Eleanor RA Hyde
@erahyde.bsky.social
PhD student in the Cognitive Ability & Plasticity Lab at the University of Sheffield, investigating the cognitive correlates of first-person shooter video gaming.
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Preprint alert🚨Excited to share my first first-author paper!
Does playing first-person shooters relate to better multitasking skills? Not in our study, but we found experienced #Counter-Strike players are generally much faster in their reactions!
👉 osf.io/preprints/ps...
@cvonbastian.bsky.social
Does playing first-person shooters relate to better multitasking skills? Not in our study, but we found experienced #Counter-Strike players are generally much faster in their reactions!
👉 osf.io/preprints/ps...
@cvonbastian.bsky.social
This is a fun Halloween update from @github.com, Happy Halloween! 🎃👻
October 31, 2025 at 1:06 PM
This is a fun Halloween update from @github.com, Happy Halloween! 🎃👻
Preprint alert🚨Excited to share my first first-author paper!
Does playing first-person shooters relate to better multitasking skills? Not in our study, but we found experienced #Counter-Strike players are generally much faster in their reactions!
👉 osf.io/preprints/ps...
@cvonbastian.bsky.social
Does playing first-person shooters relate to better multitasking skills? Not in our study, but we found experienced #Counter-Strike players are generally much faster in their reactions!
👉 osf.io/preprints/ps...
@cvonbastian.bsky.social
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October 27, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Preprint alert🚨Excited to share my first first-author paper!
Does playing first-person shooters relate to better multitasking skills? Not in our study, but we found experienced #Counter-Strike players are generally much faster in their reactions!
👉 osf.io/preprints/ps...
@cvonbastian.bsky.social
Does playing first-person shooters relate to better multitasking skills? Not in our study, but we found experienced #Counter-Strike players are generally much faster in their reactions!
👉 osf.io/preprints/ps...
@cvonbastian.bsky.social
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For those of you heading to #escop2025, this gloriousness is the Peak District
Where @candicemorey.bsky.social and I are today
August 31, 2025 at 4:31 PM
For those of you heading to #escop2025, this gloriousness is the Peak District
Presenting my talk at #ESCOP2025 today at 4pm in the symposium "Cognitive Mastery in Play: From Board to Digital Games as Models of Expertise" in LT2 🎮🎲 Hope you see you there!
September 3, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Presenting my talk at #ESCOP2025 today at 4pm in the symposium "Cognitive Mastery in Play: From Board to Digital Games as Models of Expertise" in LT2 🎮🎲 Hope you see you there!
New #counter-strike available to participate in 🎮 Complete a 40-minute online cognitive task and questionnaire, and receive a £5 Amazon Voucher and be entered into a prize draw! 💸Read more and take part here 👉 coglab.xyz/publix/05ado...
@cvonbastian.bsky.social @philippmusfeld.bsky.social #CS2
@cvonbastian.bsky.social @philippmusfeld.bsky.social #CS2
June 27, 2025 at 1:33 PM
New #counter-strike available to participate in 🎮 Complete a 40-minute online cognitive task and questionnaire, and receive a £5 Amazon Voucher and be entered into a prize draw! 💸Read more and take part here 👉 coglab.xyz/publix/05ado...
@cvonbastian.bsky.social @philippmusfeld.bsky.social #CS2
@cvonbastian.bsky.social @philippmusfeld.bsky.social #CS2
It was great to speak at this Open Research Conversation yesterday as an ECR, thank you @jenniad.bsky.social for the invitation!
The recording from yesterday's Open Research Conversation on early career researchers and open research is now available and can be found here:
Thanks to Zuzanna Zagrodzka, @elainetoomey1.bsky.social and @erahyde.bsky.social for a fantastic session.
Thanks to Zuzanna Zagrodzka, @elainetoomey1.bsky.social and @erahyde.bsky.social for a fantastic session.
Open Research Conversation - Early career researchers and open research
Recording of the following session, part of the 'Open Research Conversations' seminar series at the University of Sheffield (organised by the University Library, Scholarly Communications Team), held o...
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April 24, 2025 at 6:55 AM
It was great to speak at this Open Research Conversation yesterday as an ECR, thank you @jenniad.bsky.social for the invitation!
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🚀 Thrilled to share the stellar #ESCOP2025 satellites lineup! From @psychopy.org to Bayesian modelling, fNIRS, eye-tracking, gen AI in teaching, Knowledge Exchange & the @wicseurope.bsky.social 25-year anniversary!🥳🎂
www.escop2025.com/satellite-ev... @escop.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social
www.escop2025.com/satellite-ev... @escop.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social
Satellite Events | ESCOP 2025
View the satellite event programme for the ESCOP 2025 conference.
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March 11, 2025 at 10:51 AM
🚀 Thrilled to share the stellar #ESCOP2025 satellites lineup! From @psychopy.org to Bayesian modelling, fNIRS, eye-tracking, gen AI in teaching, Knowledge Exchange & the @wicseurope.bsky.social 25-year anniversary!🥳🎂
www.escop2025.com/satellite-ev... @escop.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social
www.escop2025.com/satellite-ev... @escop.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social
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Excited that @sheffielduni.bsky.social has featured our 🎮 #counter-strike research 🎮 with @endpoint.gg and the cs community! 🤩 @erahyde.bsky.social and I explain how #counter-strike skill relates to better decision-making in high-pressure situations, which can benefit also other parts of life! 👇
Does playing Counter-Strike make you think faster? ⌨
Prof Claudia Von Bastian @cvonbastian.bsky.social and PhD student Eleanor Hyde are looking into the cognitive benefits of playing video games like Counter-Strike 2.
Learn more 👇 #CS2 #CounterStrike
Prof Claudia Von Bastian @cvonbastian.bsky.social and PhD student Eleanor Hyde are looking into the cognitive benefits of playing video games like Counter-Strike 2.
Learn more 👇 #CS2 #CounterStrike
The Psychology of Counter-Strike | The University of Sheffield
Does playing Counter-Strike make you think faster?Prof Claudia Von Bastian and PhD student Eleanor Hyde are looking into the cognitive benefits of playing vi...
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February 22, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Excited that @sheffielduni.bsky.social has featured our 🎮 #counter-strike research 🎮 with @endpoint.gg and the cs community! 🤩 @erahyde.bsky.social and I explain how #counter-strike skill relates to better decision-making in high-pressure situations, which can benefit also other parts of life! 👇
Reposted by Eleanor RA Hyde
Does playing Counter-Strike make you think faster? ⌨
Prof Claudia Von Bastian @cvonbastian.bsky.social and PhD student Eleanor Hyde are looking into the cognitive benefits of playing video games like Counter-Strike 2.
Learn more 👇 #CS2 #CounterStrike
Prof Claudia Von Bastian @cvonbastian.bsky.social and PhD student Eleanor Hyde are looking into the cognitive benefits of playing video games like Counter-Strike 2.
Learn more 👇 #CS2 #CounterStrike
The Psychology of Counter-Strike | The University of Sheffield
Does playing Counter-Strike make you think faster?Prof Claudia Von Bastian and PhD student Eleanor Hyde are looking into the cognitive benefits of playing vi...
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February 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Does playing Counter-Strike make you think faster? ⌨
Prof Claudia Von Bastian @cvonbastian.bsky.social and PhD student Eleanor Hyde are looking into the cognitive benefits of playing video games like Counter-Strike 2.
Learn more 👇 #CS2 #CounterStrike
Prof Claudia Von Bastian @cvonbastian.bsky.social and PhD student Eleanor Hyde are looking into the cognitive benefits of playing video games like Counter-Strike 2.
Learn more 👇 #CS2 #CounterStrike
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📣 We are recruiting a 1-yr neuroimaging postdoc @universityofleeds.bsky.social for our ESRC-funded project on strategies to support healthy cognitive ageing, working with Melanie Burke, @richjallen.bsky.social, @cvonbastian.bsky.social, Mario Parra Rodriguez, and me! jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Research Fellow in Cognitive Ageing and Brain Imaging
Are you looking for an exciting PostDoc position working in brain imaging and cognition? Do you have a PhD or near to completion using imaging methods? Are you interested in how strategies can improve...
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February 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
📣 We are recruiting a 1-yr neuroimaging postdoc @universityofleeds.bsky.social for our ESRC-funded project on strategies to support healthy cognitive ageing, working with Melanie Burke, @richjallen.bsky.social, @cvonbastian.bsky.social, Mario Parra Rodriguez, and me! jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
Had an amazing time at the @psychonomicsociety.bsky.social Annual Meeting in NYC! 🍎 Enjoyed fantastic talks and presented work with @cvonbastian.bsky.social & @philippmusfeld.bsky.social on Hebb-repetition learning in #counterstrike players. Stay tuned for a follow-up study with a larger sample! 📊
December 3, 2024 at 10:36 AM
Had an amazing time at the @psychonomicsociety.bsky.social Annual Meeting in NYC! 🍎 Enjoyed fantastic talks and presented work with @cvonbastian.bsky.social & @philippmusfeld.bsky.social on Hebb-repetition learning in #counterstrike players. Stay tuned for a follow-up study with a larger sample! 📊
Interested in how video game players perform in a Hebb-repetition learning paradigm? Come by poster #3126 at #psynom24 to find out about our work in #CounterStrike #cs2 players @philippmusfeld.bsky.social @cvonbastian.bsky.social
November 22, 2024 at 8:56 PM
Interested in how video game players perform in a Hebb-repetition learning paradigm? Come by poster #3126 at #psynom24 to find out about our work in #CounterStrike #cs2 players @philippmusfeld.bsky.social @cvonbastian.bsky.social
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And also on the science menu tonight at ##psynom24: the role of gestures in learning novel words, work led by Liz Knight:
November 22, 2024 at 6:52 PM
And also on the science menu tonight at ##psynom24: the role of gestures in learning novel words, work led by Liz Knight:
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Tonight's science menu at #psynom24, part 1: Hebb-repetition learning in players of the FPS game #counter-strike, work led by @erahyde.bsky.social and with @philippmusfeld.bsky.social
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#cs2
November 22, 2024 at 6:50 PM
Tonight's science menu at #psynom24, part 1: Hebb-repetition learning in players of the FPS game #counter-strike, work led by @erahyde.bsky.social and with @philippmusfeld.bsky.social
#cs2
#cs2
Incredible view of Times Square from my Hotel room at Psychonomics! Super excited to hear talks and view posters here! Come view my poster Friday 6pm no.3126 #psynom24
November 21, 2024 at 4:29 PM
Incredible view of Times Square from my Hotel room at Psychonomics! Super excited to hear talks and view posters here! Come view my poster Friday 6pm no.3126 #psynom24
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Are you ready for the 2024 65th Annual Meeting in the Big Apple 🍎? We are!
https://buff.ly/3YZbA1Q (photo by By Kozak4512)
https://buff.ly/3YZbA1Q (photo by By Kozak4512)
November 19, 2024 at 9:02 PM
Are you ready for the 2024 65th Annual Meeting in the Big Apple 🍎? We are!
https://buff.ly/3YZbA1Q (photo by By Kozak4512)
https://buff.ly/3YZbA1Q (photo by By Kozak4512)
Trev really enjoyed playing in the snow this morning ❄️
November 19, 2024 at 8:43 AM
Trev really enjoyed playing in the snow this morning ❄️
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🚨Attention #workingmemory colleagues! 🚨
It's time to celebrate the fantastic women in our field via the Women of Working Memory (WomWoM) research fair award! 🧚🧚🏻🧚🏼🧚🏽🧚🏾🧚🏿 bit.ly/2024womwomfa...
Please share it far and wide! Vote early and often before 30 September 🌟
It's time to celebrate the fantastic women in our field via the Women of Working Memory (WomWoM) research fair award! 🧚🧚🏻🧚🏼🧚🏽🧚🏾🧚🏿 bit.ly/2024womwomfa...
Please share it far and wide! Vote early and often before 30 September 🌟
The 2024 WomWoM research fairy award
Welcome, fellow working memory researchers! It's time to decide who should be this year's research fairy.
If you are not yet aware of the story about this award or would like a refresher, please che...
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August 12, 2024 at 1:17 PM
🚨Attention #workingmemory colleagues! 🚨
It's time to celebrate the fantastic women in our field via the Women of Working Memory (WomWoM) research fair award! 🧚🧚🏻🧚🏼🧚🏽🧚🏾🧚🏿 bit.ly/2024womwomfa...
Please share it far and wide! Vote early and often before 30 September 🌟
It's time to celebrate the fantastic women in our field via the Women of Working Memory (WomWoM) research fair award! 🧚🧚🏻🧚🏼🧚🏽🧚🏾🧚🏿 bit.ly/2024womwomfa...
Please share it far and wide! Vote early and often before 30 September 🌟
Some personal news - we got married!💖It was an unforgettable day, made even more special by celebrating with the amazing CAP Lab team! Matty and I just returned from our fab Honeymoon in Portugal 🌞 and are excited to start this next chapter as The Hydes! Now, back to research!
August 12, 2024 at 11:44 AM
Some personal news - we got married!💖It was an unforgettable day, made even more special by celebrating with the amazing CAP Lab team! Matty and I just returned from our fab Honeymoon in Portugal 🌞 and are excited to start this next chapter as The Hydes! Now, back to research!
#CS2 players needed for research investigating how expertise in Counter-Strike relates to learning ability🧠Complete a 25-30 minute online task & questionnaire to enter into a prize draw for Amazon vouchers💸Read more and take part here: sheffieldpsychology.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_e409IJ4ncIXZ5iK
May 16, 2024 at 10:19 AM
#CS2 players needed for research investigating how expertise in Counter-Strike relates to learning ability🧠Complete a 25-30 minute online task & questionnaire to enter into a prize draw for Amazon vouchers💸Read more and take part here: sheffieldpsychology.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_e409IJ4ncIXZ5iK
📢Calling all #CS2 players! If you'd like to participate in research investigating how playing @CounterStrike relates to cognitive skills🧠, join our mailing list👇We have a study live now!
Interested in hearing about Counter-Strike research from the University of Sheffield? 🎮 Join our mailing list to receive an email when new research studies are available to participate in:
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March 28, 2024 at 11:52 AM
📢Calling all #CS2 players! If you'd like to participate in research investigating how playing @CounterStrike relates to cognitive skills🧠, join our mailing list👇We have a study live now!
Interested in hearing about Counter-Strike research from the University of Sheffield? 🎮 Join our mailing list to receive an email when new research studies are available to participate in:
forms.gle/ZG6d3biwu1GG...
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March 20, 2024 at 3:26 PM
Interested in hearing about Counter-Strike research from the University of Sheffield? 🎮 Join our mailing list to receive an email when new research studies are available to participate in:
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🤩📣JOB, pls share! A 3-yr post-doc in our ESRC grant on strategy training in younger & older adults, based @ the Uni of Strathclyde, working with Louise Brown Nicholls, Mario Parra, @richjallen.bsky.social, Mel Burke, and me! 👀👇https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DFK955/postdoctoral-research-associate-587514
January 22, 2024 at 10:00 AM
🤩📣JOB, pls share! A 3-yr post-doc in our ESRC grant on strategy training in younger & older adults, based @ the Uni of Strathclyde, working with Louise Brown Nicholls, Mario Parra, @richjallen.bsky.social, Mel Burke, and me! 👀👇https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DFK955/postdoctoral-research-associate-587514
We did it! 🎉🎉🎉
👀 So, this happened! 😱 💃20 months and more than 500 participants recruited across 3 sites, in 3 languages, we officially completed data collection in our ORA ESRC/DFG/SSHRC processing speed training study (gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref... )!!! 🎉🥂🎉 Let the analyses begin 😍😍😍
January 22, 2024 at 8:40 PM
We did it! 🎉🎉🎉