| Activity | The Cognitive Psychology Section of the British Psychological Society was formed in 1978 as a national forum for the discussion of research and issues of professional concern to cognitive psychologists.
The Section's activities include an Annual Conference, usually held in September started in 1984, one or more specialist events in the year and symposia at the main Society Conference in March/April.
An award scheme started in 1992 with first award winner in
1993 Neil Brugess and Graham Hitch,
2000 Mike Burton •Peter Hancock •Vicki Bruce
2001 Debi Roberson •Ian Davies •Jules Davidoff
2002 Charles Spence •David Shore •Ray Klein
2003 George Sperling •Shui-I Shih
2004 Cecilia Heyes
2005 Annette Kinder •David Shanks
2006 Aleksandra Hirst •Essi Viding •Jan de Fockert •Nillie Lavie
2007 Andrew Calder •Andrew Young
2008 Brenda Jansen •Han van der Maas •Mark Rendell •Olaf Booij •Philip Quinlan
2009 Gordon Brown •Ian Neath •Nick Chater
2010 Gruffydd Humphreys •Marc Buehner
2011 Paul Warren •Ulrike Hahn
2012 Dietmar Heinke •Eirini Mavritsaki •Glyn Humphreys •Gustavo Deco •Harriet Allen
2013 Morten Christiansen •Padraic Monaghan •Stanka Fitneva (The arbitrariness of the sign: Learning advantages from the structure of the vocabulary. Journal of Experimental Psychology, General, 140, 325-347.)
2014 Andrew Young •Richard Harris •Tim Andrews (Morphing between expressions dissociates continuous from categorical representations of facial expression in the human brain. PNAS 18 December 2012, 109, 51.)
2015 Colin Hamilton •Debra Griffiths •Kenny Coventry (Spatial demonstratives and perceptual space: Describing and remembering object location. Cognitive Psychology, 69, 46-70.)
2016 Coral Dando •Thomas Ormerod (Finding a Needle in a Haystack: Toward a Psychologically Informed Method for Aviation Security Screening. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 144, 76-84.)
2017 Kay Ritchie , •Mike Burton •Rob Jenkins •Robin Kramer Identity from variation: representations of faces derived from multiple instances. Cognitive Science, 40, 202-223.
2018 Joanne Taylor (Aston University) •Kathleen Rastle (Royal Holloway, University of London) •Matthew Davies (University of Cambridge)
Comparing and validating methods of reading instruction using behavioural and neural findings in an artificial orthography. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 146(6), 826.
2019 •Deborah Talmi, •Lynn J Lohnas, •Nathaniel D Daw (A retrieved context model of the emotional modulation of memory. Psychological review, 126(4), 455.)
There was also a Allan McNeill Postgraduate Poster Prize
2009
Manfredi, V., Bonfiglio, S., & Borelli, V.(University of Pavia, Italy). Facial expression recognition in context.
Brown, J., Aczél, B., Jiménez, L., & Plaisted-Grant, K. (University of Cambridge, UK & University of Santiago, Chile).
Determining Implicit and Explicit Contributions to Sequence Learning in ASC.
Jeyaratnam, P., Irvine, K., & Laws, K. (University of Hertfordshire, UK). Sex differences in the cognitive abilities of Alzheimer's disease sufferers: A meta-analytic study.
2010
Morson S, Moulin C., & Souchay, C (University of Leeds, UK) Parlez-vous Français? Feeling of knowing and ageing in a novel learning task.
2011
Hallett, R (Keele University, UK). The influence of age and music on exercise outcomes and affect for gym-based sessions.
2012
Graham Hole, Peter J B Hancock & Sarah Laurence (University of Sussex, UK). The contribution of low-level adaptation to face identity after-effects.
2013
Peter, M (University of Liverpool, UK). The role of verb bias in structural priming: Evidence from children and adults.
2014
Frederic Vallée-Tourangeau, Sue Anthony & *Nicholas Shipp (*University of Hertfordshire & Kingston University, UK)
Looking at hands, objects or words? Tracking eye movements on an action-based based categorisation task
2015
*Salgado-Montejo, A., Alvarado, J.A., Velasco, C., Salgado, C.J., Hasse, K.. & Spence, C. (*Crossmodal Research Lab, University of Oxford, UK)
The influence of angularity, symmetry, and the number of elements on shapevalence and shape-taste matches. (2015)
*Shah, P., Sowden, S., Happe, F., Cook, R., & Bird, G. (*MRC Social, Genetic, & Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK)
Orienting towards face-like stimuli in early childhood. (2015)
2016
Anna Mas-Casadesus (University of Edinburgh) Cross-modal selective attention in synaesthetes: Evidence for better filtering abilities
Natalie Gentry (University of Kent) The eyes have it! The role of specific facial features for identity matching
2017
Charlotte Fry et al. (Cardiff University) Profiling Executive Functions in Homeless Youth: Comparison with Housed Peers.
Emma Morgan (Cardiff University) Comparing Methods of Categorisation
2018
Christopher Atkin (Nottingham Trent University) The same or different? Capacity limitations in visual imagery versus visual memory of simple structural objects
Undergraduate Project Prize
2017
Luiza- Diandra Bretfelean (University of Greenwich) Super-recognition: Long-term reliable memory of unfamiliar faces following a ‘fleeting glimpse’
2018
Annie Morsi (University of Manchester) Investigating individual variation in face recognition and extraversion
February 2021 The Cognitive Psychology Section launches the Postgraduate Rapid Project Grant. This aims to provide some financial assistance to help UK cognitive psychology postgraduates pivot their research online in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. The maximum value of awards is £400 per applicant.
Officers
1979 Sec Mark Howes
1980 Chair Peter Morris Hon Sec Mark Howes
1981 Chair Peter Morris Hon Sec Mark Howes
1982 Chair Peter Morris Hon Sec Mark Howes
1983 Chair Michael Eysenck Hon Sec Graham Beaumont
1984 Chair Michael Eysenck Hon Sec Graham Beaumont
1985 Chair Michael Eysenck Hon Sec Graham Beaumont
1986 Chair Michael Eysenck Hon Sec John T E Richardson
1987 Chair Ken Gilhooly Hon Sec John T E Richardson
1988 Chair Ken Gilhooly Hon Sec John T E Richardson
1989 Hon Sec John T E Richardson
1990 Hon Sec John T E Richardson
1991 Hon Sec John T E Richardson
1991 Hon Sec John R Beech
1992 Hon Sec John R Beech
1993 Hon Sec John R Beech
1994 Chair Robert Logie Hon Sec Dianne C Berry
1996 Chair Martin Conway
1997 Chair Judi Ellis Hon Sec Geoff Ward
1998 Chair Judi Ellis Hon Sec Geoff Ward
1999 Chair Judi Ellis Hon Sec Geoff Ward
2000 Chair Judi Ellis Hon Sec Geoff Ward
2001 Chair Ken Gilhooly Hon Sec Geoff Ward
2002 Chair Ken Gilhooly Hon Sec Geoff Ward
2003 Chair Ken Gilhooly
2004 Chair Ken Gilhooly
2005 Chair Ken Gilhooly
2006 Chair Ken Gilhooly
2007 Chair Catriona Morrison
2008 Chair Catriona Morrison
2009 Chair Catriona Morrison
2010 Chair Catriona Morrison
2011 Chair Linden Ball
2012 Chair Linden Ball Hon Sec Sue Sherman
2013 Chair Linden Ball Hon Sec Sue Sherman
2014 Chair Linden Ball Hon Sec Sue Sherman
2015 Chair Sue Sherman Hon Sec Lauren Knott
2016 Chair Sue Sherman Hon Sec Lauren Knott
2017 Chair Duncan Guest Hon Sec Philip Fine
2018 Chair Duncan Guest
2019 Chair Duncan Guest
2020 Chair Duncan Guest
2021 Chair Duncan Guest
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