Professor Thomas Ormerod

Professor

Fylde College
Lancaster University
Bailrigg
Lancaster
United Kingdom
LA1 4YF

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Research Interests

Human thinking
Problem-solving
Insight
Analogy
Reasoning
Expertise
Investigative psychology
Security screening expertise
Anomaly detection and investigation
Investigative decision-making

Thomas Ormerod's Publications

In Press

Detecting insider threats to organizations through language change

J. Taylor, P., Dando, C., Ormerod, T., Ball, L., Jenkins, M., Sandham, A. & Menacere, T. 2013 In : Law and Human Behavior.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article

Interviewing suspects: Using information tactically to increase cognitive demand and detect deception

Dando, C., Bull, R., Ormerod, T. & Sandham, A. 2013 In : Legal and Criminological Psychology.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article

Sleep on it, but only if it is difficult: Effects of sleep on problem solving

Sio, U. N., Monaghan, P. & Ormerod, T. 2012 In : Memory and Cognition.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article

2012

Do preference reversals generalise?: Results on ambiguity and loss aversion

Ball, L. J., Bardsley, N. & Ormerod, T. 02/2012 In : Journal of Economic Psychology. 33, 1, p. 48-57, 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article

Informing the development of a fraud prevention toolset through a situated analysis of fraud investigation expertise

Ormerod, T. C., Ball, L. J. & Morley, N. J. 2012 In : Behaviour & information technology. 31, 4, p. 371-381, 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article

2011

When help becomes hindrance: Unexpected errors of omission and commission in eyewitness memory resulting from change temporal order at retrieval?

Dando, C., Ormerod, T., Wilcock, R. & Milne, R. 12/2011 In : Cognition. 121, 3, p. 416-421, 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article

Explaining away the negative effects of evaluation on analogical transfer: The perils of premature evaluation

Bearman, C., Ormerod, T. C., Ball, L. J. & Deptula, D. 2011 In : The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology . 64, 5, p. 942-959, 18 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article

Sentence memorability reveals the mental representations involved in processing spatial descriptions

Fleming, P., Ball, L. J., Ormerod, T. C. & Collins, A. F. 2011 In : Thinking & reasoning. 17, 1, p. 30-56, 27 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article

2010

Towards anomaly comprehension: using structural compression to navigate profiling call-trees

Lin, S., Taiani, F., Ormerod, T. C. & Ball, L. J. 2010 SOFTVIS '10 Proceedings of the 5th international symposium on Software visualization . NEW YORK: ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY, p. 103-112 10 p.

Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Conference contribution

2009

Does incubation enhance problem solving? A meta-analytic review.

Sio, U. & Ormerod, T. 01/2009 In : Psychological Bulletin. 135, 1, p. 94-120, 27 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article

Effects of the change temporal order technique on eyewitness memory.

Dando, C. J. & Ormerod, T. C. 2009 Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Taatgen, N. & van Rijn, H. (eds.). p. 2644-2649 6 p.

Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter

2008

Investigative Sense-Making in Criminal Contexts.

Ormerod, T. C., Barrett, E. & Taylor, P. J. 2008 Macrocognition and Naturalistic Decision Making. Shraagen, J. M., Militello, L., Ormerod, T. C. & Lipshitz, R. (eds.). London: Ashgate

Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter

2007

People and Computers XXI - HCI... but not as we know it: Proceedings of HCI.

Ball, L. J., Sasse, A., Sas, C., Ormerod, T. C., Dix, A., Bagnall, P. & McEwan, T. 09/2007 In : People And Computers. 1

Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article

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The Structure and Function of Spontaneous Analogising in Domain-Based Problem Solving.

Bearman, C. R., Ball, L. J. & Ormerod, T. C. 08/2007 In : Thinking and Reasoning. 13, 3, p. 273-294, 22 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article

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2006

Analogue versus propositional representation in congenitally blind individuals.

Ball, L. J., Collins, A. F., Fleming, P. & Ormerod, T. C. 1/12/2006 In : Psychonomic Bulletin and Review. 13, 6, p. 1049-1055, 7 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article

How the detection of insurance fraud succeeds and fails.

Morley, N. J., Ball, L. J. & Ormerod, T. C. 04/2006 In : Psychology, Crime & Law. 12, 2, p. 163-180, 18 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article

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Why bad ideas are a good idea

Dix, A., Sas, C., Gomes da Silva, P., McKnight, L., Ormerod, T. & Twidale, M. 03/2006

Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper

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A comparison of heuristic and human performance on open versions of the traveling salesperson problem.

MacGregor, J. N., Chronicle, E. P. & Ormerod, T. 2006 In : Journal of Problem Solving. 1, 1, p. 33-43, 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article

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As useful as a bicycle to a fish: exploration versus constraint in creativity

McKnight, L., Ormerod, T. C., Sas, C. & Dix, A. 2006 p. 291-291 1 p.

Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper

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It looks easy! Heuristics for combinatorial optimization problems.

Chronicle, E. P., MacGregor, J. N., Ormerod, T. C. & Burr, A. 2006 In : The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology . 39, 4, p. 783 -800

Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article

2005

Planning and ill-defined problems.

Ormerod, T. C. 2005 The cognitive Psychology of Planning. Morris, R. & Ward, G. (eds.). Hove: Psychology Press, 246 p. (Current issues in thinking & reasoning).

Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter

2004

Doing ethnography and experiments together to explore collaborative photograph handling.

Ormerod, T. C., Morley, N., Mariani, J., Lewis, K., Hitch, G., Mathrick, J. & Rodden, T. 09/2004 In : Design For Life. 2, p. 81-84, 4 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article

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Spontaneous analogising in engineering design: a comparative analysis of experts and novices.

Ball, L. J., Ormerod, T. C., Morley, N. J., Cross, N. (ed.) & Edmonds, E. (ed.) 09/2004 In : Design Studies. 25, 5, p. 495-508, 14 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article

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Convex-hull or crossing-avoidance? : solution heuristics in the travelling salesperson problem.

MacGregor, J. N., Chronicle, E. P. & Ormerod, T. C. 03/2004 In : Memory and Cognition. 32, 2, p. 260-270, 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article

What makes an insight problem? The roles of heuristics, goal conception and solution recoding in knowledge-lean problems.

Chronicle, E. P., MacGregor, J. N. & Ormerod, T. C. 01/2004 In : Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition. 30, 1, p. 14-27, 14 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article

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Mixing Research Methods in HCI: Ethnography Meets Experimentation in Image Browser Design.

Ormerod, T. C., Mariani, J., Moreley, N. J., Rodden, T., Crabtree, A., Mathrick, J., Hitch, G. & Lewis, K. 2004 Hamburg, Germany, 16 p.

Research output: Working paper

Spatial representation and processing in the congenitally blind.

Fleming, P., Ball, L. J., Collins, A. F. & Ormerod, T. C. 2004 Madrid: UNED Press, 12 p.

Research output: Working paper

Using task analysis for information requirements specification: The SGT method.

Ormerod, T. C. & Shepherd, A. 2004 The Handbook of Task Analysis for Human-Computer Interaction.. Diaper, D. & Stanton, N. A. (eds.). London: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 650 p.

Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter

2003

A Negative Effect of Evaluation Upon Analogical Problem Solving.

Bearman, C., Ormerod, T. C. & Ball, L. J. 08/2003 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper

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On the generation and evaluation of inferences from single premises.

Ormerod, T. C. & Richardson, J. 04/2003 In : Memory and Cognition. 31, 3, p. 467-478, 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article

Spontaneous analogising in engineering design: a comparative analysis of experts and novices.

Ball, L. J., Ormerod, T. C. & Morley, N. J. 2003 Proceedings of the design thinking research symposium 6: expertise in design (DTRS-6). p. 103-115 13 p.

Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter

Using Ethnography To Design a Mass Detection Tool(MDT) For The Early Discovery of Insurance Fraud.

Ormerod, T. C., Morley, N. J., Ball, L. J., Langley, C. & Spenser, C. 2003 CHI 2003: New Horizons Extended Abstracts. Cockton, G. (ed.). New York: ACM Press

Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter

2002

Dynamics and Constraints in Insight Problem Solving.

Ormerod, T. C., Chronicle, E. P. & MacGregor, J. N. 1/01/2002 In : Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition. 28, 4, p. 791-799, 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article

An Exploration of Real-World Analogical Problem Solving in Novices.

Bearman, C., Ball, L. J. & Ormerod, T. C. 2002 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to conference › Other

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2001

Representing design rationale to support innovative design reuse: a minimalist approach.

Ball, L. J., Lambell, N. J., Ormerod, T. C., Slavin, S. & Mariani, J. A. 08/2001 In : Automation in construction. 10, 6, p. 663-674, 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article

Information-processing and insight: A process model of performance on the nine-dot and related problems.

Ormerod, T. C., Chronicle, E. P. & MacGregor, J. N. 1/01/2001 In : Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition. 27, p. 176-201, 26 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article

When insight just won’t come: The failure of visual cues in the nine-dot problem.

Chronicle, E. P., Ormerod, T. C. & MacGregor, J. N. 2001 In : Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Series a Human Experimental Psychology. 54 A, 3, p. 903-919, 17 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article

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2000

Applying ethnography in the analysis and support of expertise in engineering design.

Ball, L. J. & Ormerod, T. C. 07/2000 In : Design Studies. 21, 4, p. 403-421, 19 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article

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Putting ethnography to work: the case for a cognitive ethnography of design.

Ball, L. J. & Ormerod, T. C. 07/2000 In : International Journal of Human-Computer Studies. 53, 1, p. 147-168, 22 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article

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A model of human performance on the traveling salesperson problem.

MacGregor, J. N., Ormerod, T. C. & Chronicle, E. 2000 In : Memory and Cognition. 28, 7, p. 1183-1190, 8 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article

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Evaluating the importance of the convex hull in solving the Euclidean version of the traveling salesperson problem: Reply to Lee and Vickers (2000).

MacGregor, J. N., Ormerod, T. C. & Chronicle, E. 2000 In : Perception and Psychophysics. 62, 7, p. 1501-1503, 3 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article

The evaluation of desperado: a computerised tool to aid design reuse

Lambell, N. J., Ball, L. J. & Ormerod, T. 2000 PEOPLE AND COMPUTERS XIV - USABILITY OR ELSE!. McDonald, S., Waern, Y. & Cockton, G. (eds.). Godalming: Springer Verlag London Ltd, p. 437-453 17 p.

Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Conference contribution

The influence of co-designers on the generation and evaluation of design alternatives.

Ball, L. J. & Ormerod, T. C. 2000 Proceedings of the co-designing conference: collaborative design. p. 243-252 10 p.

Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter

The Influence of Co-designers on the Generation and Evaluation of Solution Alternatives.

Ball, L. J. & Ormerod, T. C. 2000 Collaborative Design: Proceedings of Co-Designing 2000. Scrivner, S. A. R., Ball, L. J. & Woodcock, A. (eds.). London: Springer-Verlag Ltd.

Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter

1999

Desperado: three-in-one indexing for innovative design

Ormerod, T. C., Mariani, J., Ball, L. J. & Lambell, N. 1999 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to conference › Other

Developing task design guides through cognitive studies of expertise.

Ormerod, T. C. & Ridgway, J. 1999 European Conference on Cognitive Science (ECCS99). Bagnara, S. (ed.). Sienna, Italy, p. 401-410 10 p.

Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter

From deep to superficial categorization with increasing expertise.

Ormerod, T. C., Fritz, C. O. & Ridgway, J. 1999 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to conference › Other

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Global perceptual processing in problem solving: The case of the traveling salesperson.

Ormerod, T. C. & Chronicle, E. P. 1999 In : Perception & Psychophysics. 61, 6, p. 1227-1238, 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article

Spatial and contextual factors in human performance on the travelling salesperson problem.

McGregor, J. N., Ormerod, T. C. & Chronicle, E. P. 1999 In : Perception. 28, p. 1417-1427, 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article

1998

Enhancing the usability of a task analysis method: a notation and environment for requirements specification.

Ormerod, T. C., Richardson, J. & Shepherd, A. 11/1998 In : Ergonomics. 41, 11, p. 1642-1663, 22 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article

The role of task analysis in capturing requirements for interface design.

Richardson, J., Ormerod, T. C. & Shepherd, A. 11/1998 In : Interacting with Computers. 9, 4, p. 367-384, 18 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article

Satisficing in engineering design: psychological determinants and implications for design support.

Ball, L. J., Maskill, L. & Ormerod, T. C. 01/1998 In : Automation in construction. 7, 2-3, p. 213-227, 15 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article

1997

Rephrasing between Disjunctives and Conditionals: Mental Models and the Effects of Thematic Content.

Richardson, J. & Ormerod, T. C. 05/1997 In : Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Series a Human Experimental Psychology. 50 A, 2, p. 358-385, 28 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article

Enhancing the usability of usability design tools: the case of information requirements specification

Richardson, J. & Ormerod, T. C. 1997 Proceedings of interact '97: human-computer interaction. p. 421-428 8 p.

Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter

Facilitation in variants of the nine-dot problem: perceptual or cognitive mediation?

Ormerod, T. C., Chronicle, E. P. & MacGregor, J. N. 1997 Proceedings of the nineteenth annual conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Shafto, M. G. (ed.). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, p. 1005-1005 1 p.

Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter

Information reuse and design expertise

Ormerod, T., Maskill, L. & Ball, L. J. 1997 Proceedings of the nineteenth annual conference of the Cognitive Science Society: August 7-10, 1997, Stanford University, Stanford, CA. Langley, P. & Shafto, M. G. (eds.). MAHWAH: LAWRENCE ERLBAUM ASSOC PUBL, p. 1006-1006 1 p.

Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Conference contribution