top of page

The DOI number links to the journal site for the final published paper. The PDF is the 'Accepted' manuscript and is freely available. 

  1. Abt, G., Boreham, C., Davison, G., Jackson, R. C., Jobson, S.., Wallace, E., & Williams, A. M. (2025). Response to “Powering a study for more than one dependent variable, a letter to the editor regarding the editorial ‘Sample size estimation revisited’” Journal of Sports Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2025.2541479

  2. Abt, G., Boreham, C., Davison, G., Jackson, R. C., Jobson, S.., Wallace, E., & Williams, A. M. (2025). Sample size estimation revisited. Journal of Sports Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2025.2499403

  3. Van den Berghe, Boreham, C., Davison, G., Jackson, R. C., Wallace, E., Jobson, S., & Williams, A. M. (2025). Science beyond borders: Publishing and funding in a contemporary geographical context. Journal of Sports Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2025.2496562

  4. Martin, A. M., Ryu, D., Jackson, R. C., & Mann, D. L. (2024). Investigating the relationship between impairment and performance in goalball: A level playing field? Journal of Sports Sciences, 42, 1785-1793. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2024.2403285

  5. Warren-Westgate, L. S., Jackson, R. C., & Hiley, M. J. (2024). The kinematics of false intent conveyed by deceptive sidestep actions. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102695

  6. Dal Lago, D., Burns, E., Jackson, R. C., & Wilcockson, T. D. W. (2024). Are alcohol-related attentional biases and holistic perception independent processes? Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology. https://doi.org/10.1037/pha0000727

  7. Pereira, R., Hartescu, I., Jackson, R. C., & Morgan, K. (2023).  Napping behaviour, daytime sleepiness, and arousal in high performance athletes and non-athlete controls. Journal of Sports Sciences.  https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2023.2281158

  8. Gallicchio, G., Ryu, D., Krishnani, M., Tasker, G., Pecunioso, A., & Jackson, R. C. (2023). Temporal and spectral electrooculographic features in a discrete precision task. Psychophysiology. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.14461

  9. Güldenpenning, I., Jackson, R. C., & Cañal-Bruland, R. (2023). The science of deceptive human movement. Human Movement Science, 92:103147. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2023.102467

  10. Dal Lago, D., Burns, E., Gaunt, E., Peers, E., Jackson, R. C., & Wilcockson, T. D. W. (accepted). Alcohol use is associated with face perception impairments and difficulties in face recognition. [PDF] Substance Use and Misuse.

  11. Güldenpenning, I., Jackson, R. C., & Weigelt, M. (2023). Action outcome probability influences the size of the head-fake effect in basketball. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 68: 102467. [PDF]  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2023.102467

  12. Pfister, D., Jackson, R. C., Güldenpenning, I., Williams, A. M. (2023). Timing a fake punch: Inhibitory effects in a boxing-specific spatial attention task. Human Movement Science, 89:103092. [PDF]  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.humov.2023.103092

  13. Albertella, L., Kirkham, R., Adler, A.B. […] Jackson, R. C. […], et al. (2023). Building a transdisciplinary expert consensus on the cognitive drivers of performance under pressure: An international multi-panel Delphi study. Frontiers in Psychology, 13:1017675. [PDF] https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1017675

  14. Martin, A. M., Ryu, D., Jackson, R. C., & Mann, D. L. (2023). Expert views on evidence-based classification for goalball: A Delphi study. Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly, 40, 257-279.  [PDF]  https://doi.org/10.1123/apaq.2022-0051

  15. Jackson, R. C., Appleton, P., Fletcher, D., & North, J. S. (2022). JSS Editorial: Sport and Exercise Psychology. Journal of Sports Sciences. [PDF] https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2021.2012004

  16. Warren-Westgate, L. S., Jackson, R. C., Blenkinsop, G. M., & Hiley, M. J. (2021). Earlier detection facilitates skilled responses to deceptive actions. Human Movement Science. [PDF] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.humov.2021.102885

  17. Abt, G., Boreham, C., Davison, G., Jackson, R. C., Wallace, E., & Williams, A. M. (2021). Equality, diversity, and inclusion at the Journal of Sports Sciences. Journal of Sports Sciences. [PDF] https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2021.1967608

  18. Mann, D. L., Tweedy, S., Jackson, R. C., & Vanlandewijck, Y. C. (2021). Classifying the evidence for evidence-based classification in Paralympic sport. Journal of Sports Sciences. [PDF] https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2021.1955523

  19. Ramachandran, P., Watts, M., Jackson, R. C., Hayes, S. J., & Causer, J. (2021). Howzat! Expert umpires use a gaze anchor to overcome the processing demands of leg before wicket decisions. Journal of Sports Sciences, 39, 1936-1943. [PDF] https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2021.1908734

  20. Vaughan, R. S., Hagyard, J. D, Edwards, E. J., & Jackson, R. C. (2021). Reflection-impulsivity in athletes: A cross-sectional and longitudinal investigation. European Journal of Sport Science. [PDF] https://doi.org/10.1080/17461391.2020.1861106

  21. Abt, G., Boreham, C., Davison, G., Jackson, R. C., Wallace, E., & Williams, A. M. (2021). Registered reports in the Journal of Sports Sciences. Journal of Sports Sciences. [PDF] https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2021.1950974

  22. Cocks, A. J., Young, W. R., Ellmers, T. J., Jackson, R. C., & Williams, A. M. (2021). Concern about falling is associated with segmental control when turning in older adults. Gait and Posture, 88, 105-108. [PDF]  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2021.05.011

  23. Rooney, D., Jackson, R. C., & Heron, N. (2021). Differences in the attitudes to sport psychology consulting between individual and team sport athletes. BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation, 13:46. [PDF] https://doi.org/10.1186/s13102-021-00271-7

  24. Warren-West, L. S., & Jackson, R. C. (2020). Seeing the bigger picture: Susceptibility to, and detection of, deception. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 42, 463-471. [PDF] https://doi.org/10.1123/jsep.2020-0040

  25. Abt, G., Boreham, C., Davison, G., Jackson, R. C., Nevill, A., Wallace, E., & Williams, A. M. (2020). Power, precision, and sample size estimation in sport and exercise science research. Journal of Sports Sciences, 38, 1933-1935. [PDF] https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2020.1776002

  26. Jackson, R. C., Barton, H., & Bishop, D. T. (2020). Knowledge is power? Outcome probability information impairs detection of deceptive intent. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 50: 101744. [PDF] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2020.101744

  27. Jackson, R. C., & Comber, G. (2020). Hill on a mountaintop: A longitudinal and cross-sectional analysis of the relative age effect in competitive youth football. Journal of Sports Sciences. [PDF] https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2019.1706830

  28. Williams, A. M., & Jackson, R. C. (2019). Anticipation in sport: Fifty years on, what have we learned and what research still needs to be undertaken? Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 42, 16-24. [PDF] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2018.11.014

  29. Murphy, C. P., Jackson, R. C., & Williams, A. M. (2019). Informational constraints, option generation and anticipation skill. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 41, 54-62. [PDF] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2018.11.012

  30. Jackson, R. C., Barton, H., Ashford, K. J., & Abernethy, B. (2018). Stepovers and signal detection: Response sensitivity and bias in the differentiation of genuine and deceptive football actions. Frontiers in Psychology, 9: 2043. [PDF] https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02043

  31. Murphy, C. P., Jackson, R. C., & Williams, A. M. (2018). The role of contextual information during skilled anticipation. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 71, 2070-2087. [PDF] https://doi.org/10.1177/1747021817739201

  32. Levi, H. R., & Jackson, R. C. (2018). Contextual factors influencing decision making: Perceptions of professional soccer players. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 37, 19-25. [PDF] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2018.04.001

  33. Murphy, C. P., Jackson, R. C., Cooke, K., Roca, A. Benguigui, N. & Williams, A. M. (2016). Contextual information and perceptual-cognitive expertise in a dynamic, temporally-constrained task. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 22, 455-470. [PDF] https://doi.org/10.1037/xap0000094

  34. Cocks, A. J., Jackson, R. C., Bishop, D. T., & Williams, A. M. (2016). Anxiety, anticipation, and contextual information: A test of attentional control theory. Cognition and Emotion, 30, 1037-1048. [PDF] https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2015.1044424

  35. Kinrade, N. P., Jackson, R. C., & Ashford, K. J. (2015). Reinvestment, task complexity, and decision making under pressure in basketball. Psychology of Sport and Exercise. 20, 11-19. [PDF] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2015.03.007

  36. Wright, M. J., & Jackson, R. C. (2014). Deceptive body movements reverse spatial cueing in soccer. PLOS One, 9(8):e104290. [PDF] https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0104290

  37. Adams, D., Ashford, K. J., & Jackson, R. C. (2014). Priming to promote fluent motor skill execution: Exploring attentional demands. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. 36, 366-374. [PDF] https://doi.org/10.1123/jsep.2013-0085

  38. Wright, M., Bishop, D. T., Jackson, R. C., & Abernethy, B. (2013). Brain regions concerned with the identification of deceptive soccer moves by higher-skilled and lower-skilled players. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 7:851. [PDF] https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2013.00851

  39. Jackson, R. C. (2013). Babies and bathwater: Commentary on Mesagno and Hill's proposed re-definition of 'choking'. International Journal of Sport Psychology, 44, 281-284. [PDF] https://doi.org/10.7352/IJSP.2013.44.283

  40. Jackson, R. C., Kinrade, N. P., Hicks, T., & Wills, R. (2013). Individual propensity for reinvestment: Field-based evidence for the predictive validity of three scales. International Journal of Sport Psychology, 44, 331-350. [PDF] https://doi.org/10.7352/IJSP.2013.44.331

  41. Toner, J., Moran, A. P., & Jackson, R. C. (2013). The effects of avoidant instructions on golf putting proficiency and kinematics. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 14, 501-507. [PDF] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2013.01.008

  42. Bishop, D. T., Wright, M. J., Jackson, R. C., & Abernethy, B. (2013). Neural bases for anticipation skill in soccer: An fMRI study. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 35, 98-109. [PDF] https://doi.org/10.1123/jsep.35.1.98

  43. Abernethy, B., Schörer, J., Jackson, R. C., & Hagemann, N. (2012). Perceptual training methods compared: The relative efficacy of different approaches to enhancing sport-specific anticipation. Journal of Experimental Psychology-Applied, 18, 143-153. [PDF] https://doi.org/10.1037/a0028452

  44. Wright, M. J., Bishop, D. T., Jackson, R. C., & Abernethy, B. (2011). Cortical fMRI activation to opponents' body kinematics in sport-related anticipation: Expert-novice differences with normal and point-light video. Neuroscience Letters, 500(3), 216-221. [PDF] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neulet.2011.06.045

  45. Ashford, K. J. & Jackson, R. C. (2010). Priming as a means of preventing skill failure under pressure. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 32, 518-536. [PDF] https://doi.org/10.1123/jsep.32.4.518

  46. Kinrade, N. P., Jackson, R. C., Ashford, K. J., & Bishop, D. T. (2010). Development and validation of the Decision-Specific Reinvestment Scale. Journal of Sports Sciences, 28, 1127-1135. [PDF] https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2010.499439

  47. Kinrade, N. P., Jackson, R. C., & Ashford, K. J. (2010). Dispositional reinvestment and skill failure in cognitive and motor tasks. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 11, 312-319. [PDF] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2010.02.005

  48. Wright, M. J., Bishop, D. T., Jackson, R. C., & Abernethy, B. (2010). Functional MRI reveals expert-novice differences during sport-related anticipation. Neuroreport, 21, 94-98. [PDF] https://doi.org/10.1097/WNR.0b013e328333dff2

  49. Jackson, R. C., Abernethy, B., & Wernhart, S. (2009). Sensitivity to fine-grained and coarse visual information: The effect of blurring on anticipation skill. International Journal of Sport Psychology, 40, 461-475. [PDF] http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77949374205&partnerID=MN8TOARS  

  50. Abernethy, B., Zawi, K., & Jackson, R. C. (2008). Expertise and attunement to kinematic constraints. Perception, 37, 931-948. [PDF] https://doi.org/10.1068/p5340

  51. Jackson, R. C. & Mogan, P. (2007). Advance visual information, awareness, and anticipation skill. Journal of Motor Behavior, 39, 341-351. [PDF] https://doi.org/10.3200/JMBR.39.5.341-352

  52. Wright, M. J. & Jackson, R. C. (2007). Brain regions concerned with perceptual skills in tennis: An fMRI study. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 63, 214-220. [PDF] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2006.03.018

  53. Masters, R. S. W., van der Kamp, J., & Jackson, R. C. (2007). Imperceptibly off-centre goalkeepers influence penalty-kick direction in soccer. Psychological Science, 18, 222-223. [PDF] https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9280.2007.01878.x

  54. Jackson, R. C. & Masters, R. S. W. (2006). Ritualized behaviour in sport. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 29, 621-622. [PDF] https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X06009423

  55. Jackson, R. C., Ashford, K. J., & Norsworthy, G. (2006). Attentional focus, dispositional reinvestment and skilled motor performance under pressure. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 28, 49-68. [PDF] https://doi.org/10.1123/jsep.28.1.49

  56. Jackson, R. C., Warren, S., & Abernethy, B. (2006). Anticipation skill and susceptibility to deceptive movement. Acta Psychologica, 123, 355-371. [PDF] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2006.02.002

  57. Jackson, R. C. (2006). Reflections on the Athens Paralympics: Working with wheelchair rugby. Sport and Exercise Psychology Review, 2, 41-45. [PDF]

  58. Jackson, R. C., & Farrow, D. (2005). Implicit perceptual training: How, when, and why? Human Movement Science, 24, 308-325. [PDF] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.humov.2005.06.003

  59. Poulter, D. R., Jackson, R. C., Wann, J. P., & Berry, D. C. (2005). The effect of learning condition on perceptual anticipation, awareness, and visual search. Human Movement Science, 24, 345-361. [PDF] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.humov.2005.06.005

  60. Ashford, K. J., Karageorghis, C. I., & Jackson, R. C. (2005). Modeling the relationship between self-consciousness and competition anxiety. Personality and Individual Differences, 38, 903-918.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2004.06.015

  61. Jackson, R. C. (2005). Review of “Sport and exercise psychology: A critical introduction”. Sport and Exercise Psychology Review, 1, 31-32. [PDF]

  62. Farrow, D., Abernethy, B., & Jackson, R. C.. (2005) Probing expert anticipation with the temporal occlusion paradigm: Experimental investigations of some methodological issues. Motor Control, 9, 332-351. [PDF] https://doi.org/10.1123/mcj.9.3.330

  63. Jackson, R. C. (2004). Mood responses to athletic performance in extreme environments: Commentary. Journal of Sports Sciences, 22, 897-897. [PDF] https://doi.org/10.1080/02640410400005875

  64. Jackson, R. C. (2003). Preperformance routine consistency: Temporal analysis of goal kicking in the Rugby Union World Cup. Journal of Sports Sciences, 21, 803-814. [PDF] https://doi.org/10.1080/0264041031000140301

  65. Jackson, R. C. (2003). Evaluating the evidence for implicit perceptual learning: A re-analysis of Farrow and Abernethy (2002). Journal of Sports Sciences, 21, 503-509. [PDF] https://doi.org/10.1080/0264041031000101818

  66. Jackson, R. C., & Baker, J. S. (2001). Routines, rituals and rugby: Case study of a world class goal kicker. The Sport Psychologist,15, 48-65. https://doi.org/10.1123/tsp.15.1.48

bottom of page