Dr Robin Owen
Lecturer in Sport & Exercise Science
Email: robin.owen@bangor.ac.uk
Bio: I am a Higher Education Academy accredited lecturer at Bangor University's School of Sport, Health, and Exercise Sciences. I teach on modules covering Research Methods, Motor Control, and Sport Psychology. My research aims to advance understanding of movement planning and correction processes.
Qualifications
- PhD: Experimental Sport Psychology
School of Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences, Bangor University, 2016–2020 - Other: Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy
2019–2019 - BSc: Sport Science and Physical Education - 1st class honours
School of Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences, Bangor University, 2013–2016
Teaching and Supervision
Over the last few years I have been a prolific lecturer on the SSHES' BSc and MSc Research Methods modules. These are often modules students are intimidated by, but a key focus of mine is to demonstrate that spiders are genuinely scarier than a 2 (group) x 3 (timepoint) ANOVA with repeated measures on the second factor.
Other modules I am frequently involved in lecturing are: Skill Acquisition; Motor Control and Learning; and Applied Sport Psychology.
Research Interests
My research interests include:
1. how heightened anxiety / worry affect the planning and correction of movements,
2. how adopting different foci of attention (e.g., focusing on the body vs focusing on an object) affect the planning and correction of movements,
3. and how diminished self-control resources can influence task performance and motor processes.
However, I can easily get excited by any novel and impactful research idea.
Publications
2020
- PublishedAn internal focus of attention is optimal when congruent with afferent proprioceptive task information
Gottwald, V., Owen, R., Lawrence, G. & McNevin, N., Mar 2020, In : Psychology of Sport and Exercise. 47, 101634.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
2018
- PublishedGoing against the grain: Performance when relevant proprioceptive afferent information is congruent with focus of attention
Gottwald, V., Lawrence, G. & Owen, R., 21 Oct 2018, Journal of Exercise, Movement, and Sport: SCAPPS refereed abstracts repository. s1 ed. Vol. 50. p. 27
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution - PublishedPressure enhances online control when 'I' don't know I need to correct, but reduces it when 'I' do: Motor control strategies and state anxiety
Owen, R., Gottwald, V. & Lawrence, G., 21 Oct 2018, Journal of Exercise, Movement, and Sport: SCAPPS refereed abstracts repository. 1 ed. Vol. 50. p. 54
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Personal
When I am not absorbed in my work, the following labels describe me best: petrolhead, fell runner, and dog walker. I am also known to make terrible jokes all of the time. Which reminds me, what sort of music are geologists into? Rock.