Professor Tom Stafford
School of Psychology
Professor of Cognitive Science
Postgraduate Taught Programmes (PGT) Director
    
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        Professor Tom Stafford
School of Psychology
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Sheffield
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School of Psychology
Cathedral Court
1 Vicar Lane
Sheffield
S1 2LT
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Journal articles
- . Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 7(CSCW2), 1-25.
 - . Psychology of Addictive Behaviors.
 - . Current Directions in Psychological Science, 31(1), 49-55.
 - . Behavior Research Methods, 52(5), 2142-2155.
 - . Scientific Reports, 9.
 - . European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 17(2), 213-230.
 - . Psychological Science, 29(3), 429-436.
 - . Comprehensive Psychiatry, 80, 179-185.
 - . Decision, 5(2), 129-142.
 - . Philosophy Compass, 12(10).
 - . Journal of Numerical Cognition, 3(1), 77-96.
 - . Journal of Eye Movement Research, 10(1).
 - . Topics in Cognitive Science, 9(2), 485-496.
 - . Neuropsychology, 31(2), 176-180.
 - . Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 68, 234-244.
 - . Frontiers in Psychology, 5.
 - . Frontiers in Psychology, 5.
 - . Front Neurosci, 8, 73.
 - . Q J Exp Psychol (Hove), 67(3), 508-524.
 - . Psychol Sci, 25(2), 511-518.
 - . Front Psychol, 4, 638.
 - . J Mot Behav, 45(4), 351-360.
 - . Behav Brain Res, 243, 267-272.
 - . PLoS One, 7(6), e37749.
 - . Cogn Sci, 35(8), 1553-1566.
 - . Cognitive Computation, 3(1), 89-93.
 - . Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 362(1485), 1671-1684.
 - . Psychon Bull Rev, 11(6), 975-987.
 - . Cortex.
 
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Journal articles
- . Cognitive Science, 49(10).
 - . Frontiers in Psychology, 16.
 - . Alzheimer's & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring, 17(3).
 - . Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 12.
 - . Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 8(2).
 - . Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology.
 - . NeuroImage, 310, 121134-121134.
 - . The British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 27(3), 720-752.
 - . Political Psychology, 46(4), 722-748.
 - . Alzheimer's & Dementia, 20(S4).
 - . New Scientist, 263(3506), 36-39.
 - . Addictive Behaviors, 156.
 - . Vaccine, 42(16), 3607-3614.
 - . Behavior Research Methods, 56(4), 3578-3588.
 - . International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 33(1).
 - . Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 7(CSCW2), 1-25.
 - . Wellcome Open Research, 8.
 - . Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 25(7), 1269-1276.
 - . Journal of Political Marketing, 24(2), 143-161.
 - . Current Psychology, 42(36), 32355-32367.
 - . PLoS ONE, 17(10).
 - . Royal Society Open Science, 9(10).
 - . Psychology of Addictive Behaviors.
 - . Cogent Psychology, 9(1).
 - . Current Directions in Psychological Science, 31(1), 49-55.
 - . Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 26(1), 66-80.
 - . Psychiatry Research, 293.
 - . Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 161, 291-309.
 - . Behavior Research Methods, 52(5), 2142-2155.
 - . Collabra: Psychology, 6(1).
 - . Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 149(6), 1017-1031.
 - . Movement Disorders, 35(5), 877-880.
 - . Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 43.
 - . Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 34(1), 182-193.
 - . Journal of Eye Movement Research, 12(6).
 - . New Scientist, 242(3224), 34-35.
 - . Scientific Reports, 9.
 - . British Journal of Radiology, 92(1097).
 - . Journal of Attention Disorders, 23(12), 1407-1415.
 - . European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 17(2), 213-230.
 - . Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 1(4), 580-580.
 - . Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 1(3), 337-356.
 - . Psychological Science, 29(3), 429-436.
 - . Comprehensive Psychiatry, 80, 179-185.
 - . Decision, 5(2), 129-142.
 - . Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 44(1), 69-88.
 - . Acta Psychologica, 181, 10-17.
 - . Philosophy Compass, 12(10).
 - . Journal of Numerical Cognition, 3(1), 77-96.
 - . Journal of Eye Movement Research, 10(1).
 - . Philosophy Compass.
 - . Perception, 46(6), 665-678.
 - . Topics in Cognitive Science, 9(2), 485-496.
 - . Neuropsychology, 31(2), 176-180.
 - . Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 68, 234-244.
 - . Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 10.
 - . Connection Science, 28(3), 258-269.
 - Bridging the gap. PSYCHOLOGIST, 28(10), 810-810.
 - . Frontiers in Psychology, 5.
 - . Frontiers in Psychology, 5.
 - . Front Neurosci, 8, 73.
 - . Q J Exp Psychol (Hove), 67(3), 508-524.
 - . Psychol Sci, 25(2), 511-518.
 - Getting to grips with implicit bias. PSYCHOLOGIST, 27(6), 397-397.
 - . Mov Disord, 29(1), 7-10.
 - . Front Psychol, 4, 638.
 - . J Mot Behav, 45(4), 351-360.
 - . Behav Brain Res, 243, 267-272.
 - . Psychology and Marketing, 29(12), 995-1003.
 - . Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 16(10), 489-490.
 - Brain network: social media and the cognitive scientist. Trends in Cognitive Sciences.
 - . PLoS One, 7(6), e37749.
 - Cortical masking and action learning. PERCEPTION, 41, 100-100.
 - . Front Psychol, 2, 287.
 - . Cogn Sci, 35(8), 1553-1566.
 - . Cognitive Computation, 3(1), 89-93.
 - . Br J Psychol, 100(Pt 2), 399-413.
 - Lessons from the campaign against Elsevier "We won, but how did we win?". ACME, 8(3), 494-504.
 - . Risk Anal, 29(2), 288-297.
 - . EUR J SOC PSYCHOL, 38(6), 1023-1032.
 - . NEUROCOMPUTING, 70(10-12), 1932-1937.
 - . Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 362(1485), 1671-1684.
 - Isn't it all just obvious?. PSYCHOLOGIST, 20(2), 94-95.
 - . Environmental Hazards, 7(2), 150-156.
 - . Connection Science, 18(3), 307-308.
 - . Lancet, 366(9489), 889-890.
 - Reed Elsevier and the international arms trade. LANCET, 366(9489), 889-889.
 - Bystander agony. Psychologist, 18(2), 96.
 - White-hot route. Psychologist, 18(2), 97.
 - The price of language. Psychologist, 17(11), 650.
 - An artful brain. PSYCHOLOGIST, 17(11), 636-637.
 - Tired findings?. Psychologist, 17(2), 88.
 - . Psychon Bull Rev, 11(6), 975-987.
 - . Connection Science, 15(4), 281-282.
 - . Pers Soc Psychol Bull, 29(10), 1221-1235.
 - Psychology in the coffee shop. PSYCHOLOGIST, 16(7), 358-359.
 - Stroop interference: Methodological problems and contrary data. Psycoloquy, 11.
 - . Research in Learning Technology, 22.
 - . Cortex.
 
Book chapters
- , The Handbook of Alcohol Use (pp. 563-579). Elsevier
 - , Intrinsically Motivated Learning in Natural and Artificial Systems (pp. 129-150). Springer Berlin Heidelberg
 - , Intrinsically Motivated Learning in Natural and Artificial Systems (pp. 395-410). Springer Berlin Heidelberg
 - , Modelling Natural Action Selection (pp. 363-389). Cambridge University Press
 - , Sustainable Brownfield Regeneration Liveable Places from Problem Spaces (pp. 33-66).
 - Democracy, Trust and Risk Related to Contaminated Sites in the UK, SUSTAINABLE BROWNFIELD REGENERATION: LIVEABLE PLACES FROM PROBLEM SPACES (pp. 35-66).
 
Conference proceedings
- Different social events moderate the correlation between conspiracy mentality and vaccine intentions. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY, Vol. 59 (pp 472-472)
 - A diffusion model decomposition of value-based decision-making in regular drinkers following experimental manipulation of alcohol demand. ALCOHOL-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH, Vol. 47 (pp 75-75)
 - What makes you change your mind? An empirical investigation in online group decision-making conversations. 23RD ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP ON DISCOURSE AND DIALOGUE, SIGDIAL 2022 (pp 552-563)
 - . Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics: EMNLP 2022 (pp 4800-4822), December 2022 - December 2022.
 - . Proceedings of the 2022 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (pp 3824-3837), December 2022 - December 2022.
 - . Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Special Interest Group on Discourse and Dialogue (pp 552-563), September 2022 - September 2022.
 - . Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics: EMNLP 2022 (pp 4569-4582), December 2022 - December 2022.
 - . Proceedings of the 24th Conference on Computational Natural Language Learning (pp 578-595), November 2020 - November 2020.
 - . Perception, Vol. 47(5) (pp 571-571). London, UK, 18 December 2017 - 18 December 2017.
 - Exploration and Skill Acquisition in a Major Online Game. Cogsci 2017 Proceedings of the 39th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society Computational Foundations of Cognition (pp 3249-3254)
 - A computational decomposition of task-irrelevant perceptual learning. Cogsci 2017 Proceedings of the 39th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society Computational Foundations of Cognition (pp 955-960)
 - Game-XP: Action Games as Cognitive Science Paradigms. Cogsci 2017 Proceedings of the 39th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society Computational Foundations of Cognition (pp 25-26)
 - No stereotype threat effect in international chess. Proceedings of the 38th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society Cogsci 2016 (pp 384-389)
 - . HAPTICS: NEUROSCIENCE, DEVICES, MODELING, AND APPLICATIONS, PT II, Vol. 8619(8619) (pp 55-62). Versailles
 - . Lecture Notes in Computer Science Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics, Vol. 8064 LNAI (pp 24-35)
 - Testing theories of skill learning using a very large sample of online game players. Cooperative Minds Social Interaction and Group Dynamics Proceedings of the 35th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society Cogsci 2013 (pp 1378-1383)
 - Maximum utility unitary coherent perception vs. the Bayesian brain. Building Bridges Across Cognitive Sciences Around the World Proceedings of the 34th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society Cogsci 2012 (pp 336-341)
 - ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL CORRELATES OF IDEOMOTOR LEARNING. PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY, Vol. 48 (pp S39-S39)
 - . Connectionist Models of Neurocognition and Emergent Behavior: From Theory to Applications (pp 326-342). London, UK, 8 April 2010 - 8 April 2010.
 - Learning the long way round: Action learning based on visual signals unavailable to the superior colliculus is impaired. PERCEPTION, Vol. 40 (pp 33-33)
 - Visual search performance can be enhanced by instructions that alter eye movements. Aisb 2011 Convention Proceedings of the Aisb 2011 Symposium on Architectures for Active Vision (pp 55-58)
 - WHAT USE ARE COMPUTATIONAL MODELS OF COGNITIVE PROCESSES?. CONNECTIONIST MODELS OF BEHAVIOUR AND COGNITION II, Vol. 18 (pp 265-274)
 - What good are positive emotions?. Psychologist, Vol. 17(6) (pp 331)
 - Science for art's sake. Psychologist, Vol. 17(5) (pp 246)
 
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