Dr Linden J. Ball's Homepage

phone:01524 593470
fax:01524 593744
email:l.ball@lancaster.ac.uk

Research Interests

  • Thinking and reasoning
  • Problem solving and expertise
  • Creativity and innovation
  • Cognitive processes in design
  • Context dependent memory

Publications

Ball, L.J. (in press). The dynamics of reasoning: Chronometric analysis and dual-process theories. Chapter in K. I. Manktelow, D. E. Over, & S. Elqayam (Eds.): The Science of Reason: A Festschrift for Jonathan St.B.T Evans. Hove: Psychology Press.
Ball, L.J., Hoyle, A.M., & Towse, A.S. (in press). The facilitatory effect of negative feedback on the emergence of analogical reasoning abilities. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, , .
Evans, J.St.B.T., & Ball, L.J. (in press). Do people reason on the Wason selection task? A new look at the data of Ball et al. (2003). Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, , .
Ball, L.J., Shoker, J., & Miles, J.N.V. (in press). Odour-based context-reinstatement effects with indirect measures of memory: The curious case of rosemary. British Journal of Psychology, , .
Elvish, J., Simpson, J., & Ball, L.J. (in press). Which clinical and demographic factors predict poor insight in individuals with obsessions and/or compulsions? Journal of Anxiety Disorders, , .
Ball, L.J., & Christensen, B.T. (2009). Analogical reasoning and mental simulation in design. Chapter in J. McDonnell, & P. Lloyd (Eds.): About: Designing - Analysing Design Meetings. London: Taylor & Francis.
Ball, L.J., & Christensen, B.T. (2009). Analogical reasoning and mental simulation in design: Two strategies linked to uncertainty resolution. Design Studies, 20, 169-186.
Richardson, M., & Ball, L. J. (2009). Internal representations, external representations and ergonomics: Toward a theoretical integration. Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science, 10, 335-376.
Ball, L.J., & Quayle, J.D (2009). Phonological and visual distinctiveness effects in syllogistic reasoning: Implications for mental models theory. Memory and Cognition, 37, 759-768.
Ball, L. J., & Stevens, A. (2009). Evidence for a verbally-based analytic component to insight problem solving. Chapter in N. Taatgen and H. van Rijn, J. (Eds.): Proceedings of the Thirty-First Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Austin, Texas: Cognitive Science Society.
Gale, M., & Ball, L.J. (2009). Exploring the determinants of dual goal facilitation in a rule discovery task. Thinking and Reasoning, 15, 294-315.
Cheshire, A., Ball, L.J., & Lewis, C.N. (2008). Analogy as relational priming: The challenge of self-reflection [Commentary]. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 31, 381-382.
Stupple, E.J.N., & Ball, L.J. (2008). Belief-logic conflict resolution in syllogistic reasoning: Inspection-time evidence for a parallel-process model. Thinking and Reasoning, 14, 168-181.
Litchfield, D., Ball, L.J., Donovan, T., Manning, D.J., & Crawford, T. (2008). Learning from others: Effects of viewing another person's eye movements while searching for chest nodules. Chapter in B. Sahiner, & D.J. Manning (Eds.): Proceedings of SPIE Medical Imaging 2008: Image Perception, Observer Performance, and Technology Assessment, Volume 9, 34. San Diego, CA, USA. [Awarded Special Commendation by SPIE Committee].
Kinder, K.E, Ball, L.J, & Busby, J.S. (2008). Ubiquitous technologies, cultural logics and paternalism in industrial workplaces. Poiesis and Praxis: International Journal of Technology Assessment and Ethics of Science, 5, 265-290.
Mead, K.M.L., & Ball, L.J. (2007). Music tonality and context-dependent recall: The influence of key change and mood mediation. European Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 19, 59-79.
Stupple, E.J.N., & Ball, L.J. (2007). Figural effects in a syllogistic evaluation paradigm: An inspection-time analysis. Experimental Psychology, 54, 120-127.
Ormerod, T.C., & Ball, L.J. (2007). Qualitative methods in cognitive psychology. Chapter in C. Willig & W. Stainton Rogers (Eds.): The Sage Handbook of Qualitative Research in Psychology. London: Sage Publications Ltd.
Cheshire, A., Muldoon, K.P., Francis, B., Lewis, C.N., & Ball, L.J. (2007). Modelling change: New opportunities in the analysis of microgenetic data. Infant and Child Development, 16, 119-134.
Bearman, C.R., Ball, L.J., & Ormerod, T.C. (2007). The structure and function of spontaneous analogising in domain-based problem solving. Thinking and Reasoning, 13, 273-294.
Ball, L.J., & Alford, D. (2007). What determines the acceptability of deontic health and safety rules? Chapter in D. McNamara, & G. Trafton (Eds.): Proceedings of the Twenty-Ninth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Alpha, NJ: Sheridan Printing.
Quayle, J.D., & Ball, L.J. (2007). Effects of visual and phonological distinctiveness on syllogistic reasoning. Chapter in D. McNamara, & G. Trafton (Eds.): Proceedings of the Twenty-Ninth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Alpha, NJ: Sheridan Printing.
Eger, N., Ball, L. J., Stevens, R., & Dodd, J. (2007). Cueing retrospective verbal reports in usability testing through eye-movement replay. Chapter in L. J. Ball, M. A. Sasse, C. Sas, T. C. Ormerod, A. Dix, P. Bagnall, & T. McEwan (Eds.): People and Computers XXI - HCI... but not as we know it: Proceedings of HCI 2007. Swindon: The British Computer Society.
Ball, L. J., Sasse, A., Sas, C., Ormerod, T. C., Dix. A., Bagnall, P., and McEwan, T. (Eds.). (2007). People and Computers XXI - HCI... but not as we know it: Proceedings of HCI 2007. Swindon: The British Computer Society.
Simpson, J., Cove, J., Fineberg, N., Msetfi, R., & Ball, L.J. (2007). Reasoning in people with obsessive-compulsive disorder. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 46, 397-411.
Kortuem, G., Alford, D., Ball, L.J., Busby, J.S., Davies, N., Efstratiou, C., M., Finney, J., Iszatt White, & Kinder, K. (2007). Sensor networks or smart artifacts? An exploration of organizational issues of an industrial health and safety monitoring system. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 4717, 465-482.
Morley, N.J., Ball, L.J., & Ormerod, T.C. (2006). How the detection of insurance fraud succeeds and fails. Psychology, Crime, and Law, 12, 163-180.
Poole, A., & Ball, L.J. (2006). Eye tracking in HCI and usability research. Chapter in C. Ghaoui (Ed.): Encyclopedia of Human-Computer Interaction. Pennsylvania: Idea Group, Inc.
Gale, M., & Ball, L.J. (2006). Dual-goal facilitation in Wason's 2-4-6 task: What mediates successful rule discovery? Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 59, 873-885.
Ball, L.J., Phillips, P., Wade, C.N., & Quayle, J.D. (2006). Effects of belief and logic on syllogistic reasoning: Eye-movement evidence for selective processing models. Experimental Psychology, 53, 77-86.
Fleming, P., Ball, L. J., Ormerod, T. C., & Collins, A. F. (2006). Analogue versus propositional representation in congenitally blind individuals. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 13, 1049-1055.
Ball, L.J., Eger, N., Stevens, R., & Dodd, J. (2006). Applying the post-experience eye-tracked protocol (PEEP) method in usability testing. Interfaces, 67, 15-19.
O'Donnell, R., Dix, A., & Ball, L.J. (2006). Exploring the PieTree for representing numerical hierarchical data. Chapter in N. Bryan-Kinns, A. Blandford, P. Curzon, & L. Nigay (Eds.): People and Computers XX - Engage: Proceedings of HCI 2006. London: Springer-Verlag Ltd.

Grants

  • 2009 (for 1 year) from EPSRC’s Prioritisation Panel.
    EA-MDE: An Empirical Assessment of the Efficacy of Model Driven Engineering.
    with J. Whittle (PI; Dept. of Computing), A. Rashid (Dept. of Computing) & T.C. Ormerod (Dept. of Psychology).
  • 2008 (for 1 year) from ESRC’s National Centre for Research Methods Collaborative Fund.
    Experiments in Empirical Methodology.
    with N. Bardsley (PI; Southampton University), T.C. Ormerod (Dept. of Psychology) & C. Lewis (Dept. of Psychology).
  • 2008 (for 4 years) from European Union’s FP7 Marie Curie Initial Training Network Programme.
    DESIRE: Creative Design for Innovation in Science and Technology.
    with C. Sas (PI; Dept. of Computing), A. Dix (Dept. of Computing) & investigators at 6 other European institutions. Industrial Partners: Eleven companies, including Sony Ericsson Mobile Communication, Microsoft Research, and Alcatel-Lucent Bell.
  • 2005 (for four years), Wired and Wireless Intelligent Networked Systems (WINES) Programme from EPSRC.
    NEMO: Networked Embedded Models and Memories of Physical Work Activity.
    with G. Kortuem (PI), H. Gellersen, D. Hutchinson, J. Finney, N. Davies (all Dept. of Computing); and J. Busby (Dept. of Management Science). Industrial Partner: Carillion Infrastructure Services plc.
    More details about this grant can be found here.
  • 2000 (for three years), LINK Initiative from EPSRC/DTI.
    FRISC: Expertise in Detecting Fraudulent Insurance Claims.
    with T.C. Ormerod (PI), Dept. of Psychology. Industrial Partners: AXA Insurance; IBiS (Integrated Business and Information Solutions Ltd); and LPA (Logic Programming Associated Ltd).

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