Dr Sebastian Whiteford

Research Assistant, Psychology

+44 (0) 1792

s.j.whiteford@swansea.ac.uk

About

I am a Research Assistant working on an ICRG Research Project involving the identification and modelling of the reinforcement schedules in live-odds sports betting.

Areas Of Expertise

Computational Modelling
Decision Making
Bayesian Data Analysis
Choice Response Time models
Reinforcement Learning models

Publications

Research Highlights

Weidacker, K., Whiteford, S., Boy, F., & Johnston, S. (2017). Response Inhibition in the Parametric Go/No-Go Task and Its Relation to Impulsivity and Subclinical Psychopathy. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 70(3), 473-487.
https://doi.org/10.1080/17470218.2015.1135350, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa26506
Boyce, W., Whiteford, S., Curran, W., Freegard, G., & Weidemann, C. (2020). Splitting time: Sound-induced illusory visual temporal fission and fusion.. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 46(2), 172-201.
https://doi.org/10.1037/xhp0000703, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa51957
Weidacker, K., Kvamme, T., Whiteford, S., Guzman, N., & Voon, V. (2021). Incentives and voluntary stopping: The intentional hand task. Cognition, 206, 104504
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2020.104504, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57012
https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/311810
Li, J., Weidacker, K., Mandali, A., Zhang, Y., Whiteford, S., Ren, Q., Zhou, Z., Zhou, H., Jiang, H., Du, J., Zhang, C., Sun, B., & Voon, V. (2021). Impulsivity and craving in subjects with opioid use disorder on methadone maintenance treatment. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 219, 108483
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.108483, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57013
https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/313892
Whiteford, S., Hoon, A., James, R., Tunney, R., & Dymond, S. (2022). Quantile regression analysis of in-play betting in a large online gambling dataset. Computers in Human Behavior Reports, 6, 100194
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chbr.2022.100194, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59770

All Research

Journal Articles

Whiteford, S., Hoon, A., James, R., Tunney, R., & Dymond, S. (2022). Quantile regression analysis of in-play betting in a large online gambling dataset. Computers in Human Behavior Reports, 6, 100194
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chbr.2022.100194, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59770
Li, J., Weidacker, K., Mandali, A., Zhang, Y., Whiteford, S., Ren, Q., Zhou, Z., Zhou, H., Jiang, H., Du, J., Zhang, C., Sun, B., & Voon, V. (2021). Impulsivity and craving in subjects with opioid use disorder on methadone maintenance treatment. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 219, 108483
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.108483, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57013
https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/313892
Weidacker, K., Kvamme, T., Whiteford, S., Guzman, N., & Voon, V. (2021). Incentives and voluntary stopping: The intentional hand task. Cognition, 206, 104504
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2020.104504, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57012
https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/311810
Boyce, W., Whiteford, S., Curran, W., Freegard, G., & Weidemann, C. (2020). Splitting time: Sound-induced illusory visual temporal fission and fusion.. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 46(2), 172-201.
https://doi.org/10.1037/xhp0000703, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa51957
Weidacker, K., Whiteford, S., Boy, F., & Johnston, S. (2017). Response Inhibition in the Parametric Go/No-Go Task and Its Relation to Impulsivity and Subclinical Psychopathy. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 70(3), 473-487.
https://doi.org/10.1080/17470218.2015.1135350, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa26506