I am interested in social cognition and its evolved bases. I am currently developing a new line of research on group decision-making. This work takes an information-processing perspective to explore why some teams overperform and others underperform relative to their individual members. 

r.ward@bangor.ac.uk

I am the organiser and instructor for the module Social Influence. In this module, we explore the evolved bases for influence, and look at both established techniques for influence, and what we might call "defence" aginst those techniques. 

Opportunitiees for project supervision focus on teamwork, and what separates effective from ineffective teams. 

I am interested in evolutionary perspectives on human social behaviour. My current research investigates collective intelligence and team decision-making, using experiemntal and modelling approaches. I am interesting in exploring how our findings might apply in real-world settings, including emergency responding, multi-discinplinary teams, and patient-clinician dyads.

Self-funded projects. I welcome enquiries from prospective PhD students relating to my interests in social cognition. Please contact me at r.ward@bangor.ac.uk to discuss.

2025

• CyhoeddwydBig Five Personality Perceptions from Voices and Faces: Impressions and Kernels of Truth
  Skuk, V. G., Jacob, I., Wientzek, R., Ward, R. & Schweinberger, S. R., 18 Maw 2025, Yn: Journal of Nonverbal Behavior.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2024

• CyhoeddwydIntegrating social cognition into domain-general control: Interactive activation and competition for the control of action (ICON)
  Ward, R. & Ramsey, R., Chwef 2024, Yn: Cognitive Science. 48, 2, e13415.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2022

• CyhoeddwydA Generalised Semantic Cognition Account of Aesthetic Experience
  Bara, I., Binney, R. J., Ward, R. & Ramsey, R., 13 Awst 2022, Yn: Neuropsychologia. 173, 108288.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydMetacognition during unfamiliar face matching
  Kramer, R., Gous, G., Mireku, M. O. & Ward, R., Awst 2022, Yn: British Journal of Psychology. 113, 3, t. 696-717
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2020

• CyhoeddwydChallenges and opportunities for top-down modulation research in cognitive psychology
  Ramsey, R. & Ward, R., Medi 2020, Yn: Acta Psychologica. 209, 103118.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydPhysically attractive faces attract us physically
  Kramer, R. S. S., Mulgrew, J., Anderson, N. C., Vasilyev, D., Kingstone, A., Reynolds, M. G. & Ward, R., 31 Mai 2020, Yn: Cognition. 198, 104193.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydPutting the nonsocial into social neuroscience: A role for domain-general priority maps during social interactions
  Ramsey, R. & Ward, R., 1 Gorff 2020, Yn: Perspectives on Psychological Science. 15, 4, t. 1076-1094
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2019

• CyhoeddwydGenuine Personality Recognition from Highly Constrained Face Images
  Anselmi, F., Noceti, N., Rosasco, L. & Ward, R., 13 Medi 2019.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydPersonality in faces: Implicit associations between appearance and personality
  Jones, A. L., Tree, J. & Ward, R., Ebr 2019, Yn: European Journal of Social Psychology. 49, 3, t. 658-669
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2018

• CyhoeddwydCues to mental health from men’s facial appearance
  Ward, R. & Scott, N., Awst 2018, Yn: Journal of Research in Personality. 75, August, t. 26-36
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydfMRI repetition suppression reveals no sensitivity to trait judgments from faces in face perception or theory-of-mind networks
  Butler, E., Ward, R., Downing, P. & Ramsey, R., 14 Awst 2018, Yn: PLoS ONE. 13, 8, e0201237.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2017

• CyhoeddwydPhysical attraction to reliable, low variability nervous systems: Reaction time variability predicts attractiveness
  Butler, E., Saville, C., Ward, R. & Ramsey, R., Ion 2017, Yn: Cognition. 158, t. 81-89
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydThe role of serotonin in personality interference: tryptophan depletion impairs the identification of neuroticism in the face
  Ward, R., Sreenivas, S., Read, J., Saunders, K. & Rogers, R. D., Gorff 2017, Yn: Psychopharmacology. 234, 14, t. 2139-2147
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2016

• CyhoeddwydAn adaptive perspective on revealed and concealed cues to empathy
  Ward, R. A., Ward, R. & Shingler, P., 8 Ion 2016, Yn: British Journal of Psychology. 107, 1, t. 30-32
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydThe influence of facial signals on the automatic imitation on hand actions
  Butler, E., Ward, R. & Ramsey, R., 26 Hyd 2016, Yn: Frontiers in Psychology.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydThe Pleistocene protagonist: An evolutionary framework for the analysis of film protagonists
  Pelican, K.-A., Ward, R. & Sherry, J., 1 Medi 2016, Yn: Journal of Screenwriting. 7, 3, t. 331-349 19 t.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2015

• CyhoeddwydConnectivity between the superior colliculus and the amygdala in humans and macaque monkeys: virtual dissection with probabilistic DTI tractography
  Rafal, R. D., Koller, K., Bultitude, J. H., Mullins, P. G., Ward, R. A., Mitchell, A. S. & Bell, A. H., 1 Medi 2015, Yn: Journal of Neurophysiology. 114, 3, t. 1947-1962
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydCosmetics Alter Biologically-Based Factors of Beauty: Evidence from Facial Contrast
  Ward, R. A., Jones, A. L., Russell, R. & Ward, R., 1 Ion 2015, Yn: Evolutionary Psychology. 13, 1, t. 210-229
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydSelf-representation of facial appearance
  Ward, R. A., Ward, R. & Sreenivas, S., 1 Awst 2015, Yn: Perception. 44, 1, t. 281
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydStaring nervous system stability in the face: reaction time variability predicts attractiveness
  Ward, R. A., Butler, E. E., Saville, C. W., Ward, R. & Ramsey, R., 1 Awst 2015, t. 61-62.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Crynodeb › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydThe late positive potential: A neural marker of the regulation of emotion-based approach-avoidance actions?
  Ward, R. A., Bamford, S., Broyd, S. J., Benikos, N., Ward, R., Wiersema, J. R. & Sonuga-Barke, E., 22 Ion 2015, Yn: Biological Psychology. 105, t. 115-123
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2014

• CyhoeddwydFacial dimorphism in autistic quotient scores
  Ward, R. A., Scott, N. J., Jones, A. L., Kramer, R. S. & Ward, R., 15 Gorff 2014, Yn: Clinical Psychological Science. 3, 2, t. 230-241
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydMiscalibrations in judgements of attractiveness with cosmetics.
  Ward, R. A., Jones, A. L., Kramer, R. S. & Ward, R., 22 Ebr 2014, Yn: Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 67, 10, t. 2060-2068
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2012

• CyhoeddwydDifferent Cues of Personality and Health from the Face and Gait of Women
  Kramer, R. S. S., Gottwald, V. M., Dixon, T. A. M. & Ward, R., 1 Ebr 2012, Yn: Evolutionary Psychology. 10, 2, t. 271-295
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2011

• CyhoeddwydIdentifying personality from the static, nonexpressive face in humans and chimpanzees: evidence of a shared system for signaling personality.
  Ward, R. A., Kramer, R. S., King, J. E. & Ward, R., 1 Mai 2011, Yn: Evolution and Human Behavior. 32, 3, t. 179-185
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydTemporal feature integration in the right parietal cortex
  Rafal, R. D., Ward, R. A., Arenda, I., Robert Rafal, R. & Ward, R., 1 Meh 2011, Yn: Neuropsychologia. 49, 7, t. 1788-1793
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2010

• CyhoeddwydLanguage changes implicit associations between ethnic groups and evaluation in bilinguals.
  Danziger, S. & Ward, R. A., 1 Meh 2010, Yn: Psychological Science. 21, 6, t. 799-800
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2009

• CyhoeddwydAutomatic activation of motor programs by object affordances in patients with Parkinson's disease.
  Ward, R. A., Oguro, H., Ward, R., Bracewell, R. M., Hindle, J. V. & Rafal, R. D., 29 Medi 2009, Yn: Neuroscience Letters. 463, 1, t. 35-36
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydRepresentation in dynamical agents.
  Ward, R. A. & Ward, R., 1 Ebr 2009, Yn: Neural Networks. 22, 3, t. 258-266
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydTo lose the frame of action: A selective deficit in avoiding unpleasant objects following a unilateral temporal lobe lesion
  Bamford, S., Turnbull, O., Coetzer, R. & Ward, R. A., 1 Awst 2009, Yn: Neurocase. 15, 4, t. 261-270
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydVirtual Limbs and Body Space: Critical Features for the Distinction Between Body Space and Near-Body Space.
  Short, F. E. & Ward, R., 1 Awst 2009, Yn: Journal of Experimental Psychology - Human Perception and Performance. 35, 4, t. 1092-1103
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2008

• CyhoeddwydPredispositions to approach and avoid are contextually sensitive and goal dependent
  Ward, R. A., Bamford, S. & Ward, R., 1 Ebr 2008, Yn: Emotion. 8, 2, t. 174-183
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydSelective attention and control of action: Comparative psychology of an artificial, evolved agent and people.
  Ward, R. A. & Ward, R., 1 Hyd 2008, Yn: Journal of Experimental Psychology - Human Perception and Performance. 34, 5, t. 1165-1182
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydSpatial and temporal deficits are regionally dissociable in patients with pulvinar lesions
  Arend, I., Rafal, R. D. & Ward, R., 1 Awst 2008, Yn: Brain. 131, 8, t. 2140-2152
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydThe role of the human pulvinar in visual attention and action: evidence from temporal-order judgment, saccade decision, and antisaccade tasks.
  Arend, I., Machado, L., Ward, R., McGrath, M., Ro, T. & Rafal, R. D., 1 Ion 2008, Yn: Progress in Brain Research. 171, t. 475-483
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2007

• CyhoeddwydAn object-based frame of reference within the human pulvinar
  Ward, R. & Arend, I. C., 1 Medi 2007, Yn: Brain. 130, 9, t. 2462-2469
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydAttention and emotion in anosognosia: Evidence of implicit awareness and repression?
  Ward, R. A., Nardone, I., Ward, R., Fotopoulou, A. & Turnbull, O. H., 1 Hyd 2007, Yn: Neurocase. 13, 5-6, t. 438-445
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydEmotion recognition following human pulvinar damage.
  Ward, R. A., Arend, I. C., Ward, R., Calder, A. J., Parker, M. & Arend, I., 23 Ion 2007, Yn: Neuropsychologia. 45, 8, t. 1973-1978
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydHemispheric asymmetries in feature integration during visual word recognition.
  Ward, R. A., Arend, I. C., Lindell, A. K., Arend, I., Ward, R., Norton, J. & Wathan, J., 1 Tach 2007, Yn: Laterality. 12, 6, t. 543-558
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2006

• CyhoeddwydCognitive conflict without explicit conflict monitoring in a dynamical agent.
  Ward, R. A. & Ward, R., 1 Tach 2006, Yn: Neural Networks. 19, 9, t. 1430-1436
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydConflict monitoring in a dynamical agent.
  Ward, R. A. & Ward, R., 1 Ion 2006.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur

2005

• CyhoeddwydResponse to visual threat following damage to the pulvinar.
  Ward, R. A., Danziger, S. & Bamford, S., 29 Maw 2005, Yn: Current Biology. 15, 6, t. 571-573
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydSelective attention and action in an artificial, evolved agent: Reactive inhibition.
  Ward, R. A. & Ward, R., 1 Ion 2005, t. 269-278.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
• CyhoeddwydSelective attention and response control following damage to the human pulvinar.
  Ward, R. A., Ward, R., Danziger, S., Humphreys, G. W. (Golygydd) & Riddoch, M. J. (Golygydd), 1 Ion 2005, Attention and Action. 2005 gol. Psychology Press, t. 325-350
  Allbwn ymchwil: Pennod mewn Llyfr/Adroddiad/Trafodion Cynhadledd › Pennod
• CyhoeddwydSuppression of involuntary spatial response activation requires selective attention
  Ward, R., Danziger, S., Quirk, R. T., Goodson, L. & Downing, P. E., 1 Chwef 2005, Yn: Visual Cognition. 12, 2, t. 376-394
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2004

• CyhoeddwydContributions of the human pulvinar to a distributed network for selective attention.
  Ward, R. A., Danziger, S., Ward, R., Owen, V. & Rafal, R., 1 Ion 2004, Yn: Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience. 4, t. 89-99
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydContributions of the human pulvinar to linking vision and action.
  Ward, R. A., Rafal, R. D., Danziger, S., Ward, R., Owen, V. & Rafal, R., 1 Maw 2004, Yn: Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience. 4, 1, t. 89-99
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2003

• CyhoeddwydAttentional functions in dorsal and ventral simultanagnosia.
  Ward, R. A., Duncan, J., Bundensen, C., Olson, A., Humphreys, G., Ward, R., Kyllingsbaek, S., Van Raamsdonk, M., Rorden, C. & Chavda, S., 1 Ion 2003, Yn: Cognitive Neuropsychology. 20, 8, t. 675-701
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2002

• CyhoeddwydCoordination and integration in perception and action.
  Ward, R. A., Ward, R., Prinz, W. (Golygydd) & Hommel, B. (Golygydd), 1 Ion 2002, Common mechanisms in perception and action: Attention and performance: Vol. XIX. 2002 gol. Oxford University Press, t. 555-557
  Allbwn ymchwil: Pennod mewn Llyfr/Adroddiad/Trafodion Cynhadledd › Pennod
• CyhoeddwydDeficits in spatial coding and feature binding following damage to spatiotopic maps in the human pulvinar
  Ward, R., Danzinger, S., Owen, V. & Rafal, R., 7 Ion 2002, Yn: Nature Neuroscience. 5, t. 99-100
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydIntegration and independence of perception and action: An introduction.
  Ward, R. A. & Ward, R., 1 Mai 2002, Yn: Visual Cognition. 9, 4, t. 385-391
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydS-R correspondence effects of irrelevant visual affordance: Time course and specificity of response activation
  Phillips, J. C. & Ward, R. A., 1 Mai 2002, Yn: Visual Cognition. 9, 4-5, t. 540-558
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydVisual attention in blindsight: sensitivity in the blind field increased by targets in the sighted field.
  Ward, R. A., Ward, R. & Jackson, S. R., 1 Maw 2002, Yn: Neuroreport. 13, 3, t. 301-304
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydVisual detection is gated by attending for action: Evidence from hemispatial neglect
  Rafal, R. D., Danziger, S., Grossi, G., Machado, L. & Ward, R. A., 10 Rhag 2002, Yn: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. 99, 25, t. 16371-16375
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2001

• CyhoeddwydVisual attention is no faster than the eyes.
  Ward, R. A., Ward, R. & Shapiro, K. L. (Golygydd), 1 Ion 2001, The limits of attention: Temporal constraints on human information processing.. 2001 gol. Oxford University Press, t. 199-216
  Allbwn ymchwil: Pennod mewn Llyfr/Adroddiad/Trafodion Cynhadledd › Pennod

2000

• CyhoeddwydSymmetry, repetition, and figural goodness: an investigation of the weight of evidence theory.
  Ward, R. A., Pothos, E. M. & Ward, R., 15 Meh 2000, Yn: Cognition. 75, 3, t. B65-78
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

• Collective Knowledge and Team Decision-Making

  01/10/2023 – 30/09/2025 (Wrthi'n gweithredu)

• Visuomotor principles in pack design.

  01/10/2009 – 01/08/2012 (Wedi gorffen)

• Investigating Mechanisms Of Attention

  01/07/2008 – 31/08/2009 (Wedi gorffen)

• Spatial Coding & Feature Binding In The

  07/03/2005 – 31/07/2009 (Wedi gorffen)