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I am interested in social cognition and its evolved bases. I am currently developing a new line of research on group decision-making. This work takes an information-processing perspective to explore why some teams overperform and others underperform relative to their individual members. 

r.ward@bangor.ac.uk

I am the organiser and instructor for the module Social Influence. In this module, we explore the evolved bases for influence, and look at both established techniques for influence, and what we might call "defence" aginst those techniques. 

Opportunitiees for project supervision focus on teamwork, and what separates effective from ineffective teams. 

I am interested in evolutionary perspectives on human social behaviour. My current research investigates collective intelligence and team decision-making, using experiemntal and modelling approaches. I am interesting in exploring how our findings might apply in real-world settings, including emergency responding, multi-discinplinary teams, and patient-clinician dyads.

Self-funded projects. I welcome enquiries from prospective PhD students relating to my interests in social cognition. Please contact me at r.ward@bangor.ac.uk to discuss.

2025

• Published
  Skuk, V. G., Jacob, I., Wientzek, R., Ward, R. & Schweinberger, S. R., 18 Mar 2025, In: Journal of Nonverbal Behavior.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2024

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  Ward, R. & Ramsey, R., Feb 2024, In: Cognitive Science. 48, 2, e13415.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2022

• Published
  Bara, I., Binney, R. J., Ward, R. & Ramsey, R., 13 Aug 2022, In: Neuropsychologia. 173, 108288.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Kramer, R., Gous, G., Mireku, M. O. & Ward, R., Aug 2022, In: British Journal of Psychology. 113, 3, p. 696-717
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2020

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  Ramsey, R. & Ward, R., Sept 2020, In: Acta Psychologica. 209, 103118.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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  Kramer, R. S. S., Mulgrew, J., Anderson, N. C., Vasilyev, D., Kingstone, A., Reynolds, M. G. & Ward, R., 31 May 2020, In: Cognition. 198, 104193.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Ramsey, R. & Ward, R., 1 Jul 2020, In: Perspectives on Psychological Science. 15, 4, p. 1076-1094
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2019

• Published
  Anselmi, F., Noceti, N., Rosasco, L. & Ward, R., 13 Sept 2019.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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  Jones, A. L., Tree, J. & Ward, R., Apr 2019, In: European Journal of Social Psychology. 49, 3, p. 658-669
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2018

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  Ward, R. & Scott, N., Aug 2018, In: Journal of Research in Personality. 75, August, p. 26-36
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Butler, E., Ward, R., Downing, P. & Ramsey, R., 14 Aug 2018, In: PLoS ONE. 13, 8, e0201237.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2017

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  Butler, E., Saville, C., Ward, R. & Ramsey, R., Jan 2017, In: Cognition. 158, p. 81-89
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Ward, R., Sreenivas, S., Read, J., Saunders, K. & Rogers, R. D., Jul 2017, In: Psychopharmacology. 234, 14, p. 2139-2147
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2016

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  Ward, R. A., Ward, R. & Shingler, P., 8 Jan 2016, In: British Journal of Psychology. 107, 1, p. 30-32
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Butler, E., Ward, R. & Ramsey, R., 26 Oct 2016, In: Frontiers in Psychology.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Pelican, K.-A., Ward, R. & Sherry, J., 1 Sept 2016, In: Journal of Screenwriting. 7, 3, p. 331-349 19 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2015

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  Rafal, R. D., Koller, K., Bultitude, J. H., Mullins, P. G., Ward, R. A., Mitchell, A. S. & Bell, A. H., 1 Sept 2015, In: Journal of Neurophysiology. 114, 3, p. 1947-1962
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Ward, R. A., Jones, A. L., Russell, R. & Ward, R., 1 Jan 2015, In: Evolutionary Psychology. 13, 1, p. 210-229
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Ward, R. A., Ward, R. & Sreenivas, S., 1 Aug 2015, In: Perception. 44, 1, p. 281
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Ward, R. A., Butler, E. E., Saville, C. W., Ward, R. & Ramsey, R., 1 Aug 2015, p. 61-62.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
• Published
  Ward, R. A., Bamford, S., Broyd, S. J., Benikos, N., Ward, R., Wiersema, J. R. & Sonuga-Barke, E., 22 Jan 2015, In: Biological Psychology. 105, p. 115-123
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2014

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  Ward, R. A., Scott, N. J., Jones, A. L., Kramer, R. S. & Ward, R., 15 Jul 2014, In: Clinical Psychological Science. 3, 2, p. 230-241
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Ward, R. A., Jones, A. L., Kramer, R. S. & Ward, R., 22 Apr 2014, In: Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 67, 10, p. 2060-2068
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2012

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  Kramer, R. S. S., Gottwald, V. M., Dixon, T. A. M. & Ward, R., 1 Apr 2012, In: Evolutionary Psychology. 10, 2, p. 271-295
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2011

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  Ward, R. A., Kramer, R. S., King, J. E. & Ward, R., 1 May 2011, In: Evolution and Human Behavior. 32, 3, p. 179-185
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Rafal, R. D., Ward, R. A., Arenda, I., Robert Rafal, R. & Ward, R., 1 Jun 2011, In: Neuropsychologia. 49, 7, p. 1788-1793
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2010

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  Danziger, S. & Ward, R. A., 1 Jun 2010, In: Psychological Science. 21, 6, p. 799-800
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2009

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  Ward, R. A., Oguro, H., Ward, R., Bracewell, R. M., Hindle, J. V. & Rafal, R. D., 29 Sept 2009, In: Neuroscience Letters. 463, 1, p. 35-36
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Ward, R. A. & Ward, R., 1 Apr 2009, In: Neural Networks. 22, 3, p. 258-266
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Bamford, S., Turnbull, O., Coetzer, R. & Ward, R. A., 1 Aug 2009, In: Neurocase. 15, 4, p. 261-270
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Short, F. E. & Ward, R., 1 Aug 2009, In: Journal of Experimental Psychology - Human Perception and Performance. 35, 4, p. 1092-1103
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2008

• Published
  Ward, R. A., Bamford, S. & Ward, R., 1 Apr 2008, In: Emotion. 8, 2, p. 174-183
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Ward, R. A. & Ward, R., 1 Oct 2008, In: Journal of Experimental Psychology - Human Perception and Performance. 34, 5, p. 1165-1182
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Arend, I., Rafal, R. D. & Ward, R., 1 Aug 2008, In: Brain. 131, 8, p. 2140-2152
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Arend, I., Machado, L., Ward, R., McGrath, M., Ro, T. & Rafal, R. D., 1 Jan 2008, In: Progress in Brain Research. 171, p. 475-483
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2007

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  Ward, R. & Arend, I. C., 1 Sept 2007, In: Brain. 130, 9, p. 2462-2469
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Ward, R. A., Nardone, I., Ward, R., Fotopoulou, A. & Turnbull, O. H., 1 Oct 2007, In: Neurocase. 13, 5-6, p. 438-445
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Ward, R. A., Arend, I. C., Ward, R., Calder, A. J., Parker, M. & Arend, I., 23 Jan 2007, In: Neuropsychologia. 45, 8, p. 1973-1978
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Ward, R. A., Arend, I. C., Lindell, A. K., Arend, I., Ward, R., Norton, J. & Wathan, J., 1 Nov 2007, In: Laterality. 12, 6, p. 543-558
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2006

• Published
  Ward, R. A. & Ward, R., 1 Nov 2006, In: Neural Networks. 19, 9, p. 1430-1436
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Ward, R. A. & Ward, R., 1 Jan 2006.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

2005

• Published
  Ward, R. A., Danziger, S. & Bamford, S., 29 Mar 2005, In: Current Biology. 15, 6, p. 571-573
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Ward, R. A. & Ward, R., 1 Jan 2005, p. 269-278.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• Published
  Ward, R. A., Ward, R., Danziger, S., Humphreys, G. W. (Editor) & Riddoch, M. J. (Editor), 1 Jan 2005, Attention and Action. 2005 ed. Psychology Press, p. 325-350
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• Published
  Ward, R., Danziger, S., Quirk, R. T., Goodson, L. & Downing, P. E., 1 Feb 2005, In: Visual Cognition. 12, 2, p. 376-394
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2004

• Published
  Ward, R. A., Danziger, S., Ward, R., Owen, V. & Rafal, R., 1 Jan 2004, In: Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience. 4, p. 89-99
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Ward, R. A., Rafal, R. D., Danziger, S., Ward, R., Owen, V. & Rafal, R., 1 Mar 2004, In: Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience. 4, 1, p. 89-99
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2003

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  Ward, R. A., Duncan, J., Bundensen, C., Olson, A., Humphreys, G., Ward, R., Kyllingsbaek, S., Van Raamsdonk, M., Rorden, C. & Chavda, S., 1 Jan 2003, In: Cognitive Neuropsychology. 20, 8, p. 675-701
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2002

• Published
  Ward, R. A., Ward, R., Prinz, W. (Editor) & Hommel, B. (Editor), 1 Jan 2002, Common mechanisms in perception and action: Attention and performance: Vol. XIX. 2002 ed. Oxford University Press, p. 555-557
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• Published
  Ward, R., Danzinger, S., Owen, V. & Rafal, R., 7 Jan 2002, In: Nature Neuroscience. 5, p. 99-100
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Ward, R. A. & Ward, R., 1 May 2002, In: Visual Cognition. 9, 4, p. 385-391
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Phillips, J. C. & Ward, R. A., 1 May 2002, In: Visual Cognition. 9, 4-5, p. 540-558
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Ward, R. A., Ward, R. & Jackson, S. R., 1 Mar 2002, In: Neuroreport. 13, 3, p. 301-304
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Rafal, R. D., Danziger, S., Grossi, G., Machado, L. & Ward, R. A., 10 Dec 2002, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. 99, 25, p. 16371-16375
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2001

• Published
  Ward, R. A., Ward, R. & Shapiro, K. L. (Editor), 1 Jan 2001, The limits of attention: Temporal constraints on human information processing.. 2001 ed. Oxford University Press, p. 199-216
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

2000

• Published
  Ward, R. A., Pothos, E. M. & Ward, R., 15 Jun 2000, In: Cognition. 75, 3, p. B65-78
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• 01/10/2023 – 30/09/2025 (Active)

• 01/10/2009 – 01/08/2012 (Finished)

• 01/07/2008 – 31/08/2009 (Finished)

• 07/03/2005 – 31/07/2009 (Finished)