Dr Peter Holland

Staff details

Position

Lecturer

Department

Psychology

Email

Peter.Holland (@gold.ac.uk)

My research focusses on virtual reality and understanding the control and learning of actions and sequences of actions.

Peter is a Lecturer in the Department of Psychology since April 2021. His research focusses on understanding the control and learning of actions and sequences of actions. He is interested in the use of virtual reality as a tool for experimentation and rehabilitation. Additionally, he is interested in the intersection of video games and psychology and the effects of 'gamification'. He employs a range of techniques including behavioural experiments, EEG and computational modelling.

Academic qualifications

Doctorate (DPhil) in Clinical Neuroscience, University of Oxford 2011
BA in Physiological Sciences 2005

Research interests

Motor control and learning
Virtual/augmented reality
Video games
‘Gamification’ for research and rehabilitation
Different forms of outcome feedback
Planning and execution of sequences of movements
Movement disorders (stroke, Parkinson’s disease etc.)

Publications and research outputs

Article

Durcan, Oliver; Holland, Peter and Bhattacharya, Joydeep. 2024. A framework for neurophysiological experiments on flow states. Communications Psychology, 2, 66. ISSN 2731-9121

Kaplan, Raphael Samuel Matthew; Schuster, Bianca A.; Sowden, Sophie; Rybicki, Alicia J.; Fraser, Dagmar S.; Press, Clare; Hickman, Lydia; Holland, Peter and Cook, Jennifer L.. 2024. Disruption of dopamine D2/D3 system function impairs the human ability to understand the mental states of other people. PLOS Biology, 22(6), e3002652. ISSN 1545-7885

Abdlkarim, Diar; Di Luca, Massimiliano; Aves, Poppy; Maaroufi, Mohamed; Yeo, Sang-Hoon; Miall, R. Chris; Holland, Peter and Galea, Joeseph M.. 2024. A methodological framework to assess the accuracy of virtual reality hand-tracking systems: A case study with the Meta Quest 2. Behavior Research Methods, 56(2), pp. 1052-1063. ISSN 1554-3528