, O. A., Wetherell, M. A., & Smith, M. A. (2012, September). Acute stress reactivity to skydiving in novice versus experienced jumpers. Paper presented at the British Psychological Society Psychobiology Section Annual Conference, Windermere, United Kingdom.
Smith, M. A., Else, J. E., & Wetherell, M. A. (2012, March). Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis function and reactivity to multi-tasking in good versus poor glucoregulators. Poster presented at the Diabetes UK Professional Conference, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
Smith, M. A. (2011, December). Glucose enhancement of memory: Modulation by trait anxiety. Paper presented at the Greater Yorkshire Memory Meeting, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
Smith, M. A., Skinner, S. R., Doherty, D., Robbins, S. C., Robinson, M., Mattes, E., Cannon, J., Hickey, M., Rosenthal, S., & Smith, A. (2011, September). Early childhood problem behaviours predict sexual risk taking in adolescence. Paper presented at the British Psychological Society Developmental Section Annual Conference, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
Smith, M. A., Else, J. E., & Wetherell, M. A. (2011, September). Effect of a computerised multi-tasking framework on perceived workload and endocrine parameters in good versus poor glucoregulators. Paper presented at the British Psychological Society Psychobiology Section Annual Conference, Windermere, United Kingdom.
Smith, M. A., Riby, L. M., Sünram-Lea, S. I., van Eekelen, J. A. M., & Foster, J. K. (2011, April). Glucose modulates event-related potential components of recollection and familiarity in healthy adolescents. Poster presented at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, California, USA.
Smith, M. A., Foster, J. K., & van Eekelen, J. A. M. (2009, February). Neurohormonal mechanisms underlying memory: an evolutionary perspective. Paper presented at the Evolution: The Experience Conference, Melbourne, Australia.
Smith, M. A., Foster, J. K., Hii, H., & van Eekelen, J. A. M. (2008, July). Stress, glucose and memory in adolescents. Paper presented at the 29th International Congress of Psychology, Berlin, Germany.
Smith, M. A., Foster, J. K., Hii, H., & van Eekelen, J. A. M. (2008, June). Basal HPA axis influences on glucose modulation of verbal episodic memory in adolescent males. Paper presented at the Australian Society for Medical Research (ASMR) Medical Research Week Symposium, Perth, Australia.
Smith, M. A., & Foster, J. K. (2007, July). Glucose delivery via breakfast cereal enhances memory in healthy adolescents. Poster presented at the 7th International Brain Research Organization World Congress of Neuroscience, Melbourne, Australia.
Smith, M. A., & Foster, J. K. (2006, November). The glucose memory facilitation effect: the role of executive load. Paper presented at the 12th Annual Conference of the APS College of Clinical Neuropsychologists, Sydney, Australia.