
Tim SmithiesUniversity of Limerick | UL · Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences
Tim Smithies
Bachelor of Science
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Introduction
I am a PhD student at the University of Limerick (Ireland) and a researcher at Logitech. My research is currently centered around sleep and esports performance. I am interested in all thinks sleep/circadian rhythm and performance!
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Purpose
It is presumed by many that acute sleep loss results in degraded in-game esports (competitive, organized video game play) performance. However, this has not been experimentally investigated to date. The objective of the current experiment was to elucidate whether ~29hrs of total sleep deprivation impacts in-game performance for the popular...
Esports science research is still in its infancy. This chapter will offer practical recommendations for conducting esports research and provide a roadmap for future fruitful empirical avenues. Given the inter and multidisciplinary nature of esports science a key challenge for future research is a grounding in the melting pot of esports. We discuss...
Preliminary findings from this study were presented as a poster (P376) at Sleep Europe 2022 (https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.13740).
Introduction
Sleep loss is presumed by academics and esport (organised competitive video-game play) athletes to be an in-game esport performance hindrance, primarily due to its well understood effects on multiple domains...
Notational analysis is a popular tool for understanding what constitutes optimal performance in traditional sports. However, this approach has been seldom used in esports. The popular esport “Rocket League” is an ideal candidate for notational analysis due to the availability of an online repository containing data from millions of matches. The pur...
There is a scarcity of research examining the effects of long-distance transmeridian travel (LDTT) on the sleep and match performance of team sport players. To address this, 37 elite male rugby union players from a Super Rugby team undertaking LDTT were recruited. The participants completed validated sleep questionnaires and wore a wrist-worn activ...
Notational analysis is a popular tool for understanding what constitutes optimal performance in traditional sports. However, this approach has been seldom used in esports. The popular esport “Rocket League” is an ideal candidate for notational analysis due to the availability of an online repository containing data from millions of matches. The pur...
Study Objectives
To synthesise original articles exploring the effects of sleep restriction on cognitive performance specifically for Elite Cognitive Performers; i.e. those who engage in cognitively demanding tasks with critical or safety-critical outcomes in their occupation or area of expertise.
Methods
Backward snowballing techniques, grey lite...
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Globally, depression and anxiety are the two most prevalent mental health disorders. Depression and anxiety occur both acutely and chronically, with various symptoms commonly expressed sub-clinically. The mental health treatment gap and stigma associated with mental health disorders such as depression and anxiety are common issues enco...
Globally, depression and anxiety are the two most prevalent mental health disorders. They occur both acutely and chronically, with various symptoms commonly expressed subclinically. The treatment gap and stigma associated with such mental health disorders are common issues encountered worldwide. Given the economic and health care service burden of...
Introduction: Very little is known about the effects of jet-lag on sleep and game performance in team sports. The Perth based professional rugby union team, the ‘Western Force’, were the most travelled professional sporting team in the world in 2017, travelling over 68,000km and across 44-time zones in the 2017 season. This provided an opportunity...
Questions
Question (1)
I am looking to use the SynWin test in an upcoming study. I have found many articles using and describing the test however cannot seem to find any way in which I can actually obtain the test.
Does anyone know how I could access SynWin or a similar multitask test?
Many thanks.