Professor Diana Kornbrot

• Head of Health & Human Sciences Research Instititute
• Professor of Mathematical Psychology, School of Psychology
• University of Hertfordshire, UK

Research Interests

1. Measurement & Statistics, Inference
• Ordinal and Rank Methods
• Scales of measurement and Meaningfulness of Statistical Procedures
• Binary Mixtures
• Structural Equation Modelling
2. Mathematical Models of Thinking Processes
• Information Accrual and Random Walks
• Visual Search & Attention
• Statistical Inference
• Prospective Memory                                                     -  Support ESRC
• Judgement, Choice and Decision Making
• Organisation of Motor Performance in Keying Tasks    - Support ESRC
• Psychology of Sports Performanc
3. Blended Learning andScience & Mathematics Performance in Higher Education

• Experience & Teaching, Social Class, Gender 
• Human Computer Interaction                                         - Support: DTI-SERC, ESRC

Selected Publications  top

Statistics and Measurement top

• Kornbrot, D. E. (1998). Democracy for data: on the usefulness of robust location methods. British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology, 51, 43-46 * §
• Kornbrot, D. E. (1990). The rank difference test: a new and meaningful alternative to the Wilcoxon signed ranks test for ordinal data. British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology, 43,  241-264. *
• Kornbrot, D. E. (1995 submitted). Some properties  of collections of binary mixture distributions. §
• Kornbrot, D. E. (1999). Nail that distribution: linear weighted moments for identifying the form of reaction time distributions generated by perceptual, cognitive and decision tasks. In H. Irtel (Ed.), European Mathematical Psychology Group Annual conference,  Mannheim  §
• Sacker, A., Kornbrot, D. E., Done, J. &  Wiggins, R. (1995). Measuring maladaptive behaviour: structural equation modelling with longitudinal data. In British Psychological Society:  Developmental Psychology Section, Annual Conference,  Glasgow University, September 1995.  *
• Kornbrot, D. E. (1996). Mad to measure? on scales of measurement & meaningful procedures. In BPS Mathematical Statistical and Computing Scientific Meeting, Nov. 1994., 4 (pp. 1).  The British Psychological Society  §
• Kornbrot, D. E. &  Sacker, A. (1994). Measuring the maverick: on scales for identifying very unusual individuals. In 25th European Psychology Group meeting,  Madrid . §

Thinking Processes - Mathematical Modelling. top

• Kornbrot, D. E. (2000). Counting on prospective memory: Advantages of logistic and log linear models over ANOVA and correlations. In L. Kvavilashvili &  J. Ellis (Ed.), 1st International Prospective Memory Conference,  Hatfield, Hertfordshire, U.K. University of Hertfordshire Press. ABSTRACT §
• Kvavilashvili, L., Kornbrot , D. E., Mash , V., Cockburn, J. &  Milne, A. (2000). Remembering event-, time- and activity-based tasks in young, young-old and old-old people. In L. Kvavilashvili &  J. Ellis (Ed.), 1st International Prospective Memory Conference,  Hatfield, Hertfordshire, U.K. University of Hertfordshire Press. ABSTRACT §
• Kornbrot, D. E. (1997). Momentous models from moments of response time distributions:  task, individual, flexibility and training. In Eighth Australian Mathematical Psychology Conference,  Perth, Australia University of Western Australia.  §
• Kornbrot, D. E. (1999). Visual Search has a Useful Memory for Rational Searchers:  A reply to Horowitz and Wolfe (Nature,  394, 575-577 (1998)). working paper.  §
• Kornbrot, D. E. (1999). Nail that distribution: linear weighted moments for identifying the form of reaction time distributions generated by perceptual, cognitive and decision tasks. In H. Irtel (Ed.), European Mathematical Psychology Group Annual conference,  Mannheim .  §
• Mead, M., O'Connor, R. &  Kornbrot, D. E. (1998). The effects of socio-economic background on premature delivery in maternity units. In J. J. Walker (Ed.), 28th British Congress of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 105, Supplement 17 (pp. 78). Harrowgate, UK British Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Blackwell Science.  *
• Kornbrot, D. E. (1997). Decision and action:  a comparison of keying and speaking in an information accrual framework. Submitted. §
• Wiseman, R., Smith, M. &  Kornbrot, D. E. (1996). Exploring possible sender-to-exerimenter acoustic leakage int the PRL autoganzfeld experiments. The Journal of Parapsychology, 60, 97-128.  *
• Kornbrot, D. E. (1995). Psychological processes from reaction time distributions:  evidence accrues for information accrual models. In BPS Mathematical, Statistical & Computing Section, Scientific Meeting, 5 (pp. 62). Birkbeck college, London British Psychological Society.
• Kornbrot, D. E. (1995). The effect of response mode and extremity on a digit identification task.  HURRA/DEK95-1. University of Hertfordshire. March 1995.
• Sacker, A., Kornbrot, D. E., Done, J. &  Wiggins, R. (1995). Measuring maladaptive behaviour: structural equation modelling with longitudinal data. In British Psychological Society:  Developmental Psychology Section, Annual Conference,  Glasgow University, September 1995.
• Kornbrot, D. E. (1991). Levels of organisation and the planning of movement sequences: evidence from sequential trends. In J. Requin &  G. E. Stelmach (Ed.), Tutorials in Motor Neuroscience (pp. 385-396). Dordrecht: Kluwer.  *
• Kornbrot, D. E. (1990). Levels of organisation and the planning of movement sequences: evidence from sequential trends (Invited Presentation). In J. Requin &  G. E. Stelmach (Ed.), NATO Advanced Study Institute on Motor Skills,  Corsica North-Holland. *
• Kornbrot, D. E. (1989). Organisation of keying skills. Acta Psychologica, 70, 19 - 41. *
• Kornbrot, D. E. (1988). Random walk models of binary choice. Acta Psychologica, 69, 109-127. *
• Kornbrot, D. E. (1984). Mechanisms for categorisation. British Journal of Mathematical & Statistical Psychology, 37, 84-198. *
• Kornbrot, D. E., Galanter, E. G. &  Donnelly, M. (1981). Estimates of utility function parameters. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance, 441-558. *
• Kornbrot, D. E. (1980). Attention Bands. British Journal of Mathematical & Statistical Psychology, 33, 1-16. *
• Kornbrot, D. E. (1978). Theoretical and empirical comparison of choice models. Perception & Psychophysics, 24, 193-208. *

Software Evaluation and Human Computer Interaction top

• Kornbrot, D. E. (1999). Statistical software for microcomputers: SYSTAT 8.0. British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology, 52(1), 143-145. * §
• Kornbrot, D. E. (1997). Review of G*Power statistical software. British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology, 50(2). * §
• Kornbrot, D. E. (1997). Review of JMP & JMP-IN statistical software. British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology, 50(1), 149-155. * §
• Vinter, R., Loomes, M. &  Kornbrot, D. E. (1998). Applying  Software  Metrics  to   Formal Specifications: A Cognitive Approach. In M. V. Zelkowitz (Ed.), Fifth International Symposium on Software Metrics, Bethesda, Maryland (pp. 216-223). Los Alamitos, Ca: IEEE Computer Society. *
• Colwell, C., Petrie, H., Kornbrot, D., Hardwick, A. &  Furner, S. (1998). Haptic Virtual Reality for Blind Computer Users. In 3rd Annual ACM Conference on Assistive Technologies, Proceedings of ASSETS '98,   Los Angeles ASSETS.
• Colwell, C., Petrie, H., Kornbrot, D., Hardwick, A. &  Furner, S. (1998). Initial explorations in the use of haptic virtual reality for blind computer users. In Proceedings of the 3rd TIDE (Technology Initiative for the Integration of Disabled and Elderly People) Annual Congress,  Helsinki .
• Colwell, C., Petrie, H., Kornbrot, D., Hardwick, A. &  Furner, S. (1998). Use of a haptic device by blind & sighted people. In I. Placencia Porrero &  E. Ballabio (Ed.), Improving the Qualtiy of Life for the European Citizen IOS Press.
• Colwell, C., Petrie, H., Kornbrot, D., Hardwick, A. &  Furner, S. (1998). The use of haptic virtual environments by blind computer people. In The Second European Conference on Disability, Virtual Reality and Associated Technologies (ECDVRAT '98),  Skovde, Swededn ECDVRAT & University of Reading.
• Loomes, M., Ridley, D. &  Kornbrot, D. E. (1994). Cognitive & Organisational Processes in Software Engineering. In F. Redhill (Ed.), The Safety Critical Systems Symposium,  Birmingham, UK Springer-Verlag. * §
• Kornbrot, D. E. &  Macleod, M. G. (1990). Monitoring and analysis of hypermedia navigation. In D. Diaper, D. Gilmore, G. Cockton, &  B. Shackel (Ed.), INTERACT ‘90.  Proceedings of the third IFIP Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (pp. 401-606). Oxford: North-Holland. *

Performance in Higher Education top

• Kornbrot, D. E. (1987). Degree performance as a function of discipline studied, parental occupation and gender. Higher Education, 16, 513-534. *
• Kornbrot, D. E. (1987). Science and performance in undergraduate psychology degrees. Bulletin  of the British Psychological Society, 40, 409-417. *
• Kornbrot, D. E. (1988). Creative mathematics: do SAT- M sex effects matter?  Peer commentary on  C. P. Benbow,  Sex differences in mathematical reasoning ability in intellectually talented preadolescents. Behavioral and Brain Sciences,  11, 200-201. *
• Kornbrot, D. E. (1996). Resources, dimorphism, sexual selection & mathematics achievements.  Peer commentary on Geary, D. C. Sexual Selection and Sex Differences in Mathematics Ability. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 19(2). *

Invited Book Reviews top

• Kornbrot, D. E. (1994). The utility of categorising multidimensional mathematical models in psychology. Review of G. Ashby (Ed.) (1992) Multidimensional models of perception and cognition.  New Jersey: LEA. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 38, 392-406. *
• Kornbrot, D. E. (1991). Review of  “Does God Play Dice” by Ian Stewart. British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology, 44, 231-232. *
• Kornbrot, D. E. (1990). Review of  “Paradoxes of Gambling Behaviour” by W. Wagenaar. European Journal of Cognitive Psychology,, 2, 181-183. *

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Research Awards & Consultancy top

Offices & Membership of Learned Societies top

Education top

• B.Sc. Physics (Hons) Bristol University
• M.Sc. Nuclear Physics London University, Chelsea College
• M.A. Psychology Columbia University, New York
• Ph.D Mathematical Psychology Columbia University, New York

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Teaching Statistics to Psychologists, and Biological,  Health & Social Scientists top

• Advanced Statistics Option on B.Sc. Psychology.
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• British psychological Society Qualifying Exam, Review Team 2000

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More Information

• d.e.kornbrot@herts.ac.uk
• University of Hertfordshire
• Health & Humans Sciences Research Institute
• Research Degrees at the University of Hertfordshire
• Psychology Department
• Health & Human Sciences Research Insititute Contact, Jill Kilvington

j.kilvington@herts.ac.uk       voice: +44 [0] 170 728 5269      fax: +44 [0] 170 728 5995

Last modified July 2000