Neil Horton is a Research Associate at the Cyberspace Research Unit, School of Psychology, University of Central Lancashire. He is an experimental psychologist with a background in memory, learning and face perception. Neil was previously a Research Associate at Lancaster University where he was involved in a number of ESRC-funded research projects examining short-term memory for serial order and working memory development in children.
Selected Publications:
Hay, D.C., Smyth, M.M., Hitch, G.J., & Horton, N.J. (2006). Serial position effects in short-term visual memory: A SIMPLE explanation. Memory & Cognition.
Horton, N.J., Hay, D.C., & Smyth, M.M. (2008). Hebb repetition effects in visual memory: The roles of verbal rehearsal and distinctiveness. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology.
Smyth, M.M., Hay, D.C., Hitch, G.J., & Horton, N.J. (2005). Serial position memory in the visual-spatial domain: Reconstructing sequences of unfamiliar faces. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology.
Towse, J.N., Cowan, N., Hitch, G.J., & Horton, N.J. (2008). The recall of information from working memory: insights from behavioural and chronometric perspectives. Experimental Psychology.
Towse, J.N., Cowan, N., & Horton, N.J. (2007). Task experience and children’s working memory performance: A perspective from recall timing. Developmental Psychology.
Towse, J.N., Hitch, G.J., & Horton, N.J. (2007). Working memory as the interface between processing and retention: A developmental perspective. Advances in Child Development and Behavior.
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