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

Differentiating anticipated and anticipatory emotions and their sensitivity to depressive symptoms

Clayton McClure, J. H., Riggs, K. J., Dewhurst, S. A., & Anderson, R. J. (in press). Differentiating anticipated and anticipatory emotions and their sensitivity to depressive symptoms. Emotion, https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001371

The implicit power of positive thinking: The effect of positive episodic simulation on implicit future expectancies

Anderson, R. J., Clayton McClure, J. H., Bishop, E., Howe, D., Riggs, K. J., & Dewhurst, S. A. (2024). The implicit power of positive thinking: The effect of positive episodic simulation on implicit future expectancies. PLoS ONE, 19(4 April), Article e0298817. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0298817

Isolating the effects of visual imagery on prospective memory

Abel, J. W., Anderson, R. J., Dean, G. M., & Dewhurst, S. A. (2024). Isolating the effects of visual imagery on prospective memory. Memory, https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2024.2335302

"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

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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