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Research Interests

  • Applying expanding retrieval practice to improve memory.
  • Part-set cuing.
  • Why repeated reading of text improves recall so little.
  • False memory.
  • Face recognition.

Publications

Fritz, C. O., Morris, P. E., Acton, M., Etkind, R., & Voelkel, A. R (2007). Comparing and combining expanding retrieval practice and the keyword mnemonic for foreign vocabulary learning. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 21, 499-526.
Fritz, C. O., Morris, P. E., Nolan, D., & Singleton, J.. (2007). Expanding retrieval practice: An effective aid to preschool children�s learning Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 60, 991-1004.
Morris, P. E., & Fritz, C. O. (2006). How to ...Improve your memory The Psychologist, 19, , 608-611.
Morris, P. E., Fritz, C. O., Jackson, L., Nichol, E., & Roberts, E. (2005). Strategies for learning proper names: Expanding retrieval practice, meaning and imagery Applied Cognitive Psychology, 19, , 779-798.
Dean, G. M., Dewhurst, S. A., Morris, P. E., & Whittaker, A. (2005). Selective interference with the use of visual images in the symbolic distance paradigm. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory & Cognition., 31, 1043-1068.
Morris, P. E. & Fritz, C. O. (2005). Memory Chapter in Hewstone, M., Fincham, F. D., & Foster, J.: Psychology. Malden, Ma: DPS Blackwell.
Morris, P. E., Fritz, C. O., & Buck, S (2004). The name game: Acceptability, bonus information and group size Applied Cognitive Psychology, 18, 89-104.
Dean, G. M. and Morris, P. E. (2003). The relationship between self reports of imagery and spatial ability. The British Journal of Psychology, 94, 245-273.
Wickham, L. H. V. & Morris, P. E. (2003). Attractiveness, distinctiveness, and recognition of faces: Attractive faces can be typical or distinctive but are not better recognized. American Journal of Psychology, 116(3), 455-468.
Morris, P. E. (2003). Not the soft option The Psychologist, 16(10), 510-511.
Morris, P. E., & Fritz, C. O. (2002). The improved name game: Better use of expanding retrieval practice. Memory, 10, 259-266.
Morris, P. E. (2002). Memory: Structures & Processes Chapter in Guthrie, J. W.: Macmillan Encyclopedia of Education (2nd Ed.). New York: Macmillan Reference USA.
Morris, P. E., and Wickham, L. H. V. (2001). Typicality and face recognition: A critical re-evaluation of the two factor theory. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 54, 863-877.
Wickham, L. H. V., Morris, P. E., & Fritz, C. O. (2000). Facial distinctiveness: Its measurement, distribution and influence on immediate and delayed recognition. British Journal of Psychology, 91, 99-123.
Morris, P. E. and Fritz, C. O. (2000). The Name Game: Using retrieval practice to improve the learning of names. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 6, 124-129.
Fritz, C. O., Morris, P. E., Bjork, R. A., Gelman, R., & , D. (2000). When further learning fails: Stability and change following repeated presentation of text. British Journal of Psychology, 91, 493-511.
Hampson, P.J. and Morris, P.E. (1996). Understanding Cognition. Oxford : Blackwells.
Morris, P. E. and Gruneberg, M. M. (1996). Practical aspects of memory: the first 2500 years. Chapter in D. Herrmann, M. Johnson, C McEvoy, C. Hertzog and P. Hertel (eds.): Basic and Applied Memory Research: Theory in Context. . Hillsdale, N.J.Lawrence Erlbaum Associates..
Gruneberg, M. M., Morris, P. E. , Sykes, R. N. and Herrmann, D. J. (1996). The practical application of memory research: Practical Problems in the relationship between theory and practice. Chapter in D. Herrmann, M. Johnson, C McEvoy, C. Hertzog and P. Hertel (eds.): Basic and Applied Memory Research: Theory in Context. . Hillsdale, N.J.Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Smyth, M.M., Collins, A. Morris, P. E. & Levy, P. M. (1994). Cognition in Action (Second Edition). London : Lawrence Erlbaum.
Morris, P. E. and Gruneberg, M. (Eds.) (1994). Theoretical Aspects of Memory. London : Routledge.
Morris, P.E. and Conway, M. A. (Eds.) (1993). The Psychology of Memory (Vols 1 to 3). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
Gathercole, S., Collins, A., Conway, M. and Morris, P.E. (Eds.) (1993). Theories of Memory. Brighton: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Gruneberg, M. and Morris, P.E. (Eds.) (1992). Aspects of Memory. Volume 1 : Practical Aspects. London : Routledge.
Gruneberg, M., Morris, P.E. and Sykes, R. (Eds) (1988). Practical Aspects of Memory: Current Research and Issues. Volume I Memory for Everyday Life. Chichester : Wiley.
Gruneberg, M., Morris, P.E. and Sykes, R. (Eds.) (1988). Practical Aspects of Memory: Current Research and Issues. Volume II Clinical and Educational Implications. Chichester : Wiley.
Morris, P.E. (Ed.) (1987). Modelling Cognition. Chichester : Wiley.

Grants

  • 2004 (for two years), research award from ESRC.
    Retrieval practice benefits for learning: testing explanations and generalizing
    with Catherine Fritz (Educational Research) Peter Hampson (University of the West of England).

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