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Amend the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill to protect children from assault (2025)
Journal Article

The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill is an important opportunity to finally remove the defence of reasonable punishment of children in England, write Andrew Rowland and Grace Hastie

Using virtual reality for the identification of expertise (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Getting past a basketball defender is not just a matter of size: A virtual reality body- and action-scaled affordance approach (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Introduction: Affordance theory (Gibson, 1977) has been promoted as a relevant framework for understanding information-movement coupling in sport (Fajen et al., 2009). With virtual reality, it is now possible to show how decision-making is shaped by... Read More about Getting past a basketball defender is not just a matter of size: A virtual reality body- and action-scaled affordance approach.

Masterful defense vs. rookie fumbles: How do expert air hockey champs on mobile reveal their skills through posture and touch? (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

We explored the relationships between expertise, in-game performance, posture, and screen interactions in mobile sports games. Twenty participants (10 experienced) played Disc-O, a turn-based air hockey game. Posture, phone holding style, play style,... Read More about Masterful defense vs. rookie fumbles: How do expert air hockey champs on mobile reveal their skills through posture and touch?.

Muscle activation during exergame playing (2016)
Book Chapter

Exergames may provide low-cost solutions for playing, training and rehabilitation. Exergame user research, studies the interaction between an exergame and users, in order to provide feedback for game developers and safe and meaningful game play. Deta... Read More about Muscle activation during exergame playing.