My research focuses on how cognitive training and everyday activites can influence and relate to cognitive performance. I'm especially interested in how these mechanisms play out across the lifespan and in video game players. My supervisor is Professor Claudia von Bastian, and I am a member of the Cognitive Ability and Plasticity Lab at the School of Psychology, University of Sheffield.
In addition to my doctoral research, I have experience working as a Research Assistant on two large-scale cognitive training studies, and substantial experience in teaching and supervision of both undergraduate and postgraduate students.
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The Psychology of Counter-Strike
One of the world’s most popular first-person shooter games - Counter-Strike - could help to improve people’s cognitive abilities, according to research from the University of Sheffield
Tackling Cognitive Decline in Late Adulthood: Cognitive Interventions
Current Opinion in Psychology
von Bastian, C. C., Hyde, E. R. A., & Jiang, S (2024)
First-Person Shooter Expertise: A Processing Speed, Not Multitasking Advantage
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Hyde, E. R. A., Schmidt, R., Carroll, D. J., & von Bastian, C. C. (2025)