Dr Andrew Cooke

Senior Lecturer in Sport & Exercise Science

Contact info

Location: Room G302.1, George Building, School of Sport Health & Exercise Sciences

Email: a.m.cooke@bangor.ac.uk

Bio: I am a lecturer conducting research in Psychophysiology, Sport Psychology and Skill Acquisition. I am particularly interested in understanding the mechanisms that underpin human performance, and psychophysiological interventions to enhance performance (e.g., brain training). I work with a number of high-profile organisations in sport, business and health. I am a member of the Institute for the Psychology of Elite Performance (IPEP) and lead the Psychophysiology of Performance Laboratory (POP-Lab).

IPEP webpage: http://ipep.bangor.ac.uk/

POP-Lab webpage: https://sites.google.com/view/pop-lab/home

  1. Published

    Lower left temporal-frontal connectivity characterizes expert and accurate performance: High-alpha T7-Fz connectivity as a marker of conscious processing during movement

    Gallicchio, G., Cooke, A. & Ring, C., Feb 2016, In: Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology. 5, 1, p. 14-24

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  2. Published

    Neural correlates of motor performance in target sports: the model of movement-related alpha gating

    Gallicchio, G., Cooke, A. & Ring, C., Jul 2019.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaperpeer-review

  3. Published

    Anxiety and Ironic Errors of Performance: Task Instruction Matters

    Gorgulu, R., Cooke, A. & Woodman, T., Apr 2019, In: Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. 41, 2, p. 82-95 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  4. Published

    Some pressures are more equal than others: Effects of isolated pressure on performance

    Henderson, J., Kavussanu, M., Cooke, A. & Ring, C., May 2024, In: Psychology of Sport and Exercise. 72, 102592.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  5. Published

    The effects of working memory fatigue on verbal-analytical engagement in motor planning

    Hoskens, M., Uiga, L., Cooke, A. & Masters, R., 26 Nov 2019, In: The Journal of Sport and Exercise Science. p. 22 1 p., 18.

    Research output: Contribution to journalConference articlepeer-review

  6. Published

    The effects of fatigued working memory functions on hypothesis testing during acquisition of a motor skill

    Hoskens, M., Uiga, L., Cooke, A., Capio, C. & Masters, R., Jun 2022, In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. 151, 6, p. 1306–1324

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  7. Published

    The effects of unilateral hand contractions on conscious control in early motor learning

    Hoskens, M., Uiga, L., Cooke, A., Capio, C. & Masters, R., 1 Feb 2021, In: The Journal of Sport and Exercise Science. p. 21-31

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  8. Published

    The effect of unilateral hand contractions on psychophysiological activity during motor performance: Evidence of verbal-analytical engagement

    Hoskens, M., Bellomo, E., Uiga, L., Cooke, A. & Masters, R., 30 May 2020, In: Psychology of Sport and Exercise. 48, 101668.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  9. Published

    The effects of pre-performance unilateral hand contraction protocols on cognitive verbal processes during a golf putting task

    Hoskens, M., Bellomo, E., Cooke, A. & Masters, R., Jul 2019.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaperpeer-review

  10. Published

    Ready, Steady, Go: Competition in Sport

    Kavussanu, M., Cooke, A. & Jones, M., 13 Oct 2021, Oxford Handbook of Psychology and Competition. Garcia, S., Tor, A. & Elliot, A. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 545-568 24 p. (The Oxford Handbook of the Psychology of Competition).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapterpeer-review

  11. Published

    Quiet eye training expedites motor learning and aids performance under heightened anxiety: The roles of response programming and external attention

    Moore, L. J., Vine, S. J., Cooke, A., Ring, C. & Wilson, M. R., Jul 2012, In: Psychophysiology. 49, 7, p. 1005-1015

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  12. Published

    Get in the endurance zone! EEG neurofeedback improves cycling time to exhaustion

    Mottola, F., Blanchfield, A., Hardy, J. & Cooke, A., Jul 2019.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaperpeer-review

  13. Published

    EEG Neurofeedback Improves Cycling Time to Exhaustion

    Mottola, F., Blanchfield, A., Hardy, J. & Cooke, A., Jul 2021, In: Psychology of Sport and Exercise. 55, 101944.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  14. Published

    Inhibitory control, conscious processing of movement and anxiety

    Park, S. H., Lam, W-K., Hoskens, M., Uiga, L., Cooke, A. & Masters, R., 31 Jan 2020, In: Psychology of Sport and Exercise. 46

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  15. Published

    Should I stay or should I go now? Empirical and real-life observations of the effect of uniform colour on inhibitory control

    Park, S. H., Lam, W-K., Uiga, L., Cooke, A., Capio, C. & Masters, R., 4 Jul 2023, In: Journal of Cognitive Psychology. 35, 5, p. 571-577 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  16. Published

    Effects of 15-mins of electroencephalographic neurofeedback on time perception and decision making in sport

    Pillai, J. S., Blanchfield, A. & Cooke, A., 1 Feb 2021, In: The Journal of Sport and Exercise Science. 5, 1, p. 56-68

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  17. Published

    Investigating the efficacy of neurofeedback training for expediting expertise and excellence in sport

    Ring, C., Cooke, A., Kavussanu, M., McIntyre, D. & Masters, R., Jan 2015, In: Psychology of Sport and Exercise. 16, 1, p. 118-127

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  18. Published

    Effects of cooperation and competition on performance, emotion and effort: Goal and means interdependence

    Ring, C., Kavussanu, M. & Cooke, A., Apr 2022, In: Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. 44, 2, p. 86-93 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  19. Published

    When the Going Gets Tough, Who Gets Going? An Examination of the Relationship Between Narcissism, Effort, and Performance

    Roberts, R., Cooke, A., Woodman, T., Hupfeld, H., Barwood, C. & Manley, H., Feb 2019, In: Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology. 8, 1, p. 93-105

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  20. Published

    Watch out for the hazard! Blurring peripheral vision facilitates hazard perception in driving

    Ryu, D., Cooke, A., Bellomo, E. & Woodman, T., Oct 2020, In: Accident Analysis and Prevention. 146, 105755.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  21. Published

    Hold your fire! Effects of mental fatigue on motivation, executive function, eye-movements, and simulated gun-shooting performance

    Sabattini, L., Gallicchio, G., Marcora, S., Piras, A. & Cooke, A., Jul 2023.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePosterpeer-review

  22. Published

    I’m worth more than you! Effects of reward interdependence on performance, cohesion, emotion and effort during team competition

    Shi, X., Kavussanu, M., Cooke, A., McIntyre, D. & Ring, C., Jul 2021, In: Psychology of Sport and Exercise. 55, 101953.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  23. Published

    The effect of neurofeedback training on walking performance under a constrained induced motor impairment

    Sidhu, A. & Cooke, A., 26 Nov 2019, In: The Journal of Sport and Exercise Science. 3, 1, p. 21 1 p., 16.

    Research output: Contribution to journalConference articlepeer-review

  24. Published

    Electroencephalographic neurofeedback training can decrease conscious motor control and increase single and dual-task psychomotor performance

    Sidhu, A. & Cooke, A., Jan 2021, In: Experimental Brain Research. 239, 1, p. 301–313

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  25. E-pub ahead of print

    Effects of Neurofeedback Training on Frontal Midline Theta Power, Shooting Performance and Attentional Focus with Experienced Biathletes

    Toolis, T., Cooke, A., Laaksonen, M. & McGawley, K., 9 May 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review