Dr Mark Campbell is a senior lecturer and Director of the Esport Science Research Lab in Lero The Science Foundation Ireland Centre for Software Research at the University of Limerick, Ireland. Mark is a Science Foundation Ireland Funded Investigator (SFI-FI) currently examining esports notably how to derive and evaluate the key performance indicators in esports performance. Mark and his research team investigate the neurocognitive characteristics of expertise in skilled performers and Mark utilises different technologies to answer these questions (eye tracking, pupillometry, NIRS; near infra-red spectography, EEG; Electroencephalography).
Publications
2025
Campbell, Mark, Cregan, Sarah, Toth, Adam.
2025.
The Psychology of Tilt: Understanding Tilt and Coping Strategies in Video Games.
Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking, 28.
doi: 10.1089/cyber.2024.0320.
Campbell, M, Dupuy, A, Toth, A.
2025.
Differentiating right upper limb movements of esports players who play different game genres.
Scientific Reports.
doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-90949-6.
Campbell, Mark, Joyce, John, Toth, Adam.
2025.
A Comparative Performance Analysis of Load Cell and Hall-Effect Brake Sensors in Sim Racing.
Sensors, 25.
doi: 10.3390/s25133872.
2024
Campbell, M, Dupuy, A, Harrison, A, Toth, A.
2024.
On the necessity for biomechanics research in esports.
Sports Biomechanics.
doi: 10.1080/14763141.2024.2354440.
Campbell, Mark, Hojaji, Fazilat, Joyce, John, Toth, Adam.
2024.
Less Is More: Higher Skilled Sim Racers Allocate Significantly Less Attention to Track Relative to Display Features Than Lower Skilled Sim Racers.
doi: 10.20944/preprints202402.0639.v1.
Bruton, A, Campbell, M, Gullane, H, Harvey, C, Kelly, N, Toth AJ.
2024.
The effect of bipolar bihemispheric tDCS on executive function and working memory abilities.
Frontiers in psychology.
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1275878.
Campbell, M, Smithies, T, Toth, A.
2024.
The Effect of Total Sleep Deprivation on the Cognitive and In-Game Performance of Rocket League Esport Players.
Nature and Science of Sleep.
doi: 10.2147/NSS.S470105.
2023
Campbell, Mark, Cregan, Sarah, Joyce, John, Kowal, Magdalena, Toth, Adam.
2023.
Comparing the cognitive performance of action video game players and age-matched controls following a cognitively fatiguing task: A stage 2 registered report.
British Journal of Psychology.
doi: 10.1111/bjop.12692.
2020
Adam Toth, Campbell, Mark, Conroy, Eoin, Kowal, Magdalena, Ramsbottom, Niall, Tim Smithies.
2020.
Life After Esports: A Grand Field Challenge.
Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 883.
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00883.
Adam Toth, Campbell, M, Kowal, M, Ramsbotton, N.
2020.
Converging Evidence Supporting the Cognitive Link between Exercise and Esport Performance: A Dual Systematic Review.
Brain Sciences.
doi: 10.3390/brainsci10110859.
2019
Adam Toth, Campbell, Mark.
2019.
Investigating sex differences, cognitive effort, strategy, and performance on a computerised.
Scientific Report, 9.
doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-56041-6.
Adam Toth, Campbell, M.
2019.
Investigating sex differences, cognitive effort, strategy, and performance on a computerised version of the mental rotations test via eye tracking.
Scientific Reports.
doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-56041-6.
Adam Toth, Campbell, M, Harrison, Andrew J, McNeill, Eoghan.
2019.
Cognitive to physical performance: a conceptual model for the role of motor simulation in performance.
International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology.
doi: 10.1080/1750984X.2019.1689573.
2018
Adam Toth, Campbell, M, Chris Exton, Kowal, M.
2018.
Different cognitive abilities displayed by action video gamers and non-gamers.
Computers in Human Behavior, 88, 255-262.
doi: 10.1016/j.chb.2018.07.010.
Contact Details
University of Limerick