Dr Stone Hsieh
Faculties, deparments and locations
- Faculty of Business and Social Sciences
- Department of Psychology
- School of Law, Social and Behavioural Sciences
- Penrhyn Road
Senior Lecturer in Biological Psychology
- Email:
- s.hsieh@kingston.ac.uk
About
Dr Hsieh's research focuses on the associations of behaviours and environment with cognition, psychopathology, and mental health during development, as well as how different evidence-based interventions can address ADHD, psychopathology, and disordered eating. Dr Hsieh completed his PhD in exercise psychophysiology at National Taiwan Normal University in 2018. Afterwards, he worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Center for Cognitive and Brain Health at Northeastern University between 2019 to 2021. He joined Kingston University as a Lecturer in September 2021 and then progressed to Senior Lecturer in August 2024.
Qualifications
- PhD in Exercise Psychophysiology
- MEd in Exercise Physiology
Domains
Dr Hsieh leads the Brain, Behaviour, and Cognition module in 2024-2025
Dr Hsieh teaches lectures across perception and attention, memory, ADHD, exercise and obesogenic behaviour, and hands-on activities in EEG and HRV.
Courses taught
In the Brain Resilience, Exercise, and Development (BREAD) Lab, we study 1) behaviour intervention, such as exercise, for children with ADHD, 2) the association between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and mental health, and 3) the psychology of hedonic and/or disordered eating and interventions to address them. We use a cross-disciplinary approach to address our research questions. We also actively collaborate with local charities (e.g., ADHD Embrace, Gaming the Mind, Archiving for Children) and clinicians from NHS in research projects. For details of our research, please visit: http://sites.google.com/view/breadlab
Selective Research Grants (total grants awarded: £128k)
- Research Investment Funds.
- KERI Pump-priming Funds. Co-producing the ActiGamer trial with children with ADHD.
- Kick Starter Grant. The neurocognitive and psychopathological profiles of socioeconomic disadvantages during childhood.
- First KU Grant. Effects of acute exercise on general and food inhibitory control, appetite, and energy intake.
Specialisms
- ADHD
- Psychophysiology
- Psychopathology
Industry links
- ADHD Embrace
- Gaming the Mind
- Archiving for Children
Editorial Board:
- Psychophysiology
- International Journal of Psychophysiology
- Mental Health and Physical Activity
- International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology
Honorary Research Clinician, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Qualifications and expertise
- FHEA
Professional and scholarly affiliations
- World Federation of ADHD
- South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
- European College of Sport Sciences
- Director, Brain Resilience, Exercise, and Development (BREAD) Lab (Sep 2021-present)
- Member of the Kingston University Peer Review College (Sep 2023-present)
- Module Leader, PS5003 Brain, Behaviour, and Cognition (Sep 2024-present)
- Peer reviewer for KERI Pump-priming Grant (2024-present)
- KUREOS research ethics reviewer (2024-present)
Publications
Moderate-to-vigorous and light-intensity aerobic exercise yield similar effects on food reward, appetitive responses, and energy intake in physically inactive adults
Hsieh, Shu-Shih, Bala, Angelos, Layzell, Kapris, Fatima, Qanita, Pushparajah, Clarciya, Maguire, Rebecca K., Chen, Yung-Chih, Finlayson, Graham and Allgrove, Judith E., 2025, European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Systematic review on the effects of exercise with and without breakfast consumption on cognitive performance in healthy adults
Hsieh, Shu-Shih, Tian, Yu, Cheng, Chun-Yuan and Chen, Yung-Chih, 2025, BMC Psychology (13), 1
Healthy body – healthy mind? Does exercise benefit people with ADHD?
Hsieh, Shu-Shih, 2024, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
Acute moderate-intensity aerobic exercise facilitates processing speed involving inhibitory control but not neuroelectric index of control process and cognitive integration
Hsieh, Shu-Shih, McGowan, Amanda L., Chandler, Madison C. and Pontifex, Matthew B., 2024, International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology
Acute bouts of aerobic exercise do not modulate task-evoked midfrontal theta oscillations in school-age children
Hsieh, Stone, Kao, Shih-Chun, Raine, Lauren B., Lloyd, Katherine M., Pontifex, Matthew B. and Hillman, Charles H., 2023, Journal of Cognitive Enhancement (8), pp 9-20
Effects of acute aerobic exercise with self-selected music on working memory and alpha oscillation
Tsai, Yu-Jung, Chueh, Ting-Yu, Catalán, David Garrido, Hsieh, Shu-Shih and Hung, Tsung-Min, 2023, International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology
The unique contribution of motor ability to visuospatial working memory in school‐age children : evidence from event‐related potentials
Lin, Chih‐Chien, Hsieh, Shu‐Shih, Huang, Chung‐Ju, Kao, Shih‐Chun, Chang, Yu‐Kai and Hung, Tsung‐Min, 2022, Psychophysiology
The role of chronic physical activity in alleviating the detrimental relationship of childhood obesity on brain and cognition
Hsieh, Shu-Shih, Raine, Lauren B., Ortega, Francisco B. and Hillman, Charles H., 2022, Journal of Cognitive Enhancement (6), 2, pp 248-271
Effects of a single bout of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity on executive functions in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder : a systematic review and meta-analysis
Chueh, Ting-Yu, Hsieh, Shu-Shih, Tsai, Yu-Jung, Yu, Chien-Lin, Hung, Chiao-Ling, Benzing, Valentin, Schmidt, Mirko, Chang, Yu-Kai, Hillman, Charles H. and Hung, Tsung-Min, 2022, Psychology of Sport and Exercise (58), pp 102097
The relationship of muscular endurance and coordination and dexterity with behavioral and neuroelectric indices of attention in preschool children
Kao, Shih-Chun, Tsai, Yu-Jung, Hsieh, Shu-Shih, Chen, I-Fan, Schmitt, Sara and Hung, Tsung-Min, 2022, Scientific Reports (12), 1
The relationship between internalizing problems and acute exercise duration in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder : the role of frontal alpha asymmetry
Chueh, Ting-Yu, Hsieh, Shu-Shih, Tsai, Yu-Jung, Yu, Chien-Lin, Huang, Chung-Ju and Hung, Tsung-Min, 2021, Research in Developmental Disabilities (118), pp 104063
Up-regulation of proactive control is associated with beneficial effects of a childhood gymnastics program on response preparation and working memory
Lin, Chih-Chien, Hsieh, Shu-Shih, Chang, Yu-Kai, Huang, Chung-Ju, Hillman, Charles H. and Hung, Tsung-Min, 2021, Brain and Cognition (149), pp 105695
Sympathetic Nervous System and Exercise Affects Cognition in Youth (SNEACY) : study protocol for a randomized crossover trial
Raine, Lauren B., McDonald, Katherine, Shigeta, Tatsuya T., Hsieh, Shu-Shih, Hunt, Jennifer, Chiarlitti, Nathan A., Lim, Michelle, Gebhardt, Kristen, Collins, Nina, De Lisio, Michael, Mullen, Sean P., Kramer, Arthur F. and Hillman, Charles, 2021, Trials (22), 1
Dose-response effects of acute aerobic exercise intensity on inhibitory control in children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder
Tsai, Yu-Jung, Hsieh, Shu-Shih, Huang, Chung-Ju and Hung, Tsung-Min, 2021, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience (15), pp 617596
Systematic review of the acute and chronic effects of high-intensity interval training on executive function across the lifespan
Hsieh, Shu-Shih, Chueh, Ting-Yu, Huang, Chung-Ju, Kao, Shih-Chun, Hillman, Charles H., Chang, Yu-Kai and Hung, Tsung-Min, 2021, Journal of Sports Sciences (39), 1, pp 10-22
The effect of acute high-intensity interval training on executive function : a systematic review
Ai, Jing-Yi, Chen, Feng-Tzu, Hsieh, Shu-Shih, Kao, Shih-Chun, Chen, Ai-Guo, Hung, Tsung-Min and Chang, Yu-Kai, 2021, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (18), 7, pp 3593
The effects of barbell resistance exercise on information processing speed and conflict-related ERP in older adults : a crossover randomized controlled trial
Lin, Ting-Yu, Hsieh, Shu-Shih, Chueh, Ting-Yu, Huang, Chung-Ju and Hung, Tsung-Min, 2021, Scientific Reports (11), pp 9137
Greater childhood cardiorespiratory fitness is associated with better top‐down cognitive control : a midfrontal theta oscillation study
Hsieh, Shu-Shih, Chueh, Ting‐Yu, Morris, Timothy P., Kao, Shih‐Chun, Westfall, Daniel R., Raine, Lauren B., Hopman, Rachel J., Pontifex, Matthew B., Castelli, Darla M., Kramer, Arthur F. and Hillman, Charles H., 2020, Psychophysiology (57), 12, pp e13678
Muscular fitness, motor competence, and processing speed in preschool children
Tsai, Yu-Jung, Huang, Chung-Ju, Hung, Chiao-Ling, Kao, Shih-Chun, Lin, Chi-Fang, Hsieh, Shu-Shih and Hung, Tsung-Min, 2020, European Journal of Developmental Psychology (17), 3, pp 415-431
The effects of acute aerobic exercise on inhibitory control and resting state heart rate variability in children with ADHD
Yu, Chien-Lin, Hsieh, Shu-Shih, Chueh, Ting-Yu, Huang, Chung-Ju, Hillman, Charles H. and Hung, Tsung-Min, 2020, Scientific Reports (10), 1, pp 19958
Motor competence moderates relationship between moderate to vigorous physical activity and resting EEG in children with ADHD
Yu, Chien-Lin, Chueh, Ting-Yu, Hsieh, Shu-Shih, Tsai, Yu-Jung, Hung, Chiao-Ling, Huang, Chung-Ju, Wu, Chien-Ting and Hung, Tsung-Min, 2019, Mental Health and Physical Activity (17), pp 100302
The subject-dependent, cumulative, and recency association of aerobic fitness with academic performance in Taiwanese junior high school students
Hsieh, Shu-Shih, Tsai, Jia-Ren, Chang, Shao-Hsi, Ho, Jen-Yu, Chen, Jui-Fu, Chen, Po-Hsi, Sung, Yao-Ting and Hung, Tsung-Min, 2019, BMC Pediatrics (19), 1
Acute exercise facilitates the N450 inhibition marker and P3 attention marker during Stroop test in young and older adults
Hsieh, Shu-Shih, Huang, Chung-Ju, Wu, Chien-Ting, Chang, Yu-Kai and Hung, Tsung-Min, 2018, Journal of Clinical Medicine (7), 11, pp 391
Differences in working memory as a function of physical activity in children
Hsieh, Shu-Shih, Fung, Dennis, Tsai, Heng, Chang, Yu-Kai, Huang, Chung-Ju and Hung, Tsung-Min, 2018, Neuropsychology (32), 7, pp 797-808
The relations between 3-year changes in physical fitness and academic performance in nationally representative sample of junior high school students
Hsieh, Shu-Shih, Tsai, Jia-Ren, Chang, Shao-Hsi, Cheng, Chih-Fu, Sung, Yao-Ting and Hung, Tsung-Min, 2018, Scientific Reports (8), 1, pp 15978
Effects of childhood gymnastics program on spatial working memory
Hsieh, Shu-Shih, Lin, Chih-Chien, Chang, Yu-Kai, Huang, Chung-Ju and Hung, Tsung-Min, 2017, (49), 12, pp 2537-2547
Sports training enhances visuo-spatial cognition regardless of open-closed typology
Chueh, Ting-Yu, Huang, Chung-Ju, Hsieh, Shu-Shih, Chen, Kuan-Fu, Chang, Yu-Kai and Hung, Tsung-Min, 2017, PeerJ (5), pp e3336
The effects of acute resistance exercise on young and older males' working memory
Hsieh, Shu-Shih, Chang, Yu-Kai, Hung, Tsung-Min and Fang, Chin-Lung, 2016, Psychology Of Sport And Exercise (22), pp 286-293
Acute resistance exercise facilitates attention control in adult males without an age-moderating effect
Hsieh, Shu-Shih, Chang, Yu-Kai, Fang, Chin-Lung and Hung, Tsung-Min, 2016, Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology (38), 3, pp 247-254
Gallery of work
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BREAD Lab August 2024 newsletter
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BREAD Lab September 2024 newsletter
