University of Pittsburgh

Nokes, Timothy

Nokes, Timothy

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago
Cognitive Program

Contact

818 LRDC
412-624-7789
Fax:
nokes@pitt.edu
http://www.lrdc.pitt.edu/nokes/CSL-lab-home.html

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Research Interests: Learning and problem solving, including analogy, collaborative problem solving, conceptual change, expertise, implicit versus explicit learning, skill acquisition, and knowledge transfer. Methodologies include both experimental and computational modeling approaches.

Accepting Graduate Students: Yes

Selected Publications

  • Nokes, T. J., & Ash, I. K. (in press). Investigating the role of instructional focus in incidental pattern learning. Journal of General Psychology.
  • Nokes, T. J., Schunn, C. D., & Chi, M. T. H. (in press). Problem solving and human expertise. International Encyclopedia of Education, 3rd Edition. Oxford, UK: Elsevier.
  • Nokes, T. J. (2009). Mechanisms of knowledge transfer. Thinking & Reasoning, 15, 1-36. (Abstract-pdf)
  • Meade, M. L., Nokes, T. J., & Morrow, D. G. (2009). Expertise promotes facilitation on a collaborative memory task. Memory, 17, 38-48. (Abstract-pdf)
  • Ross, B. H., Taylor, E. G., Middleton, E. L., & Nokes, T. J. (2008). Concept and category learning in humans. In J. Byrne (Series Ed.) and H. L. Roediger III (Vol. Ed.), Learning and Memory: A comprehensive reference, Vol 2: Cognitive psychology of memory (pp. 535-557). Oxford, UK: Elsevier Ltd.
  • Nokes, T. J., & Ohlsson, S. (2005). Comparing multiple paths to mastery: What is learned? Cognitive Science, 29, 769-796. (Abstract-pdf)
  • Nokes, T.J. & Ohlsson, S. (2003). Declarative transfer from a memory task to a problem solving task. Cognitive Science Quarterly, 3,259-296.

Honors and Awards

  • Beckman Institute Fellow (2004-2007)
  • Cognitive Science Travel Funding Award, NSF (2005)

Graduate Student Advisees

  • Belenky, Daniel
  • Gadgil, Soniya
  • Richey (Strohm), Jane
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