Dr. Jim Grange

Title: Lecturer
Phone: (+44) 01782 7 33389
Email:
Location: Dorothy Hodgkin Building 1.74
Role: Research Participation Time Coordinator
Psychology Research Experience Coordinator
Contacting me: I will be on research leave for the 2013/14 Autumn semester. Please contact me via email during this time.
Jim Grange photo 2010

Are you interested in studying for a PhD in cognitive psychology / cognitive ageing? 

My research is primarily in executive functioning and "higher level" cognition. Recently, however, I have become interested in looking at decline in such functions due to healthy ageing. The research institute at Keele has just announced their annual competition for fully-funded PhD studentships (click here), and I have a project planned that I am looking for a keen PhD candidate to get involved with looking at the decline in cognitive control due to healthy ageing. 
 
This project would be excellent for a wide range of student interests. Specifically  those more clinically oriented among you would have the opportunity to work with a key (albeit non-clinical) research population; the work I conduct has broad implications for dementia research, so throughout your studies you can probe this area further (although, they are not the primary research demographic). Those with a more cognitive slant will be interested in applying their cognitive understanding to aid our understanding of how cognitive control declines with age. 
 
If you are interested in this project, or indeed wish to discuss any ideas you have for a PhD project slightly related to my research area, please contact me via email at your earliest convenience (j.a.grange@keele.ac.uk), or see some of my standard pure research work on my website (www.jimgrange.com). 

 

Biography

I joined Keele as a Lecturer in July 2010. Prior to this, I completed my BSc, MSc, and PhD at Bangor University in North Wales. I am an experimental cognitive psychologist, interested in cognitive control processes—that is, the mechanisms that enable the human mind to control itself.

Please visit my personal website to find out more about my research program, and email me if you are interested in getting involved!

www.jimgrange.com 

My CV can be downloaded here.

My research is in the field of cognitive psychology. More specifically, I am interested in cognitive control processes (also called executive functions), which enable thoughts and actions to be controlled and deployed in a goal-driven manner.

My research has focussed on the control processes that enable fluid switching between different tasks. Everyday life requires frequent task switching; for example, you may have to switch from reading this web page to answering a telephone if it rings. One important control process that I am particularly interested in is inhibition of task-irrelevant representations in working memory: in order to switch to a new task, the representations of a just-performed task must be inhibited (made less active) in working memory in order that they do not interfere with the implementation of the new task.

My research at Keele involves investigating this inhibitory process in more detail. One particular avenue for research is individual differences in inhibitory control. Not everybody displays signs of inhibition, and the factors that underlie such differences are important theoretically. I am also interested in developing models (descriptive and computational) of inhibition during task switching, which can be used as a tool for theory development.

Please visit my personal website to find out more about my research program, and email me if you are interested in getting involved!

www.jimgrange.com

Journal Articles / Books / Book Chapters *

  • Grange, J.A. & Houghton, G. (Eds.) (submitted). Task Switching and Cognitive Control. Contracted by New York, NY:Oxford University Press. [Online Link and Table of Contents coming soon]
  • Grange, J.A. & Houghton, G. (forthcoming). Task switching and cognitive control: An introduction. To appear in J. A. Grange & G. Houghton (Eds.), Task Switching and Cognitive Control. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. [Link coming soon]
  • Grange, J.A. & Houghton, G. (forthcoming). Models of cognitive control in task switching. To appear in J. A. Grange & G. Houghton (Eds.), Task Switching and Cognitive Control. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. [Link coming soon]
  • Open Science Collaboration. (in press). The Reproducibility Project: A model of large-scale collaboration for empirical research on reproducibility. In V. Stodden, F. Leisch, & R. Peng (Eds.), Implementing Reproducible Computational Research (A Volume in the R Series). New York, NY: Taylor & Francis. [Online link at SSRN]
  • Grange, J.A., Juvina, I., & Houghton, G. (2013). On costs and benefits of n-2 repetitions in task switching: towards a behavioural marker of cognitive inhibition. Psychological Research, 77, 211-222. [PDF]
  • Open Science Collaboration. (2012). An open, large-scale, collaborative effort to estimate the reproducibility of psychological science. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 7, 657-670. [PDF]
  • Grange, J.A., Lody, A., & Bratt, S. (2012). Cost–benefit and distributional analyses of Accessory Stimuli. Psychological Research, 76, 626-633. [PDF]
  • Juvina, I., Grange, J.A., & Lebiere, C. (2011). From repetition-suppression in Stroop to backward inhibition in task switching: An example of model reusability. In A. V. Samsonovich & K. R. Johannsdottir (Eds.), Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence, Volume 233: Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures, IOS Press (pp. 168-173).
  • Houghton, G., & Grange, J.A. (2011). CDF-XL: Computing cumulative distribution functions of reaction time data in Excel. Behaviour Research Methods, 43, 1023-1032. [PDF]
  • Grange, J.A., & Houghton, G. (2011). Task preparation and task inhibition: A comment on Koch, Gade, Schuch, & Philipp (2010). Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 18, 211-216 .[PDF]
  • Grange, J.A. (2011). A review of the book: "How to write a lot: A practical guide to productive academic writing". PsyPAG Quarterly, 78, 38-39.
  • Grange, J.A. (2011). A review of the book: "Public speaking for psychologists: A light-hearted guide to research presentations, job talks, and other opportunities to embarrass yourself". The Psychologist.
  • Grange, J.A. (2011). Control of working memory contents during task switching. In E.S. Levin (Ed.), Working memory: Capacity, Development, & improvement techniques. New York: Nova Science Publishers (pp. 477-512). [Online link]
  • Grange, J.A., & Houghton, G. (2010). Heightened conflict in cue-target translation increases backward inhibition in set switching. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, & Cognition, 36, 1003-1009. [PDF]
  • Grange, J.A., & Houghton, G. (2010). Cue-switch costs in task switching: Cue priming or control processes? Psychological Research, 74, 481-490. [PDF]
  • Grange, J.A., & Houghton, G. (2009). Temporal cue-target overlap is not essential for backward inhibition in task switching. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 62, 2069-2080. [PDF]
  • Houghton, G., Pritchard, R., & Grange, J.A. (2009). The role of cue-target translation in backward inhibition of attentional set. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, & Cognition, 35, 466-476. [PDF]

Working Papers Available for Download

  • Brandt, M.J., IJzerman, H., Dijksterhuis, A., Farach, F., Geller, J., Giner-Sorolla, R., Grange, J.A., Perugini, M., Spies, J., & van't Veer, A. (2013). The replication recipe: What makes for a convincing replication? Available at Social Science Research Network. [Online Link]

*Copyright notice: Some documents have been posted on this web site to facilitate the timely dissemination of scholarly work to individuals for personal research and study. By accessing any of the documents, you agree to adhere to the terms and constraints invoked by each author or copyright holder. You may not repost or reproduce any of the documents, in whole or in part, in any medium, without the explicit permission of the copyright holder.

Selected Publications

  • Alexander A, Barnett-Cowan M, Bartmess E, Bosco FA, Brandt M, Carp J, Chandler JJ, Clay R, Cleary H, Cohn M, Costantini G, DeCoster J, Dunn E, Eggleston C, Estel V, Farach FJ, Feather J, Fiedler S, Field JG, Foster JD, Frank M, Frazier RS, Fuchs HM, Galak J, Galliani EM, Garcia S, Giammanco EM, Gilbert EA, Giner-Sorolla R, Goellner L, Goh JX, Goss RJ, Graham J, Grange JA, Gray JR, Gripshover S, Hartshorne J, Hayes TB, Jahn G, Johnson K, Johnston W, Joy-Gaba JA, Lai CK, Lakens D, Lane K, LeBel EP, Lee M, Lemm K, Mackinnon S, May M, Moore K, Motyl M, Mueller SM, Munafo M, Nosek BA, Olsson C, Paunesku D, Perugini M, Pitts M, Ratliff K, Renkewitz F, Rutchick AM, Sandstrom G, Saxe R, Selterman D, Simpson W, Smith CT, Spies JR, Strohminger N, Talhelm T, van 't Veer A, Vianello M, Collaboration OS. 2012. An Open, Large-Scale, Collaborative Effort to Estimate the Reproducibility of Psychological Science. PERSPECTIVES ON PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE, vol. 7(6), 657-660. link> doi>
  • Grange JA, Juvina I, Houghton G. 2013. On costs and benefits of n-2 repetitions in task switching: towards a behavioural marker of cognitive inhibition. Psychol Res, vol. 77(2), 211-222. link> doi>
  • Houghton G and Grange JA. 2011. CDF-XL: computing cumulative distribution functions of reaction time data in Excel. BEHAVIOR RESEARCH METHODS, vol. 43(4), 1023-1032. link> doi>
  • Grange JA, Lody A, Bratt S. 2012. Cost-benefit and distributional analyses of accessory stimuli. Psychol Res, vol. 76(5), 626-633. link> doi>
  • Grange JA. 2011. Public Speaking for Psychologists. PSYCHOLOGIST, vol. 24(2), 121. link>

Full Publications List show

Journal Articles

  • Alexander A, Barnett-Cowan M, Bartmess E, Bosco FA, Brandt M, Carp J, Chandler JJ, Clay R, Cleary H, Cohn M, Costantini G, DeCoster J, Dunn E, Eggleston C, Estel V, Farach FJ, Feather J, Fiedler S, Field JG, Foster JD, Frank M, Frazier RS, Fuchs HM, Galak J, Galliani EM, Garcia S, Giammanco EM, Gilbert EA, Giner-Sorolla R, Goellner L, Goh JX, Goss RJ, Graham J, Grange JA, Gray JR, Gripshover S, Hartshorne J, Hayes TB, Jahn G, Johnson K, Johnston W, Joy-Gaba JA, Lai CK, Lakens D, Lane K, LeBel EP, Lee M, Lemm K, Mackinnon S, May M, Moore K, Motyl M, Mueller SM, Munafo M, Nosek BA, Olsson C, Paunesku D, Perugini M, Pitts M, Ratliff K, Renkewitz F, Rutchick AM, Sandstrom G, Saxe R, Selterman D, Simpson W, Smith CT, Spies JR, Strohminger N, Talhelm T, van 't Veer A, Vianello M, Collaboration OS. 2012. An Open, Large-Scale, Collaborative Effort to Estimate the Reproducibility of Psychological Science. PERSPECTIVES ON PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE, vol. 7(6), 657-660. link> doi>
  • Grange JA, Juvina I, Houghton G. 2013. On costs and benefits of n-2 repetitions in task switching: towards a behavioural marker of cognitive inhibition. Psychol Res, vol. 77(2), 211-222. link> doi>
  • Houghton G and Grange JA. 2011. CDF-XL: computing cumulative distribution functions of reaction time data in Excel. BEHAVIOR RESEARCH METHODS, vol. 43(4), 1023-1032. link> doi>
  • Grange JA, Lody A, Bratt S. 2012. Cost-benefit and distributional analyses of accessory stimuli. Psychol Res, vol. 76(5), 626-633. link> doi>
  • Grange JA. 2011. Public Speaking for Psychologists. PSYCHOLOGIST, vol. 24(2), 121. link>
  • GRANGE JA and Houghton G. 2011. Task preparation and task inhibition: A comment of Koch, Gade, Schuch, & Philipp. Psychonomic Bullletin & Review, vol. 18(1), 211-216. doi>
  • GRANGE J and Houghton G. 2010. Cue-switch costs in task-switching: Cue priming or control processes?. Psychological Research, vol. 74(4), 481-490. doi>
  • GRANGE J and Houghton G. 2010. Heightened conflict in cue-target translation increases backward inhibition in set switching. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, & Cognition, vol. 36(4), 1003-1009. doi>
  • GRANGE J and Houghton G. 2009. Temporal cue-target overlap is not essential for backward inhibition in task switching. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, vol. 62(10), 2068-2079. doi>
  • Houghton G, Pritchard R, Grange JA. 2009. The role of cue–target translation in backward inhibition of attentional set. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, & Cognition, vol. 35(2), 466-476. doi>
  • GRANGE J. A review of the book "How to write a lot: A practical guide to productive academic writing". PsyPAG Quarterly.

Chapters

  • GRANGE J. Control of working memory contents during task switching. In Working memory: Capacity, development, & improvement techniques. New York: Nova Science.

For teaching material, please select the "Further Information" tab above

 

Year 1

  • PSY10016 — Research methods 2 (Lecturer & Lab Leader)
  • PSY10017 — Biological and cognitive psychology (Seminar Leader)
  • PSY10018 — Individuals in society 1 (Seminar Leader)

Year 2

  • PSY20005 — Biological psychology, perception, and cognition (Lecturer)
  • PSY20018 — Cognitive and biological research methods in psychology (Module Leader, Lecturer, and Lab Leader)

Year 3

  • PSY30061 — Final year research project (Supervisor to 14 students)
  • PSY30084 — Research apprenticeship for BSc Major Psychology 
  • PSY30088 — Psychology of task switching (Module Leader) 
  • PSY30099 — Key readings in cognitive psychology (Lecturer)

Masters Course

  • PSY30089 — Psychology of task switching (Module Leader)
  • PSY40015 — MSc dissertation supervision (Supervisor)
  • PSY40033 — MSc research apprenticeship in psychology (Supervisor)
  • PSY40031 — Special topic in psychology 
  • PSY40034 — Theory and methodology in psychology (Lecturer)

Do you want to give some anonymous feedback on my teaching? Please visit http://www.keele.ac.uk/psychology/feedback/jg/

Below are links to some videos on research methods I hope some of you may find useful. The links will take you to YouTube, where I host my content. They are mostly "how to" guides for SPSS (PASW) and Excel. If you would like a video on something not covered, please do not hesitate to contact me.

 

Statistics

SPSS (PASW)

 

APA Formatting

Word

  • How to format a Microsoft Word document according to APA  (6th Edition) standards (Click here)

Excel

  • How to produce a graph in Excel formatted according to APA standards (Click here)

Open Office

  • How to produce a table in Open Office Writer according to APA standards (Click here)