Ian Walker's work
Ian Walker is a psychologist at the University of Bath's psychology department. Before this he was a researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig, having taken BSc and DPhil degrees at the University of York. He has also worked as a psychology lecturer for the Dyslexia Institute. Ian is a member of the European Union's COST group on motorcycle helmet research and standards and was co-founder of revolutionary online journal Philica. The New York Times selected Ian's work on driver-bicyclist interactions as one of the ideas that defined 2006. Research interests Ian's travel and transport research particularly concerns the promotion of non-motor transport modes for health and environmental reasons and the social and cognitive effects of switching to modes such as walking, cycling or public transport from private cars. He is currently setting up a substantial project to consider novel approaches to long-term travel behaviour change in conjunction with researchers at UWE, seeking to move beyond existing models of behaviour change to explore potentially more powerful motivators of behaviour shift. All this work is carried out in collaboration with other academics, government and industry. Ian also has interests in memory, language and dyslexia, and the use of non-linear computational models for studying psychological phenomena. Teaching Research links
Curriculum VitaeEducation
Degrees - University of York: Employment
2000-present: University of Bath, lecturer 2000-2003: Dyslexia Institute, psychology lecturer 1999-2000: Max Plank Institut fuer Neuropsychologische Forschung (Max Planck Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience), Leipzig - postdoctoral research, looking at language processes in the brain with magnetoencephalography (MEG). 1996-1999: University of York - doctoral research (thesis title: "The role of language-processing mechanisms in verbal short-term memory", supervised by Prof. Charles Hulme) 1996-1999: University of York - part-time teaching 1995: University of York - Dyslexia research assistant with Prof. Maggie Snowling Teaching
I mostly teach the following courses in the Psychology Department at the University of Bath: Undergraduate
Postgraduate
Details of all these are on my Bath teaching page. Research interests
I am chiefly interested in the following areas of research:
I am a member of the European Union COST group on motorcycle helmet design, known informally as PROHELM. PhD Students
Publications
Authored books Walker, I. (in prep). Vulnerable Road Users: Themes in Safety, Psychology and Behaviour. Aldershot: Ashgate. Holt, N. & Walker, I. (in prep). Research with People: Theory, Plans and Practicals. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Peer-reviewed papers Walker, I. & Holt, N. (in prep). Road user vulnerability: Evidence for socio-cognitive processing in driver decisions. Brosnan, M. & Walker, I. (in prep). Waist-Hip Ratio preference in fathers of children with autistic spectrum disorders. Brosnan, M., Walker, I. & Collomosse, J. (submitted). Sex differences in rotational and non-rotational aspects of the Shepard and Metzler task. Walker, I. & Brosnan, M. (submitted). Drivers' judgements when encountering bicyclists at junctions: Arm-signals, gaze, perspective and individual differences. Murphy Jones, C. & Walker, I. (submitted). How types of pedal cycle accidents in Oxfordshire, England vary with age and sex of cyclist. Verplanken, B., Walker, I., Davis, A. & Jurasek, M. (in press). Combining the habit discontinuity and self-activation hypotheses in explaining travel mode choices. Journal of Environmental Psychology. Walker, I. & Brosnan, M. (2007). Drivers' gaze fixations during judgements about a bicyclist's intentions. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 10, 90-98. Walker, I. (2007). Drivers overtaking bicyclists: Objective data on the effects of riding position, helmet use, vehicle type and apparent gender. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 39, 417-425. Walker, I. (2005). Signals are informative but slow down responses when drivers meet bicyclists at road junctions. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 37, 1074-1085. Walker, I. & Milne, S. (2005). Exploring function estimators as alternatives to regression in psychology. Behavior Research Methods, 37, 23-36. Walker, I. (2005) Road users' perceptions of other road users: Do different transport modes invoke qualitatively different concepts in observers? Advances in Transportation Studies, A6, 25-33. Lowe, R., Bennet, P., Walker, I., Milne, S., & Bozionelos, G. (2003). A connectionist implementation of the Theory of Planned Behavior: Association of beliefs with exercise intention. Health Psychology, 22, 464-470. Goulandris, N.K., Snowling, M.J., & Walker, I. (2000). Is dyslexia a form of specific language impairment? A comparison of dyslexic and language-impaired children as adolescents. Annals of Dyslexia, 50, 103-120. Walker, I. & Hulme, C. (1999). Concrete words are easier to recall than abstract words: Evidence for a semantic contribution to short-term serial recall. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 25, 1256-1271. Fiebach, C., Maess, B., Walker, I., & Friederici, A.D. (1999). Differences of processing of nouns and verbs in the human brain: Neuromagnetic evidence. Max Planck Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, Leipzig, Annual Report 1999. Other articles and papers Walker, I. (in press). Mixing it up: Safety implications when different transport modes interact. Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution Proceedings. Walker, I. (2007). Why Statistics Matter. Psychology Review, 12(3), 15. Walker, I. & Jones, C. (2005). The Oxford and Cambridge Cycling Survey. Oxford: Oxfordshire County Council. Walker, I. (1997). Review of Hampson & Morris's Understanding Cognition. Trends in Cognitive Science, 1, 83. Contributions to books Walker, I. (2005). Vulnerable road user safety: Social interaction on the road? In L. Dorn (Ed.), Driver Behaviour and Training Vol II. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate. Reader's Digest (2002). A Good Memory. London: Reader's Digest/Duncan Baird Publishers [I wrote several of the sections in this book, although irritatingly was missed out of the credits in the first edition!!]
Invited talks Burgess, C. & Walker, I. (2006). Psychological factors in off-duty military road accidents. Invited presentation at the Army Master Drivers' Convention, 16 November, 2006. Walker, I. (2006). Misunderstandings on the road: Implications for vulnerable road users. Invited seminar at Reading University, 30 October, 2006. Walker, I. (2006). Making roads safer through understanding social factors. Invited presentation at the Transport Research Laboratory, 27 October, 2006. Walker, I. (2006). Misunderstandings on the road: Implications for vulnerable road users. Invited keynote address to the Northern Ireland Road Safety Congress, 20 October, 2006. Walker, I. (2006). Overtaking cyclists and other aspects of vulnerable road user safety. Invited presentation at the University of the West of England, 12 October, 2006. Walker, I. (2006). Mixing it up: When drivers meet cyclists, motorcyclists and pedestrians. Invited presentation at the Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institute, 11 July 2006. Milne, S. & Walker, I. (2002) Developing a connectionist approach to health psychology. Invited Seminar at Department of Psychology, Guys Hospital, London. Milne, S. & Walker, I. (2001) Developing a connectionist approach to health psychology. Invited Seminar at University of Exeter Conference presentations Henning, V., Babisch, J. & Walker, I. (2006). Nutzen der kombinierten Pfannen-und Schaftnaftnavigation bei der Hüftendoprothesenimplantation und deren Einfluss auf den Beinlängenausgleich und die Operationszeit. Paper to be presented at Deutscher Kongress für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie, 5 October 2006. [PEER-REVIEWED FULL PAPER] Vince, E.P.; Walker, I & Rodham, K. Can Neural Network Models Detect Eating Disorders in Primary Care?. Division of Health Psychology Annual Conference, 13th - 15th September 2006, University of Essex, UK. Vince E.P. and Walker, I. (2006). Can neural network models detect eating disorders in primary care? 35th Annual scientific meeting of the society for academic primary care. 12-14 July 2006. Keele, UK Walker, I. (2006). Drivers overtaking bicyclists: Objective data on riding position and helmet use. Paper presented at the International Congress of Applied Psychology, Athens, July 2006. Walker, I. (2006). The problem with people: faces, figures and vulnerable road user safety. Paper presented at the 2006 RoSPA annual conference. Blackpool, UK, January 2006. Walker, I. (2005). Vulnerable road user safety: Social interaction on the road? Paper presented at the 2nd International Conference on Driver Behaviour and Training. Edinburgh, UK, 15-17 November, 2005. Walker, I. (2004). Drivers' perceptions of cyclists' signals. Paper presented at the 3rd International Conference on Traffic and Transport Psychology. Nottingham, UK, 5-9 September 2004. Walker, I. (2003). Cyclists' signals and errors in driver decision making. Paper presented at the First International Conference on Driver Behaviour and Training, Stratford-on-Avon UK, 10-12 November 2003. Vince, E. and Walker, I. (2003). Detecting Eating Disorders using neural network modelling. 17th Conference of the European Health psychology Society, Kos, Greece, 24th-27th September 2003. Vince, E. and Walker, I. (2003) Do Probabilistic neural networks have a role in eating disorder research? Psychology Postgraduate Affairs Group Annual conference, Wolverhampton, UK, 28th - 30th July 2003 Walker, I. & Milne, S. (2002). Using neural networks to predict behaviour. European Association for Experimental Social Psychology Conference, San Sebastian, June 2002. Milne, S., Walker, I. & Verplanken, B. (2002). Predicting health intentions from personality measures using connectionist models. Research Institute for Psychology & Health, The Netherlands. May 2002. Walker, I. (2001). Applying Non-linear Models to the Design of "Intelligent" Hearing Aids. 11th Annual Conference of the Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology and Life Sciences, Madison, Wisconsin, 3-6 August, 2001. Milne, S., Walker, I., & Lowe, R. (2001). Simulating people's cognitive responses to health threats. 11th Annual Conference of the Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology and Life Sciences, Madison, Wisconsin, 3-6 August, 2001. Milne, S. Walker, I. & Lowe, R (2001). Modeling coping response to a health threat: A neural network analysis of protection motivation theory. European Health Psychology Society Annual Conference/British Psychological Society, Division of Health Annual Conference, St Andrews, September 2001. Lowe, R., Walker, I. & Milne, S. (2001). A neural network approach to modeling intentions to exercise. European Health Psychology Society Annual Conference/British Psychological Society, Division of Health Annual Conference, St Andrews, September 2001. Walker, I. & Hulme, C. (1998). Meaning and memory: The role of semantic factors in temporary verbal storage. Paper presented at the Quebec 98 Conference on Short-Term Memory, Quebec City, June, 1998. Walker, I. & Hulme, C. (1998). How do we remember what we hear? Paper presented at the Psychology Postgraduate Affairs Group annual conference, Derby, 21 July. [See Proceedings of the British Psychological Society, 7(2), 93] [READ ABSTRACT] Walker, I. & Hulme, C. (1997). Semantic factors can affect verbal short-term storage: Implications for models of working memory. Paper presented at the XIV annual conference of the BPS Cognitive Psychology Section, Bristol, 6 September, 1997. [See Proceedings of the British Psychological Society, 6(1), 42] Humorous articles When I was an undergraduate I wrote three "bluffer's guides" to famous psychologists, printed in The Psychologist. I've lost the references, but if you want to find them they were published around 1995ish. They're worth digging out, as they're pretty droll. Collaborations
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