Staff profiles

Thom's research interests include the following.

• Models of human memory: episodic processing models, mixed population models
• Spatial cognition: how people understand, use and remember spatial information
• Reasoning, problem solving and decision making
• Psychological statistics: best practice in use of statistics

Sponsors:

• British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (BECTA)
• Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
• Economic and Social Sciences Research Council (ESRC)
• Higher Education Funding Council (HEFCE).

Collaborators:

• Professor Mark Lansdale, University of Leicester
• Professor Stephen Payne, University of Bath
• Professor Simon Austin, Loughborough University
• Dr Jennifer Parkin, Nottingham Trent University
• Dr Andrew Dunn, Nottingham Trent University
• Dr Mark Torrance, Nottingham Trent University
• Dr Jens Binder, Nottingham Trent University
• Dr Danny Kaye , Nottingham Trent University
• Dr Guido Nottbusch, University of Bielefeld, Germany

• 2008-11 ESRC, (£291K including linked studentship), Spatial Cognition and Learning: Understanding Obstacles and Opportunities in the Integration of Information from Multiple Images, (with Professor Mark Lansdale, University of Leicester)

• 2010, Editor, British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology
• 2007-2010, Co-Editor, British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology
• 2005-2007, Associate Editor, British Journal of Psychology
• 1999-2002; 2007-, Treasurer, British Psychological Society, Mathematical, Statistical and Computing section
• ESRC: Member, Peer Review College (grant proposals). Member, Peer Review College (Framework for postgraduate training)
• Referee/Rapporteur, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), and Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)

Professor Baguley’s research interests are in human spatial cognition, theoretical models of human memory, best practice in the use of psychological statistics, and the application of statistical models to the understanding of human behaviour. Previous research on spatial cognition has looked at the representation of spatial mental models in memory and present research explores issues in accessing and using location memory in general. The research on human memory focuses on multiple trace models and, in particular, a novel theory in which forgetting is considered a dilution of 'correct' memories over time. His work on best practice in statistics looks at statistical power, effect size, meta-analysis, multilevel models and alternatives to null hypothesis significance testing including confidence intervals. Successful PhD completions as supervisor or director of studies include:

- Memory for spatial mental models examining the precision of recall (Dr Jennifer Parkin)

- Graphical tools for the examination of high-dimensional functions obtained as a result of Bayesian analysis (Dr Danny Kaye)

- Online Gaming and Addiction: A psychosocial investigation using mixed methods (Dr Zaheer Hussain)

- Exclusivity and Memory for Object Location (Dr Dan Clark)