Lecturer
I completed my Undergraduate and Postgraduate studies at the University of Glasgow before joining the University of Bedfordshire as a Lecturer in November 2009. The aim of my PhD was to investigate how readers understand pronominal references and logically equivalent frames.
In completing this research I used a number of different techniques including pencil and paper tasks, eye-tracking and event related potentials.
My current research interests are still in the area of psycholinguistics and can be seen detailed below.
Qualifications
- Ph.D in Psychology, University of Glasgow, December 2009
- M.Sc Research Methods in Psychological Science, University of Glasgow, September 2006
- M.A. (Honours) in Psychology, University of Glasgow, July 2002
Teaching Role
- Unit Coordinator – Foundations to Psychology (covering Developmental, Biological, Cognitive, Neuroscience and Individual Differences).
- Unit Coordinator – Psychology of Language and Vision.
- Lecturer – Psychology of Language and Vision, Cognitive Neuropsychology, Research Methods and Psychology in Everyday Life.
- Tutor – Psychology of Language and Vision, Problem Solving, Cognitive Neuropsychology, Biological and Cognitive Psychology and Research Methods.
Research Interests
- Online processing of logically equivalent frames (e.g. half full and half empty).
- Experimental pragmatics, specifically processing of scalar implicatures.
- Interaction of word and contextual features during reading.
Recent Research Projects
- Investigating the recognition and understanding of common place fictional words e.g. ‘Jedi’.
- A cross cultural comparison of understanding scalar implicatures; a study in English and Japanese.
- The effects of markedness on word recognition and reading; establishing markedness as an independent factor in word processing.
Service to the Academic/Professional Community
- Working with the Psychology Department’s Consultancy and Training Unit to provide services to both
Recent Conference Presentations
- Ingram, J., & Moxey, L. (2011), Information leakage during reading. Poster presented at 16th European Conference on Eye Movements, University of Provence, Marseille.
- Ingram, J., & Moxey, L. (2011), An event related potential investigation of complement set reference. Poster presented at 4th Biennial Conference of Experimental Pragmatics, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona.
- Ingram, J., Moxey, L., & Filik, R. (2008). Framing effects of emotion words and desire. Poster presented at the 49th annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Chicago Hilton Hotel.
- Ingram, J., Moxey, L., & Filik, R. (2008). Complement set focusing without quantifiers: Evidence from language production and comprehension. Poster presented at the 21st annual CUNY conference on human sentence processing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Recent Publications
- Ingram, J., & Moxey, L. (under review). Information leakage during reading. Language and Cognitive
- Ingram, J., & Moxey, L. (2011). Complement set focusing without explicit quantity. Journal of Cognitive Psychology 23 (3), 383 – 400.
Contact Details
Luton campus
Park Square
Luton, LU1 3JU
T: +44 (0)1582 743706
E: joanne.ingram@beds.ac.uk
