Cognitive Division

Cognitive psychology issues in learning, memory, problem solving and categorization. In particular: problem-solving and learning in complex domains, categorization, learning, and use of concepts. Remindings and the use of memory.

Representative Publications:

• Ross, B. H. (2008). Category learning: Learning to access and use relevant knowledge. In M.A. Gluck, J.R. Anderson, & S.M. Kosslyn (Eds.). Memory and Mind: A Festschrift for Gordon H. Bower. (pp. 229-246) New York: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
• Ross, B.H., Wang, R.F., Kramer, A.F., Simons, D.J. & Crowell, J.A. (2007). Action information from classification learning. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 14, 500-504.
• Patalano, A. L., Chin-Parker, S., & Ross, B. H. (2006). The importance of being coherent: Category coherence, cross-classification, and reasoning. Journal of Memory and Language, 54, 407-424.
• Erickson, J. E., Chin-Parker, S., & Ross, B. H. (2005). Inference and classification learning of abstract coherent categories. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 31, 86-99.
• Chin-Parker, S. & Ross, B.H. (2004). Diagnosticity and prototypicality in category learning: A comparison of inference learning and classification learning. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 30, 216-226.

Classes Recently Taught:

• Psychology 224 -- Introduction to Cognition
• Psychology 503 -- Concepts and Categories