Profiles
Dr Stuart Spicer
Research Fellow in Psychology of Gaming and Gambling
School of Psychology (Faculty of Health)
I am currently a Research Fellow in two roles. My primary position is in applied healthcare, as a member of PenARC (NIHR Applied Research Collaboration: South West Peninsula). My additional position is in the psychology of gaming and gambling, within the School of Psychology. I have a background in both quantitative and qualitative research, and my current interests include mental health, wellbeing, addictive behaviour, gambling, and dementia.
Qualifications
- PhD Psychology - University of Plymouth (2020)
- MSc Psychology - University of Nottingham (2015)
Key publications
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Journals
Articles
(2021) 'Secondary analysis of loot box data: Are high-spending “whales” wealthy gamers or problem gamblers?' Addictive Behaviors 117, 106851-106851 , DOI
(2021) 'It’s the attraction of winning that draws you in” – A qualitative investigation of reasons and facilitators for videogame loot box engagement in UK gamers' Journal of Clinical Medicine , DOI Open access
(2021) 'Representing uncertainty in the Rescorla-Wagner model: Blocking, the redundancy effect, and outcome base rate' Open Journal of Experimental Psychology and Neuroscience 14-21 , DOI
(2020) 'Secondary analysis of loot box data: are high-spending “whales” wealthy gamers or problem gamblers?' https://psyarxiv.com/fvdrx/ , DOI Open access
(2019) 'Theory protection in associative learning: humans maintain certain beliefs in a manner that violates prediction error' Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning and Cognition , DOI Open access
(2019) 'Crossing boundaries: Global reorientation following transfer from the inside to the outside of an arena' Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning and Cognition , DOI Open access
'Representing uncertainty in the Rescorla-Wagner model: blocking, the redundancy effect, and outcome base rate' , DOI