Professor Stephen Dewhurst

Professor Stephen Dewhurst

Professor of Cognitive Psychology

Faculty and Department

  • Faculty of Health Sciences
  • School of Psychology and Social Work

Qualifications

  • BSc (Lancaster University)
  • PhD / DPhil (Lancaster University)

Summary

Steve Dewhurst joined the University of Hull in September 2010, having previously worked in the Department of Psychology at Lancaster University.

His main research interests focus on the structure, processes, functions, and conscious experience of human memory.

Recent outputs

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Journal Article

"I'm just not feeling it": Affective processing of episodic physical activity memories differs between physically active and inactive individuals

Anderson, R. J., Boulby, A., & Dewhurst, S. A. (2023). “I'm just not feeling it”: Affective processing of episodic physical activity memories differs between physically active and inactive individuals. Psychology of sport and exercise, 68, Article 102475. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2023.102475

The influence of mental toughness on responses to feedback in snooker: A real-time examination

Dewhurst, S. A., Welsh, J., & Perry, J. L. (2023). The influence of mental toughness on responses to feedback in snooker: A real-time examination. Psychology of sport and exercise, 68, Article 102466. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2023.102466

The relationship between depressive symptoms and positive emotional anticipation of goal achievement

Anderson, R. J., Clayton McClure, J. H., Boland, J., Howe, D., Riggs, K. J., & Dewhurst, S. A. (2023). The relationship between depressive symptoms and positive emotional anticipation of goal achievement. Journal of Experimental Psychopathology, 14(1), https://doi.org/10.1177/20438087231164963

The effect of survival processing on memory for pictures depends on how memory is tested

Dewhurst, S. A., Anderson, R. J., O’Connor, R. J., & Dean, G. (in press). The effect of survival processing on memory for pictures depends on how memory is tested. Memory, https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2023.2171436

The effect of dysphoria on the relationship between autobiographical memories and the self

Grace, L., Dewhurst, S. A., & Anderson, R. J. (2021). The effect of dysphoria on the relationship between autobiographical memories and the self. Cognition and Emotion, 35(1), 71-83. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2020.1802231

Co-investigator

Project

Funder

Grant

Started

Status

Project

Using Positive Simulation Training to improve expectations about the future in depression

Funder

ESRC Economic & Social Research Council

Grant

£494,996.00

Started

1 February 2019

Status

Complete

Postgraduate supervision

Professor Dewhurst welcomes applications to investigate any aspect of human memory.

Completed PhDs:

David Howe. Implicit and explicit attitudinal consequences of false autobiographical memories and beliefs (April 2018).

Lydia Grace. Autobiographical memory and the self in dysphoria (February 2018).

Joshua Woods. Putting false memories into context. Exploring the valence of contextual information for memories of events that never occurred (June 2012).

Ellen R Swannell. The development of phonological and semantic false memories (July 2010).

Lauren M Knott. Investigating the roles of controlled and automatic processes in remembering and knowing (March 2008).

Craig Thorley. Collaborative false remembering (November 2007).

Current PhD supervision:

Joseph Abel. The role of visual imagery in prospective memory.

James Welsh. Talent in sport: A psychosocial and cognitive model.

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