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Professor Thomas Ormerod

Formerly at Lancaster University

  1. Published

    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 - Without ISBN/ISSN Conference paperpeer-review

  2. Published

    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

  3. Published

    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 and Reasoning. 17, 1, p. 30-56 27 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  4. Published

    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 - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  5. Published

    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 - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  6. Published

    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/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  7. Published

    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/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  8. Published

    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/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  9. Published

    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/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  10. Published

    Human performance on the traveling salesman problem.

    MacGregor, J. N. & Ormerod, T. C., 1996, In: Perception and Psychophysics. 58, 4, p. 527-539 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  11. Published

    Child witnesses and victims with Autism Spectrum Disorder: drawing to support episodic remembering

    Mattison, M., Dando, C. & Ormerod, T., 8/03/2014.

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Conference paperpeer-review

  12. Published

    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/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  13. Published

    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 - Without ISBN/ISSN Conference paperpeer-review

  14. Published

    Sleep promotes analogical transfer in problem solving

    Monaghan, P., Sio, U. N., Lau, S. W., Woo, H. K., Linkenauger, S. A. & Ormerod, T. C., 10/2015, In: Cognition. 143, p. 25-30 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  15. Published

    How the detection of insurance fraud succeeds and fails.

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

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  16. Published

    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 - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  17. Published

    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 - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  18. Published

    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/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  19. Published

    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

  20. Published

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

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

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  21. Published

    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 - Without ISBN/ISSN Other

  22. Published

    From deep to superficial categorization with increasing expertise.

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

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Other

  23. Published

    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 - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  24. Published

    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 - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  25. Published

    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/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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