Dr Gavin Lawrence

Senior Lecturer in Sport & Exercise Science

Contact info

Room 207, School of Psychology and Sport Science Exercise, George Building

Email: g.p.lawrence@bangor.ac.uk

Tel: 01248388283

Bio:

I am a senior lecturer conducting Sport and Exercise Science research within the Institue of the Psychology of Elite Performance.  This aspect of Performance Psychology research resides in effective coaching, performance development and expertise.  I am particularly interested in investigating how we can accelerate the journey to expertise via adopting a multidisaplinary approach to understading the performer.  Throughout this research, I work with high profile Sports Organisations e.g., UK Sport, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), Weightlifting Wales, England Athletics and UK Deaf Sport. 

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    A word of caution when inferring online control from variability in limb trajectories.

    Lawrence, G. P. & Khan, M. A., 1 Jan 2003.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

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    Skill acquisition for coaches.

    Lawrence, G. P., Kingston, K., Gottwald, V. M. & Jones, R. L. (ed.), 4 Mar 2013, An Introduction to Sports Coaching: Connecting Theory to Practice: 2nd edition. Routledge, p. 31-48

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

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    Differences in visuomotor control between the upper and lower visual fields.

    Lawrence, G. P. & Khan, M. A., 1 Jan 2003.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

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    The integration of sequential aiming movements: Switching hand and direction at the first target

    Lawrence, G. P., Khan, M. A., Mottram, T. M., Adam, J. J. & Buckolz, E., 29 Jan 2016, In: Acta Psychologica. 164, p. 181-87

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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    The utilization of visual feedback from peripheral and central vision in the control of movement amplitude.

    Lawrence, G. P., Khan, M. A. & Oldham, T., 1 Jan 2004.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

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    Practice with anxiety improves performance, but only when anxious: evidence for the specificity of practice hypothesis

    Lawrence, G. P., Cassell, V. E., Beattie, S. J., Woodman, T., Khan, M. A., Hardy, L. J. & Gottwald, V. M., 27 Oct 2013, In: Psychological Research. 78, 5

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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    Response programming in rapid aiming movements under simple and choice reaction time conditions.

    Lawrence, G. P. & Khan, M. A., 1 Jan 2002.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

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    From Wall Street to expertise development: Predicting the rise and demise of talent investment by using machine learning to identify 'game changers'

    Lawrence, G., Jones, B. & Hardy, L., 31 Aug 2018, Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology: SUPPLEMENT: North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity. s1 ed. Vol. 40. p. S30

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contributionpeer-review

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    The integration of sequential movements: The interaction between switching movement direction and switching hand at the first target

    Lawrence, G., 16 Sept 2014, Journal of Exercise, Movement, and Sport: SCAPPS refereed abstracts repository. s1 ed. Vol. 46. p. 44

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contributionpeer-review

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    Breaking down the one target advantage: The role of pressure

    Lawrence, G., 16 Sept 2015, Journal of Exercise, Movement, and Sport: SCAPPS refereed abstracts repository. s1 ed. Vol. 45. p. 33

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contributionpeer-review

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    Practice with anxiety improves performance, but only when anxious: Evidence for the specificity of practice hypothesis

    Lawrence, G., Beattie, S., Woodman, T., Khan, M. A., Hardy, L., Gottwald, V. M. & Cassell, V. E., 20 Jun 2012, Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology. s1 ed. Vol. 34. p. S101

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contributionpeer-review

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    A test of offline and online motor control processes under heightened state anxiety in a fast target-directed aiming task

    Lawrence, G., 3 Nov 2017, Journal of Exercise, Movement, and Sport: SCAPPS refereed abstracts repository. 1 ed. Vol. 49. p. 39

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contributionpeer-review

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    Testing anxiety's effect on movement planning and correction: Online upper-limb corrections are not completely automatic

    Lawrence, G., Owen, R., Gottwald, V. & Khan, M., Feb 2023, In: Human Movement Science. 87, 1, 24 p., 103022.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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    The Reliance on Visual Feedback for Online and Offline Processing

    Lawrence, G., Khan, M. A. & Utley, A., 23 Jun 2006, Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology. s1 ed. Vol. 28. p. S110

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contributionpeer-review

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    Thirty years of longitudinal talent development research: A systematic review and meta-aggregation

    Lawrence, G., Dunn, E., Gottwald, V., Oliver, S., Roberts, R., Hardy, J. & Woodman, T., 22 Feb 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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    State anxiety, reinvestment propensity and motor control strategies: A test of offline and online motor control processes under heightened state anxiety

    Lawrence, G., 3 Nov 2017, Journal of Exercise, Movement, and Sport: SCAPPS refereed abstracts repository. 1 ed. Vol. 49. p. 38

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contributionpeer-review

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    The effect of state anxiety on the online and offline control of fast target directed movements

    Lawrence, G., 16 Sept 2015, Journal of Exercise, Movement, and Sport: SCAPPS refereed abstracts repository. s1 ed. Vol. 44. p. 40

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contributionpeer-review

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    When vision is impaired, what should athletes focus on? The underlying mechanisms of human movement

    Lawrence, G., 16 Sept 2015, Journal of Exercise, Movement, and Sport: Proceedings of the SCAPPS 2015 Annual Conference. s1 ed. Vol. 47. p. 19

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contributionpeer-review

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    The influence of trial sequence on the preparation and control of sequential aiming movements

    Lawrence, G., 16 Jun 2014, Journal of Exercise, Movement, and Sport: SCAPPS refereed abstracts repository. s1 ed. Vol. 46. p. 9

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contributionpeer-review

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    Lets go Surfing now, everybody's learning how; attentional strategies on expert and novice surfing performance under both practice and competition conditions

    Lawrence, G. P., Virian, J., Oliver, S. J. & Gottwald, V. M., 2020, In: European Journal of Sport Science. 20, 2, p. 229-239 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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    The moderating role of imagery ability in observational learning effectiveness

    Lawrence, G. P., Jun 2011, p. S13-S13.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceAbstractpeer-review

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    Internal and External Focus of Attention in a Novice Form Sport

    Lawrence, G. P., Gottwald, V. M., Hardy, J. & Khan, M. A., Jan 2013, In: Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport. 82, 3, p. 431-441

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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    Systematically increasing contextual interference is beneficial for learning, but how long for?

    Mandzuk, A. A., Mandzuk, A., Lawrence, G. P. & Gottwald, V. M., 29 Apr 2015.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper