Dr Emma Ward
| Name | Dr Emma Ward |
|---|---|
| Job title | Associate Professor in Psychology |
| Research institute | |
| Primary appointment | Psychology |
| Email address | E.Ward@mdx.ac.uk |
| ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2076-832X |
| Contact category | Academic staff |
Biography
Biography Dr Ward joined Middlesex University in September 2013. Prior to this she was based at the University of York (2012-2013), and completed her PhD on the distinction between explicit and implicit memory at University College London (2009-2012). BSc, MSc, PhD, PGCHE
Teaching PhD Supervision: I welcome enquires from prospective PhD students with an interest in undertaking research on memory or cognitive ageing. Of particular interest are topics around explicit (conscious, declarative) and implicit (unsoncsious, nondeclarative) memory, including changes in these forms of memory with age. I'm also interested in memory processing, and the effects of attention, processing style, context, and temporal expectation. MSc by Research in Cognitive Neuroscience: Operated through the Jones, Silas, & Ward Lab, we welcome enquiries from prospective students. Broad staff expertise and techniques mean that a range of topics are possible. Further information here. Current & Past Research Students:
Education and qualifications
Grants
MusiCare: Protecting Cognitive Functions and Wellbeing Using Music Therapy & Innovative Technology in an Aging Population
£299k (Co-I, transitioned to PI Feb 2024)
01 May 2021
Dunhill Medical Trust
Experimental Psychology Society Small Grants Scheme
£9,876 (PI)
01 Jul 2021
Experimental Psychology Society Small Grants Scheme
Does implicit memory decline with age? Providing conclusive evidence
£49k (PI)
08 Apr 2020
Leverhulme Trust
Does rhythm enhance recognition memory? Evidence from behaviour and neural processing
€48k (PI)
01 Apr 2019
BIAL Foundation
Experimental Psychology Society Small Grants Scheme
£3.5k (PI)
16 Jul 2018
Experimental Psychology Society Small Grants Scheme
The Musical Cognitive Test
£2.8k (Co-I)
09 Jul 2018
SEMPRE
Experimental Psychology Society Research Bursary Scheme
£1.8k (PI)
16 Jul 2016
Experimental Psychology Society Research Bursary Scheme
Prizes and Awards
European Cognitive Aging Society Presidential Award
2019-04-04
European Cognitive Aging Society
Evidence to public body
How much of what we see do we remember?
Science Museum, London
12 Nov 2018
Residency at the Science Museum, South Kensington (2018): How much of what we see do we remember?. Funded by the Experimental Psychology Society Small Grants Scheme, this project examined changes in different kinds of memory over the lifespan, and engaged over 1000 members of the public aged between 12 and 82 years. The project gained coverage in The Guardian, on BBC Turkey, and on social media (>5000 YouTube views)
https://blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/how-much-of-what-we-see-do-we-remember/
Research outputs
Age differences in priming as a function of processing at encoding
Ward, E. 2024. Age differences in priming as a function of processing at encoding. Consciousness and Cognition. 117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2023.103626Null effects of temporal prediction on recognition memory but evidence for differential neural activity at encoding. A registered report
Jones, A., Silas, J., Anderson, W. and Ward, E. 2023. Null effects of temporal prediction on recognition memory but evidence for differential neural activity at encoding. A registered report. Cortex. 169, pp. 130-145. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2023.09.006Temporal expectation improves recognition memory for spatially attended objects
Jones, A., Ward, E., Csiszer, E. and Szymczak, J. 2022. Temporal expectation improves recognition memory for spatially attended objects. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 34 (9), pp. 1616-1629. https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_01872Development and validation of the Music Cognitive Test: A music-based cognitive screening test
Mangiacotti, A., Cipriani, G., Ward, E., Franco, F. and Biasutti, M. 2023. Development and validation of the Music Cognitive Test: A music-based cognitive screening test. Psychology of Music. 51 (2), pp. 373-394. https://doi.org/10.1177/03057356221100851A user-guided personalization methodology to facilitate new smart home occupancy
Ali, S.M.M., Augusto, J., Windridge, D. and Ward, E. 2023. A user-guided personalization methodology to facilitate new smart home occupancy. Universal Access in the Information Society. 22 (3), pp. 869-891. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10209-022-00883-xAge and processing effects on perceptual and conceptual priming
Ward, E. 2023. Age and processing effects on perceptual and conceptual priming. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 76 (1), pp. 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1177/17470218221090128Paranoid and misidentification subtypes of psychosis in dementia
Pearce, D., Gould, R., Roughley, M., Reynolds, G., Ward, E., Bhome, R. and Reeves, S. 2022. Paranoid and misidentification subtypes of psychosis in dementia. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 134, pp. 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2022.104529Memory improvement in aging as a function of exposure to mood-matching music
Ward, E., Isac, A., Donnelly, M., Van Puyvelde, M. and Franco, F. 2021. Memory improvement in aging as a function of exposure to mood-matching music. Acta Psychologica. 212, pp. 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2020.103206Aging predicts decline in explicit and implicit memory: a life-span study
Ward, E., Berry, C., Shanks, D., Moller, P. and Czsiser, E. 2020. Aging predicts decline in explicit and implicit memory: a life-span study. Psychological Science. 31 (9), pp. 1071-1083. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797620927648Rhythmic temporal structure at encoding enhances recognition memory
Jones, A. and Ward, E. 2019. Rhythmic temporal structure at encoding enhances recognition memory. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 31 (10), pp. 1549-1562. https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_01431Multicomponent frailty assessment tools for older people with psychiatric disorders: a systematic review
Sutton, J., Gould, R., Coulson, M., Ward, E., Butler, A., Smith, M., Lavelle, G., Rosa, A., Langridge, M. and Howard, R. 2019. Multicomponent frailty assessment tools for older people with psychiatric disorders: a systematic review. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 67 (5), pp. 1085-1095. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.15710Implicit memory and cognitive aging
Ward, E. and Shanks, D. 2018. Implicit memory and cognitive aging. in: Braddick, O. (ed.) Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Psychology Oxford University Press (OUP).Reduced recognition and priming in older relative to young adults for incidental and intentional information
Ward, E. 2018. Reduced recognition and priming in older relative to young adults for incidental and intentional information. Consciousness and Cognition. 57, pp. 62-73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2017.11.006Predictors of treatment outcome in depression in later life: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Tunvirachaisakul, C., Gould, R., Coulson, M., Ward, E., Reynolds, G., Gathercole, R., Grocott, H., Supasitthumrong, T., Tunvirachaisakul, A., Kimona, K. and Howard, R. 2018. Predictors of treatment outcome in depression in later life: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders. 227, pp. 164-182. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2017.10.008Does study duration have opposite effects on recognition and repetition priming?
Berry, C., Ward, E. and Shanks, D. 2017. Does study duration have opposite effects on recognition and repetition priming? Journal of Memory and Language. 97, pp. 154-174. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jml.2017.07.004A benefit of context reinstatement to recognition memory in aging: the role of familiarity processes
Ward, E., Maylor, E., Poirier, M., Korko, M. and Ruud, J. 2017. A benefit of context reinstatement to recognition memory in aging: the role of familiarity processes. Aging, Neuropsychology and Cognition. 24 (6), pp. 735-754. https://doi.org/10.1080/13825585.2016.1256371Editorial: The aging decision-maker: advances in understanding the impact of cognitive change on decision-making
Ward, E. and Dhami, M. 2016. Editorial: The aging decision-maker: advances in understanding the impact of cognitive change on decision-making. Frontiers in Psychology. 7. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01622Psychometric properties of multicomponent tools designed to assess frailty in older adults: A systematic review
Sutton, J., Gould, R., Daley, S., Coulson, M., Ward, E., Butler, A., Nunn, S. and Howard, R. 2016. Psychometric properties of multicomponent tools designed to assess frailty in older adults: A systematic review. BMC Geriatrics. 16 (1), pp. 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-016-0225-2Tests of pattern separation and pattern completion in humans - a systematic review
Liu, K., Gould, R., Coulson, M., Ward, E. and Howard, R. 2016. Tests of pattern separation and pattern completion in humans - a systematic review. Hippocampus. 26 (6), pp. 705-717. https://doi.org/10.1002/hipo.22561Greater priming for previously distracting information in young than older adults when suppression is ruled out
Ward, E., De Mornay Davies, P. and Politimou, N. 2015. Greater priming for previously distracting information in young than older adults when suppression is ruled out. Aging, Neuropsychology and Cognition. 22 (6), pp. 712-730. https://doi.org/10.1080/13825585.2015.1035224Age effects on explicit and implicit memory
Ward, E., Berry, C. and Shanks, D. 2013. Age effects on explicit and implicit memory. Frontiers in Psychology. 4. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00639An effect of age on implicit memory that is not due to explicit contamination: implications for single and multiple-systems theories
Ward, E., Berry, C. and Shanks, D. 2013. An effect of age on implicit memory that is not due to explicit contamination: implications for single and multiple-systems theories. Psychology and Aging. 28 (2), pp. 429-442. https://doi.org/10.1037/a00318881743
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