Nigel Foreman

BSc PhD CPsychol FBPsS

Spatial cognition, disability and spatial skill, virtual environment applications, spatial information from virtual environments, representing historical sequences in virtual environments, incomplete figure perception, Eastern European Psychology.

Spatial judgements in real world situations, spatial judgements in virtual worlds, The Money Roadmap Test of Directional Sense, learning history from virtual environments, spatial cognitive skills and individual differences, hemispheric asymmetries, incomplete 3-D figure perception (Gollin Test), ethics in psychology

Publications

Commemorative publication:

Foreman, Nigel; 2008; Navigation through the World of Spatial Cognition. [Honorary Doctoral Award], University of Novi Sad, Serbia. 49 pp.

Edited Books

Gray, H., Foreman, N., Hayes, N. (Eds.); 1995; Psychology in a Changing Europe: Proceedings of the British and East European Group Conference, Banska Bystrica, Slovakia; 332 p.
Van Rijswijk, K., Foreman, N., Shipitsina, L. (Eds.); 1996; Special Education on the Move. Acco Press; Leuven; 130 p.
Van Rijswijk, K., Foreman, N., Shipitsina, L. (Eds.); 1996; Spezialnoie Obrazovaniye v' Razvitii [Special Education in Development]; Herzen University Press; St Petersburg (in Russian); 110 p.
Foreman, N. P., Gillett, R. (Eds.); 1997; Handbook of Spatial Research Paradigms and Methodologies. Volume 1: Spatial Cognition in Child and Adult; Psychology Press; Hove; 215 p.
Foreman, N. P. Gillett, R (Eds.); 1998; Handbook of Spatial Research Paradigms and Methodologies. Volume 2: Clinical and Comparative Issues; Psychology Press; Hove; 278 p.
Foreman, N., and Gillett, R. (Eds.); 2002; Handbook of Spatial Research Paradigms and Methodologies. Routledge (Psychology Press); Tokyo [In Japanese]; 248 p.
Foreman N and Sutton J. (Eds); 2004; Current UK Psychology. Hanoi, Vietnam: "Politics" Publishing House. 160pp. (In Vietnamese).

Chapters in Edited Books

Foreman, N. P; 1986; Superior colliculus, hippocampus and spatial behaviour; in Cognitive Processes and Spatial Orientation in Animal and Man; edited by P. Ellen and C. Thinus-Blanc; Martinus Nijhoff; Dordrecht, The Netherlands; Pp. 215-222.
Fielder, A. R., Foreman, N., Moseley, M. J. and Robinson, J; 1993; Prematurity and visual development; in Early Visual Development : Normal and Abnormal. USA National Research Council, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on Vision; edited by K. Simons; Oxford; Oxford University Press; Pp 485-505.
Foreman, N; 1994; Parents, Schools and Children; in Magisterium (Special Edition: The Family), edited by W. Yevtushenko and A. Yakovlev; Magisterium International Club; Moscow; Pp. 122-129.
Foreman, N; 1996; Spezialnoie Obrazovaniye v' Velakobrittanii [Special Education in Great Britain]; in Spezialnoie Obrazovaniye v' Razvitii [Special Education in Development]. (Chapter 4); edited by K. Van Rijswijk, N. Foreman, and L. Shipitsina; Herzen University Press; St Petersburg (in Russian); Pp. 70-84.
Foreman, N; 1996; Special Education in the United Kingdom; in Special Education on the Move (Chapter 4); edited by K. Van Rijswijk, N. Foreman, and L. Shipitsina; Uitgeverij Acco Press; Leuven; Pp. 81-96.
Foreman, N; 1996; Schodstva ii Razlichiya: Sravnitelnii Analis Sistem Spezialnovo Obrazovaniya [Similarities and differences: Comparative analysis of systems of special education]; in Spezialnoie Obrazovaniye v' Razvitii (Chapter 7); edited by K. Van Rijswijk, N. Foreman, and L. Shipitsina; Herzen University Press; St Petersburg (in Russian); Pp. 96-109.
Foreman, N., Pervova, I; 1996; Special Education in Five Countries: Similarities and Differences; in Special Education on the Move (Chapter 7); edited by K. Van Rijswijk, N. Foreman, and L. Shipitsina; Uitgeverij Acco Press; Leuven; Pp. 109-125.
Foreman, N., Gray, H; 1996; Introduction: Perspectives on psychology in a changing Europe. (Editorial introduction). In: Gray, H., Foreman, N., Hayes, N. (Eds.) Psychology in a Changing Europe: Proceedings of the Meeting of the British and East European Psychology Group, Banka Bystrica, Slovakia, ix-xiv.
Foreman, N; 1997; What is special about Russian special needs education? Implications for Educational integration; in Transformation von Hochschulen und Wissenschaftsbetrieb: Westliche Sichtweisen auf den Umbruch in Russland; edited by K. Eimermacher; Ruhr University: Lotman Institute for Russian and Soviet Culture; Bochum; Pp. 113-122.
Foreman, N. Gillett, R; 1997; Why this Handbook? Introduction to Volume 1; Handbook of Spatial Research Paradigms and Methodologies: Volume 1: Spatial Cognition in the Child and Adult; edited by N. Foreman and R. Gillett; Psychology Press; Hove; Pp. 1-14.
Foreman, N., Rawles, R. E.; 1997; Editorial Introduction: Thematic Core on Economic Psychology; Inostrannaya Psikhologiya [Foreign Psychology], 9, 5-7 (in Russian).
Foreman, N., Gillett, R; 1998; Why this Handbook? Introduction to Volume 2; in Handbook of Spatial Research Paradigms and Methodologies: Volume 2: Clinical and Comparative Issues; edited by N. Foreman and R. Gillett; Psychology Press; Hove; Pp. 1-9.
Foreman, N., Ermakova, E; 1998; The Radial Arm Maze: Twenty years on; in Handbook of Spatial Research Paradigms and Methodologies. Volume 2. Clinical and Comparative Issues (Chapter 5); edited by N. Foreman and R. Gillett; Psychology Press; Hove; Pp. 87-143.
Stanton, D., Foreman, N., Wilson, P. N; 1998; Uses of Virtual Reality in training: Developing the spatial skills of children with mobility impairments; in Virtual Environments in Clinical Psychology: Scientific and Technical Challenges in Advanced Patient-Therapist Interaction; edited by G. Riva, B. K. Wiederhold and E. Molinari, IOS Press, Roma; Pp. 219-232.
Foreman, N., Wilson, P; 1998; Can reality be simulated? Uses in psychology of 3-dimensional computer-generated environments (virtual reality); in Mental Representation: Dynamics and Structure; edited by A. Brushlinsky and E. Sergienko (in Russian); Russian Academy of Sciences; Moscow; Pp. 251-276.
Foreman, N; 2000; Stress; in Psychology in Focus (AS Level); edited by D. Rice and M. Haralambos; Ormskirk; Pp. 91-136.
Foreman, N., Gillett, R. T; 2001; An Introduction to the Japanese Translation; in Handbook of Spatial Research Paradigms and Methodologies: Volume 1, Spatial Cognition in the Child and Adult; edited by N. Foreman and R. Gillett; Tokyo.
Foreman, N.; 2001; Biological Psychology. In: M. Haralambos D. Rice (Eds) Psychology in Focus (AS), Ormskirk: Causeway Press. [3 chapters].
Foreman, N.; 2002; Biological Psychology. In: M. Haralambos D. Rice (Eds) Psychology in Focus (A2), Ormskirk: Causeway Press. [3 chapters].
Foreman, N.; 2002; Biological Psychology. In: M. Haralambos D. Rice (Eds) Psychology in Focus (A-L), Ormskirk: Causeway Press. [6 chapters].
Foreman, N., Gillett, R.; 2001; Preface to Japanese Translation. In: Foreman, N and Gillett, R (Eds.), Handbook of Spatial Research Paradigms and Methodologies. Routledge (Psychology Press), Tokyo, pp 1-8. [In Japanese].
Boulter, J., Foreman, N., Camfield, L; 2003; Navigating Memories. In: Bergit Arends and Davina Thackara (Eds.), Experiment: Conversations in Art and Science. London: Wellcome Foundation.
Foreman N Sutton J. Editorial introduction. In: Foreman N and Sutton J. (Eds); 2004; Current UK Psychology. Hanoi, Vietnam: "Politics" Publishing House. Pp. 12-23. (In Vietnamese).
Rose, F. D. Foreman, N; 2004; Virtual Reality in Psychology. In Foreman, N. and Sutton, J. (Eds.), Current UK Psychology. Hanoi, Vietnam: "Politics" Publishing House (In Vietnamese).
Foreman, N; 2006; Spatial cognition and its facilitation in special populations. In: G. Allen (Ed.), Applied Spatial Cognition: From Research to Cognitive Technology. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. Pp. 129-178.
Foreman, N; 2008; Virtual Reality in Psychology. In: Virtual Reality in Education, edited by T A Mikropoulos (Greece), V S Pantelidis and C J Chen (USA)

Refereed articles in academic journals

Foreman, N. P., Goodale, M. A. and Milner, A. D; 1978; The nature of postoperative "hyperactivity" following lesions of the superior colliculus in the rat. Physiology and Behavior, 21, 157-160.
Goodale, M. A., Foreman, N. P. and Milner, A. D; 1978; Visual orientation in the rat: A dissociation of deficits following cortical and collicular lesions. Experimental Brain Research, 31, 445-457.
Milner, A. D., Foreman, N. P. and Goodale, M. A; 1978; Go-left, go-right performance and distractibility following lesions of the frontal eye field and superior colliculus in the stump-tailed macaque. Neuropsychologia, 16, 381-390.
Foreman, N. P. and Stevens, R. G; 1982; Visual lesions and radial arm maze performance in the rat. Behavioral and Neural Biology, 36, 126-136.
Foreman, N. P; 1983; Distractibility following simultaneous bilateral lesions of the superior colliculus or medial frontal cortex in the rat. Behavioural Brain Research, 8, 177-194.
Foreman, N. P; 1983; Head-dipping in rats with superior collicular, medial frontal cortical and hippocampal lesions. Physiology and Behavior, 30, 711-717.
Foreman, N. P., Arber, M. and Savage, J; 1984; Spatial memory in preschool infants. Developmental Psychobiology, 17, 129-137.
Foreman, N. P; 1985; Algorithmic responding on the radial arm maze does not always imply absence of spatial encoding. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 37B, 333-338.
Foreman, N. P. and Hemmings, R; 1987; The Gollin incomplete figures test: A flexible, computerised version. Perception, 16, 543-548.
Foreman, N. P. and Thinus-Blanc, C; 1987; Weakness of the "missing-stimulus" effect in hooded rats: Gross asymmetry in the Sokolovian orienting response. Psychobiology, 15, 265-271.
Foreman, N. P. and Stevens, R. G; 1987; Relationships between the superior colliculus and hippocampus: Neural and Behavioral considerations. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 10, 101-151.
Foreman, N. P. and Stevens, R. G; 1988; Memory -- We had not forgotten. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 11, 552-557.
Foreman, N. P. and Fielder, A. R; 1989; Intermodal enhancement of stimulus localisation in infants born prematurely. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 69, 43-50.
Foreman, N. P., Barraclough, S., Moore, C., Mehta, A. and Madon, M; 1989; High doses of caffeine impair performance of a numerical version of the Stroop task in men. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 32, 399-403.
Foreman, N. P., Orencas, C., Nicholas, E., Morton, P. and Gell, M; 1989; Spatial awareness in seven to eleven year-old physically handicapped children in mainstream schools. European Journal of Special Needs Education, 4, 171-179.
Foreman, N. P., Toates, F. M. and Donohoe, T; 1990; Spontaneous and learned turning behaviour in food- or water-restricted hooded rats. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 42B, 153-173.
Foreman, N. P., Warry, R. and Murray, P; 1990; Development of reference and working spatial memory in preschool children. Journal of General Psychology, 117, 267-276.
Foreman, N. P., Foreman, D., Cummings, A. and Owens, S; 1990; Locomotion, active choice and spatial memory in children. Journal of General Psychology, 117, 215-232.
Foreman, N. P., Fielder, A. R., Price, D and Bowler, V; 1991; Tonic and phasic orienting in infants born prematurely. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 51, 407-422.
Foreman, N., Herbert, M; 1991; Behavioural treatment programmes and selectivity of speaking at follow-up in a group of 25 selective mutes. Australian Psychologist, 26, 132-137.
Foreman, N; 1991; Correlates of Performance on the Gollin and Mooney tests of visual closure. Journal of General Psychology, 118, 13-20.
Foreman, N., Save, E., Thinus-Blanc, C., and Buhot, M-C; 1992; Visually guided locomotion, distractibility and the missing stimulus effect in hooded rats with unilateral or bilateral lesions of parietal cortex. Behavioral Neuroscience, 106, 529-538.
Save, E., Buhot, M-C., Foreman, N., and Thinus-Blanc, C; 1992; Exploratory activity and response to a spatial change in rats with hippocampal or posterior parietal cortical lesions. Behavioural Brain Research, 47, 113-127.
Save, E., Poucet, B., Foreman, N., and Buhot, M-C; 1992; Object exploration and reactions to spatial and non-spatial changes in hooded rats following damage to parietal cortex or dorsal hippocampus. Behavioral Neuroscience, 106, 447-456.
Foreman, N., Altaha, M; 1992; The effects of unusually early eye-opening on the development of exploratory behaviors and spontaneous alternation in hooded rats. Developmental Psychobiology, 24, 521-537.
Foreman, N. and Thinus-Blanc, C; 1993; Response of rats with bilateral superior collicular lesions to change in the ambient visual environment. Psychobiology, 21, 203-208.
Thinus-Blanc, C. and Foreman, N; 1993; A rapid test of rodents' vision using a modified open field apparatus. Physiology and Behavior, 53, 1003-1006.
Wilson, P. N., Foreman, N; 1993; Transfer of information from virtual to real space: Implications for people with physical disability. Eurographics Technical Report Series (ISSN: 1017-4656), 21-25.
Foreman, N., and Pratten, A; 1993; New approach to [the] education of children with special needs in Great Britain. Defektologiya, 4, 53-59 (in Russian).
Willis, D. Foreman, N; 1993; How much do teenagers and expectant mothers know about birth and pregnancy complications? Clinical Psychology Forum, 60, 3-6.
Boulenguez, P., Foreman, N., Chauveau, J., Segu, L., and Buhot, M-C; 1994; Distractibility and locomotor activity in rat following intra-collicular injection of a serotonin 1B-1D agonist. Behavioural Brain Research, 67, 229-239.
Barraclough, S., Foreman, N; 1994; Factors influencing recall of supraspan word lists: Caffeine dose and introversion. Pharmacopsychoecologia, 7, 101-109.
Foreman, N., Gillett, R., and Jones, S; 1994; Choice autonomy and memory for spatial locations in 6-year-old children. British Journal of Psychology, 85, 17-27.
Foreman, N; 1994; Child and Family in the context of Special Needs Education. Shkola Zdoroviye (School of Health), 1, 50-69 (in Russian).
Foreman, N., Wilson, P; 1995; Prospects for Virtual Reality computing in paediatric medicine. Ambulatory Child Health, 1, 176-182.
Foreman, N., Wilson, P., Stanton, D; 1995; Can virtual experience assist the development of spatial awareness? Ability, 15, 20-21.
Foreman, N., Wilson, P; 1996; The Use of VR environments in psychological spatial research. Psikhologichiskii Zhournal, 17, 64-79. (In Russian).
Wilson, P. N., Foreman, N., Tlauka, M; 1996; Transfer of spatial information from a virtual to a real environment in able bodied adults and disabled children. Disability and Rehabilitation, 18, 633-637.
Foreman, N. P., Fielder, A. R., Minshell, C., Hurrion, E., and Sergienko, E; 1997; Visual search, perception and visuo-motor skill in "healthy" children born at 27-32 weeks' gestation. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 64, 27-41.
Thinus-Blanc, C., Save, E., Poucet, B., Foreman, N; 1997; Effects of parietal cortex lesions on spatial problem solving in the rat. Behavioural Brain Research, 81, 115-121.
Wilson, P., Foreman, N., Stanton, D; 1997; Virtual reality, disability and rehabilitation. (A Review.) Disability and Rehabilitation, 19, 213-220.
Wilson, P., Foreman, N., Tlauka, M; 1997; Transfer of spatial information from a virtual to a real environment. Human Factors, 39, 526-531.
Foreman, N., Wilson, P., and Stanton, D; 1997; VR and spatial awareness in disabled children. Communications of the ACM (Association for Computing), 40, 76-77.
Foreman, N; 1997; What is special about Russian special needs education? Implications for educational integration. Education in Russia, the Independent States and Eastern Europe, 15, 2-11.
Wilson, P., Foreman, N., Gillett, R., and Stanton, D; 1997; Active versus passive processing of spatial information in a computer simulated environment. Ecological Psychology, 9, 207-222.
Save, E., Poucet, B., Foreman, N., Thinus-Blanc, C; 1998; The contribution of the associative parietal cortex and hippocampus to spatial processing in rodents. Psychobiology, 26, 153-161.
Wilson, P., Foreman, N., Stanton, D; 1998; Virtual Reality and disability: Rejoinder to peer commentaries. Disability Studies, 20, 113-115 (pp. for whole feature: 97-115).
Wilson, P., Foreman, N., Stanton, D; 1999; Improving spatial awareness in physically disabled children using virtual environments. Engineering Science and Education Journal, 8, 196-200.
Foreman, N., Stirk, J., Pohl, J., Mandelkow, L., Lehnung, M., Herzog, A., Leplow, B; 2000; Spatial information transfer from virtual to real versions of the Kiel locomotor maze. Behavioural Brain Research, 112, 53-61.
Foreman, N; 2000; Finding a place for virtual reality in special needs education: A review. Themes in Education, 1, 391-408.
Stanton, D., Wilson, P., Foreman, N; 2002; Effects of early mobility on shortcut performance in a simulated maze. Behavioural Brain Research, 136, 61-66.
Foreman, N., Stanton, D., Wilson, P., Duffy, H; 2003; Spatial knowledge of a real school environment acquired from virtual or physical models by able-bodied children and children with disabilities. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 9, 67-74.
Stanton, D. E. B., Wilson, P. N., Foreman, N; 2003; Human shortcut performance in a computer-simulated maze: A comparative study. Spatial Cognition and Computation, 3, 315-329.
Wilson, P., Foreman, N., Stanton, D. Duffy, H; 2004; Memory for targets in a multi-level simulated-environment: Evidence for asymmetry in spatial memory. Memory and Cognition, 32, 283-297.
Akhutina, T., Foreman, N., Krichevets, A., Matikka, L., Narhi, V., Pylaeva, N., Vahakuopus, J; 2003; Improving spatial functioning in children with cerebral palsy using computerised and traditional game tasks. Disability and Rehabilitation, 25, 1361-1371.
Foreman, N., Stanton, D. E., Wilson, P. N. Duffy, H. E; 2003; Spatial knowledge of a real school environment acquired from virtual or physical models by able-bodied children and children with physical disabilities. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 9, 67-74.
Foreman, N. Rawles, R; 2004; Eticheskie prablemii v psikhologii: Britanskii op't. [Ethical problems in psychology: The British experience]. Psikhologiya, 1, 110-123. In Russian.
Foreman, N., Sandamas, G. Newson, D; 2004; Distance underestimation in virtual space is sensitive to gender but not activity-passivity or mode of interaction. CyberPsychology and Behavior; 7, 457-462.
Stanton, E. B., Wilson, P., Foreman, N; 2003; Human shortcut performance in a computer-simulated maze: A comparative study. Spatial Cognition and Computation, 3 (4), 315-329.
Sandamas, G., Foreman, N; 2003; Active and passive spatial learning from a desk-top virtual environment in male and female participants: A comparison with guessing controls. Journal of Health, Social and Environmental Issues, 4(2), 15-21.
Wilson, P. N., Foreman, N., Stanton, D., Duffy, H; 2004; Memory for targets in a multi-level simulated-environment: A comparison between able-bodied and physically disabled children. British Journal of Psychology, 95, 325-338.
Chihman, V., Shelepin, Y., Foreman, N., Merkuljev, A. Pronin, S; 2003; The optical and geometrical parameters of Gollin-Test figures at threshold. Russian Journal of Physiology; 89, (6), 731-737.
Chihman, V., Shelepin, Y., Foreman, N., Merkuljev, A. Pronin, S; 2004; The optical and geometrical parameters of incomplete contour figures at threshold. Neuroscience and Behavioural Physiology, 35, 1, 103-109.
Foreman, N., Stanton, D., Wilson, P., Duffy, H. Parnell, R; 2005; Transfer of spatial knowledge to a 2-level shopping mall in older people, following virtual exploration. Environment and Behavior, 37, 275-292.
Foreman, N; Stirk, J; 2005; Peer commentary on review by Brooks et al. Invited contribution to Cyberpsychology and Behavior, 8, (3), 263-271.
Stirk, J., Foreman, N; 2005; Assessment of visual-spatial deficits in patients with early Parkinsons disease and closed head injuries using virtual environments. Cyberpsychology and Behavior, 8, 431-440.
Foreman, N; 2006; European initiatives in psychology education and research, Horizons in Psychology, 15 (3), 97-105.
Sandamas, G. and Foreman, N; 2007; Spatial reconstruction following virtual exploration in children aged 6-9 years: Effects of age, gender and activity-passivity. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 27, (2), 126-134.
Sandamas G Foreman, N; 2007; Drawing maps and remembering landmarks after driving in a virtual small town environment. Journal of Maps, v2007, 35-45.
Chihman, V., Foreman, N., Merkuljev, A., Pronin, S., Shelepin, Y; 2007; The Gollin Test and the parameters of incomplete contour figures at threshold. Perception, 35, 11, 1441-1457.
Foreman, N., Korallo, L., Newson, D. Sarantos, M; 2008; The incorporation of challenge enhances the learning of chronology from a virtual display. Journal of Virtual Reality. 12(2), 107-113.
Foreman, N., Boyd-Davis, S., Moar, M., Korallo, L. and Chappell, E; 2008; Can Virtual Environments be used to enhance the learning of historical chronology? Instructional Science, 36(2), 155-173.
Shelepin, Y., Chikhman, V. and Foreman, N; 2008; Analysis of fragmented image perception: Local features and global description. Russian Journal of Physiology, 7, 758-776. (In Russian).
Shelepin, Y. E., Chikhman, V, N., Vakhrameeva, O. A., Pronin, S. V, Foreman, N and Passmore, P; 2008; Invariance of visual perception. Experimental Psychology [Experimentalnaya Psikhologiya], 1, 7-33. (In Russian)
Chikhman, V. N., Shelepin, Y. E., Foreman, N. and Passmore, P; 2009; Incomplete 2-D image perception at viewpoint variation of 3-D objects. Russian Journal of Physiology, 4, (in press; In Russian)
Sandamas, G., Foreman, N. Coulson, M. Input device training reinstates active benefit in children when exploring virtual environments. Spatial Cognition and Computation. (in press)

Submitted

Foreman, N. Sandamas, G. Concurrent demands on visual-spatial working memory influence the acquisition of spatial information from a small room virtual environment. Human Factors.

Other refereed articles

Foreman, N. P; 1987; What went wrong with Warnock? Special Children, (June), 12, 22-23.

Foreman, N. P. and Gell, M; 1990; Kids in space: Handicapped children's spatial knowledge of their mainstream school environment. Special Children, (January), 20-21.

Foreman, N; 1992; Soviet Psychology: Changes and exchanges. The Psychologist, (January), 15, 25-27

Foreman, N; 1993; In a virtual world. Special Children, (March), 64, 28-29.

Foreman, N; 1996; Interview with Romanian Psychologist, Ilona Gorog. The Psychologist, 9, 125-126.
Stanton, D., Foreman, N., Wilson, P; 1997; Virtually there (Special Feature). Special Children, (April), 26-27.

Foreman, N; 1997; Reflections on Russian Psychology. The Psychologist, 10, 121-122.

Rose, D. and Foreman, N; 1999; Virtual Reality: A new tool for psychology? The Psychologist, 12, 550-554.

Foreman, N; 2003; Exploring the world of psychology. The Psychologist, January, 14-15.

Helkama, K. and Foreman, N; 2003; Psychology in Finland. The Psychologist, January, 15-17.

Non-refereed articles

Foreman, N; 1994; Publishing in Western Journals: Advice for East European Contributors. Inostrannaya Psikhologiya (Foreign Psychology), 2, 85-87 (in Russian.)

Foreman, N; 1997; Research Applications: Advice for Eastern European Applicants. Inostrannaya Psikhologiya [Foreign Psychology], 7, 77-81.

Foreman, N; 1998; Education, psychology and educational technology: Some recent developments in the UK. Journal of the Baltic Pedagogical Academy, 15, 37-42 (In Russian).

Gulina, M., Osiev, A., Turovtseva, J., Foreman, N; 1999; Psychology in St Petersburg, Russia. Up-Date (British and East European Psychology Group), No. 14, 2-8.

Foreman, N., Colley, A; 2001; Professional psychology inside and outside universities: The need for accreditation, registration, quality assurance, staff appraisal and ethical monitoring. Psikhologichiskii Zhournal. (In Russian).

Foreman, N. Sandamas, G; 2002; Human spatial cognition: Current issues and technological developments. Khabashi Vestnik; Al-Farabi Kazakh G U University Journal, 1 (8), pp. 38-48.

Foreman, N; 2004; Navigating memory: Can 3-D autobiographies improve chronological thinking? Journal of the Baltic Pedagogical Academy, 54, 168-174. (In Russian).

Foreman, N; 2004; Neuropsychology in Russia. Up-Date (British and East European Psychology Group), 21, 1-9.

Foreman, N; 2004; Older people and virtual environments. Khabarshi Vestnik; Al-Farabi Kazakh G U University Journal, 2 (13), 14-18.

Foreman, N; 2006; PhD programs in Kazakhstan (publication of personal interview); Khabarshi Vestnik; Al-Farabi Kazakh G U University Journal, December.

Sandamas, G. Foreman, N; 2007; Landmark, route and survey representational information acquired from active or passive driving in a virtual small town. Khabarshi Vestnik; Al-Farabi Kazakh G U University Journal

Abstracted conference contributions

Foreman, N. P., Goodale, M. A. and Milner, A. D; 1977; Increased locomotor activity following lesions of the superior colliculus in the rat. Journal of Anatomy (London), 123, p. 245. [Anatomical Society of Great Britain], St Andrews, Scotland.

Goodale, M. A., Foreman, N. P. and Milner, A. D; 1977; The effects of lesions of the superior colliculus on two kinds of visual orientation behaviour in the rat. Brain Research, 127, Pp. 356-357. [European Brain and Behaviour Society], Copenhagen.

Foreman, N. P. and Stevens, R. G; 1979; Visual lesions and radial arm maze performance in the rat. Bulletin of the British Psychological Society, 32, p. 194. [Btitish Psychological Society Annual Conference], Nottingham.

Save, E., Buhot, M-C., Poucet, B., Foreman, N. Thinus-Blanc, C; 1990; Role of hippocampus and posterior parietal cortex in exploration and response to a spatial change in rats. Open Network Conference Neural Mechanisms of Learning and Memory, 3-6 April (proceedings abstracts), London.

Save, E., Buhot, M-C., Poucet, B., Foreman, N., Thinus-Blanc, C; 1990; Exploration and response to change in rats: Role of the hippocampus and posterior parietal cortex. European Neuroscience Association, (proceedings abstracts), Stockholm.

Foreman, N., Thinus-Blanc, C., Save, E., and Buhot, M-C; 1992; Where and how is novelty handled in the brain? The Psychologist, p. 18. [British Psychological Society Psychobiology Section], Birkbeck College, London.

Foreman, N., Wilson, P., Stanton, D; 1995; Virtual reality applications: Spatial competence and personal confidence. In: Foreman, N. (Ed.), Proceedings of the 7th T.I.D.E Bridge Phase Workshop (7 July); Commission of the European Union, Brussels.

Foreman, N. Wilson, P; 1996; Virtual reality in psychology: Taking advantage of a new technology. In: Gray, H., Foreman, N., Hayes, N. (Eds.), Psychology in a Changing Europe: Proceedings of the Meeting of the British and East European Psychology Group, Pp. 104-106; Banska Bystrica, Slovakia.

Foreman, N; 1996; Brain and behaviour research in the West: Past, present and future. In: Gray, H.,

Foreman, N., Hayes, N. (Eds.), Psychology in a Changing Europe: Proceedings of the Meeting of the British and East European Psychology Group, Pp. 67-68; Banska Bystrica, Slovakia.

Gulina, M., Foreman, N; 1996; Problems of the Young from the Point of View of the Psychology of Social Work. In: Proceedings of International Scientific Congress: Nations of the Union of Independent States on the Verge of the Third Millenium: Realities and Prospects. St Petersburg: Petropolis Publishing House (May), Volume 4, Pp. 131-133, (in Russian); St Petersburg, Russia.

Foreman, N; 1996; Five years of UK-Russia cooperation in Psychology. Proceedings of the 25 Year Jubilee Conference (in honour of B. G. Ananyev), 28-31 October. St Petersburg: Faculty of Psychology, St Petersburg State University Publishing House; St Petersburg, Russia.

Stanton, D., Wilson, P., and Foreman, N; 1996; Using virtual reality to aid spatial awareness in disabled children. In P. Sharkey (Ed.), Proceedings of the First International Conference on Disability, Virtual Reality and Associated Technologies, Pp. 93-101; Reading, Berkshire.

Stanton, D., Wilson, P., and Foreman, N; 1997; Virtual environments as aid to spatial learning in physically disabled children. Proceedings of the British Psychological Society, Summer Conference, 5, p. 139, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Foreman, N; 1997; The history of neuroscience in the UK and Russia. Proceedings of the 25 Year Jubilee Conference (in honour of B. F. Lomov), Institute of Psychology, Russian Academy of Sciences, (January), Proceedings p.139, (in Russian), Moscow, Russia.

Foreman, N., Colley, A; 1999; Professional psychology inside and outside universities: The need for accreditation, registration, quality assurance, staff appraisal and ethical monitoring. Proceedings: International Conference: Education and Science, The Third Millennium, 23-25 February. Proceedings p. 63; St Petersburg, Russia.

Chernova, N. D., Muravyova, S. V., Shelepin, Y., Foreman, N. Chihman, V; 1999; The Gollin test on a noisy background. Perception, 28 (Suppl.), 77.

Foreman, N; 2000; Activity and passivity in real and virtual spatial learning. XXVIIth International Congress of Psychology, Stockholm; Proceedings, p.203.

Foreman, N., Wilson, P., Stanton, D., Duffy, H.; 2000; Virtual Reality and spatial mobility training: Finding a place for VR in special needs education; Into 2000: Mencap, Millennium Dome, London, November 16-18.

Stanton, D., Wilson, P., Duffy, H., and Foreman, N. 2000; Virtual environments as spatial training aids for children and adults with physical disabilities. In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Disability, Virtual Reality and Associated Technologies (ICDVRAT), Sardinia, pp. 123-128. September.

Chihman, V., Shelepin, Y., Pronin, S., Foreman, N., Merkuliev, A., Krasilnikov, N; 2001; The Gollin test and the optical properties of incomplete figures at threshold. Perception, 30 (Suppl.), 89. [European Congress on Visual Perception, Kusadasi, Turkey, August 26-30].

Foreman, N; 2001; Virtual Reality technology: Applications in psychology research and therapy. 49th Annual Meeting of the Serbian Psychological Society, Subotica, Serbia, 31 May-2 June. (Guest of honour and invited speaker).

Akhutina, T., Foreman, N., Matikka, L., Narhi, V Vakhalpus, J; 2001; Remediation of spatial functions in slow-learning children, using desk-top and virtual reality spatial training. 8th Annual Conference, International Association for Cognitive Education, Juvaskula, Finland, 10-14 June.

Foreman, N; 2001; Applications of Virtual Reality in Psychology: symposium overview. VIIth European Congress of Psychology, Barbican, London, 1-6 July.

Foreman, N., Wilson, P., Stanton, D., Duffy, H; 2001; Finding places: VR use by mobility-impaired children and senior citizens. VIIth European Congress of Psychology, Barbican, London, 1-6 July.

Kozlova, A., Gulina, M., Foreman, N; 2001; Influence of family relationships on youth self-esteem. VIIth European Congress of Psychology, Barbican, London, 1-6 July.

Shelepin, Y. Foreman, N; 2002; The Gollin incomplete figures test: An example of perceptual masking. ECVP, Glasgow

Boulter, J., Foreman, N., Sumner, O. Camfield, L.; 2002; Incorporating disabled adolescents' drawings into Virtual Reality 3-D autobiographies to enhance understanding of chronology. SCI-ART Annual Conference, Liverpool, 26-27 September.

Akhutina, T., Foreman, N., Krichevets, A., Matikka, L., Narhi, V., Pylaeva, N. Vahakuopus, J; 2001; Improving spatial functions in children with cerebral palsy using computerised and traditional game-tasks. Eighth International Conference, IACE, Juvaskula, Finland, 10-14 June 2001.

Akhutina, T., Foreman, N., Krichevets, A., Matikka, L., Narhi, V., Pylaeva, N. Vahakuopus, J; 2002; Factors in the use of spatial remediation with physically disabled children. A. R. Luriya Congress, Moscow, Russia, September 24-26.

Chihman, V., Shelepin, Y., Foreman, N., Merkuliev, A., Deshkovich; 2003; Incomplete figures perception: The problem of "invisible" masking. Proceedings: European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP-03).

Stanton, D., Foreman, N., Wilson, P and Duffy, H. 2002; Use of virtual environments to acquire spatial understanding of real world multi-level environments. In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Disability, Virtual Reality and Associated Technologies (ICDVRAT), Vesprem, Hungary, pp.13-19.

Foreman, N; 2003; Virtual Environments and Spatial Cognition. By invitation, 126th Solomonov seminar, Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, 19th June.

Shelepin, O Vahromeeva, A Harauzov, S Pronin, N Krasilnikov, N Foreman, V Chihman. 2004; The recognition of incomplete contour and half tone figures European Congress on Visual Perception (ECVP-04). Budapest. [abstract].

Sandamas, G., Foreman, N. Korallo, L. 2004; Effects of age, experience and interacivity on performance of the Herman construction task. British Psychological Society, Annual Conference, Imperial College, London. [abstract].

Sandamas, G., Foreman, N. Korallo, L. 2004;. Effects of passivity and activity on performance of the Herman small-town construction task. British Psychological Society Developmental Section Conference, August. [abstract].

Zinkiewicz, L., Hammond, N. (University of York), Foreman, N., Niyazi, A. (Middlesex University), Reddy, P., Collins, J. (Aston University); 2004; Workshop: Improving provision for disabled psychology students. PLAT 2004 [Psychology Learning and Teaching] Conference, Glasgow, 4-7 April.

Shelepin, Y., Foreman, N., Chihman, V. Merkuriev, V; 2004; The Gollin incomplete figures test: Psychophysical parameters at threshold. European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP): December.

Zinkiewicz, L., Hammond, N., Collins, J., Reddy, P., Niyazi, A Foreman, N; 2005; Improving provision for disabled psychology students. British Psychological Society Quinquennial conference, 30 March-2 April.

Zinkiewicz, L., Hammond, N., Collins, J., Reddy, P., Niyazi, A., Foreman, N. Carlton, C; 2005; Statistics is one of the most difficult subjects of all: Helping disabled psychology students survive statistics. Dyslexia Dyscalculia Interest Group conference, April 13

Barnett, J., Coulson, M. Foreman, N; 2005; Grumpy old men or calm old gents? Sex, age and personality differences in self-reported anger. Results of 2 studies. BPS Women's Section conference, Manchester, UK.

Organising committee for BEEPG meeting: Research Psychology in the New Europe: Funding and Methodology, Jagellonian University, Polonia center, Krakow, Poland, September 11-14 2005.

Foreman, N; 2005; Virtual environment use in psychology: Problems and prospects. British and East European Group conference, September 11-14, Krakow, Poland.

Barnett, J., Coulson, M. Foreman, N; 2006; Emotion and age in males and females. British Psychological Society, Annual Conference, Cardiff, 30 March-1 April.

Foreman, N; 2007; Virtual reality in Psychology. Student conference, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Foreman, N; 2006; Research Issues in Psychology: Ethics. Annual Conference of the Slovenian Psychological Society, Llubljana, 8-11 November.

Foreman, N; 2007; Developments in Research and Teaching In Europe. Annual meeting of the Serbian Psychological Society, Lepinski Vir, Serbia, April.

Chikhman, V., Shelepin, Y., Foreman, N., Passmore, P; 2008; Viewpoint invariabnce in the recognition of 3-D depth-rotated figures. Perception, 37, Supplement, p.119. [ECVP, 2008].

Other Conference papers delivered in recent years:

    * Wilson, P., Foreman, N; 1993; Transfer of Information from Virtual to Real Space: Implications for People with Physical Disabilities. Eurographics Workshop on Virtual Environments, Polytechnical University of Catalonia, Barcelona, 7th September.
    * Foreman, N., Wilson, P; 1994; EU-COMETT Introductory Training Courses in Virtual Reality Computing. EuroCAD Forum, Bologna, Italy, 16-18 June.
    * Wilson, P., Foreman, N; 1994; Virtual Reality and Psychological Research. EuroCAD Forum, Bologna, Italy. 16-18 June.
    * Wilson, P., Foreman, N; 1994; Spatial Learning in Physically Disabled Children through interactions with Computer Simulated Space. Annual Conference, Experimental Analysis of Behavior Group, University College London, 14th-15th April.
    * Foreman, N; 1995; Virtual Reality Computing: Prospects in Paediatric Medicine. Association for Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Research Day, Westcotes House, Leicester, January 19th.
    * Foreman, N., Wilson, P; 1994; University of Leicester: Research in VR. (Presentation of VR environments.) British Information Technology Day, University of Leeds, 24th March.
    * Foreman, N., Wilson, P., Stanton, D; 1995; Virtual Reality, Spatial Behaviour and Special Needs Education. National Centre for Educational Technology, Conference, Bestwood Park Hotel, Nottingham, November 20-22.
    * Stanton, D., Wilson, P., Foreman, N; 1995; Studies of Spatial Awareness in Disabled Children in Virtual Environments. National Centre for Educational Technology, Conference, Bestwood Park Hotel, Nottingham, November 20-22.
    * Foreman, N., Wilson, P; 1995; Virtual Reality Computing: New Paradigms for the Investigation of Spatial Behaviours in Human Subjects. (Invited lecture.) European Neuroscience Association, Amsterdam, September.
    * Wilson, P., Foreman, N., Stanton, D; 1997; Spatial learning in physically disabled children using simulated 3-dimensional environments. University of Amsterdam Annual Meeting on Medical Rehabilitation. Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 31 October.
    * Foreman, N., Gillett, R., with Bjoernaes, H*; 1997; Statistical methods and neuropsychological assessment. Preconference seminar (invited). Conference on Developmental Neurobiology, Institute fur Psychologie, Kiel University, Germany, November 21-22, (* Oslo)
    * Foreman, N., Wilson, P., Stanton, D; 1997; Recovery of spatial functions as assessed by means of virtual reality in children with impaired mobility. (Invited address). Conference on Developmental Neurobiology, Institute fur Psychologie, Kiel University, Germany, November 21-22.
    * Foreman, N; 1998; The Nuffield Scholarship Scheme, 1992-1999. British and East European Psychology Group, Leicester University, September 17.
    * Wilson, P., Foreman, N., Stanton, D; 1998; Improving spatial awareness in physically disabled children using virtual environments. IEEE, December.
    * Foreman, N., Wilson, P., Stanton, D; 1999; Virtual reality use in remediating children's spatial deficits. International Conference on Technology and Disability, San Francisco, March 16-21.
    * Papers delivered to Psychology Departments and meetings in various UK Universities, also in Bergen, Strasbourg, New Orleans, New York, Baltimore, Marseille, Aix-en-Provence, St Petersburg (Leningrad), Moscow, Baku (Azerbaijan), Barcelona, Bologna, BT Labs (Martlesham Heath), Stockholm.

Book reviews

    * Foreman, N. P; 1982; Book review: McFadden, D. (Ed.), Neural Mechanisms in Behavior. Current Psychological Research and Reviews, 2, 120-121.
    * Foreman, N. P; 1985; Book review: Bronson, G. W. The Scanning Patterns of Human Infants: Implications for Visual Learning. Current Psychological Research and Reviews, 4, 185-186.
    * Foreman, N; 1991; Book Review: Gray, J. A. (Ed.), Psychobiological Aspects of Relationships between Emotion and Cognition. Biological Psychology, 32, 215-218.
    * Foreman, N; 1999; Book review: Grigorenko, E. L., Ruzgis, P., and Sternberg, R. J; Russian Psychology: Past, Present and Future. The Psychologist, 12, 145.

Other output

    * Foreman, N; 1983; Economics -- No problem? New Society, 64, 512.
    * Foreman, N; 1984; Milton Keynes -- not a new town, a new economist. The Guardian (Economics Agenda), January 4th.
    * Foreman, N; 1991; Food queues? No problem! Balance (British Diabetic Association), (December), 126, 16-19.
    * Foreman, N; 1996; Distinguishing the good from the mumbo jumbo. Disability Now, (November), 12.
    * Foreman, N.; 2001; Interview: Romantichna ii empirijcska psikologija, istoka ii zapada. [Romantic and empirical psychology, east and west]. Psikhologija: Journal of the Serbian Psychological Association, December 2001, p.5. [Interviewer: Tanya Kosuch].
    * Pavshich, M. Identity and European integration. Znanost (Republic of Slovenia), 13 January 2003, p.7. [Newspaper report of contributions to meeting in Maribor].

Editorships

    * Inostrannaya Psikhologiya; 1996--; (Member of Editorial Board); Institute of Psychology, Russian Academy of Sciences; Moscow.
    * Psychologiya; 2002--; (Member of the International Editorial Board) Serbian Psychological Society, Novi Sad.
    * Member of the Editorial Advisory Group, The Psychologist (British Psychological Society): International matters. Many items commissioned and edited for the on-going World Psychology series beginning in 2003-4.
    * Zeitschrift fur Psychologie, 2009-- (Member of the Editorial Board).

Grant reviewer

* Ceneca (Italian government)
* Israel-Germany Research Fund

Research supervision

    * Danae Stanton. Joint supervisor. Spatial Cognition and Virtual Environments. PhD, 1997.
    * Sue Barraclough. Supervisor. Caffeine and Behaviour. PhD, 1998.
    * Sandra Wheatley. Joint supervisor. Antenatal Psychosocial Intervention. PhD, 1999.
    * Jonathan Stirk Virtual Reality and Clinical Neuropsychology, PhD, 2002.
    * George Sandamas. Virtual Reality, activity-passivity, and spatial cognition. PhD, 2007.
    * Steve Nunn. Dreams for waking eyes. (PhD, DoS: submitted, 2009)
    * Jackie Meredith. Emotional intelligence. (PhD, supervisor; submitted)
    * Jane Barnett, VEs and representation of emotion (PhD, supervisor, submitted)
    * Mark Ryan, EIT functional brain imaging (PhD, Current, supervisor), March 2004 UCH/Middlesex. DoS: Richard Bayford.
    * Second (informal) supervisor for two PhD students in Al Farabi Kazakh G U University (2005-8), working on spatial cognition, virtual environments, Money test (Tansulu Mukhitdinova and Natalya Khon, Psychology) (both completed, 2008) and Danna Nazaurlina (due to complete 2009).
    * L. Korallo (PhD, Current, DoS)
    * Ali Mohammad Goodarzi (Iran), working on specific learning difficulties. He has to complete English Language examinations before registering.

Honorary Visiting Professor to Middlesex University: Professor Yoshiaki Takeuchi, April-December 2004 and September 2005.

Teaching

Introductory Biological Psychology (Biological Bases of Behaviour). Have variously provided advanced courses in spatial cognition, behavioural neuroscience, neuropsychology, and psychopharmacology. Courses provided in the past for Psychology, Adult Education, Psychiatry, and Biological Science students (Years 1-3 and postgraduate); supervision of placement students (2). Currently teach Introductory Biological Psychology [level 1], Biological Bases of Behaviour [level 3], Cognitive Neuropsychology [level 3], Final year project supervision [level 3], Ethics in Psychology [MSc].

Administrative Roles

    * Director of Research, Psychology Department
    * Member of ISHR Executive
    * Research Board (EFPA responsibility holder), Ethics Committee, British Psychological Society.
    * Psychology: Research Committee (Convenor)
    * Curriculum Development Team
    * Research Ethics Committee (Member, Past convenor)
    * Chair of several panels: PhD transfers, appeals, PhD viva examinations.

External Activities

    * British Psychological Society: Scientific Affairs Board (1998-2002) and Research Board (2002--); EFPA representative
    * British Psychological Society: International Committee (1998-2007) (Chair)
    * British Psychological Society: Ethics Committee (1998--)
    * British Psychological Society: Standing Advisory Committee for the Welfare of Animals in Psychology (SACWAP) (1991-2008)
    * British Psychological Society: Graduate Qualifications Accreditation Committee (1998-2003)
    * British Psychological Society: The Psychologist Management Committee (associate editor for international matters) (2000--)
    * British Psychological Society: Visiting Psychologist Committee (2003-2008)
    * British Psychological Society: Working Party on Ethical Procedures in Research (2002-9)
    * British Psychological Society: Member of BPS Council (2000-7)
    * BPS: Visiting psychologist committee (2006-8)
    * BPS: Presidents' Award Committee (2007 -8)
    * Chair the Governors of a Special School for physically disabled children (1985-2001)
    * Chair, British and East European Psychology Group (1992-6)
    * Accreditation visits convened (1) and participated in (1) for the Graduate Qualifications and Accreditation Committee of BPS.
    * Visits to Serbia (2002) and Slovenia (2003) representing BPS.
    * BPS delegate and co-chair, the General Assembly of the European Federation of Psychologists Associations, Vienna 2003 and Granada 2005.
    * Standing Committee on Scientific Affairs, European Federation of Psychologists Associations (EFPA) (2003--) (Chair, 2006--)
    * By invitation, led a People to People (Ambassador Program) visit of Psychologists to China, by the USA Eisenhower Foundation, December 3-15th, 2004.
    * By invitation of the Vietnamese Psychological Society, gave lectures to institute and university staff and students, Hanoi, December 16-22nd 2005.

Media Experience

    * Appearance on TV and radio, during the launch of an Action Research-BT project on disability and VR, October 5th 1994.
    * Radio interviews, eg. Radio Leicester Talkback (13th November 1997), and Leicester Sound.
    * Organised permanent VR exhibition, Snibston Science Discovery Park, Coalville, Leicestershire, 1994.
    * Provided SET95, SET96, SET97 displays, University of Leicester.
    * Articles in North Circular magazine (Middlesex University)
    * Contributor to BBC radio Memories are Made of This; 31 January 2001, repeated Channel 4, June 2001; Broadcast in New Zealand and elsewhere, 2002.
    * BBC Connect (recorded 18 June 2001) on spatial cognition and bridges.
    * Features on Virtual Reality computing (eg. The Guardian On-Line, 11 August 1994, re. BT-Action Research Project launch, 5th October 1994), regarding caffeine work (Daily Mirror, 7th October 1993), and regarding the Slovakian conference of the British and East European Psychology Group (The Guardian, and newspapers in Slovakia, August 1995).
    * Numerous press releases in Enfield and Leicester newspapers following professorial inaugural lecture (8 February 2001); interview with Serbian psychology newspaper published in 2001.
    * August 2003: quoted in Scunthorpe Telegraph, "When flat packs lead to frustration".
    * Assisted journalist Laura Spinney on spatial skills of males and females, and quoted in the article (Biomednet 28 December 2003)
    * August 2004: Quoted in the Daily Mail and Daily Express, regarding the association between a recent murder case and the use of the Manhunt 3-D video game.
    * August 2004: Live interview for Cape Talk (S. African radio, Cape Town) on the Manhunt game.
    * April 2005: Extensive coverage of work by PhD supervisee, Jane Barnett, in national news media.
    * 2006: Two items in Middlesex World, on foreign visitors (Viet Nam, Serbia); press release on virtual shopping, November 2006
    * 2007, 8, 9: External media, several items in Middlesex World.

Links with partner/business organisations

Industrial links

Negotiated on behalf of the British Psychological Society to set up ventures with five Russian publishers to translate, publish and distribute texts from BPS catalogues in Moscow, St Petersburg, Perm, and Voronezh.
Provided courses in Virtual Reality computing to industrialists and academics in Leicester (1994) Marseille (1995) and Portugal (Lisbon, Oporto, 1995) under the EU COMETT scheme.

External Examining

    * BSc degree, University of East London (Chief External Examiner, 1996-2000)
    * BSc degree, Southampton Institute (Solent University) (2000-4)
    * BSc degree, Aston University (2004-7)
    * Doctor of Science, CNRS, Marseille, France. 1986, External examiner.
    * PhD. Psychology, Sheffield, UK. 1995. External examiner.
    * DPhil. Psychology, Leicester, 1997, Internal examiner.
    * Intercalated BSc. Medicine, Leicester, 1997. Internal examiner.
    * PhD. Medicine, Leicester, 1998. Internal examiner.
    * Intercalated BSc, Medicine, Leicester. 1998. Internal examiner.
    * PhD. Psychology, Reading. 1999. External examiner.
    * PhD. Psychology, Middlesex, 2004. Internal examiner.
    * PhD. Psychology, Aston University, 2006
    * PhD. Computing and Design, Lund University, Sweden, 2007

Research Grants and Awards

    * 1983University Research Committee award (with Professor W Sluckin)
    * 1985-9Wellcome Trust grant (with Professor A Fielder, Ophthalmology); total: pound;120,000.
    * 1989NATO (French collaborative animal spatial research);pound;1,900
    * 1991Nuffield Foundation Grant (Russian collaborative exchanges); pound;3,900
    * 1992University Research Committee award (French collaborative research); pound;2,700
    * 1992NATO (French collaborative animal spatial research); pound;2,000
    * 1992Nuffield Foundation grant (Russian collaborative exchanges); pound;1,655
    * 1993European COMETT fund for Virtual Reality work, awarded following a trans-European adjudication procedure; 12,900 ECU (approx pound;9,500).
    * 1993Action Research/BT (with Dr P Wilson) for investigation of Virtual Realityapplication to disability; pound;65,803
    * 1994Nuffield Foundation Grant (Russian collaborative exchanges); pound;11,565
    * 1994Royal Society: Russian publishing; pound;1,350
    * 1994Negotiated grant for Russian research centre (British Embassy); pound;700
    * 1996Nuffield Foundation Grant (Russian collaborative exchanges); pound;8,780
    * 1996University of Leicester (with Professor Edgar Miller), Studentship for assistant to work on Virtual Reality, amnesia and spatial neglect
    * 1997Action Research/BT (with Dr P Wilson), VR and disability pound;9,982
    * 1997National Westminster Bank plc (Russian translation) pound;200
    * 1998British Council-DAAD grant for research with Kiel, Germany on head injury, spatial function, VR and locomotor mazes, pound;10,000
    * 1998NATO grant (with Drs P Wilson, P. Peruch); activity/passivity in VR environments, pound;5,000
    * 1998SCOPE/BT (with Dr P Wilson), VR and mobility impairment, pound;82,000
    * 1999EU-INTAS/Russian Basic Research Fund grant for work with Moscow and Helsinki on VR use in remediation in slow learning children, pound;48,000
    * 2000University of Middlesex, Studentship for assistant to work on Virtual Reality and applications in human spatial cognition, pound;27,000
    * 2001Sciart: 3-D autobiographies: personal histories constructed with VR (with Jennie Boulter, Camden Arts Centre), pound;13,000
    * 2003HEFCE grant to examine disabled access to the psychology curriculum in universities, with York and Aston Universities, pound;161,000.
    * 2003Assisted Camden Arts Centre to obtain pound;90,000 for exhibition including the Sciart work (above): Presentation to Wellcome Trust.
    * 2003 SCOPE and BT. pound;14,886. March 2003 - Sept 2003. Transfer of spatial knowledge in older people following virtual exploration. Middlesex, with the University of Leicester and the University of Bath.
    * 2003University award to promote collaboration between centres: with Landsdowne Centre (Cat Hill). Navigating Memories. pound;10,000.
    * 2004University award (SRIF): purchase of VE equipment (head-immersion), pound;20,000.
    * 2004 Successful bid for student tutor post (for Jackie Meredith), with M Coulson, K Sims.
    * 2004Successful bid for PhD studentship for Jane Barnett, September.
    * 2004Hosting Professor Yoshiaki Takeuchi, visiting professor (sabbatical leave, funded by Aichi University, Japan), March-December. Conducted research in Enfield schools, September-December 2004.
    * 2006Leverhulme Trust. Virtual History: Use of virtual environments in the teaching and learning of historical chronology. pound;74,000.
    * 2007ESRC, New Dynamics of Ageing Programme. Old people's use of unfamiliar space, with J. Phillips (Swansea University), pound;320,000.
    * 2007TEMPUS award, Improving the psychology curriculum in line with the Bologna Declaration, EU, Euros176,000 (pound;130,000), with M Biro (Novi Sad) and consortium.

Total research funds received: pound;1,234,920

Research Centre: Applications of Virtual Environments. This continues to function as a generic centre, concerned with applications of VE technologies to emotion, spatial cognition, memory and history education, among others.

Overseas Links

    * St Petersburg, Russia: Visiting professor, Faculty of Psychology; provide lectures to undergraduates (1995--)
    * Marseille, France: organised two postgraduate ESF students exchanges in Information Technology (1994, 1995)
    * Kent State University, Ohio: organised undergraduate student exchange programmes (1998, 1999)
    * INTAS grant for VR work, with Helsinki, Finland; Moscow, Russia (1999-2001)
    * Marseille, France: NATO grant for VR work (1998-1999)
    * Kiel, Germany: British Council/DAAD grant for clinical VR work (1998-2000)
    * Baku, Azerbaijan: Reciprocal visits made (1989, 1995)
    * Assisted a number of French and Eastern European scientists with the preparation of manuscripts and submission for publication in Western journals.
    * Links with Japanese spatial researchers (Professors Takeuchi Yoshiaki and Takashi Ohnishi), Tokyo; currently developing research links between UK, Japan, Russia and Germany.
    * Sabbatical visitor to UK: Honorary Visiting Professor Yoshiaki Takeuchi, April-December 2004.
    * Sabbatical visitor to UK: Dr Maija Zotovic, Novi Sad University, August 2006-January 2007.

Other relevant information

    * Joint organiser with Professor David Morton (Biomedical Services) of 2-day conference for Home Office Inspectors on the working of the 1986 (Animal Procedures) Act, Leicester, 1986.
    * Set up and chaired (1992-1996) the British and East European Psychology Group which continues to expand its membership (currently 400) throughout central and eastern Europe.
    * Gave invited address to the Institute of Psychology, Russian Academy of Education, Moscow at the 80 year Jubilee celebration, April 1994.
    * Chaired symposium (and gave 2 joint papers) on visualisation and virtual reality at EuroCAD conference, Bologna, Italy, August 1994.
    * By invitation of the European Commission, acted as Chair and Co-ordinator of 7th TIDE Bridge Phase Symposium on IT and Disability, Brussels, 7th July 1995.
    * BPS press contact for Virtual Reality Computing, 1995--
    * Coordinating Editor for material in The Psychologist concerned with International and Eastern European Psychology.
    * Invited coordinating Editor for edition of Special Children on computer graphics and special needs, September 1993.
    * Invited speaker at 2 conferences on the teaching of Psychology, Centre for Applied Psychology, Leicester (1998).
    * Invited speaker, International Congress of Psychology, Stockholm, 2000.
    * Organising committee of the European Congress of Psychology, London, 2001.
    * Invited editor, with R. E. Rawles, for Thematic Core on Economic Psychology, Inostrannaya Psikhologiya [Foreign Psychology], 1997.
    * Guest of Honour, 49th Annual meeting of the Serbian Psychological Association, Subotitsa, Serbia, May 2001.
    * Joint chair for EFPA General Assembly, Vienna, 12-13 July 2003
    * Consultant to Nesta (for projects on Virtual Environments and Arts), 2004
    * Appointed advisor on research grants by the Italian government (Ceneca), 2002.
    * Joint chair for EFPA General Assembly, Granada, 9-10 July 2005
    * Gave 2 talks to student recruitment conference, Middlesex University, Dubai, November 2006.
    * Guest of honour and keynote speaker, 50th meeting of the Serbian Psychological Association, April 2007.
    * Invited chair, HCI International meeting (Universal access), San Diego, California, 2009.