Dr Aaron Drummond

Research Interests

I am interested in the way that humans and computers interact and in particular how digital media such as video-games influences human psychology. I also have a strong interest in the psychology of climate change and the manner in which humans make decisions about it and its potential impacts.

Area of Expertise

Field of research codes
Cognitive Sciences (170200): Decision Making (170202): Psychological Methodology, Design and Analysis (170110): Psychology (170100): Psychology And Cognitive Sciences (170000)

Keywords

Judgement; Decision Making; Video-Games; Media Psychology; Environmental Psychology

Current Projects

Courses Coordinated

• 175.102 Psychology as a Natural Science

Current Doctoral Supervision

Supervisor of:

• Shaun Garea - Doctor of Philosophy
  Loot Boxes and proximal gambling practices found in video games: Questions of harm.
• Joshua Robinson - Doctor of Clinical Psychology
  Does video game use impact social cognition and executive functions?

Co-supervisor of:

• Olivia Sievwright - Doctor of Clinical Psychology
  False memories in therapy: Do eye movements increase susceptibility to misinformation?

Media

• 27 Nov 2012 - Online
  Electronics Before Bed: When Does It Affect Sleep?
  
• 20 Oct 2012 - Online
  Research Suggests Gaming Before Bed Disrupts Sleep
  Media coverage of paper: King, Gradisar, Drummond et al. (2013).
• 19 Oct 2012 - Online
  Long video game sessions can give you insomnia
  Media coverage of paper: King, Gradisar, Drummond et al. (2013).
• 18 Oct 2012 - Online
  Video games disrupt sleep
  Media coverage of paper: King, Gradisar, Drummond et al. (2013).
• 15 Apr 2014 - Online
  Australian Study: Games Don't Negatively Affect Ac
  A videogame news sites coverage of one of my NRO studies
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• 15 Apr 2014 - Newspaper, Online
  Flinders University study finds videos do not
  Australian National News Coverage of Media coverage of paper: Drummond & Sauer (2014), an NRO
• 15 Apr 2014 - Newspaper, Online
  Study busts teen game myth
  Media coverage of paper: Drummond & Sauer (2014), an NRO.
• 14 Apr 2014 - Online
  Video Games Do Not Negatively Impact Academic
  Videogame news coverage of paper: Drummond & Sauer (2014).
• 14 Apr 2014 - Online
  Gamepolitics coverage of Drummond & Sauer (2014)
  Videogame news coverage of paper: Drummond & Sauer (2014). Available at:
• 08 Mar 2013 - Online
  You can play videogames before bedtime, but don’t
  Media coverage of paper: King, Gradisar, Drummond et al. (2013).
• 05 Oct 2016 - Newspaper, Online
  Better scientific understanding leads to pro-envir
  Media Coverage of paper: Drummond, Palmer & Sauer (2016)
• 04 Oct 2017 - Online
  How we think about science can make a difference
  Media Coverage of paper: Drummond, Palmer & Sauer (2016)
• 04 Oct 2016 - Online
  It's not just about the science
  Media Coverage of paper: Drummond, Palmer & Sauer (2016)
• 04 Nov 2014 - Online
  Metascience could rescue the ‘replication crisis’
  Nature news coverage of the innagural registered replication project Dr. Drummond was a coauthor on, listed as an ORO.
• 02 Dec 2012 - Online
  Video games and sleep loss
  Media coverage of paper: King, Gradisar, Drummond et al. (2013).
• 01 Jul 2015 - Online
  Does Pre-Bed Video Gaming Ruin Your Sleep?
  Media coverage of paper: King, Gradisar, Drummond et al. (2013).
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