Dr Simon Farrell

Research summary

My research involves experiments on human beings guided by computational models. Research areas include working memory and episodic memory (particularly for order and time); modelling of decision making; categorisation; investigation and analysis of serial correlations (1/f noise) in human cognition; and model selection issues.

Recent and current grants

• ESRC grant: Modeling working memory (2008-2011; fEC cost £673,892). Awarded to Oberauer (PI),Farrell and Jarrold.
• Australian Research Council Linkage International Grant (2008-2011: approx £9500). Awardedto Lewandowsky (PI), Brown, Oberauer & Farrell.
• ESRC grant: Positional access andgrouping in short-term memory(2007-2010; award = £249003).Awarded to Farrell (PI).
• Wellcome Trust grant: Modelling ...

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Biography

I completed a PhD at the University of Western Australia (under the supervision of Stephan Lewandowsky) before spending two years in the Ratcliff lab at Northwestern University. I moved to Bristol as a lecturer in 2003. My past and present collaborators include Steve Lewandowsky, Klaus Oberauer, Chris Jarrold, Casimir Ludwig, Iain Gilchrist, Eric-Jan Wagenmakers and Roger Ratcliff.

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Selected publications

• Farrell, S & Lelièvre, A 2009, ‘End anchoring in short-term order memory ’. Journal of Memory and Language, vol 60., pp. 209 - 227

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Recent publications

• Ludwig, C, Farrell, S, Ellis, L, Hardwicke, T & Gilchrist, I 2012, ‘Context-gated statistical learning and its role in visual-saccadic decisions’. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, vol 141., pp. 150 - 169
• Oberauer, K, Farrell, S, Jarrold, C, Pasiecznik, K & Greaves, M 2012, ‘Interference between maintenance and processing in working memory: The effect of item-distractor similarity in complex span’. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, vol 38., pp. 665 - 685

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