Randy Jamieson

I am a cognitive scientist who uses experimental and computational methods to investigate how people and other animals learn, remember, think and know.

• PhD (Brain, Behaviour, and Cognitive Science), Queen's University, 2005
• MA (Brain, Behaviour, and Cognitive Science), Queen's University, 2001
• BA (Specialized Honours) (Psychology), York University, 1999

Research Interests

• Memory
• Learning
• Knowledge
• Cognitive computing
• Computational psychology

• Jamieson, R. K., Johns, B. T., Vokey, J. R., & Jones, M. N. (2022). Instance theory as a domain- general framework for cognitive psychology. Nature Reviews Psychology, 1, 174-183.
• Jamieson, R. K., Avery, J. E., Johns, B. T., & Jones, M. N. (2018). An instance theory of semantic memory. Computational Brain and Behavior, 2, 119-136.
• Jamieson, R. K., Mewhort, D. J. K., & Hockley, W. E. (2016). A computational account of the production effect: Still playing twenty questions with nature. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology, 70, 154-164.
• Vokey, J. R., & Jamieson, R. K. (2014). A visual familiarity account of evidence for orthographic processing in baboons (Papio papio). Psychological Science, 25, 991-996,
• Jamieson, R. K., Crump, M. J. C., & Hannah, S. D. (2012). An instance theory of associative learning. Learning and Behavior, 40, 61-82.
• Jamieson, R. K., Holmes, S., & Mewhort, D. J. K. (2010). Global similarity predicts dissociation of classification and recognition: Evidence questioning the implicit/explicit learning distinction in amnesia. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition, 36, 1529-1535.
• Jamieson, R. K., & Mewhort, D. J. K. (2009). Applying an exemplar model to the serial reaction time task: Anticipating from experience. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 62, 1757- 1783.
• Jamieson, R. K., & Mewhort, D. J. K. (2009). Applying an exemplar model to the artificial-grammar task: Inferring grammaticality from similarity. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 62, 550-575.

• CSBBCS Richard C. Tees Distinguished Leadership Award
• Elected Fellow of the Canadian Psychological Association
• Elected Fellow of the Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour, and Cognitive Science
• Faculty of Arts Teaching Award: New Faculty Category (University of Manitoba)