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Biography
Laurence is a BPS chartered psychologist with an interdisciplinary skill set spanning sport, exercise and health psychology, perceptual-cognitive expertise, and motor control. Laurence joined the University of Nottingham (UoN) having previously worked at Loughborough University. He is a member of the Division of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, within the School of Life Sciences.
Expertise Summary
Exercise and Health Psychology, Eye tracking, perception and action in sport, cognitive function.
Teaching Summary
Laurence teaches on the Sport and Exercise Science BSc and supervises undergraduate final year project and dissertations. His teaching spans Sport Psychology, Exercise and Health Psychology and… read more
Research Summary
Laurence is interested in future health and behaviour research with a potential focus on exercise and lifestyle interventions as well as stress reactivity and management.
Laurence's broad research spans the fields of perceptual-cognitive expertise and exercise psychology. In perceptual cognitive psychology he focuses on lifespan cognitive function, as well as how individuals perceive and interact with their environment. This includes sport performance research examining how athletes anticipate the actions of an opponent. His research in health and exercise psychology focused on the role of exercise for health and well-being. Research areas include, exercise for health in non-clinical and clinical populations, behaviour change, perception and action, anticipation and deception, cognitive function, and lifestyle physical activity.
Recent Publications
LAURENCE S. WARREN-WESTGATE, ROBIN C. JACKSON and MICHAEL J. HILEY, 2024. The kinematics of false intent Conveyed by deceptive sidestep actions Psychology of Sport and Exercise. 74, 102695 WARREN-WESTGATE, L.S., JACKSON, R.C., BLENKINSOP, G.M. and HILEY, M.J., 2021. Earlier detection facilitates skilled responses to deceptive actions Human Movement Science. 80, 102885 WARREN-WEST, L.S. and JACKSON, R.C., 2020. Seeing the Bigger Picture: Susceptibility to, and Detection of, Deception Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. Epub Ahead of Print: 4 November 2020
Laurence teaches on the Sport and Exercise Science BSc and supervises undergraduate final year project and dissertations. His teaching spans Sport Psychology, Exercise and Health Psychology and Research Methods. This includes the role of a Sport Psychologist working with athletes in high performance environments, exercise and physical activity interventions for clinical and non-clinical populations, and quantitative research methods.
Module leader:
- Applied Exercise and Health Psychology
- Applied Sport Psychology
- Psychology of Elite Performance
Module contributor:
- Core Skills in Sport and Exercise Science
- Research Methods and Statistics in Sport and Exercise Science