Psychology of Learning and Motivation

Brian H. Ross is a Professor of Psychology and of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research areas have included problem solving, complex learning, categorization, reasoning, memory, and mathematical modeling. He has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, and the Institute of Education Sciences. Ross has been Editor-in-Chief of the journal Memory & Cognition, Chair of the Governing Board of the Psychonomic Society, and co-author of a textbook, Cognitive Psychology. He has held temporary leadership positions on the University of Illinois campus as Department Head of Psychology, Associate Dean of the Sciences, and Dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Ross has degrees from Brown University (B.S., Honors in Psychology), Rutgers University (M.S. in Mathematical Statistics), Yale University (M.S. in Psychology), and Stanford University (PhD.). Ross has been Editor of The Psychology of Learning and Motivation since 2000.

Learning to orient towards the deep by learning to ignore the surface Domain-general and domain-specific contributions to working memory Believing is Seeing: The Role of Physics Expertise in Perception. Preferences in Reasoning Post retrieval processing: How knowledge is updated after retrieval Morpho-orthographic segmentation and reading: the role of embedded words "Is prospective memory unique? A comparison of prospective and retrospective memory" Causal knowledge and reasoning in decision making Auditory skill acquisition The role of statistical diversity on lexical access and organization