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PhD: Sleep, sleep loss, and esports performance
The aim of the research is to understand how esport athletes sleep, what constitutes esports performance, and how sleep loss may affect esports performance.
Funded by: Irish Research Council (IRC) & Logitech: Employment-Based Postgraduate Programme Scholarship 2019 (EBPPG/2019/21).
Teaching and Research Interests:
Field based sleep research, jet-lag, cognitive performance, esports performance
- BSc (1st Hons) Human Sciences, University of Western Australia
Publications
Publications
- Smithies, T. D., Toth, A. J., Dunican, I. C., Caldwell, J. A., Kowal, M., & Campbell, M. J. (2021). The effect of sleep restriction on cognitive performance in elite cognitive performers: a systematic review. Sleep, 44(7), zsab008. doi:10.1093/sleep/zsab008
- Smithies, T. D., Campbell, M. J., Ramsbottom, N., & Toth, A. J. (2021). A Random Forest approach to identify metrics that best predict match outcome and player ranking in the esport Rocket League. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 19285. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-98879-9
- Smithies, T. D., Eastwood, P. R., Walsh, J., Murray, K., Markwick, W., & Dunican, I. C. (2021). Around the world in 16 days: the effect of long-distance transmeridian travel on the sleep habits and behaviours of a professional Super Rugby team. Journal of Sports Sciences, 39(22), 2596-2602. doi:10.1080/02640414.2021.1947617
- Kowal, M., Conroy, E., Ramsbottom, N., Smithies, T. D., Toth, A. J., & Campbell, M. C. (2021). Gaming Your Mental Health: A Narrative Review on Mitigating Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety Using Commercial Video Games. JMIR Serious Games, 9(2), e26575. doi:10.2196/26575
- Smithies, T. D., Toth, A. J., Conroy, E., Ramsbottom, N., Kowal, M., & Campbell, M. J. (2020). Life After Esports: A Grand Field Challenge. Frontiers in Psychology, 11. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00883
Conferences/Talks:
Keynote Speaker: 鈥淭he Effect of Sleep Restriction on Cognitive Performance in Elite Cognitive Performers: A Systematic Review鈥 2020. University of California, Irvine (UCI) Esports Conference (Online)
Other
Sleep4Performance Seminar (Online) 2021
- 鈥淎round the world in 16 days: The effect of long-distance transmeridian travel on the sleep habits and behaviours of a professional Super Rugby team鈥 - First place for best presentation.
- 鈥淭he Effect of Sleep Restriction on Cognitive Performance Among Elite Cognitive Performers: A Systematic Review鈥 鈥 Third place for best presentation.
