Research interests reading development and intervention. Teaches advanced course on reading development. Graham J. Hitch Professor. Has held posts at Sussex, Stirling, Cambridge, Manchester and Lancaster Universities before moving to York in 2000. Main area of interest is working memory and cognition.
Research involves principally experimental but also developmental and modelling approaches.
Graduated from Oxford with a degree in Experimental Psychology and stayed on there to complete a Doctorate concerned with memory processes in children with reading difficulties. Current research interests include the development of reading and memory skills in children, and the development of computational models of these processes. Teaches developmental and cognitive psychology. Received a BS in Psychology from Iowa State University, and then moved to the University of Iowa to conduct master's research on drug effects on learning and memory. After receiving the MA degree, conducted dissertation research on concept formation and object recognition.