Rate My Professor Hugh Riddell

Riddell's key publications encompass perceptual and motivational topics. Early works include "Heading perception from optic flow in the presence of biological motion" (Journal of Vision, 2015), "Biological motion cues aid identification of self-motion from optic flow but not heading detection," and "Flow parsing and biological motion" (Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 2021). Recent publications feature "Goal motives and mental contrasting with implementation intentions facilitate strategic goal persistence and disengagement" (Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 2022), "Individual and socio-psychological characteristics as predictors of physical activity in Australian adults" (Health Education Journal, 2024), "An experimental investigation of daily mental contrasting with implementation intentions on physical activity behaviour" (Psychology & Health, 2025), "One system, two paths: Unifying autonomic and behavioural responses to exercise intensity in the dual-process framework" (Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 2025), "A meta-analytic review and conceptual model of the antecedents and outcomes of goal adjustment in response to striving difficulties" (Nature Human Behaviour, 2025), "Event-Informed Systematic Self-Reflections and Stress Reactivity: An Experience Sampling Study" (2026), and "A Longitudinal Analysis of a Motor Skill Parameter in Junior Triathletes from a Wearable Inertial Sensor" (Sensors, 2026). As lead researcher, he published findings on the benefits of dropping unrealistic goals (2025), featured in media including The Guardian.