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Doctor George Stuart School of Human, Health and Social Sciences

Assoc Prof/HOP Psychology

BSc(Hons) PhD

Office Location
Room G30
Building 8
Contact Details
Email: g.stuart@cqu.edu.au
Phone: (07) 4150 7008 - Ext: 7008
    Awards

    Murrel Prize for highest undergraduate score, 1991

    Winner of the Italian National Concorso (competition) for Assegnista di Ricerca (Research Fellowship) in psychology, 2006

    Professional Experience

    University of York St John, UK, Senior Lecturer Dec. 2007 September 2011

    Facoltà di Psicologia Università Cattolica, Milano, Italy, Research Fellow April 2006 to Dec. 2007

    Department of Psychology Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK, Lecturer Sept. 2003 to April 2006 

    School of Psychology, University of East london, UK, Octobrer 1999 to October 2003, Principal Research Fellow/Lecturer

    Department of Psychology, University of York, UK, Jan 1996 to Oct. 1999 Research Fellow

    School of Psychology, University of Wales, College Cardiff, UK, October 1995 to January 1996, Research Associate

    School of Psychology, University of Wales, College Cardiff, UK, October 1992 to June 1995, Teaching Assistant

    The Civil Aviation, Authority (HCI/Human factors), Malvern, UK, Aug. 1990 to Aug. 1991, Research Assistant 

     

    Key Achievements

    1992: Winner of the Murrell Prize for highest undergraduate degree mark

    1998: Invited to SONY HQ in Tokyo as an external consultant

    2002: Approached by and appointed as research grant reviewer and rapporteur for the UK government funding agency, Economic and Social Research Research Council

    2005: Approached by and appointed as research grant reviewer for the Israel Science Foundation (ISF).

    2006: First foreign academic to be appointed to the Department of Psychology, Universita Cattolica, Milan, since it's inauguration in 1921


    Term 1 - 2013
    PSYC13016 - Cognitive Psychology
    Course Coordinator
    Term 3 - 2012
    PSYC12047 - Research Methods in Psychology A
    Course Coordinator
    Term 2 - 2012
    PSYC11008 - Biological Foundations of Psychology
    Course Coordinator
    Term 1 - 2012
    PSYC11009 - Social Foundations of Psychology
    Course Coordinator
    PSYC13016 - Cognitive Psychology
    Lecturer - Lecture A / 1
    Course Coordinator
    Lecturer - Lecture A / 1
    Term 3 - 2011
    PSYC13016 - Cognitive Psychology
    Course Coordinator
    Book Chapter

    Stuart, GP & Hulme, C 2009, 'Lexical and semantic in influences on immediate serial recall: A role for redintegration', in A Thorn & M Page (eds), Interactions between short-term and long-term memory in the verbal domain, Psychology Press, East Sussex.

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    Journal Article

    Dancey, CP, Attree, EA, Stuart, G, Wilson, C & Sonnet, A 2009, 'Words fail me: the verbal IQ deficit in inflammatory bowel disease and irritable bowel syndrome', Inflamatory Bowel Disease, vol. 15, no. 6, pp. 852-857, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ibd.20837

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    Stuart, G, Patel, J & Bhagrath, N 2006, 'Ageing affects conceptual but not perceptual memory processes', Memory, vol. 14, no. 3, pp.345-358, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09658210500357059

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    Hulme, C, Neath, I, Stuart, G, Shostak, L, Surprenant, AM & Brown, GDA 2006, 'The Distinctiveness of the word-length effect', Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 586-594.

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    Hulme, C, Surprenant, A, Bireta, T, Stuart, G & Neath, I 2004, 'Abolishing the word-Length effect', Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 98-106, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0278-7393.30.1.98

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    Hulme, C, Stuart, G, Brown, G & Morin, C 2003, 'High- and low-frequency words are recalled equally well in alternating lists: Evidence for associative effects in serial recall', Journal of Memory and Language, vol. 49, no. 4, pp.500-518, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0749-596X(03)00096-2

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    Hulme, C, Hatcher, P, Nation, K, Brown, A, Adams, J & Stuart, G 2002, 'Phoneme awareness is a better predictor of early reading skill than onset��rime awareness', Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, vol. 82, no. 1, pp.2-28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/jecp.2002.2670

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    Stuart, G & Hulme, C 2000, 'The effects of word co-occurrence on short-term memory: Associative links in long-term memory affect short-term memory performance', Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, vol. 26, no. 3, pp.796-802, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0278-7393.26.3.796

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    Hulme, C, Newton, P, Cowan, N, Stuart, G & Brown, G 1999, 'Think before you speak: Pauses, memory search, and trace redintegration processes in verbal memory span', Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 447-463, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0278-7393.25.2.447

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    Hulme, C, Roodenrys, S, Brown, G, Schweickert, R, Martin, S & Stuart, G 1997, 'Word-frequency effects on short-term memory tasks: Evidence for a redintegration process in immediate serial recall', Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, vol. 23, no. 5, pp. 1217-1232, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0278-7393.23.5.1217

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    Stuart, G & Jones, D 1996, 'From auditory image to auditory percept: Facilitation through common processes?', Memory & Cognition, vol. 24, no. 3, pp.296-304, http://psych.cf.ac.uk/home2/jones_dylan/1996%20Auditory%20image%20to%20auditory%20percept.pdf, http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/BF03213294

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    Jones, D, Farrand, P, Stuart, G & Morris, N 1995, 'Functional equivalence of verbal and spatial information in serial short-term memory', Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, memory and cognition, vol. 21, no. 4, pp.1008-1018, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0278-7393.21.4.1008

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    Grants

    Stuart, G. Cognitive processes in the use of the media. Fellowship grant from the Italian Ministry of University and Research (MIUR). €32,256. April 2006 to April 2008.

     

    Dancey, C., Attree, E. & Stuart, G. Perseverative negative thinking and its effect on cognitive performance. Economic and Social Sciences Research Council (ESRC). R000220807. £32,500 (pre FEC). July 04 to July 05.

     

    Stuart, G. & Cocchini, G. Is there a link between visual extinction and visuo-spatial memory? (ESRC 3+1 studentship for Ros Watling). £75,000 . Oct. 2005 to Oct. 2009.

     

    Stuart, G. & Hulme, C. (University of York). Word frequency effects on memory: Item frequency vs. item association frequency. Behavioural and Brain Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) Grant Ref. 307/S13553. £81,708 (pre Full Economic Costing, FEC). March 2001 to March 2003.

     

    Stuart, G. & Vitkovitch, M. (UEL). Age of Acquisition: An investigation into the effects of order of acquisition. Economic and Social Sciences Research Council (ESRC) Grant Ref. R000223493. £28,724 (pre FEC). April2001 to April 2002.

     

    Stuart, G. & Farrand, P. (University of Plymouth). Simple, fast and accurate measurement of dyslexia. The Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust. Grant Ref. R2699-110-09. £7,056. Oct. 2002 to Oct. 2003.

     

    Stuart, G. Travel to Tokyo. Royal Society. Grant Ref. CG/974/SG. £400. January 1998.

     

    Stuart, G. Implicit memory in the Auditory modality. Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). £20,000. Oct. 1992.

    Refereed Articles

    Stuart, G., & Jones, D. (1995). Priming the identification of environmental sounds. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 48A, 741-761.

     

    Jones, D., Farrand, P., Stuart, G. & Morris, N. (1995). The functional equivalence of verbal and spatial memor in serial short-term memory, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory & Cognition 21, 1008-1018.

     

    Stuart, G., & Jones, D. (1996). From auditory image to auditory percept: Facilitation through commo processes? Memory & Cognition, 24, 296-304.

     

    Stuart, G. (1997). Processing-similarities in the identification of verbal and non-verbal stimuli: Evidence from the perceptual identification paradigm. In Contributions to Psychological Acoustics (pp. 447-456), A Schick, & M. Klatte (Eds), Bibilotheks- und Informationssytem, Oldenburg, Germany.


    Hulme, C., Roodenrys, S., Schweickert, R., Brown, G.D.A, Martin, S., & Stuart, G. (1997). Word frequency effects on short-term memory tasks: Evidence for a redintegration process in immediate serial recall. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory & Cognition, 23, 1217-1232.

     

    Hulme, C., Newton, P., Cowan, N., Stuart, G., & Brown, G. (1999). Think before you speak: Pauses, memory search and trace redintegration processes in verbal memory span. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory & Cognition, 24, 296- 304.

     

    Stuart, G. & Hulme, C. (2000). The effects of word co-occurrence on short-term memory: Associative links in long-term memory affect short-term memory performance, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory & Cognition, 26, 796-802.

     

    Hulme, C., Hatcher, P., Nation, K., Brown, A., Adams, J., & Stuart, G. (2002). Small but powerful: Phoneme awareness is a better predictor of early reading skill than onset-rime awareness. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 82, 2-28.

     

    Hulme, C., Stuart, G.P., & Brown, G.D.A. & Morin, C. (2003). High- and low-frequency words are recalled equally well in alternating lists: Evidence for associative effects in serial recall. Journal of Memory & Language, 49, 500-518.

     

    Hulme, C., Surprenant, M., Bireta, T., Stuart, G. & Neath, I. (2004). Abolishing the Word- Length Effect. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory & Cognition, 30, 98-106.

     

    Stuart, G., Patel, J. & Bhagrath N. (2006). Age invariance in implicit and explicit memory:

    processes not tasks. Memory, 14, 345-358.

     

    Hulme, C., Neath, I., Stuart, G., Shostak, L., Surprenant, A. & Brown, G.D.A. (2006). The distinctiveness of the word-length effect. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory & Cognition, 32, 586–594.

     

    Stuart, G. & Hulme, C. (2008). Lexical and semantic influences on immediate serial recall: A role for redintegration. In A. Thorn & M. Page (Eds.). Interactions between short-term and long-term memory in the verbal domain. Psychology Press.

     

    Dancey, C.P., Attree, E.A., Stuart, G., Wilson, G. & Sonnet, A. (2009). Words Fail Me: the Verbal IQ deficit in Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, 15, 6, 852-857.