About Stuart J. Ritchie / Publications
I’m a PhD Psychology student in the Psychology Department at The University of Edinburgh. My research focuses on two questions: (a) which educational interventions improve learning, and which don’t work?, and (b) what are the effects of education, anyway? I also have secondary interests in other areas, like the psychology of religion and the paranormal. See below for a list of my ‘real’ (i.e. non-blog) publications – PDFs (usually uncorrected proofs) for personal use only.
Feel free to get in touch by email (stuartjritchie1[at]gmail.com), or on Twitter (@StuartJRitchie).
I’m currently supported by an ESRC +3 PhD Scholarship.
Publication List
Submitted
Ritchie, S. J., Della Sala, S., & McIntosh, R. D. (Under review). Retrieval practice, with or without mind mapping, facilitates fact learning in primary school children.
In Press
Stuart J. Ritchie
Ritchie, S. J., Luciano, M., Hansell, N. K., Wright, M. J., & Bates, T. C. (Accepted). The relationship of reading ability to creativity: Positive, not negative associations. Learning and Individual Differences.
Ritchie, S. J., & Bates, T. C. (Accepted). Enduring links from childhood mathematics and reading achievement to adult socioeconomic status. Psychological Science.
Ritchie, S. J., Bates, T. C., Der, G., Starr, J. M., & Deary, I. J. (In press). Education is associated with later-life IQ scores, but not with the speed of cognitive mechanisms. Psychology & Aging. [PDF]
2012
Ritchie, S. J., Della Sala, S., & McIntosh, R. D. (2012). Irlen colored overlays in the classroom: A one-year follow-up. Mind, Brain, and Education, 6 (2), 74-80. [PDF]
Ritchie, S. J., Wiseman, R., & French, C. C. (2012). Replication, replication, replication. The Psychologist, 25 (5), 346-348.
Ritchie, S. J., Chudler, E. H. & Della Sala, S. (2012). Don’t try this at school: The attraction of ‘alternative’ educational techniques. In Della Sala, S., & Anderson, M. (Eds.). Neuroscience in Education: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
McIntosh, R. D., & Ritchie, S. J. (2012). Rose-tinted? The use of coloured filters to treat reading disabilities. In Della Sala, S., & Anderson, M. (Eds.) Neuroscience in Education: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Ritchie, S. J., Wiseman, R., & French, C. C. (2012). Failing the future: three failed attempts to replicate Bem’s ‘retroactive facilitation of recall’ effect. PLoS ONE, 7 (3), e33423 [PDF]
2011
Ritchie, S. J., Della Sala, S., & McIntosh, R. D. (2011). Re: Rebuttal: Factors that would account for lack of immediate changes (Response to Helen Irlen). Pediatrics, available here.
Lewis, G. J., Ritchie, S. J., & Bates, T. C. (2011). The relationship between intelligence and multiple domains of religious belief: Evidence from a large adult US sample. Intelligence, 39(6), 468-472. [PDF]
Ritchie, S. J., Della Sala, S. & McIntosh, R. D. (2011). Irlen colored overlays do not alleviate reading difficulties. Pediatrics, 128 (4), e932-e938. [PDF]
Selected media coverage
Coloured Lenses
Religion & IQ
Publishing null results
- Chronicle of Higher Education
Replication in Psychology
- MSNBC
- LA Times
- Nature
