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Professor Emeritus

Contact Details

Email t.mcmorris@chi.ac.uk

Personal Introduction

Following 17 years of teaching in secondary schools in Terry's home town of Hartlepool, Terry undertook a coaching/teaching graduate assistantship at University of New Brunswick, Canada. Shortly after his return from Canada he joined the University of Chichester (then West Sussex Institute of Higher Education). Terry's main interests are in motor behaviour especially the effect of physiological stress on cognition and performance. From a sports perspective Terry played semi-professional football and senior league cricket. Terry became a Fully Qualified FA Coach in 1975 and have coached at every level from schoolboy to full-time professional.

Education

MPE (University of New Brunswick, Canada, 1986), PhD (University of Southampton, 1997)

Research Interests

Terry has research interests in the following areas:

• Physiological psychology stress and cognition
• Physiological psychology stress and motor performance
• Field Dependence/Independence and sports performance
• Decision making in team games
• Creatine supplementation, psychophysiological stress and cognition
• Creatine supplementation and cognition in the elderly

Membership

• Association of Psychological Sciences
• International Society of Psycho Neuro Endocrinology
• Society for Psychophysiological Research

Publications (2001-present)

Books

McMorris, T. (2004). Acquisition and Performance of Sports Skills, Wiley, Chichester
McMorris, T. & T.Hale. (2006) Coaching Science: Theory into Practice, Wiley, Chichester.

Articles

McMorris, T., Sproule, J. & MacGillivary W. W. (2002). Field Dependence/Independence, observational and decision-making skills of physical education majors. International Journal of Sport Psychology, 33: 195-204.

Sproule, J., Kinchin, G., Yelling, M., McMorris, T. & McNeill, M. (2002). Using technology to analyse teaching behaviours within Initial Teacher Training. European Journal of Physical Education, 7: 123-135.

McMorris, T., Tallon, M., Williams, C. Sproule, J., Potter, J., Swain, J., Draper, S., Clayton, N. (2003). Incremental exercise, plasma catecholamine concentrations and performance of a psychomotor skill. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 97, 590-604.

Johnston, T., Sproule, J., McMorris, T. & Maile, A. (2004). Time-motion analysis and heart rate response during elite male field hockey: competition versus practice. Journal of Human Movement Studies, 46, 189-203.

McMorris, T., Hill, C., Sproule, J., Potter, J., Swain, J., Hobson, G. and Holder, T. (2005). Supra-maximal effort and reaction and movement times in a non-compatible response time task. Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness, 45, 127-133.

McMorris, T., Delves, S., Sproule, J., Lauder, M. & Hale, B. Incremental exercise, perceived task demands and performance of a whole body motor task. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 39, 537-541.

Mielcarz, G., Barinow-Wojewódzki, A., Linke, K., Morawska-Szasa, Kk., Rychlewski, T., Harris, R., Mc Morris, T. & Howard, A. (2005). Wpływ suplementacji kreatyną na wydolnosc wysiłkową i potencjał antyoksydacyjny u ludzi w podeszłym wieku (Effects of creatine supplementation on physical performance and antioxidant status in elderly people). Polish Journal of Human Nutrition and Metabolism, XXXII, 1299-1303.

McMorris, T. (2006) Exercise and cognition: development of an integrated rationale from cognitive psychology and neuroscientific perspectives. In Selkirk, T. (Ed), Research in Health and Exercise, Hauppage, NY: Nova Science (pp17-60).

McMorris, T., Swain, J., Lauder, M., Smith, N. & Kelly, J. Warm-up prior to undertaking a dynamic psychomotor task: does it aid performance? Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness, in press

McMorris, T., MacGillivary, W. W., Sproule , J. & Lomax, J. Cognitive Development and Performance of 11, 13 and 15 Year Olds on a Soccer-Specific Test of Decision Making. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, in press

McMorris, T. (2006). Exercise and cognition: development of an integrated rationale from cognitive         psychology and neuroscientific perspectives. In Selkirk, T. (Ed), Research in Health and Exercise, Hauppage, NY: Nova Science, (pp. 17-60) (Invited article).

McMorris, T., Swain, J., Lauder, M., Smith, N. & Kelly, J. (2006). Warm-up prior to undertaking a dynamic psychomotor task: does it aid performance? Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness, 46, 328-334

McMorris, T., MacGillivary, W. W., Sproule , J. & Lomax, J. (2006). Cognitive Development and Performance of 11, 13 and 15 Year Olds on a Soccer-Specific Test of Decision Making. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 4, 170-180.

McMorris, T., Swain, J., Smith, M., Harris, R. C., Corbett, J., Delves, S., Sale, C. and Potter, J. (2006). Heat stress, plasma concentrations of epinephrine, norepinephrine, 5-hydroxytryptamine and cortisol, perception of mood state and    working memory. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 61, 204-215.

McMorris, T., Harris, R. C., Swain, J., Corbett, J., Collard, K., Dyson, R, Dye, L., Hodgson, C., &  Draper, N. (2006). Effect of creatine supplementation and sleep deprivation, with mild exercise, on cognitive and psychomotor performance, mood state, and plasma   concentrations of catecholamines and cortisol. Psychopharmacology, 186, 93-103.

McMorris, T., Mielcarz, G., Harris, R. C., Swain, J. & Howard, A. Creatine supplementation and cognitive performance in the elderly. Aging, Neuropsychology and Cognition, in press.

McMorris, T, Harris, R. C., Howard, A. N., Langridge, G. Hall, B., Corbett, J., Dicks, M. & Hodgson, C. (2007). Creatine supplementation, sleep deprivation, cortisol, melatonin and behavior. Physiology & Behavior, 90, 21-28.

Sproule, J., Wang, H., Morgan, K., McNeill, M. & McMorris, T. Effects of motivational climate in Singaporean Physical Education lessons on intrinsic motivation and physical activity. Personality and Individual Differences, 43, 1037-1049.

McMorris, T. & Rayment, T. (2007). Short-duration, high-intensity exercise and performance or a sports-specific skill: a preliminary study. Perceptual and Motor Skills 105, 523-530.

Grant income

Effect of creatine supplementation on the performance of cognitive and psychomotor tasks, and mood state following sleep deprivation with mild exercise (Main investigator T. McMorris; collaborator Prof. R. Harris, University of Chichester). Howard Foundation of Cambridge.

Effect of creatine supplementation on working memory performance of septo, and octogenarians (Main investigator Prof. G. Mielcarz, University of Poznan; collaborators T. McMorris and R. Harris). Howard Foundation of Cambridge.

Design of high performance marine craft from a human factors perspective (Main investigators, Prof. A. Shenoi, University of Southampton; Prof. R. Allen, University of Southampton; Dr. R. Dyson, University of Chichester; collaborators, T. McMorris; Prof. J. T. Xing, University of Southampton; Dr. D. Hudson, University of Southampton. EPSRC.

Effect of creatine supplementation on the performance of cognitive and psychomotor tasks, mood state and salivary concentrations of cortisol and melatonin following 36 hours sleep deprivation with mild exercise (Main investigator T. McMorris; collaborator Prof. R. Harris, University of Chichester). Howard Foundation of Cambridge.