Fernand Gobet
Professor of Cognitive Psychology
Psychology
Brunel University
Uxbridge, UB8 3PH
United Kingdom
Biography
Qualifications
- PhD, University of Fribourg, Switzerland, 1992
- Licence, University of Fribourg, Switzerland, 1986
Personal Biography
Fernand Gobet earned his Ph.D. in psychology in 1992 at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. After a six-year stay at Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh, where he collaborated with Herbert Simon, he was Senior Research Fellow and then Reader at the University of Nottingham. He moved to Brunel University in 2003 to take up a Chair in cognitive psychology in 2003. He has over 250 publications, including six books on expertise and computational modelling. His two latest books are Foundations of cognitive psychology (2011) and Psychologie du talent et de l’expertise (2011).
Fernand Gobet is the main architect behind the CHREST project (Chunk Hierarchy and REtrieval STructures), one of the few cognitive architectures in the world. Beyond perception, memory and decision making in a number of games (chess, Go, awele and blackjack), CHREST has simulated data on concept formation, implicit learning, memory for computer programs, problem gambling, and the acquisition of vocabulary and syntax.
Research
Research Overview
Fernand Gobet is a world leader in the study of expertise, which he has studied in different domains (games, business, computer programming, music, physics, physiotherapy, sports and religion), using a rich arsenal of techniques (behavioural experiments, eye movement recording, brain imaging, questionnaires, analysis of archival data and computational modelling).
His research has clarified the joint role of nature and nurture in the development of expertise, showing that deliberate practice, whilst necessary, is not sufficient to reach high levels of performance.
His most important methodological and substantive contribution has been the development of CHREST as a systematic way to study expertise and cognition. Together with ACT-R and Soar, CHREST is one of only a few cognitive architectures in the world.
Director, Centre for the Study of Expertise
Current Projects
Economic and Social Research Council
Developing a psychologically realistic generalisation mechanism within MOSAIC
£397,867
2012 - 2015
Fernand Gobet (CI), with Julian Pine and Daniel Freudenthal (both University of Liverpool)
Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Risk, trust and relationships in an ageing society
£27,510
2012
Fernand Gobet (CI), with Mary Gilhooly (Brunel University) and others
Recently Completed Projects
British Academy
Cognitive models of problem gambling: Testing the implicit-learning hypothesis
£83,447
2010 - 2011
Fernand Gobet (PI)
Economic and Social Research Council
Modelling the (expert) mind (Research Fellowship)
£385,024
2009 - 2012
Fernand Gobet (PI)
Economic and Social Research Council
Modelling the cross-linguistic pattern of verb-marking and utterance-internal omission errors in MOSAIC using syllabified input
£389,874
2008 - 2011
Fernand Gobet (CI), with Julian Pine and Daniel Freudenthal (both University of Liverpool)
The Leverhulme Trust
Investigating the cognitive deficits that underlie specific language impairment
£101,053
2008 - 2010
Fernand Gobet (CI), with Gary Jones (Nottingham Trent) and Julian Pine (University of Liverpool)
Economic and Social Research Council
PhD Studentship for Mazda Beigi
£45,000
2007 - 2011
Fernand Gobet (CI), with Andrew Parton (Brunel University)
Brunel University
Complexity PhD Studentship
£54,505
2007 - 2010
Fernand Gobet (CI), with Mark Atherton and Hamed Al-Raweshidy (both Brunel University)
European Union
Explaining Religion
£1,386,690
2007 - 2010
Fernand Gobet (CI), with Harvey Whitehouse (Oxford University) and others
Economic and Social Research Council
Modelling the cross-linguistic pattern of finiteness marking in declaratives and questions
£200,000
2006 - 2008
Fernand Gobet (CI), with Julian Pine and Daniel Freudenthal (both University of Liverpool)
Economic and Social Research Council
Modelling perception, memory, and problem solving in chess novices and experts
£170,000
2006 - 2009
Fernand Gobet (PI), with Peter Lane (University of Hertfordshire)
PhD Supervision
Mazda Beigi (second supervisor): Response-conflict and dual-task interference within sequence learning paradigms
Emil Gegov (second supervisor): Community Structure in Evolving Complex Networks: US Airports and Word Co-occurrences
Jayanthiny Kangatharan (first supervisor): The possible contribution of vowel hyperarticulation to speech communication
Kathryn Nisbet (first supervisor): Exploring and deepening knowledge of the behavioural aspects of Mode in Human Capability
Teaching
Undergraduate Programmes
Module convenor
- Cognitive Psychology
- Psychology of Expertise
Administration
- Departmental research grant applications reviewer
- Director of the Centre for the Study of Expertise
- Member of the University Research and Knowledge Transfer Committee
External Activity
- Research Associate, Centre for Philosophy of Natural & Social Science, London School of Economics
- Visiting Professor (Sydney University)
- Visiting Professor (Bathurst University)
- Member of the ESRC Peer Review College
Publications
Publications
Journal Papers
(2013) Hambrick, DZ., Altmann, EM., Oswald, FL., Meinz, EJ., Gobet, F. and Campitelli, G., Deliberate practice: Is that all it takes to become an expert?, Intelligence
(2013) Gegov, E., Atherton, M., Postorino, MN. and Gobet, F., Community structure detection in the evolution of the United States airport network, Advances in Complex Systems 16 (1)
(2013) Chassy, P. and Gobet, F., Visual search in ecological and non-ecological displays: Evidence for a non-monotonic effect of complexity on performance, PLoS One 8 (1) : e53420
(2012) Lane, P. and Gobet, F., CHREST models of implicit learning and board game interpretation, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) 7716 LNAI 148- 157
(2012) Kangatharan, J., Uther, M. and Gobet, F., The effect of physical appearance and accent on the elicitation of vowel hyperarticulation by British English native speakers in speech to foreigners., J Acoust Soc Am 132 (3) : 2002- Download publication
(2012) Lane, PCR. and Gobet, F., A theory-driven testing methodology for developing scientific software, JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL & THEORETICAL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 24 (4) : 421- 456 Download publication
(2012) Tamburelli, M., Jones, G., Gobet, F. and Pine, JM., Computational modelling of phonological acquisition: Simulating error patterns in nonword repetition tasks, LANGUAGE AND COGNITIVE PROCESSES 27 (6) : 901- 946 Download publication
(2012) Gobet, F., Concepts without intuition lose the game: Commentary on Montero and Evans (2011), Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences 11 (2) : 237- 250
(2012) Gobet, F., Developing systemic theories requires formal methods, HIGH ABILITY STUDIES 23 (1) : 61- 63 Download publication
(2012) Guida, A., Gobet, F., Tardieu, H. and Nicolas, S., How chunks, long-term working memory and templates offer a cognitive explanation for neuroimaging data on expertise acquisition: A two-stage framework, BRAIN AND COGNITION 79 (3) : 221- 244 Download publication
(2012) Bossomaier, T., Traish, J., Gobet, F. and Lane, PCR., Neuro-cognitive model of move location in the game of Go, Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Neural Networks
(2012) Russell, YI. and Gobet, F., Sinuosity and the affect grid: A method for adjusting repeated mood scores, Perceptual and Motor Skills 114 (1) : 125- 136 Download publication
(2011) Chassy, P. and Gobet, F., Measuring chess experts' single-use sequence knowledge: An archival study of departure from 'theoretical' openings, PLOS ONE 6 (11) : e26692 Download publication
(2011) Chassy, P. and Gobet, F., A Hypothesis About the Biological Basis of Expert Intuition, REVIEW OF GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY 15 (3) : 198- 212 Download publication
(2011) Gobet, F. and Borg, JL., The intermediate effect in clinical case recall is present in musculoskeletal physiotherapy, MANUAL THERAPY 16 (4) : 327- 331 Download publication
(2011) Campitelli, G. and Gobet, F., Deliberate Practice: Necessary But Not Sufficient, CURRENT DIRECTIONS IN PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE 20 (5) : 280- 285 Download publication
(2011) Lane, PCR. and Gobet, F., Perception in chess and beyond: Commentary on Linhares and Freitas (2010), New Ideas in Psychology 29 (2) : 156- 161
(2011) Luzzo, D. and Gobet, F., The neglected importance of emotions, Talent Development and Excellence 3 (1) : 85- 87
(2010) Campitelli, G. and Gobet, F., Herbert Simon's decision-making approach: Investigation of cognitive processes in experts, Review of General Psychology 14 (4) : 354- 364 Download publication
(2010) Freudenthal, D., Pine, J. and Gobet, F., Explaining quantitative variation in the rate of Optional Infinitive errors across languages: a comparison of MOSAIC and the Variational Learning Model, Journal of Child Language 37 (3) : 643- 669
(2010) Bilalić, M., McLeod, P. and Gobet, F., The mechanism of the Einstellung (set) effect: A pervasive source of cognitive bias, Current Directions in Psychological Science 19 (2) : 111- 115 Download publication
(2010) Jones, G., Tamburelli, M., Watson, SE., Gobet, F. and Pine, JM., Lexicality and frequency in specific language impairment: accuracy and error data from two nonword repetition tests, Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research In Press
(2011) Lane, PCR. and Gobet, F., Perception in chess and beyond: Commentary on Linhares and Freitas (2010), NEW IDEAS IN PSYCHOLOGY 29 (2) : 156- 161 Download publication
(2010) Chassy, P. and Gobet, F., Speed of expertise acquisition depends upon inherited factors, Talent Development and Excellence 2 (1) : 17- 27
(2010) Vincent, CJ., Gobet, F., Parkei, A. and Derrington, AM., The L/M-opponent channel provides a distinct and time-dependent contribution towards visual recognition, PERCEPTION 39 (9) : 1185- 1198 Download publication
(2009) Gobet, F. and Chassy, P., Expertise and intuition: A tale of three theories, Minds and Machines 19 (2) : 151- 180 Download publication
(2009) Freudenthal, D., Pine, JM. and Gobet, F., Simulating the referential properties of Dutch, German, and English root infinitives in MOSAIC, Language Learning and Development 5 (1) : 1- 29 Download publication
(2009) Bilalić, M., McLeod, P. and Gobet, F., Specialization effect and its influence on memory and problem solving in expert chess players, Cognitive Science 33 (6) : 1117- 1143 Download publication
(2009) Bilalić, M. and Gobet, F., They do what they are told to do: the influence of instruction on (chess) expert perception - Commentary on Linhares and Brum (2007)(p 743-747): Letter to the editor, Cognitive Science 33 (5) : 743- 747
(2009) Gobet, F., Using a cognitive architecture for addressing the question of cognitive universals in cross-cultural psychology: The example of awalé, Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology 40 (4) : 627- 648 Download publication
(2009) Bilalić, M., Smallbone, K., McLeod, P. and Gobet, F., Why are (the best) women so good at chess? Participation rates and gender differences in intellectual domains, Proceedings of the Royal Society B 276 (1659) : 1161- 1165 Download publication
(2008) Bilalić, M., McLeod, P. and Gobet, F., Inflexibility of experts - reality or myth? Quantifying the Einstellung effect in chess masters, Cognitive Psychology 56 (2) : 73- 102 Download publication
(2008) Gobet, F. and Chassy, P., Season of birth and chess expertise, Journal of Biosocial Science 40 (2) : 313- 316 Download publication
(2008) Didierjean, A. and Gobet, F., Sherlock Holmes - an expert's view of expertise, British Journal of Psychology 99 (1) : 109- 125 Download publication
(2008) Lane, PCR. and Gobet, F., A methodology for developing computational implementations of scientific theories, Proceedings - UKSim 10th International Conference on Computer Modelling and Simulation, EUROSIM/UKSim2008 392- 397 Download publication
(2008) Didierjean, A. and Gobet, F., Can Sherlock Holmes help cognitive psychology?, The Psychologist 21 (10) : 858- 859 Download publication
(2008) Jones, G., Gobet, F. and Pine, JM., Computer simulations of developmental change: The contributions of working memory capacity and long-term knowledge, Cognitive Science 32 (7) : 1148- 1176 Download publication
(2008) Bilalić, M., McLeod, P. and Gobet, F., Expert and novice problem solving strategies in chess: Sixty years of citing de Groot (1946), Thinking and Reasoning 14 (4) : 395- 408 Download publication
(2008) Campitelli, G., Parker, A., Head, K. and Gobet, F., Left lateralization in autobiographical memory: An fMRI study using the expert archival paradigm, International Journal of Neuroscience 118 (2) : 191- 209 Download publication
(2008) Waters, AJ. and Gobet, F., Mental imagery and chunks: Empirical and computational findings, Memory and Cognition 36 (3) : 505- 517 Download publication
(2008) Smith, RL., Lane, PCR. and Gobet, F., Modelling the relationship between visual short-term memory capacity and recall ability, Proceedings - EMS 2008, European Modelling Symposium, 2nd UKSim European Symposium on Computer Modelling and Simulation 99- 104 Download publication
(2008) Campitelli, G. and Gobet, F., The role of practice in chess: A longitudinal study, Learning and Individual Differences 18 (4) : 446- 458 Download publication
(2008) Gobet, F. and Chassy, P., Towards an alternative to Benner's theory of expert intuition in nursing: A discussion paper, International Journal of Nursing Studies 45 (1) : 129- 139 Download publication
(2008) Bilalić, M., McLeod, P. and Gobet, F., Why good thoughts block better ones: The mechanism of the pernicious Einstellung (set) effect, Cognition 108 (3) : 652- 661 Download publication
(2007) Campitelli, G., Gobet, F., Head, K., Buckley, M. and Parker, A., Brain localization of memory chunks in chessplayers, International Journal of Neuroscience 117 (12) : 1641- 1659 Download publication
(2007) Campitelli, G., Gobet, F., Williams, G. and Parker, A., Integration of perceptual input and visual imagery in chess players: Evidence from eye movements, Swiss Journal of Psychology 66 (4) : 201- 213 Download publication
(2007) Jones, G., Gobet, F. and Pine, JM., Linking working memory and long-term memory: A computational model of the learning of new words, Developmental Science 10 (6) : 853- 873 Download publication
(2007) Frias-Martinez, E. and Gobet, F., Automatic generation of cognitive theories using genetic programming, Minds & Machines 17 (3) : 287- 309 Download publication
(2007) Bilalić, M., McLeod, P. and Gobet, F., Does chess need intelligence? - A study with young chess players, Intelligence 35 (5) : 457- 470 Download publication
(2007) Gobet, F., Cognitive processes in eye guidance., SWISS JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY 66 132- 132
(2007) Bilalić, M., McLeod, P. and Gobet, F., Personality profiles of young chess players, Personality and Individual Differences 42 (6) : 901- 910 Download publication
(2007) Freudenthal, D., Pine, JM. and Gobet, F., Understanding the developmental dynamics of subject omission: the role of processing limitations in learning, Journal of Child Language 34 (1) : 83- 110 Download publication
(2007) Lane, PCR. and Gobet, F., Developing and evaluating cognitive architectures with behavioural tests, AAAI Workshop - Technical Report WS-07-04 36- 39
(2007) Gobet, F. and Musch, J., Ein Vater der kognitiven Psychologie: Adriaan Dingeman de Groot (1914–2006)/A father of cognitive psychology: Adriaan Dingeman de Groot (1914-2006), Psychologische Rundschau 58 205- 206 Download publication
(2007) Gobet, F. and Campitelli, G., The role of domain-specific practice, handedness, and starting age in chess, Developmental Psychology 43 (1) : 159- 172 Download publication
(2006) Freudenthal, D., Pine, JM. and Gobet, F., Modelling the development of children's use of optional infinitives in Dutch and English using MOSAIC, Cognitive Science: A Multidisciplinary Journal 30 (2) : 277- 310 Download publication
(2006) Gobet, F., Adriaan De Groot: Marriage of two passions - A personal summary, ICGA JOURNAL 29 (4) : 236- 243 Download publication
(2005) Gobet, F. and Parker, A., Evolving structure-function mappings in cognitive neuroscience using genetic programming, Swiss Journal of Psychology 64 (4) : 231- 239 Download publication
(2005) Campitelli, G., Gobet, F. and Parker, A., Structure and stimulus familiarity: a study of memory in chess-players with functional magnetic resonance imaging, Spanish Journal of Psychology 8 (2) : 238- 245 Download publication
(2005) Gobet, F., Meta-analysis: A comparison of approaches, SWISS JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY 64 128- 128
(2005) Gobet, F., Chunking models of expertise: implications for education, Appied Cognitive Psychology 19 (2) : 183- 204
(2005) Freudenthal, D., Pine, JM. and Gobet, F., On the resolution of ambiguities in the extraction of syntactic categories through chunking, Cognitive Systems Research 6 (1) : 17- 25 Download publication
(2005) Campitelli, G. and Gobet, F., The mind's eye in blindfold chess, European Journal of Cognitive Psychology 17 (1) : 23- 45 Download publication
(2004) Campitelli, G. and Gobet, F., Adaptive expert decision making: Skilled chess players search more and deeper, Journal of the International Computer Games Association 27 (4) : 209- 216 Download publication
(2004) Gobet, F. and Clarkson, G., Chunks in expert memory: Evidence for the magical number four ... or is it two?, Memory 12 (6) : 732- 747 Download publication
(2004) Gobet, F., Etc. Frequency processing and cognition., SWISS JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY 63 59- 59
(2003) Gobet, F. and Waters, AJ., The role of constraints in expert memory, Journal of Experimental Psychology 29 (6) : 1082- 1094 Download publication
(2003) Lane, PCR. and Gobet, F., Developing reproducible and comprehensible computational models, Artificial Intelligence 144 (1-2) : 251- 263 Download publication
(2003) Gobet, F., Implicit learning of expert chess knowledge, AISB Quarterly 114 (8) Download publication
(2003) Lane, PCR. and Gobet, F., Towards a model of expectation-driven perception, AISB Quarterly 144 (7) Download publication
(2002) Waters, AJ., Gobet, F. and Leyden, G., Visuo-spatial abilities of chess players, British Journal of Psychology 93 557- 565 Download publication
(2002) Gobet, F., Language - From animal to the origins of human language, SWISS JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY 61 51- 51
(2002) Gobet, F., Reading as a perceptual process., SWISS JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY 61 46- 46
(2002) Gobet, F. and Jackson, S., In search of templates, Cognitive Systems Research 3 (1) : 35- 44
(2002) Gobet, F., Recherche et reconnaissance de patterns (Research and pattern recognition), Revue d'Intelligence Artificielle 16 (1-2) : 165- 190 Download publication
(2002) Gobet, F., Campitelli, G. and Waters, AJ., Rise of human intelligence - Comments on Howard (1999), Intelligence 30 (4) : 303- 311 Download publication
(2002) Gobet, F., Travailler avec Herbert Simon, Artificial Intelligence Review 16 (1-2) : 29- 37 Download publication
(2001) Gobet, F., Réseaux de discrimination en psychologie: L'exemple de CHREST, Swiss Journal of Psychology 60 (4) : 264- 277 Download publication
(2001) Lane, PCR., Cheng, PCH. and Gobet, F., The CHREST model of active perception and its role in problem solving, Behavioural and Brain Science 24 (5) : 892- 893 Download publication
(2001) Thai, NJ., Buckley, M., Ferguson, E., Gobet, F., Peters, A., Wilding, E. and Parker, A., An event-related fMRI study of visual object recognition memory in humans, Neuroimage 13 (6 - Supplement) : S748- S748
(2001) Gobet, F., Chunk hierarchies and retrieval structures: Comments on Saariluoma and Laine, Scandinavian Journal of Psychology 42 (2) : 149- 155 Download publication
(2001) Lane, PCR. and Gobet, F., Simple environments fail as illustrations of intelligence : A review of R. Pfeifer and C. Scheier, Artificial Intelligence 127 (2) : 261- 267 Download publication
(2001) Gobet, F., Herbert A. Simon (1916-2001): The scientist of the artificial, International Computer Game Association Journal 24 (1) : 62- 63 Download publication
(2001) Lane, PCR., Gobet, F. and Cheng, PCH., What forms the chunks in a subject's performance? Lessons from the CHREST computational model of learning, Behavioural and Brain Sciences 24 (1) : 128- 129 Download publication
(2001) GOBET., Cheng, Peter C-H.., Croker, Steve. and Lane, Peter C.R. .., Chunking mechanisms in human learning, Trends in Cognitive Sciences 5 (6) : 236- 243
(2001) Gobet, F., Discrimination nets in psychology: The case of the CHREST group, SWISS JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY 60 (4) : 264- 277 Download publication
(2001) Thai, NJ., Buckley, M., Ferguson, E., Gobet, F., Peters, A., Vincent, CJ., Wilding, E. and Parker, A., Event-Related fMRI study of memory encoding and retrieval in humans., NEUROIMAGE 13 (6) : S749- S749 Download publication
(2001) Ward, CR., Gobet, F. and Kendall, G., Evolving collective behavior in an artificial ecology, Artificial Life 7 (2) : 191- 209 Download publication
(2000) Gobet, F. and Simon, HA., Five seconds or sixty? Presentation time in expert memory, Cognitive Science 24 (4) : 651- 682 Download publication
(2000) Gobet, F., Retrieval structures and schemata: A brief reply to Ericsson and Kintsch, British Journal of Psychology 91 (4) : 591- 594 Download publication
(2000) Gobet, F., Some shortcomings of long-term working memory, British Journal of Psychology 91 (4) : 551- 570 Download publication
(2000) Gobet, F., IQ and human intelligence., SWISS JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY 59 210- 210
(2000) Gobet, F., Rational models of cognition., SWISS JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY 59 211- 211
(2000) Gobet, F., The prefrontal cortex. Executive and cognitive functions., SWISS JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY 59 213- 213
(2000) Simon, HA. and Gobet, F., Expertise effects in memory recall: Comment on Vicente and Wang (1998), Psychological Review 107 (3) : 593- 600 Download publication
(2000) Gobet, F. and Simon, HA., The relative contributions of recognition and search-evaluation processes to high-level chess performance: Comment on Gobet and Simon - Reply to Lassiter, Psychological Science 11 (2) : 174- 174 Download publication
(2000) Lane, PCR., Cheng, PCH. and Gobet, F., CHREST+: A simulation of how humans learn to solve problems using diagrams, AISB Quarterly 103 24- 30 Download publication
(1999) Pine, JM., Gobet, FR. and Rowland, CF., Computational approaches to language acquisition., JOURNAL OF CHILD LANGUAGE 26 203- 208
(1999) Gobet, F., What do connectionist simulations tell us?, Journal of Child Language 26 (1) : 217- 260 Download publication
(1999) Gobet, F. and Wood, D., Expertise, models of learning and computer-based tutoring, COMPUTERS & EDUCATION 33 (2-3) : 189- 207 Download publication
(1998) Gobet, F. and Simon, HA., Pattern recognition makes search possible: Comments on Holding (1992), Psychological Research 61 (3) : 204- 208 Download publication
(1998) Gobet, F., Expert memory: A comparison of four theories, Cognition 66 (2) : 115- 152 Download publication
(1998) Gobet, F. and Simon, HA., Expert chess memory: Revisiting the chunking hypothesis, Memory 6 (3) : 225- 255 Download publication
(1998) Gobet, F., Chess players' thinking revisited, Swiss Journal of Psychology 57 (1) : 18- 32 Download publication
(1997) Gobet, F., A pattern-recognition theory of search in expert problem solving, Thinking and Reasoning 3 (4) : 291- 313 Download publication
(1997) Gobet, F., On the (mis)use of visual aids, PSYCHOLOGIST 10 (9) : 394- 395 Download publication
(1996) Gobet, F. and Simon, HA., The roles of recognition processes and look-ahead search in time-constrained expert problem solving: Evidence from grand-master-level chess (vol 7, pg 52, 1996), PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE 7 381- 381
(1996) Gobet, F. and Simon, HA., Templates in chess memory: A mechanism for recalling several boards, Cognitive Psychology 31 (1) : 1- 40 Download publication
(1996) Gobet, F. and Simon, HA., Recall of random and distorted chess positions: Implications for the theory of expertise, Memory & Cognition 24 (4) : 493- 503 Download publication
(1996) Gobet, F. and Simon, HA., Recall of rapidly presented random chess positions is a function of skill, Psychonomic Bulletin & Review 3 (2) : 159- 163 Download publication
(1996) Gobet, F. and Simon, HA., The roles of recognition processes and look-ahead search in time-constrained expert problem solving: Evidence from grand-master-level chess, Psychological Science 7 (1) : 52- 55 Download publication
(1992) Gobet, F. and Simon, HA., Chess memory revisited - recall of several boards, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY 27 (3-4) : 104- 104
(1992) Gobet, FR., Learned helplessness in chess players: The importance of task similarity and the role of skill, Psychological Research 54 (1) : 38- 43 Download publication
(1991) Gobet, F. and Retschitzki, J., Learned helplessness and chess - the role of familiarity and similarity of tasks, SCHWEIZERISCHE ZEITSCHRIFT FUR PSYCHOLOGIE-REVUE SUISSE DE PSYCHOLOGIE 50 (2) : 97- 110 Download publication
(1990) Gurtner, JL., Gex, C., Gobet, F., Nunez, R. and Retschitzki, J., Recursion, artificial-intelligence and teaching programming-languages, SCHWEIZERISCHE ZEITSCHRIFT FUR PSYCHOLOGIE-REVUE SUISSE DE PSYCHOLOGIE 49 (1) : 17- 26 Download publication
Conference Papers
(2011) Gegov, EA., Gegov, AE., Atherton, MA. and Gobet, FR., Evolution-based modelling of complex airport networks, Special International Conference on Complex Systems: Synergy of Control, Communications and Computing
(2011) Gobet, F. and Schiller, M., A manifesto for cognitive models of problem gambling, European Conference on Cognitive Science 2011 (EuroCogSci 2011), European Perspectives on Cognitive Science
(2011) Gegov, E., Gobet, F., Atherton, M., Freudenthal, D. and Pine, J., Modelling language acquisition in children using network theory, European Perspectives on Cognitive Sciences, Proceedings of the European Conference on Cognitive Science
(2008) Waters, AJ. and Gobet, F., Computational modelling of mental imagery in chess: A sensitivity analysis, 30th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society Download publication
(2008) Freudenthal, D., Pine, J. and Gobet, F., On the utility of conjoint and compositional frames and utterance boundaries as predictors of word categories, 30th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society
(2008) Gobet, F., The role of deliberate practice in expertise: Necessary but not sufficient, 30th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society Download publication
(2009) Lane, PCR., Gobet, F. and Smith, RL., Attention mechanisms in the CHREST cognitive architecture, Attention in Cognitive Systems: 5th International Workshop on Attention in Cognitive Systems, WAPCV 2008, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence) (5395) : 183- 196 Download publication
(2007) Freudenthal, D., Pine, JM. and Gobet, F., Meter based omission of function words in MOSAIC, 8th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling, 8th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling 2007 Proceedings 219- 224 Download publication
(2007) Freudenthal, D., Pine, JM. and Gobet, F., Simulating the noun-verb asymmetry in the productivity of children’s speech, 8th International Conference on Cognitive Modelling, Proceedings of ICCM - 2007- Eighth International Conference on Cognitive Modeling 109- 114 Download publication
(2007) Smith, RL., Gobet, F. and Lane, PCR., An investigation into the effect of ageing on expert memory with CHREST, United Kingdom Workshop On Computational Intelligence— UKCI07 Download publication
(2007) Lane, PCR. and Gobet, F., Developing and evaluating cognitive architectures with behavioural tests, AAAI workshop on Evaluating Architectures for Intelligence Download publication
(2007) Freudenthal, D., Pine, JM., Aguado-Orea, J. and Gobet, F., Modeling the developmental patterning of finiteness marking in English, Dutch, German, and Spanish using MOSAIC, NSF Workshop on the Scientific Basis of Individual and Team Innovation and Discovery, Cognitive Science (31) : 311- 341 Download publication
(2005) Lane, PCR. and Gobet, F., Applying multi-criteria optimisation to develop cognitive models, 2005 UK Workshop on Computational Intelligence - UKCI05 Download publication
(2005) Lane, PCR. and Gobet, F., Discovering predictive variables when evolving cognitive models, 3rd International Conference on Advances in Pattern Recognition Download publication
(2005) Freudenthal, D., Pine, JM. and Gobet, F., Simulating optional infinitive errors in child speech through the omission of sentence-internal elements, 27th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society Download publication
(2005) Freudenthal, D., Pine, JM. and Gobet, F., Simulating the cross-linguistic development of optional infinitive errors in MOSAIC, 27th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society Download publication
(2005) Gobet, F. and Lane, PCR., A distributed framework for semi-automatically developing architectures of brain and mind, 1st International Conference on e-Social Science Download publication
(2005) Chassy, P. and Gobet, F., A model of emotional influence on memory processing, Symposium on agents that want and like: Motivational and emotional roots of cognition and action Download publication
(2005) Lane, PCR. and Gobet, F., Multi-task learning and transfer: The effect of algorithm representation, ICML-2005 Workshop on Meta-learning, Multi-task learning and transfer: The effect of algorithm representation Download publication
(2004) Gobet, F., Freudenthal, D. and Pine, JM., Modelling syntactic development in a cross-linguistic context, COLING-2004 Workshop, Proceedings of the First Workshop on Psycho-computational Models of Human Language Acquisition 53- 60 Download publication
(2004) Gobet, F., Role of pattern recognition and search in expert decision making, 26th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society Download publication
(2004) Freudenthal, D., Pine, J. and Gobet, F., Simulating the temporal reference of Dutch and English Root Infinitives, 26th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (CogSci 2004) Download publication
(2004) Gobet, F. and Lane, PCR., CHREST tutorial: Simulations of human learning, 26th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society Download publication
(2004) Freudenthal, D., Pine, J. and Gobet, F., Resolving ambiguities in the extraction of syntactic categories through chunking, 6th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling Download publication
(2003) Freudenthal, D., Pine, JM. and Gobet, F., The role of input size and generativity in simulating language acquisition, European Cognitive Science Conference 2003, Proceedings of European Cognitive Science Conference 2003 121- 126 Download publication
(2003) Croker, S., Pine, JM. and Gobet, F., Modelling children's negation errors using probabilistic learning in MOSAIC, 5th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling Download publication
(2003) Lane, PCR., Sykes, A. and Gobet, F., Combining low-level perception with expectations in CHREST, European Cognitive Science Conference 2003 Download publication
(2003) Campitelli, G., Gobet, F. and Parker, A., De cuestionarios a resonancia magnética funcional (fMRI) en expertos. Un paradigma para el estudio de processos cognitivos (From questionnaires to functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) with experts. A paradigm for studying cognitive processes), Salud, educación, justicia y trabajo: Memorias de las X Jornadas de Investigación Download publication
(2002) Freudenthal, D., Pine, JM., Gobet, F. and Schunn, CD., Subject omission in children's language: The case for performance limitations in learning, 24th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Proceedings of the 24th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society 328- 333 Download publication
(2001) Gobet, F., Is experts' knowledge modular?, 23rd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society Download publication
(2001) Gobet, F. and Jackson, S., In search of templates, 4th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling (ICCM 2001) Download publication
(2001) Croker, S., Pine, JM. and Gobet, F., Modelling children's case-marking errors with MOSAIC, 4th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling, ICCM - 2001: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2001 FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COGNITIVE MODELING 55- 60 Download publication
(2001) Freudenthal, D., Pine, JM. and Gobet, F., Modelling the optional infinitive stage in MOSAIC: A generalisation to Dutch, 4th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling, ICCM - 2001: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2001 FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COGNITIVE MODELING 79- 84 Download publication
(2000) Jones, G., Gobet, F. and Pine, JM., A process model of children's early verb use, 22nd Annual Conference of the Cognitive-Science-Society, PROCEEDINGS OF THE TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE COGNITIVE SCIENCE SOCIETY 723- 728 Download publication
(2000) Lane, PCR., Gobet, F. and Cheng, PCH., Learning-based constraints on schemata, 22nd Annual Conference of the Cognitive-Science-Society, PROCEEDINGS OF THE TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE COGNITIVE SCIENCE SOCIETY 776- 781 Download publication
(2000) Jones, G., Gobet, F. and Pine, JM., Learning novel sound patterns, 3rd International Conference on Cognitive Modelling Download publication
(2000) Croker, S., Pine, JM. and Gobet, F., Modelling optional infinitive phenomena: A computational account of tense optionality in children’s speech, 3rd International Conference on Cognitive Modelling Download publication
(2000) Lane, PCR., Cheng, PCH. and Gobet, F., Learning perceptual schemes to avoid the utility problem, 19th SGES International Conference on Knowledge-Based Systems and Applied Artificial Intelligence (ES99), RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS XVI 72- 82 Download publication
(1998) Gobet, F., Memory for the meaningless: How chunks help, 20th Annual Conference of the Cognitive-Science-Society, PROCEEDINGS OF THE TWENTIETH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE COGNITIVE SCIENCE SOCIETY 398- 403 Download publication
(1997) Kohsom, C. and Gobet, F., Adding spaces to Thai and English: Effects on reading, 19th Annual Conference of the Cognitive-Science-Society, PROCEEDINGS OF THE NINETEENTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE COGNITIVE SCIENCE SOCIETY 388- 393 Download publication
(1997) Gobet, F. and Pine, J., Modelling the acquisition of syntactic categories, 19th Annual Conference of the Cognitive-Science-Society, PROCEEDINGS OF THE NINETEENTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE COGNITIVE SCIENCE SOCIETY 265- 270 Download publication
(1996) Gobet, F., Discrimination nets, production systems and semantic networks: Elements of a unified framework, 2nd International Conference on the Learning Sciences (ICLS 96), INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE LEARNING SCIENCES, 1996 398- 403 Download publication
(1993) Gobet, F., A computer model of chess memory, 15th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society Download publication
(2012) Schiller, MG. and Gobet, F., A Comparison between Cognitive and AI Models of Blackjack Strategy Learning,
(2010) Gobet, F. and Lane, PCR., The CHREST architecture of cognition the role of perception in general intelligence, , Artificial General Intelligence - Proceedings of the Third Conference on Artificial General Intelligence (AGI 2010) 7- 12
(2009) Smith, RL., Gobet, F. and Lane, PCR., Checking chess checks with chunks: A model of simple check detection, 9th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling Download publication
(2009) Freudenthal, D., Pine, JM. and Gobet, F., Comparing MOSAIC and the variational learning model of the optional infinitive stage in early child language, 31st Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society Download publication
(2009) Lane, PCR. and Gobet, F., EPAM/CHREST tutorial: Fifty years of simulating human learning, 9th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling Download publication
(2007) Gobet, F., Pine, JM. and Freudenthal, D., Towards a unified model of language acquisition, European Cognitive Science Conference Download publication
(2006) Freudenthal, D., Pine, JM. and Gobet, F., Unifying cross-linguistic and within-language patterns of finiteness marking in MOSAIC, 27th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society Download publication
(2001) Lane, PCR., Cheng, PCH. and Gobet, F., Learning perceptual chunks for problem decomposition, 23rd Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society Download publication
(2000) Gobet, F., Individual data analysis and Unified Theories of Cognition: A methodological proposal, 3rd International Conference on Cognitive Modelling Download publication
(2000) Gobet, F., Long-term working memory: A computational implementation for chess expertise, 3rd International Conference on Cognitive Modelling Download publication
(2000) Gobet, F., Some shortcomings of long-term working memory, 2nd International Conference on Memory, BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY (91) : 551- 570 Download publication
(1999) Lane, PCR., Cheng, PCH., Gobet, F., Hahn, M. and Stoness, SC., Problem solving with diagrams: Modelling the learning of perceptual information, 21st Annual Conference of the Cognitive-Science-Society, PROCEEDINGS OF THE TWENTY FIRST ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE COGNITIVE SCIENCE SOCIETY 800- 800 Download publication
(1998) Gobet, F., Schmid, U., Krems, JF. and Wysotzki, F., EPAM-like simulations of the recall of random chess positions, 1st European Workshop on Cognitive Modelling, MIND MODELLING: A COGNITIVE SCIENCE APPROACH TO REASONING, LEARNING AND DISCOVERY 285- 301 Download publication
(1996) Richman, HB., Gobet, F., Staszewski, JJ., Simon, HA. and Ericsson, KA., Perceptual and memory processes in the acquisition of expert performance: The EPAM model, Conference on the Acquisition of Expert Performance, ROAD TO EXCELLENCE 167- 187 Download publication
Book Chapters
(2006) Gobet, F., The Cambridge handbook of expertise and expert performance. In: Ericsson, KA. ed. The Cambridge handbook of expertise and expert performance. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Cambridge Univ Press 523- 538 Download publication
(2004) Gobet, F., Auto-mat suisse: Une pièce en trois tableaux/Swiss auto-mate: A play in three acts. In: Bersier, M., Beckers, V., Pini, A. and Stöckli, F. eds. La Suisse est fondue. Paris-Genève : Des Syrtes 69- 70 Download publication
(2002) Gobet, F. and Campitelli, G., Intelligence and chess. In: Retschitzki, J. and Haddad-Zubel, R. eds. Step by step. Fribourg : Editions Universitaires 103- 112 Download publication
Books
(2011) Gobet, F., Chassy, P. and Bilalic, M., Foundations of Cognitive Psychology. McGraw Hill
(2011) Gobet, F., Psychologie du talent et de l’expertise. De Boeck
(2004) Gobet, F., Voogt, AJD. and Retschitzki, J., Moves in mind: The psychology of board games. Psychology Press
(2003) Ritter, FE., Shadbolt, NR., Elliman, D., Young, R., Gobet, F. and Baxter, G., Techniques for modeling human performance in synthetic environments. Human Systems Information Analysis Center
(1996) Groot, ADD., Gobet, F. and Jongman, RW., Perception and memory in chess: Heuristics of the professional eye. Van Gorcum
(1993) Gobet, F., Les mémoires d'un joueur d'échecs. Editions Universitaires
