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Professor Graeme Halford

Position
Adjunct Professor

Academic Qualifications
MA UNE, PhD Newcastle (NSW), FASSA, FAPSsS

Membership of Professional Bodies

Fellow of the American Psychological; Society
Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society
Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia

Prizes and Awards

University of Queensland Research Excellence Grant. A general theory of cognitive development. G.S. Halford and J.D. Bain are principal investigators. 1990/91 and 1991/92
Convocation Medal for Professional Excellence, University of Newcastle , 1995
Australian Psychological Society Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award, 2000

Research Interests

Cognitive development, adult cognitive processes and human factors, especially interested in analysis of complexity of cognitive tasks.

Recent Publications

Halford, G. S., Baker, R., McCredden, J. E., & Bain, J. D. (2005). How many variables can humans process? Psychological Science, 16 (1), 70-76.

Halford, G. S., & Andrews, G. (2004). The development of deductive reasoning: How important is complexity? Thinking and Reasoning, 10 (2), 123-145.

Andrews, G., Halford, G. S., Bunch, K. M., Bowden, D., & Jones, T. (2003). Theory of mind and relational complexity. Child Development, 74 (5), 1476-1499.

Chalmers, K. A., & Halford, G. S. (2003). Young children's understanding of oddity: Reducing complexity by simple oddity and most different strategies. Cognitive Development, 18 (1), 1-23.

Contact

School of Psychology
Griffith University
Mt Gravatt Campus M24
Nathan, 4111 Qld Australia
Phone: 617 3735 3468
Email: G.Halford@griffith.edu.au