Publications

Kidcaff, Andrew, Coulter, Tristan, McNulty, Craig, Polman, Remco (2025) Exploring sleep behaviour in esports and factors associated with sleep quality. Advanced Exercise and Health Science.

Rogers, Ethan, Trotter, Michael, Johnson, Daniel, King, Neil (2025) Caffeine Source and Shooting Performance Among Esports Players: Coffee Versus Energy Drink. Journal of Electronic Gaming and Esports, 3 (1), pp.Article number: jege.2025-0003.

Nicholson, Mitchell, Thompson, Courtney, Poulus, Dylan, Pavey, Toby, Robergs, Rob, Kelly, Vince, McNulty, Craig (2024) Physical Activity and Self-Determination towards Exercise among Esports Athletes. Sports Medicine - Open, 10 (1), pp.Article number: 40.

Nicholson, Mitchell, Poulus, Dylan, Johnston, Daniel, Robergs, Rob, Kelly, Vince, McNulty, Craig (2024) Role of a 10-Week Exercise Intervention on Cerebral Hemoglobin Saturation, Cognitive Function, and Heart Rate Variability Within Elite Esports Players: A Pilot Study. Journal of Electronic Gaming and Esports, 2 (1), pp.Article number: jege.2024-0007.

McNulty, Craig, Polman, Remco, Watson, Matthew, Bubna, Kabir (2024) The Science of Esports

Rogers, Ethan, Trotter, Michael G, Johnson, Daniel, Desbrow, Ben, King, Neil (2024) KovaaK's aim trainer as a reliable metrics platform for assessing shooting proficiency in esports players: a pilot study. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 6, pp.Article number: 1309991.

Nicholson, Mitchell, Poulus, Dylan, Robergs, Rob, Kelly, Vince, McNulty, Craig (2024) How Much Energy Do E'Athletes Use during Gameplay? Quantifying Energy Expenditure and Heart Rate Variability Within E'Athletes. Sports Medicine - Open, 10 (1), pp.Article number: 44.

Rogers, Ethan, Trotter, Michael, Johnson, Daniel, Desbrow, Ben, King, Neil (2024) Caffeine improves the shooting performance and reaction time of first-person shooter esports players: a dose-response study. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 6, pp.Article number: 1437700.

McNulty, Craig, Jenny, Seth E., Leis, Oliver, Poulus, Dylan, Sondergeld, Peter, Nicholson, Mitchell (2023) Physical Exercise and Performance in Esports Players: An Initial Systematic Review. Journal of Electronic Gaming and Esports, 1 (1).

Nicholson, Mitchell, McNulty, Craig, Pavey, Toby, Poulus, Dylan, Thompson, Courtney, Robergs, Rob, Kelly, Vince (2023) Quantifying Physical Activity and Self-Determination towards Exercise among Esports Players. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 26 (Supplement 2), pp.s133-s134.

McNulty, Craig, Jenny, Seth E., Leis, Oliver, Poulus, Dylan, Sondergeld, Peter, Nicholson, Mitchell (2023) Physical Exercise and Performance in Esports Players: An Initial Systematic Review. Journal of Electronic Gaming and Esports, 1 (1).

Poulus, Dylan R., Bennett, Kyle JM, Swann, Christian, Moyle, Gene M., Polman, Remco CJ (2023) The influence of an esports-adapted coping effectiveness training (E-CET) on resilience, mental health, and subjective performance among elite league of Legends players: A pilot study. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 69, pp.Article number: 102510.

Turner, Jessica (2023) Exploring the role of dietary intake and supplementation on performance in video gaming and esports

Bubna, Kabir, Trotter, Michael G, Polman, Remco, Poulus, Dylan R (2023) Terminology matters: defining the esports athlete. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 5, pp.Article number: 1232028.

Bubna, Kabir, Trotter, Michael Geoffrey, Watson, Matthew, Polman, Remco (2023) Coaching and talent development in esports: a theoretical framework and suggestions for future research. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, pp.Article number: 1191801.

Formosa, Jessica, O'Donnell, Nicholas, Horton, Ella M., Turkay, Selen, Mandryk, Regan L., Hawks, Michael, Johnson, Daniel (2022) Definitions of Esports: A Systematic Review and Thematic Analysis. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 6, pp.Article number: 227.

Kriglstein, Simone, Martin-Niedecken, Anna Lisa, Spjut, Josef, Damen, Nicole B., Türkay, Selen, Drachen, Anders (2022) Esports meets human-computer interaction. Interactions, 29 (3), pp.43-47.

Trotter, Michael, Coulter, Tristan, Davis, Paul, Poulus, Dylan, Polman, Remco (2022) Examining the impact of school esports program participation on student health and psychological development. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, pp.Article number: 807341.

Poulus, Dylan, Coulter, Tristan, Trotter, Michael, Polman, Remco (2022) Longitudinal analysis of stressors, stress, coping and coping effectiveness in elite esports athletes. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 60, pp.Article number: 102093.

Trotter, Michael G. (2022) Health and psychological factors associated with in-game rank, and positive youth development in esports

Poulus, Dylan, Coulter, Tristan, Trotter, Michael, Polman, Remco (2022) A qualitative analysis of the perceived determinants of success in elite esports athletes. Journal of Sports Sciences, 40 (7), pp.742-753.

Turkay, Selen, Formosa, Jessica, Cuthbert, Robert, Adinolf, Sonam, Brown, Ross (2021) Virtual reality esports - understanding competitive players' perceptions of location based VR esports. CHI '21: Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Making Waves, Combining Strengths, Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings.

Kriglstein, Simone, Martin-Niedecken, Anna Lisa, Turmo Vidal, Laia, Klarkowski, Madison, Rogers, Katja, Turkay, Selen, Seif El-Nasr, Magy, Márquez Segura, Elena, Drachen, Anders, Hämäläinen, Perttu (2021) Special Interest Group: The Present and Future of Esports in HCI. In Kitamura, Yoshifumi, Quigley, Aaron, Isbister, Katherine, Igarashi, Takeo (Eds.), CHI EA '21: Extended Abstracts of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings.

Poulus, Dylan Robert (2021) Stress and coping in esports

Trotter, Michael, Coulter, Tristan, Davis, Paul, Poulus, Dylan, Polman, Remco (2021) Social Support, Self-Regulation, and Psychological Skill Use in E-Athletes. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, pp.Article number: 722030.

Trotter, Michael, Coulter, Tristan, Davis, Paul, Poulus, Dylan, Polman, Remco (2020) The association between esports participation, health and physical activity behaviour. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17 (19), pp.Article number: 7329.

Poulus, Dylan, Coulter, Tristan, Trotter, Michael, Polman, Remco (2020) Stress and coping in esports and the influence of mental toughness. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, pp.Article number: 628 1-11.

Adinolf, Sonam, Turkay, Selen (2018) Toxic behaviors in eSports games: Player perceptions and coping strategies. CHI PLAY '18 Extended Abstracts: Proceedings of the 2018 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play Companion Extended Abstracts, pp.365-372.

Polman, Remco, Trotter, Michael, Poulus, Dylan, Borkoles, Erika (2018) eSport: Friend or foe?. In Ma, M, Gobel, S, Marsh, T, Tregel, T, Oliveira, M, Caserman, P, Garcia-Agundez, A, Baalsrud Hauge, J (Eds.), Serious Games: 4th Joint International Conference Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 11243), pp.3-8.