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Professor Dylan Jones - OBE BSc (Tech) PhD DSc Wales AcSS

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Prof Dylan Jones Research Group: Attention & Memory
Location: Tower Building, Park Place
Email: JonesDM@cardiff.ac.uk
Telephone: +44(0)29 208 74868

Research Summary

Distraction is the price we pay for being able to focus on an event of interest while also gleaning some information from other sources of information. This arrangement has the undoubted advantage of allowing flexibility and adaptability – we can quickly move to new or potentially significant events – but it does mean that extraneous events of no significance can ‘capture’ attention. Distraction from sound is particularly pervasive because we are obliged to process sound – whether we want to or not. Very low levels of sound can be quite damaging to cognitive performance, deficits of 20-30% being commonly found in the laboratory. Distraction seems to be a function of the extent to which the focal task shares type of processing with the obligatory processing of the irrelevant sound.

Short-term memory is commonly regarded as one of the fundamental building blocks of human cognition; a processing primitive on which complex behaviours rely, and limits to whose capacity place constraints on the speed and accuracy of mental skill. This second theme of research seeks to question the ‘processing primitive’ status of short-term memory and instead tries to understand short-term memory behaviour as a product of sensory-perceptual analysis and motor planning behaviour. Key phenomena of short-term memory  -- including the effects of word-length, phonological similarity, modality, irrelevant sound, grouping, word frequency – are reinterpreted in terms of the character of motor planning behaviour and the constraints of mapping perceptual organisation on serial motor plans, as well as the complexity and error-prone nature of motor plans

Selected Publications (2008 onwards)

2013

Beaman, P. C., Hanczakowski, M., Hodgetts, H. M., Marsh, J. E. and Jones, D. M. (2013). Memory as discrimination: What distraction revealsMemory and Cognition

Hughes, R. W., Hurlstone, M. J., Marsh, J. E., Vachon, F. and Jones, D. M. (2013). Cognitive control of auditory distraction: Impact of task difficulty foreknowledge and working memory capacity supports duplex-mechanism accountJournal of experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 39(2), 539-553. (10.1037/a0029064)

Marsh, J. E., Sörqvist, P., Halin, N., Nöstl, A. and Jones, D. M. (2013). Auditory distraction compromises random generationExperimental Psychology, 1(-1), 1-14. (10.1027/1618-3169/a000198)

2012

Beaman, C. P., Marsh, J. E. and Jones, D. M. (2012). Analyzing the meaning of background speech is obligatory, distraction by meaning is not. Presented at: Euronoise 2012: Ninth European Conference on Noise Control, Prague, Czech Republic, 10-13 June 2012.

Jones, D. M., Marsh, J. E. and Hughes, R. W. (2012). Retrieval from memory: Vulnerable or inviolable?Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 38(4), 905-922. (10.1037/a0026781)

Kozlov, M. D., Hughes, R. W. and Jones, D. M. (2012). Gummed-up memory: Chewing gum impairs short-term recallThe Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 65(3), 501-513. (10.1080/17470218.2011.629054)

Ljungberg, J. K., Parmentier, F. B. R., Hughes, R. W., Macken, W. J. and Jones, D. M. (2012). Listen out! Behavioural and subjective responses to verbal warningsApplied Cognitive Psychology, 26(3), 451-461. (10.1002/acp.2818)

Marsh, J. E., Beaman, C. P., Hughes, R. W. and Jones, D. M. (2012). Inhibitory control in memory: Evidence for negative priming in free recallJournal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 38(5), 1377-1388. (10.1037/a0027849)

Tremblay, S., Parmentier, F. B. R., Hodgetts, H. M., Hughes, R. W. and Jones, D. M. (2012). Disruption of verbal-spatial serial memory by extraneous air-traffic speechJournal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 1(2), 73-79. (10.1016/j.jarmac.2012.04.004)

Vachon, F., Vallieres, B. R., Jones, D. M. and Tremblay, S. (2012). Nonexplicit change detection in complex dynamic settings: what eye movements revealHuman Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 54(6), 996-1007. (10.1177/0018720812443066)

Vachon, F., Hughes, R. W. and Jones, D. M. (2012). Broken expectations: Violation of expectancies, not novelty, captures auditory attentionJournal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 38(1), 164-177. (10.1037/a0025054)

2011

Hughes, R. W., Marsh, J. E. and Jones, D. M. (2011). Role of serial order in the impact of talker variability on short-term memory: testing a perceptual organization-based accountMemory & Cognition, 39(8), 1435-1447. (10.3758/s13421-011-0116-x)

Vachon, F., Tremblay, S., Nicholls, A. P. and Jones, D. M. (2011). Exploiting the auditory modality in decision support: Beneficial "warning" effects and unavoidable costsProceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 55(1), 1402-1406. (10.1177/1071181311551292)

2010

Jones, D. M., Hughes, R. W. and Macken, W. J. (2010). Auditory distraction and serial memory: The avoidable and the ineluctableNoise and Health, 12(49), 201-209. (10.4103/1463-1741.70497)

Jones, D. M., Hughes, R. W., Tremblay, S. and Vachon, F. (2010). Capturing and Unmasking the Mask in the Auditory Attentional BlinkExperimental Psychology, 57(5), 346-353. (10.1027/1618-3169/a000041)

Marsh, J. E. and Jones, D. M. (2010). Cross-modal distraction by background speech: What role for meaning?Noise and Health, 12(49), 210-216. (10.4103/1463-1741.70499)

2009

Hughes, R. W., Marsh, J. E. and Jones, D. M. (2009). Perceptual-gestural (mis)mapping in serial short-term memory: The impact of talker variabilityJournal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 35(6), 1411-1425. (10.1037/a0017008)

Macken, W. J., Phelps, F. G. and Jones, D. M. (2009). What causes auditory distraction?Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 16(1), 139-144. (10.3758/PBR.16.1.139)

Marsh, J. E., Hughes, R. W. and Jones, D. M. (2009). Interference by process, not content, determines semantic auditory distractionCognition, 110(1), 23-38. (10.1016/j.cognition.2008.08.003)

Maybery, M. T., Clissa, P. J., Parmentier, F. B. R., Leung, D., Harsa, G., Fox, A. M. and Jones, D. M. (2009). Binding of verbal and spatial features in auditory working memoryJournal of Memory and Language, 61(1), 112-133. (10.1016/j.jml.2009.03.001)

Perham, N., Marsh, J. E. and Jones, D. M. (2009). Syntax and serial recall: How language supports short-term memory for orderThe Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 62(7), 1285-1293. (10.1080/17470210802635599)

2008

Burton, J., Macken, W. J. and Jones, D. M. (2008). Linkages between auditory perception and action: Acoustic affordancesInternational Journal of Psychology, 43(3-4), 306-306.

Jones, D. M., Hughes, R. W., Marsh, J. E. and Macken, W. J. (2008). Varieties of auditory distraction. Presented at: Performance: 9th International Congress on Noise as a Public Health Problem (ICBEN) 2008, Foxwoods, CT, Mashantucket, Foxwoods, CT, 21-25 July 2008.

Marsh, J. E., Hughes, R. W. and Jones, D. M. (2008). Auditory distraction in semantic memory: A process-based approachJournal of Memory and Language, 58(3), 682-700. (10.1016/j.jml.2007.05.002)

Marsh, J. E., Vachon, F. and Jones, D. M. (2008). When does between-sequence phonological similarity promote irrelevant sound disruption?Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 34(1), 243-248. (10.1037/0278-7393.34.1.243)

Parmentier, F. B. R., Maybery, M. T., Huitson, M. and Jones, D. M. (2008). The perceptual determinants of repetition learning in auditory spaceJournal of Memory and Language, 58(4), 978-997. (10.1016/j.jml.2008.02.001)

Woodward, A. J., Macken, W. J. and Jones, D. M. (2008). Linguistic familiarity in short-term memory: A role for (co-)articulatory fluency?Journal of Memory and Language, 58(1), 48-65. (10.1016/j.jml.2007.07.002 )

Publications

Online Publications

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Full List of Publications

2013

Beaman, P. C., Hanczakowski, M., Hodgetts, H. M., Marsh, J. E. and Jones, D. M. (2013). Memory as discrimination: What distraction revealsMemory and Cognition

Hughes, R. W., Hurlstone, M. J., Marsh, J. E., Vachon, F. and Jones, D. M. (2013). Cognitive control of auditory distraction: Impact of task difficulty foreknowledge and working memory capacity supports duplex-mechanism accountJournal of experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 39(2), 539-553. (10.1037/a0029064)

Marsh, J. E., Sörqvist, P., Halin, N., Nöstl, A. and Jones, D. M. (2013). Auditory distraction compromises random generationExperimental Psychology, 1(-1), 1-14. (10.1027/1618-3169/a000198)

2012

Beaman, C. P., Marsh, J. E. and Jones, D. M. (2012). Analyzing the meaning of background speech is obligatory, distraction by meaning is not. Presented at: Euronoise 2012: Ninth European Conference on Noise Control, Prague, Czech Republic, 10-13 June 2012.

Jones, D. M., Marsh, J. E. and Hughes, R. W. (2012). Retrieval from memory: Vulnerable or inviolable?Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 38(4), 905-922. (10.1037/a0026781)

Kozlov, M. D., Hughes, R. W. and Jones, D. M. (2012). Gummed-up memory: Chewing gum impairs short-term recallThe Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 65(3), 501-513. (10.1080/17470218.2011.629054)

Ljungberg, J. K., Parmentier, F. B. R., Hughes, R. W., Macken, W. J. and Jones, D. M. (2012). Listen out! Behavioural and subjective responses to verbal warningsApplied Cognitive Psychology, 26(3), 451-461. (10.1002/acp.2818)

Marsh, J. E., Beaman, C. P., Hughes, R. W. and Jones, D. M. (2012). Inhibitory control in memory: Evidence for negative priming in free recallJournal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 38(5), 1377-1388. (10.1037/a0027849)

Tremblay, S., Parmentier, F. B. R., Hodgetts, H. M., Hughes, R. W. and Jones, D. M. (2012). Disruption of verbal-spatial serial memory by extraneous air-traffic speechJournal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 1(2), 73-79. (10.1016/j.jarmac.2012.04.004)

Vachon, F., Vallieres, B. R., Jones, D. M. and Tremblay, S. (2012). Nonexplicit change detection in complex dynamic settings: what eye movements revealHuman Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 54(6), 996-1007. (10.1177/0018720812443066)

Vachon, F., Hughes, R. W. and Jones, D. M. (2012). Broken expectations: Violation of expectancies, not novelty, captures auditory attentionJournal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 38(1), 164-177. (10.1037/a0025054)

2011

Hughes, R. W., Marsh, J. E. and Jones, D. M. (2011). Role of serial order in the impact of talker variability on short-term memory: testing a perceptual organization-based accountMemory & Cognition, 39(8), 1435-1447. (10.3758/s13421-011-0116-x)

Vachon, F., Tremblay, S., Nicholls, A. P. and Jones, D. M. (2011). Exploiting the auditory modality in decision support: Beneficial "warning" effects and unavoidable costsProceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 55(1), 1402-1406. (10.1177/1071181311551292)

2010

Jones, D. M., Hughes, R. W. and Macken, W. J. (2010). Auditory distraction and serial memory: The avoidable and the ineluctableNoise and Health, 12(49), 201-209. (10.4103/1463-1741.70497)

Jones, D. M., Hughes, R. W., Tremblay, S. and Vachon, F. (2010). Capturing and Unmasking the Mask in the Auditory Attentional BlinkExperimental Psychology, 57(5), 346-353. (10.1027/1618-3169/a000041)

Marsh, J. E. and Jones, D. M. (2010). Cross-modal distraction by background speech: What role for meaning?Noise and Health, 12(49), 210-216. (10.4103/1463-1741.70499)

2009

Hughes, R. W., Marsh, J. E. and Jones, D. M. (2009). Perceptual-gestural (mis)mapping in serial short-term memory: The impact of talker variabilityJournal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 35(6), 1411-1425. (10.1037/a0017008)

Macken, W. J., Phelps, F. G. and Jones, D. M. (2009). What causes auditory distraction?Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 16(1), 139-144. (10.3758/PBR.16.1.139)

Marsh, J. E., Hughes, R. W. and Jones, D. M. (2009). Interference by process, not content, determines semantic auditory distractionCognition, 110(1), 23-38. (10.1016/j.cognition.2008.08.003)

Maybery, M. T., Clissa, P. J., Parmentier, F. B. R., Leung, D., Harsa, G., Fox, A. M. and Jones, D. M. (2009). Binding of verbal and spatial features in auditory working memoryJournal of Memory and Language, 61(1), 112-133. (10.1016/j.jml.2009.03.001)

Perham, N., Marsh, J. E. and Jones, D. M. (2009). Syntax and serial recall: How language supports short-term memory for orderThe Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 62(7), 1285-1293. (10.1080/17470210802635599)

2008

Burton, J., Macken, W. J. and Jones, D. M. (2008). Linkages between auditory perception and action: Acoustic affordancesInternational Journal of Psychology, 43(3-4), 306-306.

Jones, D. M., Hughes, R. W., Marsh, J. E. and Macken, W. J. (2008). Varieties of auditory distraction. Presented at: Performance: 9th International Congress on Noise as a Public Health Problem (ICBEN) 2008, Foxwoods, CT, Mashantucket, Foxwoods, CT, 21-25 July 2008.

Marsh, J. E., Hughes, R. W. and Jones, D. M. (2008). Auditory distraction in semantic memory: A process-based approachJournal of Memory and Language, 58(3), 682-700. (10.1016/j.jml.2007.05.002)

Marsh, J. E., Vachon, F. and Jones, D. M. (2008). When does between-sequence phonological similarity promote irrelevant sound disruption?Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 34(1), 243-248. (10.1037/0278-7393.34.1.243)

Parmentier, F. B. R., Maybery, M. T., Huitson, M. and Jones, D. M. (2008). The perceptual determinants of repetition learning in auditory spaceJournal of Memory and Language, 58(4), 978-997. (10.1016/j.jml.2008.02.001)

Woodward, A. J., Macken, W. J. and Jones, D. M. (2008). Linguistic familiarity in short-term memory: A role for (co-)articulatory fluency?Journal of Memory and Language, 58(1), 48-65. (10.1016/j.jml.2007.07.002 )

2007

Hodgetts, H. M. and Jones, D. M. (2007). Reminders, alerts and pop-ups: The cost of computer-initiated interruptions. Presented at: Human-Computer Interaction International 2007, Beijing, China, 22-27 July 2007. (10.1007/978-3-540-73105-4_90)

Hughes, R. W., Vachon, F. and Jones, D. M. (2007). Disruption of short-term memory by changing and deviant sounds: support for a duplex-mechanism account of auditory distractionJournal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 33(6), 1050-1061. (10.1037/0278-7393.33.6.1050)

Jones, D. M., Hughes, R. W. and Macken, W. J. (2007). The phonological store abandonedQuarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 60(4), 505-511. (10.1080/17470210601147598)

Perham, N. R., Banbury, S. P. and Jones, D. M. (2007). Do realistic reverberation levels reduce auditory distraction?Applied Cognitive Psychology, 21(7), 839-847. (10.1002/acp.1300)

Perham, N., Banbury, S. P. and Jones, D. M. (2007). Reduction in auditory distraction by retrieval strategyMemory, 15(4), 465-473. (10.1080/09658210701288244)

Vachon, F., Tremblay, S. and Jones, D. M. (2007). Task-set reconfiguration suspends perceptual processing: evidence from an attentional blink in spatial and non-spatial domainsJournal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 33(2), 330-347. (10.1037/0096-1523.33.2.330)

Vachon, F., Tremblay, S. and Jones, D. M. (2007). Task-set reconfiguration suspends perceptual processing: Evidence from semantic priming during the attentional blinkJournal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 33(2), 330-347. (10.1037/0096-1523.33.2.330)

2006

Hodgetts, H. M. and Jones, D. M. (2006). Contextual cues aid recovery from interruption: the role of associative activationJournal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 32(5), 1120-1132. (10.1037/0278-7393.32.5.1120)

Hodgetts, H. M. and Jones, D. M. (2006). Interruption of the Tower of London task: support for a goal-activation approachJournal of Experimental Psychology: General, 135(1), 103-115. (10.1037/0096-3445.135.1.103)

Jones, D. M., Hughes, R. W. and Macken, W. J. (2006). Perceptual organization masquerading as phonological storage: Further support for a perceptual-gestural view of short-term memoryJournal of Memory and Language, 54(2), 265-281. (10.1016/j.jml.2005.10.006)

Parmentier, F. B. R., Andrés, P., Elford, G. and Jones, D. M. (2006). Organization of visuo-spatial serial memory: interaction of temporal order with spatial and temporal groupingPsychological Research, 70(3), 200-217. (10.1007/s00426-004-0212-7)

Tremblay, S., Parmentier, F. B. R., Guérard, K., Nicholls, A. P. and Jones, D. M. (2006). A spatial modality effect in serial memoryJournal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 32(5), 1208-1215. (10.1037/0278-7393.32.5.1208)

2005

Hodgetts, H. M. and Jones, D. M. (2005). Interrupting problem solving: effects of interruption position and complexity. Presented at: 40th Australian Psychological Society Annual Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 28 September - 2 October 2005.

Hodgetts, H. M., Farmer, E., Joose, M., Parmentier, F. B., Schaefer, D., Hoogeboom, P., van Gool, M. and Jones, D. M. (2005). The effects of party line communication on flight task performance. Presented at: Annual Meeting of the Europe Chapter of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Delft, Netherlands, 27-29 October 2004.

Hughes, R. W., Vachon, F. and Jones, D. M. (2005). Auditory attentional capture during serial recall: Violations at encoding of an algorithm-based neural model?Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition, 31(4), 736-749. (10.1037/0278-7393.31.4.736)

Hughes, R. W., Tremblay, S. and Jones, D. M. (2005). Disruption by speech of serial short-term memory: The role of changing-state vowelsPsychonomic Bulletin & Review, 12(5), 886-890. (10.3758/BF03196781)

Hughes, R. W. and Jones, D. M. (2005). The impact of order incongruence between a task-irrelevant auditory sequence and a task-relevant visual sequenceJournal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 31(2), 316-327. (10.1037/0096-1523.31.2.316)

Tremblay, S., Vachon, F. and Jones, D. M. (2005). Attentional and perceptual sources of the auditory attentional blinkPerception & Psychophysics, 67(2), 195-208. (10.3758/BF03206484)

2004

Banbury, S. P., Croft, D., Macken, W. J. and Jones, D. M. (2004). A cognitive streaming account of situation awareness. In: Banbury, S. and Tremblay, S. eds. A Cognitive Approach to Situation Awareness: Theory and Application. Aldershot: Ashgate, pp. 117-137.

Jones, D. M., Macken, W. J. and Nicholls, A. P. (2004). The phonological store of working memory: is it phonological, and is it a store?Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition, 30(3), 656-674. (10.1037/0278-7393.30.3.656)

Parmentier, F. B., Tremblay, S. and Jones, D. M. (2004). Exploring the suffix effect in serial visuospatial short-term memoryPsychonomic Bulletin & Review, 11(2), 289-295. (10.3758/BF03196572)

Parmentier, F. B. R., Maybery, M. T. and Jones, D. M. (2004). Temporal grouping in auditory spatial serial memoryPsychonomic Bulletin & Review, 11(3), 501-507. (10.3758/BF03196602)

Perham, N., Banbury, S. P. and Jones, D. M. (2004). The Susceptibility of a Call Center-Like Task to Disruption by Extraneous Sound: The Role of Semantic RelatednessProceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 48(16), 1958-1962. (10.1177/154193120404801635)

Tremblay, S., Saint-Aubin, J., Parmentier, F. B. R. and Jones, D. M. (2004). Functional similarities and dissimilarities between verbal and spatial information in short-term memory [Abstract]International Journal of Psychology, 39(5-6), 412. (10.1080/00207594.2004.20040812)

2003

Hodgetts, H. M. and Jones, D. M. (2003). Interruptions in the Tower of London task: Can preparation minimise disruption?Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 47(8), 1000-1004. (10.1177/154193120304700810)

Houghton, R. J., Macken, W. J. and Jones, D. M. (2003). Attentional modulation of the visual motion after-effect has a central cognitive locus: Evidence for interference by the post-categorical on the pre-categoricalJournal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 29(4), 731-740. (10.1037/0096-1523.29.4.731)

Hughes, R. W. and Jones, D. M. (2003). A negative order-repetition priming effect: Inhibition of order in unattended auditory sequences?Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 29(1), 199-218. (10.1037/0096-1523.29.1.199)

Hughes, R. W. and Jones, D. M. (2003). Indispensable benefits and unavoidable costs of unattended sound for cognitive functioningNoise & Health, 6(21), 63-76.

Macken, W. J., Tremblay, S., Houghton, R. J., Nicholls, A. P. and Jones, D. M. (2003). Does auditory streaming require attention? Evidence from attentional selectivity in short-term memoryJournal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 29(1), 43-51. (10.1037/0096-1523.29.1.43)

Macken, W. J. and Jones, D. M. (2003). Reification of phonological storageQuarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology A: Human Experimental Psychology, 56(8), 1279-1288. (10.1080/02724980245000052)

Nicholls, A. P., Parmentier, F. B. R., Jones, D. M. and Tremblay, S. (2003). Visual distraction and visuo-spatial memory: A sandwich effectMemory, 13(3-4), 357-363. (10.1080/09658210344000422)

Ruddle, R. A., Savage, J. C. D. and Jones, D. M. (2003). Levels of Control During a Collaborative Carrying TaskPresence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 12(2), 140-155. (10.1162/105474603321640914)

2002

Maybery, M. T., Parmentier, F. B. R. and Jones, D. M. (2002). Grouping of list items reflected in the timing of recall: implications for models of serial verbal memoryJournal of Memory and Language, 47(3), 360-385. (10.1016/S0749-596X(02)00014-1)

Murray, A. and Jones, D. M. (2002). Articulatory complexity at item boundaries in serial recall: The case of Welsh and English digit spanJournal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 28(3), 594-598. (10.1037/0278-7393.28.3.594)

Nicholls, A. P. and Jones, D. M. (2002). Capturing the suffix: cognitive streaming in immediate serial recallJournal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition, 28(1), 12-28. (10.1037/0278-7393.28.1.12)

Ruddle, R. A., Savage, J. C. D. and Jones, D. M. (2002). Evaluating Rules of Interaction for Object Manipulation in Cluttered Virtual EnvironmentsPresence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 11(6), 591-609. (10.1162/105474602321050721)

Ruddle, R. A., Savage, J. C. D. and Jones, D. M. (2002). Implementing flexible rules of interaction for object manipulation in cluttered virtual environments. Presented at: ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST '02), Hong Kong, China, 11-13 November 2002. (10.1145/585740.585756)

Ruddle, R. A., Savage, J. C. D. and Jones, D. M. (2002). Symmetric and asymmetric action integration during cooperative object manipulation in virtual environmentsACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, 9(4), 285-308. (10.1145/586081.586084)

Ruddle, R. A., Savage, J. C. D. and Jones, D. M. (2002). Verbal communication during cooperative object manipulation. Presented at: 4th International Conference on Collaborative Virtual Environments, Bonn, Germany, 30 September - 2 October 2002. (10.1145/571878.571897)

2001

Banbury, S. P., Macken, W. J., Tremblay, S. and Jones, D. M. (2001). Auditory distraction and short-term memory: Phenomena and practical implicationsHuman Factors, 43(1), 12-29. (10.1518/001872001775992462)

Farrand, P., Parmentier, F. B. R. and Jones, D. M. (2001). Temporal-spatial memory: retrieval of spatial information does not reduce recencyActa Psychologica, 106(3), 285-301. (10.1016/S0001-6918(00)00054-8)

Hughes, R. W. and Jones, D. M. (2001). The intrusiveness of sound: Laboratory findings and their implications for noise abatementNoise & Health, 4(13), 51-70.

Macken, W. J. and Jones, D. M. (2001). Cognitive efficiency in background sound: The importance of conflict of process. In: Harris, D. ed. Industrial Ergonomics, HCI, and Applied Cognitive Psychology. Aldershot: Ashgate, pp. 293-299.

Parmentier, F. B., Andres, P., Macken, W. J. and Jones, D. M. (2001). Task alternation in complex settings from a cognitive psychology standpoint. In: Harris, D. ed. Industrial Ergonomics, HCI, and Applied Cognitive Psychology. Aldershot: Ashgate, pp. 239-246.

Ruddle, R. A. and Jones, D. M. (2001). Manual and virtual rotation of three-dimensional objectJournal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 7(4), 286-296. (10.1037/1076-898X.7.4.286)

Ruddle, R. A. and Jones, D. M. (2001). Movement in Cluttered Virtual EnvironmentsPresence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 10(5), 511-524. (10.1162/105474601753132687)

Tremblay, S. and Jones, D. M. (2001). Beyond the matrix: A study of interference. Presented at: Third International Conference on Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics, Edinburgh, UK, 25-27 October 2000.

Tremblay, S., Macken, W. J. and Jones, D. M. (2001). The impact of broadband noise on serial memory: Changes in band-pass frequency increase disruptionMemory, 9(4-6), 323-331. (10.1080/09658210143000010)

White, J. L., Ruddle, R. A., Howes, A., Snowden, R. J., Savage, J. C. D. and Jones, D. M. (2001). Eyes in the sky: Human factors and uninhabited air vehiclesJournal of Defence Science, 6, 88-94.

2000

Banbury, S. P. and Jones, D. M. (2000). Driven to distraction: The effects of extraneous speech on aviation-related tasksFlight Deck International, 3, 37-39.

Jones, D. M., Alford, D., Macken, W. J., Banbury, S. P. and Tremblay, S. (2000). Interference from degraded auditory stimuli: Linear effects of changing-state in the irrelevant sequenceJournal of the Acoustical Society of America, 108(3), 1082-1088. (10.1121/1.1288412)

Jones, D. M. and Tremblay, S. (2000). Interference in memory by process or content? A reply to Neath (2000)Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 7(3), 550-558. (10.3758/BF03214370)

Oswald, C. J. P., Tremblay, S. and Jones, D. M. (2000). Disruption of comprehension by the meaning of irrelevant soundMemory, 8(5), 345-350. (10.1080/09658210050117762)

Parmentier, F. B. R. and Jones, D. M. (2000). Functional characteristics of auditory temporal-spatial short-term memory: Evidence from serial order errorsJournal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 26(1), 222-238. (10.1037/0278-7393.26.1.222)

Ruddle, R. A., Howes, A., Payne, S. J. and Jones, D. M. (2000). The effects of hyperlinks on navigation in virtual environmentsInternational Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 53(4), 551-581. (10.1006/ijhc.2000.0402)

Tremblay, S., Macken, W. J. and Jones, D. M. (2000). Elimination of the word length effect by irrelevant sound revisitedMemory & Cognition, 28(5), 841-846. (10.3758/BF03198419)

Tremblay, S., Nicholls, A. P., Alford, D. and Jones, D. M. (2000). The irrelevant sound effect: Does speech play a special role?Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 26(6), 1750-1754. (10.1037/0278-7393.26.6.1750)

1999

Banbury, S. P. and Jones, D. M. (1999). 'Irrelevant Sound Effect': The effects of extraneous sounds on aircrew performance. In: Harris, D. ed. Transportation systems, medical ergonomics and training. Aldershot: Ashgate, pp. 199-206.

Jones, D. M., Saint-Aubin, J. and Tremblay, S. (1999). Modulation of the Irrelevant Sound Effect by Organizational Factors: Further Evidence from Streaming by LocationQuarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. Section A: Human Experimental Psychology, 52(3), 545-554. (10.1080/713755832)

Jones, D. M., Alford, D., Bridges, A., Tremblay, S. and Macken, W. J. (1999). Organizational factors in selective attention: The interplay of acoustic distinctiveness and auditory streaming in the irrelevant sound effectJournal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 25(2), 464-473. (10.1037//0278-7393.25.2.464)

Jones, D. M. (1999). The cognitive psychology of auditory distraction: the 1997 BPS Broadbent LectureBritish Journal of Psychology, 90(2), 167-187. (10.1348/000712699161314)

Jones, D. M., Banbury, S. P., Tremblay, S. and Macken, W. J. (1999). The effect of task-irrelevant sounds on cognitive performanceProceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 43(3), 261-265. (10.1177/154193129904300328)

Macken, W. J., Tremblay, S., Alford, D. and Jones, D. M. (1999). Attentional Selectivity in Short-term Memory: Similarity of Process, Not Similarity of Content, Determines DisruptionInternational Journal of Psychology, 34(5-6), 322-327. (10.1080/002075999399639)

Macken, W. J., Mosdell, N. A. and Jones, D. M. (1999). Explaining the irrelevant-sound effect: Temporal distinctiveness or changing state?Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 25(3), 810-814. (10.1037/0278-7393.25.3.810)

Ruddle, R. A., Savage, J. C. D. and Jones, D. M. (1999). Effects of camera configurations on target observation that is performed from an uninhabited air vehicleProceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 43(1), 81-85. (10.1177/154193129904300117)

Ruddle, R. A., Huddart, S. A. and Jones, D. M. (1999). Interaction in immersive virtual environments: Rotating objects with an instrumented prop. Presented at: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 43rd Annual Meeting, Houston, TX, USA, 27 September - 1 October 1999.

Ruddle, R. A., Payne, S. J. and Jones, D. M. (1999). Navigating Large-Scale Virtual Environments: What Differences Occur Between Helmet-Mounted and Desk-Top Displays?Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 8(2), 157-168. (10.1162/105474699566143)

Ruddle, R. A., Payne, S. J. and Jones, D. M. (1999). The effects of maps on navigation and search strategies in very-large-scale virtual environmentsJournal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 5(1), 54-75. (10.1037/1076-898X.5.1.54)

Ruddle, R. A., Payne, S. J. and Jones, D. M. (1999). Spatial knowledge and virtual environments. In: Noyes, J. and Cook, M. eds. Interface technology: the leading edge. Baldock, Hertfordshire: Research Studies, pp. 135-146.

Tremblay, S. and Jones, D. M. (1999). Change of intensity fails to produce an irrelevant sound effect: Implications for the representation of unattended soundJournal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 25(4), 1005-1015. (10.1037/0096-1523.25.4.1005)

1998

Banbury, S. P. and Jones, D. M. (1998). Auditory distraction in the workplace: A review of the implications from laboratory studies. Presented at: Contemporary Ergonomics 1998 , Cirencester, UK, 1-3 April 1998.

Banbury, S. P., Jones, D. M. and Berry, D. C. (1998). Extending the 'Irrelevant Sound Effect': The effects of extraneous sound on performance in the office and on the flight deck. Presented at: Noise effects '98: 7th International Congress on Noise as a Public Health Problem, Sydney, Australia, 1998.

Beaman, C. P. and Jones, D. M. (1998). Irrelevant sound disrupts order information in free recall as in serial recallQuarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. Section A: Human Experimental Psychology, 51(3), 615-636. (10.1080/027249898391558)

Hygge, S., Jones, D. M. and Smith, A. P. (1998). Acoustic determinants of auditory distraction by irrelevant sound. Presented at: Noise effects '98: 7th International Congress on Noise as a Public Health Problem, Sydney, Australia, 1998.

Jones, D. M., Tremblay, S. and Alford, D. (1998). Auditory distraction and memory: The role of streaming. Presented at: Noise effects '98: 7th International Congress on Noise as a Public Health Problem, Sydney, Australia, 1998.

Ruddle, R. A., Payne, S. J. and Jones, D. M. (1998). Navigating large-scale "desk-top" virtual buildings: Effects of orientation aids and familiarityPresence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 7(2), 179-192. (10.1162/105474698565668)

Tremblay, S. and Jones, D. M. (1998). Role of habituation in the irrelevant sound effect: Evidence from the effects of token set size and rate of transitionJournal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 24(3), 659-671. (10.1037/0278-7393.24.3.659)

1997

Beaman, C. P. and Jones, D. M. (1997). Role of serial order in the irrelevant speech effect: Tests of the changing-state hypothesisJournal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 23(2), 459-471. (10.1037/0278-7393.23.2.459)

Ellis, H. D., Jones, D. M. and Mosdell, N. A. (1997). Intra- and inter-modal repetition priming of familiar faces and voicesBritish Journal of Psychology, 88(1), 143-156. (10.1111/j.2044-8295.1997.tb02625.x)

Jones, D. M., Macen, W. J. and Mosdell, N. A. (1997). Acoustic and organizational factors in the processing of irrelevant sound. Presented at: 7th Oldenburg Symposium on Psychological Acoustics.

Jones, D. M., Macken, W. J. and Harries, C. (1997). Disruption of short-term recognition memory for tones: Streaming or interference?Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. Section A: Human Experimental Psychology, 50(2), 337-357. (10.1080/027249897392125)

Jones, D. M., Macken, W. J. and Mosdell, N. A. (1997). The role of habituation in the disruption of recall performance by irrelevant soundBritish Journal of Psychology, 88(4), 549-564. (10.1111/j.2044-8295.1997.tb02657.x)

Ruddle, R. A., Payne, S. J. and Jones, D. M. (1997). Navigating buildings in ''desk-top'' virtual environments: Experimental investigations using extended navigational experienceJournal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 3(2), 143-159. (10.1037/1076-898X.3.2.143)

Wann, J. P., Rushton, S. K., Smyth, M. and Jones, D. M. (1997). Virtual environments for the rehabilitation of disorders of attention and movement. In: Riva, G. ed. Virtual Reality in Neuro-Psycho-Physiology: Cognitive, Clinical and Methodological Issues in Assessment and Treatment. Amsterdam: IOS Press, pp. 157-164.

1996

Bridges, A. M. and Jones, D. M. (1996). Word dose in the disruption of serial recall by irrelevant speech: Phonological confusions or changing state?Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A: Human Experimental Psychology, 49(4), 919-939. (10.1080/713755663)

Jones, D. M., Beaman, C. P. and Macken, W. J. (1996). The object-oriented episodic record model. In: Gathercole, S. ed. Models of short-term memory. Hove: Psychology Press, pp. 209-238.

Murray, A. C., Jones, D. M. and Frankish, C. R. (1996). Dialogue design in speech-mediated data-entry: The role of syntactic constraints and feedbackInternational Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 45(3), 263-286. (10.1006/ijhc.1996.0052)

Stuart, G. P. and Jones, D. M. (1996). From auditory image to auditory percept: Facilitation through common processes?Memory & Cognition, 24(3), 296-304. (10.3758/BF03213294)

1995

Cowley, C. K. and Jones, D. M. (1995). Voice systems: an inventor's guide. Presented at: CHI '95 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Denver, CO, USA , 7-11 May 1995 . (10.1145/223355.223770)

Jones, D. M. and Macken, W. J. (1995). Auditory babble and cognitive efficiency: Role of number of voices and their locationJournal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 1(3), 216-226. (10.1037/1076-898X.1.3.216)

Jones, D. M., Farrand, P., Stuart, G. and Morris, N. (1995). Functional equivalence of verbal and spatial information in serial short-term memoryJournal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 21(4), 1008-1018. (10.1037/0278-7393.21.4.1008)

Jones, D. M. and Macken, W. J. (1995). Organizational factors in the effect of irrelevant speech: The role of spatial location and timingMemory & Cognition, 23(2), 192-200. (10.3758/BF03197221)

Jones, D. M. and Macken, W. J. (1995). Phonological similarity in the irrelevant speech effect: Within- or between-stream similarity?Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 21(1), 103-115. (10.1037/0278-7393.21.1.103)

Jones, D. M. (1995). The fate of the unattended stimulus: Irrelevant speech and cognitionApplied Cognitive Psychology, 9(7), S23-S38. (10.1002/acp.2350090704)

Macken, W. J. and Jones, D. M. (1995). Functional characteristics of the inner voice and the inner ear: Single or double agency?Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 21(2), 436-448. (10.1037/0278-7393.21.2.436)

Morris, N. and Jones, D. M. (1995). Cursive transcription errors using restricted displays. Presented at: Contemporary Ergonomics 1995 , Canterbury, UK, 4-6 April 1995.

Stuart, G. P. and Jones, D. M. (1995). Priming the Identification of Environmental SoundsQuarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A: Human Experimental Psychology, 48(3), 741-761. (10.1080/14640749508401413)

1994

Jones, D. M. (1994). Disruption of memory for lip-read lists by irrelevant speech: Further support for the changing state hypothesisQuarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. Section A: Human Experimental Psychology, 47(1), 143-160. (10.1080/14640749408401147)

1993

Jones, D. M., MacKen, W. and Murray, A. C. (1993). Disruption of visual short-term memory by changing-state auditory stimuli: The role of segmentationMemory & Cognition, 21(3), 318-328. (10.3758/BF03208264)

Jones, D. M. and MacKen, W. (1993). Irrelevant tones produce an irrelevant speech effect: Implications for phonological coding in working memoryJournal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 19(2), 369-381. (10.1037/0278-7393.19.2.369)

Richens, A., Mercer, A. J., Jones, D. M., Griffiths, A. and Marshall, R. W. (1993). Effects of zolpidem on saccadic eye movements and psychomotor performance: a double-blind, placebo controlled study in healthy volunteersBritish Journal Of Clinical Pharmacology, 36(1), 61-65. (10.1111/j.1365-2125.1993.tb05893.x)

1990

Jones, D. M., Miles, C. and Page, J. (1990). Disruption of proofreading by irrelevant speech: Effects of attention, arousal or memory?Applied Cognitive Psychology, 4(2), 89-108. (10.1002/acp.2350040203)

1986

Griffiths, A. N., Jones, D. M. and Richens, A. (1986). Zopiclone produces effects on human performance similar to flurazepam, lormetazepam and triazolamBritish Journal Of Clinical Pharmacology, 21(6), 647-653. (10.1111/j.1365-2125.1986.tb05229.x)

1984

Lewis, M. J., Jones, D. M., Dart, A. M. and Henderson, A. H. (1984). The psychological side effects of acebutolol and atenololBritish Journal Of Clinical Pharmacology, 17(3), 364-366. (10.1111/j.1365-2125.1984.tb02356.x)

1979

Jones, D. M., Jones, M. E., Lewis, M. J. and Spriggs, T. L. (1979). Drugs and human memory: effects of low doses of nitrazepam and hyoscine on retentionBritish Journal Of Clinical Pharmacology, 7(5), 479-483. (10.1111/j.1365-2125.1979.tb00989.x)

1978

Jones, D. M., Lewis, M. J. and Spriggs, T. L. (1978). The effects of low doses of diazepam on human performance in group administered tasksBritish Journal Of Clinical Pharmacology, 6(4), 333-337. (10.1111/j.1365-2125.1978.tb00860.x)

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Research

Funding

2012-2016 SWEDISH COUCIL FOR WORKING LIFE AND SOCIAL RESEARCH Warning! Investigating factors relating to attention and performance with complex alarms in complex settings.  (Ljungberg, Parmentier, et al. and Jones,  at the University of Umea -- 456,000 Euro).

2012-2016 SWEDISH RESEARCH COUNCIL  An empirical investigation of of distraction by vibratory and auditory stimuli. Swedish Research Council (Ljungberg,  Parmentier, et al. and Jones, at the University of Umea,  372,00 Euro).

2010-2013 ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL. Embodying cognition: A perceptual-gestural account of storage in short-term memory (with Macken & Hughes, £457, 036)

2010-2011 ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL. Resisting attentional capture: The control of auditory distraction (with Hughes, £99,999)

2009-2015 AUTISM CYMRU (AND OTHERS).  Chair and Fellowship in Autism.  (£750,000).

2009-2012 ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL: Auditory distraction during semantic processing: A process-oriented view. (£392, 345).

2007-2009 AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH COUNCIL: ‘Working memory: The binding of spatial and non-spatial features in the retention of visual and auditory information ($A 307,000, at the University of Western Australia, with Maybery, Van Valkenburg, Parmentier, Kubovy).

2006-2009 QINETIQ PLC.  Studentship: Auditory affordance: A link between perception and action. (£103,000, with Macken, Singh).

2006-2009 ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL. ‘Verbal short-term memory: Primitive or parasite?’ (£305,000, with Macken)

2006-2009  ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL. Now, where was I? Cognitive models and support mechanisms for interrupted task performance. (£193,342, with Hodgetts).

2005-2007 WELSH ARTS COUNCIL. MindArt (£45,000 with Halligan).

2006-2011 HIGHER EDUCATION FUNDING CONCIL FOR WALES. ‘Wales Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience’ (£5,190,000 Cardiff co-leader in multicentre bid (with net of £2,000,000 to Cardiff).

2005-2006 ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL. Auditory attentional capture: Stimulus context and task vulnerability (£45,000, with Hughes).

2005-2006 ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL. Attentional selectivity and semantic memory: Studies of auditory distraction.’(£47,000, with Macken & Hughes;  ESRC ref: RES-000-22-1526).

2005 MIMEX CLUSTER PROJECT. Project Bid led byGeneral Dynamics in Phase 2 of DIF DTC. (approx £240,000, plus 27% in kind, over 2.5 years, With Patrick).

2004-2006 AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH COUNCIL. Binding in working memory ($A135,000, with  Parmentier and Maybery).

2003-2006 MINISTRY OF DEFENCE . Designing integrated displays to support team situation awareness. Funded under the Data and Information Fusion Defence Technology Centre. (£225,000, with Dr. J. Patrick).

2003-2006 DEFENCE TECHNOLOGY CENTRE (General Dynamics and others) (£330, 000 with Dr. Patrick, Howes, Banbury).

2002-2005 ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL. ‘Office noise: Acoustic, cognitive and individual determinants of distraction’. (£132, 291, with Banbury).

2002-2004 EUROCONTROL CARE INNOVATIVE ACTIONS (BY COMPETITION WITH QINETIQ AND NLR). ‘Cognitive streaming and air traffic management’  (£430, 082).

2002 QINETIQ ‘Isolation of further processes that generate task interference based on the cognitive streaming hypothesis’(£25,140, with Macken).

2001-2004 ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL. ‘Organisational factors in serial recall: The role of perceptual organisation and rehearsal’ (£170, 179, with Macken).

2000-2002 AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH COUNCIL INTERNATIONAL RESEARCHER EXCHANGE SCHEME. ‘Spatial and verbal working memory’ ($A26,900 with Maybery and Morrison).

1999. AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH COUNCIL. ‘Working memory: Fundamental processes common to the verbal and spatial modalities?’ ($A 7,000 with Maybery and Cowan).

1999-2001. AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH COUNCIL. ‘Auditory-spatial short-term memory’ ($A 116,000 with Maybery and Morrison).

1999-2001 DEFENCE EVALUATION AND RESEARCH AGENCY ‘Task alternation as workload’ (£96, 497 with Macken).

1999 BRITISH COUNCIL. Travel Grant (Alliance Scheme): £980

1999 BRITISH COUNCIL. Travel Grant (Alliance Scheme: Anglo French Collaboration): £980.

1998-2001 MINISTRY OF DEFENCE CORPORATE RESEARCH FUND. ‘Developing a Cognitive Streaming model of workload’ (£256,600).

1998-2001 ENGINERRING AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL ‘Case studies of direct interaction with virtual humans in immersive design environments’ (£227,231, with Pham).

1998-2001 DEFENCE EVALUATION AND RESEARCH AGENCY. ‘Studies for a cognitive streaming model of workload’ (£140, 000).

1998-2001 DEFENCE EVALUATION AND RESEARCH AGENCY. ‘Human factors aspects of remote workstations’ (£140, 000, with Snowden, Howes).

1997-2000 DEFENCE EVALUATION AND RESEARCH AGENCY. ‘Air human factors’ (£216,000).

1997-1998 ENGINEERING AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL. Navigating discontinuous virtual worlds: The role of cognitive maps and wayfinding aids.  (£58, 000, with Howes, Payne).

1997-1998 DEFENCE EVALUATION AND RESEARCH AGENCY. Model of the performance of environmental stressors on aircrew performance’ (£91, 750).

1996-1999 JOINT INFORMATION SYSEMS COMMITTEE OF THE RESEARCH COUNCILS ‘A networked virtual laboratory for experimental psychology’ (£288, 000 with Howes).

1995-1998 ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL. ‘Irrelevant speech and cognitive efficiency’ (£84, 000).

1995-1996 HIGHER EDUCATION FUNDING COUNCIL FOR WALES. ‘Virtual environment laboratory’, (£60,000).

1995 THE BRITISH COUNCIL. ‘The irrelevant speech effect: Working memory and noise effects upon performance’ (£2,000).

1994-1995: DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY. ‘Optimisation of connected word speech recognition with the crew station demonstrator facility’, (£14,100).

1994-1995 DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY. ‘Stereopsis and colour in HMD and HUD systems’ (£97,100 and £34,600, with Snowden).

1994-1995 DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY ‘Studies of the factor structure of workload’, (£133,700 and £8,400 with Tattersall).

1993-1995: ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL.  ‘Cognitive aspects of auditory distraction’, (£58,100).

1993-1995: DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY (Royal Aerospace Establishment, Farnborough) ‘Multiple task performance and the prediction of workload’, (£63,872 Tattersall).

1992-1995: MINISTRY OF DEFENCE (Army Personnel Research Establishment). 'Cognitive processes in planning, plan behaviour and monitoring', (£169,748, with Tattersall, Payne).

1992-1993: DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY (Royal Aerospace Establishment, Farnborough) 'Task combination, workload and the assessment of task interference', (£26,700, with Tattersall).

1991-1994: MINISTRY OF DEFENCE. ‘Speech recognition — Feedback and dialogue design’, (£116,000).

1990-1992: ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL. 'Multi-modal person identification: Interaction effects of face, name and voice recognition', (£41,470, with Ellis).

1990-1992: ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL. 'Cross-modal interference by speech: Factors affecting privileged access to memory', (£29,000).

1990-1992: DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION. 'Human factors in auditory interfaces', (£225,000).

1989-1992: DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION. 'Human factors of voice annotation', (Studentship and equipment donation) (£45,000).

1989-1991:  MINISTRY OF DEFENCE. 'Human factors in multi-modal dialogues', (£62,000).

1988-1991:  MINISTRY OF DEFENCE.  'Human factors in the design of command and control systems', (£283,000).

1988-1990:  DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION (UK).  'Human factors of mixed modality', (£62,000, with  Miles).

1988-1989: The Trade Union APEX. 'Computers in the workplace: A human factors analysis', (£16,900).

1986-1989:  SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING RESEARCH COUNCIL.  'Human factors in the design of speech systems interfaces'. (£456,000).

1986-1989:  ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL. 'Interference of proofreading and short-term memory by irrelevant speech', (£31,006, with Miles).

1985-1988:  MINISTRY OF DEFENCE.  'Human information processing under high work-load' (£157,124).

1985-1986:  THE EUROPEAN FOUNDATION. 'Impact of new technology in the health services', (£19,376).

1984-1987:  THE POST OFFICE.  'Human factors in coding desk operation', (£116,000).

1982-1986:  MAY AND BAKER LTD.  'Effects of beta blockers on performance and mood', (£25,000).

1982-1983:  THE EUROPEAN FOUNDATION.  'Stress of new technology in posts and telecommunications', (£11,950).

1980-1983:  DHSS. 'Subjective tinnitus and the effectiveness of tailored masking', (£35,000, with Slater).

1978-1980:  SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL. 'Social aspects and after-effects of performance in loud noise', (£9,986, with Chapman).

Research Group

Helen Hodgett
Bill Macken
David Maidment

Research Collaborators

Sebastien Tremblay , University of Laval, Quebec, Canada
Fabrice Parmentier, University of the Balearics, Majorca, Spain
Phillip Beaman, University of Reading
Murray Maybery, University of Western Australia 
Patrik Sörqvist, Centre for Built Environment, University of Gävle, Gävle, Sweden

Postgraduate Students

Postgraduate Research Interests

1) Auditory distraction and attentional capture, especially the effects of perceptual organizational processes on cognition, particularly short-term memory.
2) Serial short-term memory, particularly distinctions between spatial and verbal memory. 
3) The role of auditory perceptual organization in phenomena ordinarily ascribed to auditory buffer storage.

If you are interested in applying for a PhD, or for further information regarding my postgraduate research, please contact me directly (contact details available on the 'Overview' page), or submit a formal application here.

Current Students

A. St John (secondary supervision)

Previous Students

R. Thomas, SERC, PhD 1983 - Director, Fire Research Program, National Research Council, Canada
C. Miles, University, PhD 1983 now Senior Lecturer Cardiff University
J. Williams, ESRC, PhD 1987  now Professor Cardiff University
A. Kechroud, Algerian Govt., PhD 1986  now Professor Saudi Arabia
T. C. Auburn, Research Staff, PhD 1987 now Principal Lecturer Plymouth University
S. Kilminster, May and Baker Ltd, PhD 1987 now Company Director Pharmacology Research
D. Clark, SERC, PhD 1989 now Industry Programme Manager, European Bioinformatics Unit, Cambridge
C. Madden, Research Staff, MPhil 1989
K. Coyle, NI DoE, PhD 1990 now lecturer University of Ulster
J. Bradshaw, ESRC, PhD 1991
G. Chamberlain, MPhil 1992 - Head of Human Factors Research, Post Office Research, Swindon – now retired
J. Pollock, CASE, PhD 1993
P. Tucker, Digital Ltd, PhD 1993  now Senior Lecturer, University of Swansea
G. Stuart, SERC, PhD 1995 now Senior Lecturer York St John University
A. Murray, Research Staff, PhD 1995 now Principal Lecturer, UWIC
P. Farrand, University of Wales, PhD 1996 now Senior Teaching Fellow, University of Exeter
A. Bridges, ESRC, PhD 1997 now Professor and Dean Central Queensland University
P. Brawn, SERC, PhD 1998 now Director 'Eyetracker' Sydney Australia
P. Beaman, University of Wales, PhD 1998 now Senior Lecturer, University of Reading
W. Macken, Research Staff, PhD 1998 now Reader, Cardiff University
N. Mosdell, Research Staff, MPhil 1998* now Senior Lecturer Cardiff University
R. Ruddle, Research Staff, PhD 1998 now Senior Lecturer University of Leeds
G. Rogers, British Aerospace, MPhil 1998 now consultant Kaisen Consulting
C. Cowley, Research Staff, PhD 1999 now Senior Lecturer University of Bournemouth
M. Doyle, CASE, PhD1998 * Royal Holloway and Bedford College, University of London
S. Tremblay, ORS, PhD 1999 now Professor University of Laval
D. Alford, BBSRC CASE, PhD 1999 now freelance researcher
F. Parmentier, ESRC, PhD 2000 now Professor University of Ballearics
A. Nicholls, BBSRC, PhD 2001 - Research Manager Nite-Works and Qinetic plc
R. Houghton, EPSRC CASE PhD 2002* now Research Fellow University of Manchester
R. Hughes, ESRC Competition, PhD 2003  now Lecturer Cardiff University
H. Hodgetts, Cardiff University, PhD 2005 now Researcher University of Laval
P. Morgan, ESRC Competition Award, PhD 2005 now Senior Lecturer University of Newport
G. Green, BBSRC CASE PhD 2005* now researcher Cardiff University
A Woodward, Cardiff University staff, PhD 2006* now Research Associate Cardiff University
G. Lloyd, Cardiff University, MSc 2006*
J. Marsh, Cardiff University, PhD 2006 now Research Associate Cardiff University
J. Burton, Cardiff University, PhD 2011
M. Kozlov (secondary supervision)

Biography

Undergraduate Education

BSc (Tech) Occupational Psychology, UWIST Cardiff

Postgraduate Education

PhD UWIST Cardiff

Awards/External Committees

Member, Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Fellow of the British Psychological Society (FBPS)

Academician Academy of Social Science (AcSS)

Adjunct Professor, University of Western Australia

Employment

1974-1976:  University of Oxford, Research Assistant

1976-1982:  Lecturer, Department of Applied Psychology, UWIST

1982-1988:  Senior Lecturer, Applied Psychology, UWIST

1988-1992:  Reader, University of Wales College of Cardiff

2003-2012:  Head of School of Psychology, Cardiff University

1992-present:  Professor (Personal Chair), Cardiff University