Professor Tom Stafford
School of Psychology
Professor of Cognitive Science
Postgraduate Taught Programmes (PGT) Director
t.stafford@sheffield.ac.uk
Cathedral Court
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Professor Tom Stafford
School of Psychology
Cathedral Court
1 Vicar Lane
Sheffield
S1 2LT
School of Psychology
Cathedral Court
1 Vicar Lane
Sheffield
S1 2LT
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Featured publications
Books
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.
- . Nature Scientific Reports, 9.
- . European Journal of Developmental Psychology.
- . Psychological Science, 29(3), 429-436.
- . Comprehensive Psychiatry, 80, 179-185.
- . Philosophy Compass, 12(10).
- . Journal of Numerical Cognition, 3(1), 77-96.
- . Journal of Eye Movement Research, 10(1).
- . Decision.
- . Topics in Cognitive Science.
- . Neuropsychology.
- . Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 68, 234-244.
- . Psychol Sci, 25(2), 511-518.
- . Q J Exp Psychol (Hove), 67(3), 508-524.
- . Front Neurosci, 8, 73.
- . Behav Brain Res, 243, 267-272.
- . Front Psychol, 4, 638.
- . J Mot Behav, 45(4), 351-360.
- . 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.
- . Frontiers in Psychology, 5.
- . Frontiers in Psychology, 5.
- . Cortex.
All publications
Books
Journal articles
- . New Scientist, 263(3506), 36-39.
- . Vaccine.
- . Addictive Behaviors, 108069-108069.
- . Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 7(CSCW2), 1-25.
- . Nicotine & Tobacco Research.
- . Current Psychology.
- . 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.
- . Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 161, 291-309.
- . Behavior Research Methods, 52(5), 2142-2155.
- . Psychiatry Research.
- . Collabra: Psychology, 6(1).
- . Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 43.
- . Movement Disorders.
- . Psychology of Addictive Behaviors.
- . Journal of Experimental Psychology: General.
- . Journal of Eye Movement Research, 12(6).
- . New Scientist, 242(3224), 34-35.
- . Nature Scientific Reports, 9.
- . The British Journal of Radiology.
- . European Journal of Developmental Psychology.
- . 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.
- . Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 44(1), 69-88.
- . Acta Psychologica, 181, 10-17.
- . Philosophy Compass, 12(10).
- . Journal of Attention Disorders.
- . Journal of Numerical Cognition, 3(1), 77-96.
- . Journal of Eye Movement Research, 10(1).
- . Philosophy Compass, 12(3).
- . Decision.
- . Perception.
- . Topics in Cognitive Science.
- . Neuropsychology.
- . Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 68, 234-244.
- . Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 10.
- . Connection Science, 28(3), 258-269.
- Bridging the gap. PSYCHOLOGIST, 28(10), 810-810.
- Getting to grips with implicit bias. PSYCHOLOGIST, 27(6), 397-397.
- . Psychol Sci, 25(2), 511-518.
- . Mov Disord, 29(1), 7-10.
- . Q J Exp Psychol (Hove), 67(3), 508-524.
- . Front Neurosci, 8, 73.
- . Behav Brain Res, 243, 267-272.
- . Front Psychol, 4, 638.
- . J Mot Behav, 45(4), 351-360.
- . Psychology and Marketing, 29(12), 995-1003.
- Cortical masking and action learning. PERCEPTION, 41, 100-100.
- Brain network: social media and the cognitive scientist. Trends in Cognitive Sciences.
- . Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 16(10), 489-490.
- . PLoS One, 7(6), e37749.
- . Cogn Sci, 35(8), 1553-1566.
- . Front Psychol, 2, 287.
- . Cognitive Computation, 3(1), 89-93.
- . Br J Psychol, 100(Pt 2), 399-413.
- . Risk Anal, 29(2), 288-297.
- Lessons from the campaign against Elsevier "We won, but how did we win?". ACME, 8(3), 494-504.
- . EUR J SOC PSYCHOL, 38(6), 1023-1032.
- . Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 362(1485), 1671-1684.
- . NEUROCOMPUTING, 70(10-12), 1932-1937.
- Isn't it all just obvious?. PSYCHOLOGIST, 20(2), 94-95.
- . Environmental Hazards, 7(2), 150-156.
- . Connection Science, 18(3), 307-308.
- 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.
- . Lancet, 366(9489), 889-890.
- . Psychon Bull Rev, 11(6), 975-987.
- The price of language. Psychologist, 17(11), 650.
- An artful brain. PSYCHOLOGIST, 17(11), 636-637.
- Tired findings?. Psychologist, 17(2), 88.
- . 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.
- . The British Journal of Politics and International Relations.
- . Political Psychology.
- . Behavior Research Methods.
- . International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research.
- . Wellcome Open Research, 8, 309-309.
- . Journal of Political Marketing, 1-19.
- . Frontiers in Psychology, 5.
- . Research in Learning Technology, 22.
- . Frontiers in Psychology, 5.
- . Cortex.
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
- , 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).
- , Modelling Natural Action Selection (pp. 363-389). Cambridge University Press
Conference proceedings papers
- 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)
- Opening up Minds with Argumentative Dialogues. Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics: EMNLP 2022 (pp 4598-4611)
- How to disagree well: Investigating the dispute tactics used on Wikipedia. Proceedings of the 2022 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing, EMNLP 2022 (pp 3824-3837)
- What makes you change your mind? An empirical investigation in online group decision-making conversations. SIGDIAL 2022 - 23rd Annual Meeting of the Special Interest Group on Discourse and Dialogue, Proceedings of the Conference (pp 552-563)
- . Proceedings of the 24th Conference on Computational Natural Language Learning, November 2020 - November 2020.
- No Contribution of Object Category Information in Perceptual Thresholds: Evidence From Candy Crush. PERCEPTION, Vol. 47(5) (pp 571-571)
- 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)
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- . 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, 8 April 2010 - 10 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)
Software / Code
Datasets
Presentations
Preprints
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- What makes you change your mind? An empirical investigation in online group decision-making conversations, arXiv.
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- DeliData: A dataset for deliberation in multi-party problem solving, arXiv.
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- , Cambridge University Press (CUP).
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- Research group
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