Eleanor Hyde
First Year PhD Student at The University of Sheffield
My research explores how playing Action Video Games (AVGs) impacts cognition. I am particularly interested in the First Person Shooter (FPS) game Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO), and how differing levels of expertise in CS:GO may differentially impact cognitive skills.
Favourite video game: at the moment it's No Man's Sky.

Research and Experience
The University of Sheffield
PhD Psychology
Research Project: my research follows on from my MSc project, investigating how expertise in AVGs impacts cognition. Supervised by Dr Claudia von Bastian and Dr Robert Schmidt.
Additional Roles:
The University of Sheffield
MSc Cognitive Neuroscience and Human Neuroimaging
- Distinction -
Modules: Fundamentals of Neuroscience, Fundamentals of Cognition, Neuroimaging 1 & 2, Neuro-Anatomy, Systems Neuroscience, Data Analysis and Visualisation.
Research Project: Action video gamers’ task switching and processing speed abilities: a mixed method investigation. Supervised by Dr Claudia von Bastian. Read more about this project here.
The University of Hull
BSc Psychology
- 2:1 -
Modules: Research Skills 1-4, Neuropsychology, Neuroscience Techniques, Cognition and Development 1&2, Brain and Behaviour 1&2, Social Psychology and Individual Differences 1&2, Global Challenge, Psychological Wellbeing and Distress, The Social Brain and Autism, Psychology and Health.
Research Project: An investigation into attentional bias towards academic threat words among high and low test anxious university students. Supervised by Dr Henning Holle.