The Cognitive Neuroscience
Laboratory
Research
Knowledge Acquisition and
Expertise
Under Construction....
This work combines pure academic/theoretical research with
real world applications.
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Related publications:
Dror, I. E., Stevenage,
S. V., & Ashworth, A. (2008). Helping the cognitive system learn: Exaggerating
distinctiveness and uniqueness. Applied
Cognitive Psychology, 22 (4), 573-584.
Dror, I. E. (2008). Technology
enhanced learning: The good, the bad, and the ugly. Pragmatics & Cognition, 16
(2), 215-223.
Makany, T., Kemp, J., & Dror, I. E.
(in press). Optimising
the use of note-taking as an external cognitive aid for increasing learning.
British Journal of Educational Technology.
Dror, I.E.
(2008). Merging technology and cogniton: Imroving human performance and
decision making. Windows of Science,
US Air Force Reseach Laboratory. Texas.
Busey, T. & Dror, I.E. (in press). Special
Abilities and Vulnerabilities in Forensic Expertise.
In A. McRoberts (Ed.) Friction Ridge
Sourcebook.
Dror, I.E. and Rosenthal, R. (in press). Meta-analytically quantifying the reliability and biasability
of forensic experts. Journal of
Forensic Sciences, 53(4).
Dror, I.E. and Fraser-Mackenzie, P. (in
press). Cognitive
biases in human perception, judgment, and decision making: Bridging theory and
the real world. In Press,
K. Rossmo (Ed.) Criminal Investigative Failures. Taylor & Francis Publishing.
Pyke, J.N., Makany, T., Redhead. E.S., & Dror, I.E.
(2008). The effects of forced
spatial learning: should we always follow the yellow brick road? British
Psychological Annual Meeting.
Dublin.
Ashworth, A.R.S. & Dror, I. E. (2000). Object Identification as a Function of Discriminability and
Learning Presentations: The Effect of Stimulus Similarity and Canonical Frame
Alignment on Aircraft Identification. Journal of Experimental
Psychology: Applied, 6 (2), 148-157. [abstract]
Dror, I.
E., Langer, E.J., Houlette, M., & Ashworth, R.S.( 2001). Training and tasks
demands that restrict and enhance performance. Psychonomic Abstracts, 6,
85.
Makany, T., Redhead E., & Dror, I. E. (2007). Spatial exploration patterns determine
navigation efficiency: Trade-off between memory demands and distance travelled.
Quarterly Journal of Experimental
Psychology, 60, 1594-1602
Dror, I.E. & Charlton, D. (2006). Why
experts make errors. Journal of Forensic Identification, 56
(4), 600-616. [abstract]
Dror, I.
E. (2004). The effects of screening, training, and experience of Air Force
fighter pilots: The plasticity of the ability to extrapolate and track multiple
objects in motion. North American
Journal of Psychology, 6 (2), 239-252. [abstract].
Smith, W., Dror, I.
E., & Mander, H. (2003). The effect of training specificity on performance
in novel and related tasks. XX BPS Annual
Cognitive Conference.
Dror, I.E. (2006). Cognitive
science serving security: Assuring useable and efficient biometric and
technological solutions. Aviation
Security International, 12 (3), 21-28.
[abstract].
Dror, I.
E., Ashworth, R. S., Schreiner, C.S., Robbins, R.D., & Snooks, S. F.
(1997). The
primacy effect on identification: Initial presentations during training
establish long lasting representations. Psychonomics Abstracts, 2,
628. Philadelphia, PA.
Dror,
I. E., Kosslyn, S. M., & Waag, W. (1993). Visual-spatial
abilities of pilots. Journal of Applied Psychology, 78 (5), 763-773.
[abstract]
Dror, I.
E. & Burwell, K. (1999). The effects of
prior knowledge on cognitive performance of older people. Sixth European
Congress of Psychology, 141.
Rueckl, J. G. & Dror, I. E. (1994). The effect of
orthographic-semantic systematicity on the acquisition of new words. In C.
Umilta & M. Moscovitch (Eds.) Attention and Performance, XV, (pp.
571-588). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
Dror, I.
E. (1992). Visual
mental rotation: different processes used by pilots. Proceedings of the
Human Factors Society 36th Annual Meeting, Vol.2, (pp. 1368-1372).
Dror, I.
E. & Young, M. J. (1996). Flexible
computations underlying cognitive plasticity: Computational modification for
learning to read mirror-reversed letters. Flexible Computation in
Intelligent Systems, Fall Symposium, American Association of Artificial Intelligence
(AAAI). (pp. 33-37). MIT, Cambridge,
MA.
Dror, I.E. (in press). A
holistic-cognitive approach for success in technology. Biometric Technology Today.
Dror, I.E. & Treves,
R. (2006). Using cognition to
construct technology to enhance learning. Technology
Enhanced Learning ESRC Meeting, Wolverhampton,
UK.
Dror, I.E. (in press). Perceptual, Cognitive, and Psychological
Elements Involved in Expert Identification. In A. McRoberts (Ed.) Friction Ridge Sourcebook. [abstract]
Dror, I.E. & Shaikh, A. (2005). Training for expertise in face
recognition and working with face recognition technology (TNA). United
Kingdom Passport Services (UKPS) Technical Report.
Dror, I.E. (2006). The psychology of police
performance and decision making. Police Professional,
58, 37-39.
Dror, I.E. (2005). Technology and human expertise: Some do’s and
don’ts. Biometric Technology
Today, 13 (9), 7-9. [abstract]
Dror, I.
E., Charlton, D. (2005). The vulnerability of fingerprint science and potential
pitfalls in the identification process. How can they be addressed and overcome? Fingerprint Society Meeting. Brighton.
Dascal, M. & Dror, I.
E. (2005). The impact of cognitive technologies: Towards a pragmatic
approach. Pragmatics & Cognition,
13 (3), 451-457. [abstract]
Dror, I.E.,
Peron, A., Hind, S., & Charlton, D. (2005). When emotions get the better of us: The effect of contextual
top-down processing on matching fingerprints. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 19(6),
799-809. [abstract]
Dror, I.
E., Charlton, D. (2005). New contributions of cognitive psychology to forensic
science derive from a focus on the forensic expert perspective. Ninth
European Congress of Psychology. Granada,
Spain.
Dror, I.E. & Shaikh, A. (2005). Face recognition technology:
Design considerations in system design. United Kingdom Passport Services (UKPS) Technical Report.
Dror, I. E., & Charlton, D. (in
press). The Psychology of Police
Performance and Decision Making Police Professional.
Dror, I.E. (2005). Perception is far from perfection: The role of the brain and mind in constructing
realities. Brain and
Behavioural Sciences 28 (6), 763. [abstract]
Dror, I.
E., Peron, A.E., & Charlton, D. (2004). Psychological factors involved in
fingerprint identification. Autumn
Conference of the Forensic Science Society.
Charlton, D., Peron, A.E., & Dror, I. E., (2004). The interplay of perceptual and cognitive
elements in fingerprint identification: When higher-level cognition can
facilitated or hinder fingerprint matching. International
Biometric Society, British Region Annual Meeting. Royal Statistical Society, London.
Schmitz-Williams, I.,
Smith, W., & Dror, I.E. (2004). The interplay of bottom-up and top-down
elements in imagery: The role of visual feature & semantics. XXI BPS
Annual Cognitive Conference.
Smith, W., Dror, I.
E., & Mander, H. (2003). The effect of training specificity on performance
in novel and related tasks. XX BPS Annual
Cognitive Conference.
Peron, A.E., Dror, I.
E., Hind, S.L, & Charlton, D. (2004). Decision making processes involved in
fingerprint identification: The influence of emotional context on finding a
match. 14th International Forensic
Science Symposium.
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