Dr Nicholas J Smeeton

Nicholas (Nick) is interested in understanding the underlying mechanisms of human learning and performance in dynamic task domains typically found in sport, exercise and medicine. He has received funding from a range of organisations such as UK Sport and professional sport. He is currently the chairperson of the expertise and skill acquisition network (ESAN), a special-interest group within the British Psychological Society, and coordinates the Expertise and Cognitive Neuroscience laboratory within SESAME.

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Dr Nicholas J Smeeton
Principal Lecturer

How I like to teach

My hope is that the higher education experience give students the knowledge, confidence and autonomy to learn whatever they put their mind to. I am an active researcher with experience in professional sport and a passion for people achieving their potential. I teach sport and exercise psychology and research methods to undergraduates and master’s degree students and supervise PhD students. I specialise in skill acquisition, motor behaviour and cognitive neuroscience related to sport and physical activity. I use a range of teaching methods to actively engage students in the learning process and embed technology. I am passionate about my subject areas and see this passion develop in my students too.

My research interests

I have an interest in understanding the underlying mechanisms of human performance and learning and development of expertise in dynamic task domains, such as sport exercise, education and medicine. I use interdisciplinary research methodologies in order study human performance from biochemistry to behaviour.

Research activity


Research centres and groups

Centre for Sport and Exercise Science and Medicine (SESAME)

Social media

Contact me

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School of Sport and Service Management
Denton Road
Eastbourne
East Sussex
BN20 7SR

Telephone: +44 (0)1273 643714
Email: N.J.Smeeton@brighton.ac.uk

Biography

Nick has a PhD from Liverpool John Moores University in experimental psychology/motor behaviour. He joined the 欧美性爱片 in 2005 and is now principal lecturer in sport and exercise psychology. He has a postgraduate certificate in learning and teaching.

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Consultancy

Current

2016 East Sussex County Council (£10,000). Health Improvement Grant

Previous

2015 City Academy (£2200). The energetics of dance (with Dr Gary Brickley)

2014 Bola (£2500). Evaluating the efficacy of a cricket batting simulator

2013 British Association of Sport and Exercise Scientists (£1000). Expert statement on the effectiveness of vision training programmes with J Page, J Causer, M Wilson, R Gray  & M Williams

2011-2012 ECB (£2000). The perceptual and cognitive demands of video batting simulators

PhD students

NameThesis
Jake Butterworth (September 2015 – September 2018) Regulating exercise behaviour through interoceptive and
exteroceptive feedback
Will Abbott (January 2015 – 2019)

GPS tracking to monitor and prescribe training loads for
academy football players
Matyas Varga (January 2015 – 2019) Anticipation and information
James Wrightson (September 2011 – 2016) The effects of current stimulation transcranial direct stimulation
applied during virtual reality exercise training
Karl Stevenson (2008 – 2016) Assessing the ecological validity of an anticipation skill test in
cricket batting
Daniel Wilkinson (2008 – 2012) The effects of hyperammonia on cerebral physiology and
cognitive function

Roles

External

Chairperson, Expertise and Skill Acquisition Network chairperson

Consulting Editor, Human Movement Science

Review Editor, Frontiers in Movement Science and Sport Psychology

External Examiner, John Moores University, BSc. Applied Sport Psychology

Internal

Member of the school of sport and service management learning and teaching unit

Course Leader, BSc. Sport and Fitness top up