Dr Andrew Cooke
Senior Lecturer in Sport & Exercise Science

Affiliations
Links
- https://sites.google.com/view/pop-lab/home
Psychophysiology of Performance Lab website
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
- Article › Research › Peer-reviewed
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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 journal › Article › peer-review
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Assessing ocular activity during performance of motor skills using electrooculography
Gallicchio, G., Cooke, A. & Ring, C., Jul 2018, In: Psychophysiology. 55, 7, 12 p., e13070.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Chunking, conscious processing, and EEG during sequence acquisition and performance pressure: a comprehensive test of reinvestment theory
Bellomo, E., Cooke, A. & Hardy, J., 1 Jun 2018, In: Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. 40, 3, p. 135-145Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Don’t make me angry! A psychophysiological examination of the anger-performance relationship in intermediate and elite fencers
Zur, I., Cooke, A., Woodman, T., Neil, R. & Udewitz, R., 3 Jul 2019, In: Journal of Applied Sport Psychology. 31, 3, p. 285-302Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 56-68Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Effects of Home-Based EEG Neurofeedback Training as a Non-Pharmacological Intervention for Parkinson’s Disease
Cooke, A., Hindle, J., Lawrence, C., Bellomo, E., Pritchard, A. W., MacLeod, C., Martin-Forbes, P., Jones, S., Bracewell, M., Linden, D. & Mehler, D., Sept 2024, In: Neurophysiologie Clinique/Clinical Neurophysiology. 54, 5, 102997.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 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. 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Effects of competition on endurance performance and the underlying psychological and physiological mechanisms
Cooke, A., Kavussanu, M., McIntyre, D. & Ring, C., 1 Mar 2011, In: Biological Psychology. 86, 3, p. 370-378Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Effects of competitive pressure on expert performance: Underlying psychological, physiological, and kinematic mechanisms
Cooke, A., Kavussanu, M., McIntyre, D., Boardley, I. D. & Ring, C., Aug 2011, In: Psychophysiology. 48, 8, p. 1146-1156Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 301–313Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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I am great, but only when I also want to dominate: Maladaptive narcissism moderates the relationship between adaptive narcissism and performance under pressure
Zhang, S., Roberts, R., Cooke, A. & Woodman, T., Aug 2020, In: Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. 42, 4, p. 323-335Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 46Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 118-127Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 14-24Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Mind and body: Psychophysiological profiles of instructional and motivational self-talk
Bellomo, E., Cooke, A., Gallicchio, G., Ring, C. & Hardy, J., Sept 2020, In: Psychophysiology. 57, 9, e13586.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Practice makes efficient: Cortical alpha oscillations are associated with improved golf putting performance
Gallicchio, G., Cooke, A. & Ring, C., 2017, In: Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology. p. 89-102Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Premovement high-alpha power is modulated by previous movement errors: Indirect evidence to endorse high-alpha power as a marker of resource allocation during motor programming
Cooke, A., Gallicchio, G., Kavussanu, M., Willoughby, A., McIntyre, D. & Ring, C., Jul 2015, In: Psychophysiology. 52, 7, p. 977-981Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Preparation for action: Psychophysiological activity preceding a motor skill as a function of expertise, performance outcome, and psychological pressure
Cooke, A., Kavussanu, M., Gallicchio, G., Willoughby, A., McIntyre, D. & Ring, C., 1 Apr 2014, In: Psychophysiology. 51, 4, p. 374-384Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Psychological, muscular and kinematic factors mediate performance under pressure
Cooke, A., Kavussanu, M., McIntyre, D. & Ring, C., Nov 2010, In: Psychophysiology. 47, 6, p. 1109-1118Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 1005-1015Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Quiet eye training: A means to implicit motor learning
Vine, S., Moore, L., Cooke, A., Ring, C. & Wilson, M., 1 Nov 2013, In: International Journal of Sport Psychology. 44, 4, p. 367-386Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Readying the head and steadying the heart: a review of cortical and cardiac studies of preparation for action in sport
Cooke, A., 2013, In: International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology. 6, 1, p. 122-138Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review