Fernand Gobet

Scientific Publications by Topic

(Publications by type)

Expertise  

Overview  Back to top

Gobet, F. (in press).  Board games. Dictionary of American History Dynamic Reference.

Gobet, F. (2009). Chess. In B. Kerr (Ed.), Encyclopedia of giftedness, creativity, and talent (pp. 129-131). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.

Campitelli, G., & Gobet, F. (2009). El rol de la edad, la práctica y la lateralidad en la adquisición de habilidades expertas [The role of age and practice in the acquisition of expert skills.] In F. Adrover (Ed.), Actas del 1ero Congreso de Psicología del Desarrollo y Ciclo Vital [Proceedings of the 1st Conference in Developmental and Lifespan Psychology] (pp. 11-20). Buenos Aires: Universidad Abierta Interamericana.

Campitelli, G., & Gobet, F. (2008). The role of practice in chess: A longitudinal study. Learning and Individual Differences,  18 , 446-458. Preprint

Gobet, F. (2008). The role of deliberate practice in expertise: Necessary but not sufficient. Proceedings of the 30th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (p. 823). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.  pdf

Gobet. F. & Campitelli, G. (2007). The role of domain-specific practice,  handedness and starting age in chess. Developmental Psychology, 43, 159-172. Preprint

Gobet, F., & Charness, N. (2006). Chess and games. Cambridge handbook on expertise and expert performance (pp. 523-538). Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University Press. pdf

Gobet, F., de Voogt, A., & Retschitzki, J. (2004). Moves in mind--The psychology of board games. Hove, UK: Psychology Press.

Gobet, F. (2002). Recherche et reconnaissance de patterns chez les experts. Revue d'Intelligence Artificielle, 16, 165-190. Preprint

Gobet, F. & Simon, H. A. (2001). Human learning in game playing. In M. Kubat & M. & J. Fürnkranz, Machines that learn to play games. Advances in Computation: Theory and Practice, Volume 8. Huntington, NY: Nova Science. Abstract

Gobet, F. (2001). Chess expertise. International encyclopedia of the social and behavioral sciences, 3, 1663-7.

Gobet, F. (1999). Chess, Psychology of. MIT encyclopedia of the cognitive sciences. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.

Richman, H. B., Gobet, F., Staszewski, J. J., & Simon, H. A. (1996). Perceptual and memory processes in the acquisition of expert performance: The EPAM model. In K. A. Ericsson (Ed.), The Road to Excellence. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum. pdf

Gobet, F. (1996). Expertise und Gedaechtnis (Expertise and Memory). In H. Gruber & A. Ziegler, (Eds.). Expertiseforschung. Theoretische und methodische Grundlagen. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag.

Intuition Back to top

Gobet. F. & Chassy, P. (in press). Expertise and intuition: A tale of three theories. Minds and Machines. Preprint  

Gobet. F. & Chassy, P. (2008). Towards an alternative to Benner’s theory of expert intuition in nursing: A discussion paper. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 45, 129-139.  Preprint

Gobet, F. (1997). En marge du match Kasparov - "Deep Blue II": Défaite ou victoire pour l'intuition humaine? Revue Suisse des Echecs, 7, 12-13. Preprint

Gobet, F. (1997, May 1). Kasparov affronte à nouveau DEEP BLUE: Intuition contre calcul. La Liberté.

de Groot, A. & Gobet, F. (1996). Perception and memory in chess. Heuristics of the professional eye. Assen: Van Gorcum. Chapter 9; A discussion: Two authors, two different views?

Cross-cultural psychology  Back to top

Gobet, F. (2009). Using a cognitive architecture for addressing the question of cognitive universals in cross-cultural psychology: The example of awalé. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 40, 627-648. Preprint

Gender Differences Back to top

Bilalić, M., Smallbone, K., McLeod, P., & Gobet, F. (2009). Why are (the best) women so good at chess? Participation rates and gender differences in intellectual domains. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 276, 1161-1165. Preprint

Perception Back to top

Bilalić, M. & Gobet, F. (2009). They do what they are told to do: The influence of instruction on (chess) expert perception - Commentary on Linhares and Brum (2007). Cognitive Science, 33, 743-747. Preprint

de Groot, A. & Gobet, F. (1996). Perception and memory in chess. Heuristics of the professional eye. Assen: Van Gorcum. Contents Chapter 9; A discussion: Two authors, two different views?

Learning/Memory Back to top

Gobet, F., & Clarkson, G. (2004). Chunks in expert memory: Evidence for the magical number four… or is it two? Memory, 12, 732-747. Preprint  Figures

Gobet, F. (2003). Implicit learning of expert chess knowledge. AISB Quarterly, 114, 8. 

Gobet, F., & Oliver, I. (2002). A Simulation of Memory for Computer Programs. (Tech. Rep. No. 74. University of Nottingham (UK): Department of Psychology, ESRC Centre for Research in Development, Instruction and Training.

Gobet, F. (2000) Retrieval structures and schemata: A brief reply to Ericsson and Kintsch. British Journal of Psychology, 91, 591-594. Preprint

Gobet, F. (2000). Some shortcomings of long-term working memory. British Journal of Psychology, 91, 551-570. Abstract Preprint

Simon, H. A. & Gobet, F. (2000). Expertise effects in memory recall: A reply to Vicente and Wang. Psychological Review, 107, 593-600.Abstract Preprint

Gobet, F. (1998). Expert memory: A comparison of four theories. Cognition , 66, 115-152.Abstract Preprint

Gobet, F. & Simon, H. (1998). Expert chess memory: Revisiting the chunking hypothesis. Memory, 6, 225-255. Abstract

Gobet, F. & Simon, H. A. (1996). Templates in chess memory: A mechanism for recalling several boards. Cognitive Psychology, 31, 1-40. Abstract Preprint

Gobet, F. & Simon, H. A. (1996). Recall of random and distorted positions: Implications for the theory of expertise. Memory & Cognition, 24, 493-503. Abstract Preprint

Gobet, F. & Simon, H. A. (1996). Recall of rapidly presented random chess positions is a function of skill. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 3, 159-163. Abstract Preprint

Gobet, F. (1996) Long-term working memory. Comment on Ericsson and Kintsch (1995). (Tech. Rep. No. 41). University of Nottingham (UK): Department of Psychology, ESRC Centre for Research in Development, Instruction and Training. postscript

Gobet, F. (1996) Memory in Chess Players: Comparison of Four Theories. (Tech. Rep. No. 43). University of Nottingham (UK): Department of Psychology, ESRC Centre for Research in Development, Instruction and Training. postscript

Gobet, F. (1993). Les mémoires d'un joueur d'échecs. Fribourg (Switzerland): Editions Universitaires. Contents (in French) Chapter 10: Conclusion

Visualization/Mental imagery Back to top

Gobet, F., & Waters, A. J. (2008). Computational modelling of mental imagery in chess: A sensitivity analysis. Proceedings of the 30th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 2234-2329) Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum. pdf

Waters, A. J., & Gobet, F. (2008). Mental imagery and chunks: Empirical and computational findings. Memory & Cognition, 36, 505-517. Preprint

Campitelli, G., Gobet, F., Williams, G., & Parker, A. (2007). Integration of perceptual input and visual imagery in chess players: Evidence from eye movements. Swiss Journal of Psychology, 66, 201–213. Preprint

Campitelli, G., & Gobet. F. (2005). The mind's eye in blindfold chess. European Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 17, 23-45.  Preprint

Problem solving Back to top

Bilalić, M., McLeod, P., & Gobet, F. (in press). The mechanism of the Einstellung (set) effect: A pervasive source of cognitive bias. Current Directions of Psychological Science.

Bilalić, M., McLeod, P., & Gobet, F. (2009). Specialization effect and its influence on memory and problem solving in expert chess players. Cognitive Science, 33, 1117–1143. Preprint

Bilalić, M., McLeod, P., & Gobet, F. (2008). Expert and ‘novice’ problem solving strategies in chess – Sixty years of citing de Groot (1946/1965/1978 Thinking and Reasoning, 14, 395-408. Preprint  Bilalić, M., McLeod, P., & Gobet, F. (2008). Why good thoughts block better ones: The mechanism of the pernicious Einstellung (set) effect. Cognition, 108, 652–661.  Preprint

Bilalić, M., McLeod, P., & Gobet, F. (2008). Inflexibility of experts – Reality or myth? Quantifying the Einstellung effect in chess masters. Cognitive Psychology, 56, 73-102. Preprint

Campitelli, G., & Gobet, F. (2004). Adaptive expert decision making: Skilled chessplayers search more and deeper. Journal of the International Computer Games Association. Preprint   Figures

Gobet, F. (2004). Role of pattern recognition and search in expert decision making. Proceedings of the 26th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (p.  25). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum. Pdf

Gobet, F. (2003). Forward search, pattern recognition and visualization in expert chess: A reply to Chabris and Hearst (2003). Unpublished manuscript. 

Gobet, F. & Simon, H. A. (2000). Reply to Lassiter. Psychological Science, 11, 174. Preprint

Gobet, F., & Simon, H. A. (1998). Pattern recognition makes search possible: Comments on Holding (1992). Psychological Research, 61, 204-208.Abstract Preprint

Gobet, F. (1998). Chess players' thinking revisited. Swiss Journal of Psychology, 57, 18-32.Abstract Preprint

Gobet, F. & Simon, H. A. (1996). The Roles of recognition processes and look-ahead search in time-constrained expert problem solving: Evidence from grandmaster level chess. Psychological Science, 7, 52-55. Abstract Preprint

Gobet. F. (1996). Roles of pattern recognition and search in expert problem solving. (Tech. Rep. No. 42). University of Nottingham (UK): Department of Psychology, ESRC Centre for Research in Development, Instruction and Training. postscript

Brain imaging Back to top

Campitelli, G., Parker, A., Head, K., & Gobet, F. (2008). Left Lateralization in autobiographical memory: An fMRI study using the expert archival paradigm. International Journal of Neuroscience, , 118, 191-209.  Preprint

Campitelli, G., Gobet, F., Head, K., Buckley, M., & Parker, A. (2007).  Brain localisation of memory chunks in chessplayers. International Journal of Neuroscience, 117:1641-1659. Preprint

Campitelli, G., Gobet, F, & Parker, A. (2005). Structure and stimulus familiarity: A study of memory in chess-players with functional magnetic resonance imaging. Spanish Journal of Psychology, 8, 238-245. pdf

Campitelli, G., Gobet, F., & Parker, A. (2003). De cuestionarios a resonancia magnética funcional (fMRI) en expertos. Un paradigma para el estudio de processos cognitivos. Salud, educación, justicia y trabajo: Memorias de las X Jornadas de Investigación (Tomo II) (pp. 209-212). Universidad de Buenos Aires: Facultad de Psichologia. pdf

Computer models of expert behaviour (see also CHREST)  Back to top

Perception/learning/memory

Gobet, F., & Waters, A. J. (2003). The role of constraints in expert memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory & Cognition, 29, 1082–1094. Preprint

Gobet, F., & Jackson, S. (2002). In search of templates. Cognitive Systems Research, 3, 35-44. (reprint of Gobet & Jackson, 2001)

Gobet, F. (2001). Chunks hierarchies and retrieval structures. Comments on Saariluoma and Laine. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 42, 149-155. Abstract Preprint  [Reprinted in Mason, M. (2004). Taking sides: Clashing views on controversial issues in cognitive science. Columbus, OH: McGraw Hill/Dushkin.]

Gobet, F. (2001). Is experts' knowledge modular? Proceedings of the 23rd Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, pp. 336-431. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum. pdf

Gobet, F., & Jackson, S. (2001). In search of templates. Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling, pp. 97-102. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum. (Reprinted in Cognitive Systems Research) pdf

Gobet, F. & Simon, H. A. (2000). Five seconds or sixty? Presentation time in expert memory. Cognitive Science, 24, 651-682. Abstract html 

Gobet, F. (2000). Long-term working memory: A computational implementation for chess expertise. Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Cognitive Modelling, pp. 142-149. Veenendaal, The Netherlands: Universal Press. Abstract html

Gobet, F. (1999). EPAM-like simulations of the recall of random chess positions. In U. Schmid, J.F. Krems & F. A. Wysotzki (Eds.), Cognitive science approach to reasoning, learning and discovery. Lengerich, Germany: Pabst. Abstract

Gobet, F. (1998). Memory for the meaningless: How chunks help. Proceedings of the 20th Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. (pp. 398-403). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum. Abstract html

Gobet , F. (1993). A computer model of chess memory. Proceedings of 15th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, (pp. 463-468). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum. Abstract html

Problem solving

Gobet, F. (1997). A pattern-recognition theory of search in expert problem solving. Thinking and Reasoning, 3, 291-313. Abstract   Preprint

Gobet F. & Jansen, P. (1994). Towards a chess program based on a model of human memory. In H. J. van den Herik, I. S. Herschberg, & J. W.Uiterwijk (Eds.), Advances in Computer Chess 7. Maastricht: University of Limburg Press. Abstract

Computational modelling

General, methodology Back to top

Lane, P. C. R., & Gobet, F. (2008). A methodology for developing computational implementations of scientific theories. Proceedings of the 10^th International Conference on Computer Modelling and Simulation (UKSIM 2008) (pp. 392-397). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. pdf

Frias-Martinez , E., & Gobet, F. (2007). Automatic generation of cognitive theories using genetic programming. Minds & Machines, 17, 287-309. pdf

Lane, P. C. R., & Gobet, F. (2007). Developing and evaluating cognitive architectures with behavioural tests. AAAI workshop on Evaluating Architectures for Intelligence (pp. 109-114). Hove, UK: Psychology press.  pdf

Gobet, F., & Parker, A. (2005). Evolving structure-function mappings in cognitive neuroscience using genetic programming. Swiss Journal of Psychology, 64, 231-239. Preprint

Gobet, F., & Lane, P. C. R. (2005). A distributed framework for semi-automatically developing architectures of brain and mind. Proceedings of the First International Conference on e-Social Science. Manchester. pdf

Lane, P. C. R., & Gobet, F. (2005). Discovering predictive variables when evolving cognitive models. Third International Conference on Advances in Pattern Recognition.  pdf

Lane, P. C. R., & Gobet, F. (2005). Multi-task learning and transfer: The effect of algorithm representation. Proceedings of the ICML-2005 Workshop on Meta-learning.  pdf

Gobet, F., Campitelli, G., & Lane, P. C. R. (2004). Computational models of the development of perceptual expertise: Commentary on Palmeri et al. (2004). Unpublished manuscript. pdf

Lane, P. C. R., & Gobet, F. (2003). Developing reproducible and comprehensible computational models. Artificial Intelligence, 144 , 251-263. Preprint

Ritter, F. E., Shadbolt, N. R., Elliman, D., Young, R., Gobet, F., & Baxter, G. D. (2003). Techniques for modeling human performance in synthetic environments: A supplementary review. Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH: Human Systems Information Analysis Center.

Lane, P.C.R., Gobet, F., & Cheng, P.C-H. (2000). Learning-based constraints on schemata. Proceedings of the Twenty Second Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society , Philadelphia, USA, 2000. Abstract html postscript

Ritter, F. E., Shadbolt, N. R., Elliman, D., Young, R., Gobet, F., & Baxter, G. D. (1999). Techniques for modelling human performance in synthetic environments: A supplementary review. (Tech. Rep. No. 62. University of Nottingham (UK): Department of Psychology, ESRC Centre for Research in Development, Instruction and Training. pdf

CHREST Back to top

Overview

Gobet, F., & Lane, P. C. R. (in press). The CHREST architecture of cognition: The role of perception in general intelligence. The Third Conference on Artificial General Intelligence. Lugano, Switzerland.

Lane, P. C. R., & Gobet, F. (2009). EPAM/CHREST Tutorial: Fifty years of simulating human learning. In N.A. Taatgen & H. van Rijn (Eds.), Proceedings of the 31^st Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. Cognitive Science Society.

Lane, P. C. R., & Gobet, F. (2009). EPAM/CHREST: Fifty years of simulating learning. In A. Howes, D. Peebles, R. Cooper (Eds.), 9th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling – ICCM2009, Manchester, UK.

Lane, P. C. R., Gobet, F., Smith, Ll. (2008). Attention mechanisms in the CHREST cognitive architecture. In L. Paletta & J. K. Tsotsos, Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Attention in Cognitive Systems (pp. 207-220). Graz: Joanneum Research. Preprint

Gobet, F. & Lane, P. (2007). How do order effects arise in a cognitive model?  In T. O'Shea, E. Lehtinen, F. E. Ritter & P. Langley (Eds.), Order effects in learning (pp. 107-118). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Gobet, F. (2005). Modularity and chunking. In W. Callebaut and D. Rasskin- Gutman (Eds.), Modularity: Understanding the development and evolution of natural complex systems (pp. 331-351). Vienna Series in Theoretical Biology. Cambridge: The MIT Press.

Gobet, F. & Lane, P. (2005). The CHREST architecture of cognition: Listening to empirical data. In D. Davis (Ed.), Visions of mind: Architectures for cognition and affect. (pp. 204-224). Hershey, PA: Information Science Publishing .

Gobet, F. & Lane, P. C. R.  (2004). CHREST tutorial: Simulations of human learning. Proceedings of the 26th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (p. 3). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Lane, P. & Gobet, F. (2003). Learning and recognition: Capturing an expert's perceptual knowledge. In C. Faucher, L. Jain, and N. Ichalkaranje (Eds.), Innovations in Knowledge Engineering (Vol. 4).

Gobet, F. (2001). Réseaux de discrimination en psychologie: L'exemple de CHREST. Swiss Journal of Psychology, 60, 264-277. Preprint

Gobet, F., Lane, P. C. R., Croker, S., Cheng, P. C-H., Jones, G., Oliver, I. & Pine, J. M. (2001). Chunking mechanisms in human learning. TRENDS in Cognitive Sciences, 5, 236-243. Abstract pdf

Gobet, F. (1996). Discrimination nets, production systems and semantic networks: Elements of a unified framework. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on the Learning Sciences. (pp. 398-403). Evanston Il: Northwestern University. Abstract html

Perception/Memory

Smith, Ll., Gobet, F., & Lane, P. C. R. (2009). Checking chess checks with chunks: A model of simple check detection. In A. Howes, D. Peebles, R. Cooper (Eds.), 9th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling – ICCM2009, Manchester, UK.

Lane, P. C. R., & Gobet, F. (2003). Towards a model of expectation-driven perception. AISB Quarterly, 114, 7.

Lane P. C. R., Sykes, A., & Gobet, F. (2003). Combining low-level perception with expectations in CHREST. Proceedings of the European Cognitive Science Conference 2003 (pp. 205-210). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum. pdf

Lane, P. C. L., Cheng, P.C.-H., & Gobet, F. (2001). Learning perceptual chunks for problem decomposition. Proceedings of the 23rd Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, pp. 528-533. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum. pdf

Lane, P. C. R., Cheng, P. C-H., & Gobet, F. (2001). The CHREST model of active perception and its role in problem solving. [Commentary] Behavioural and Brain Sciences, 24, 892. Preprint

Lane, P. C. R., Gobet, F., & Cheng, P. C-H. (2001). What forms the chunks in a subject's performance? Lessons from the CHREST computational model of learning. [Commentary] Behavioural and Brain Sciences, 24, 128-129. Preprint

Diagrammatic reasoning

Lane, P. C. R., Cheng, P. C-H. & Gobet, F. (2000). CHREST+: A simulation of how humans learn to solve problems using diagrams. AISB Quarterly, 103, 24-30. Abstract Preprint

Lane, P.C.R., Gobet, F., and Cheng, P.C-H. Predicting perceptual chunks with a computational model of problem solving with diagrams (ESRC CREDIT Technical Report No. 67, University of Nottingham, 2000). postscript

Lane, P. C. R., Cheng, P. C-H., & Gobet, F. (1999). Problem solving with diagrams: Modelling the implicit learning of perceptual information. (Tech. Rep. No. 59). University of Nottingham (UK): Department of Psychology, ESRC Centre for Research in Development, Instruction and Training. postscript

Lane, P. C. R., Cheng, P. C-H. & Gobet, F. (1999). Learning perceptual schemas to avoid the utility problem. Proceedings of the Nineteenth SGES International Conference on Knowledge Based Systems and Applied Artificial Intelligence. Cambridge, UK. Abstract

Concept formation

Gobet, F., Richman, H., Staszewski, J., & Simon, H. A. (1997). Goals, representations, and strategies in a concept attainment task: The EPAM model. The Psychology of Learning and Motivation, 37, 265-290. Preprint

Development

Gobet, F. (1999). Simulations of stagewise development with a symbolic architecture. In J. P. Dauwalder & W. Tschacher (Eds.), Dynamics, synergetics, and autonomous agents. Singapore: World Scientific. Abstract  Preprint

Ageing

Smith, Ll., Lane, P. C. R., & Gobet, F. (2008). Modelling the relationship between visual short-term memory capacity and recall ability. European Modelling Symposium 2008 (EMS2008). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. pdf

Smith, Ll., Gobet, F., & Lane, P. C. R. (2007). An investigation into the effect of ageing on expert memory with CHREST. Proceedings of the United Kingdom Workshop On Computational Intelligence— UKCI07. pdf

Law

Dougan, P., Gobet, F., & King, M. (2006). Modelling systematic communication differences between Law and Science. In M. Freeman, Current Legal Issues - Law and Psychology (pp. 105-124). Oxford University Press.

Acquisition of language

Gobet, F., Pine, J. M., & Freudenthal, D. (2007). Towards a unified model of language acquisition. Proceedings of the European Cognitive Science Conference 2007.  pdf

Syntax Back to top

Freudenthal, D., Pine, J. M., & Gobet, F. (in press). Explaining quantitative variation in the rate of Optional Infinitive errors across languages: A comparison of MOSAIC and the Variational Learning Model. Journal of Child Language.

Freudenthal, D., Pine, J. M., & Gobet, F. (2009). Comparing MOSAIC and the Variational Learning model of the optional infinitive stage in early child language. In N.A. Taatgen & H. van Rijn (Eds.), Proceedings of the 31^st Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. Cognitive Science Society.

Freudenthal, D., Pine, J. M., & Gobet, F. (2009). Simulating the referential properties of Dutch, German and English Root Infinitives in MOSAIC. Language Learning and Development, 5, 1-29. Preprint

Freudenthal, D., Pine, J. M., & Gobet, F. (2008). On the utility of conjoint and compositional frames and utterance boundaries as predictors of word categories. Proceedings of the 30th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum. pdf

Freudenthal, D., Pine, J.M. & Gobet, F. (2007). Meter based omission of function words in MOSAIC. In R. L. Lewis, T. A. Polk, and J. E. Laird (eds.). Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Cognitive Modelling (pp. 219-224). Hove, UK: Psychology press. pdf

Freudenthal, D., Pine, J. M. & Gobet, F. (2007). Simulating the noun-verb asymmetry in the productivity of children’s speech. In R. L. Lewis, T. A. Polk, and J. E. Laird (eds.). Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Cognitive Modelling (pp. 109-114). Hove, UK: Psychology press. pdf

Freudenthal, D., Pine, J. M., Aguado-Orea, J., & Gobet, F. (2007). Modelling the developmental patterning of finiteness marking in English, Dutch, German and Spanish using MOSAIC, Cognitive Science, 31, 311-341. Preprint

Freudenthal, D., Pine, J. M., & Gobet, F. (2007). Understanding the developmental dynamics of subject omission: The role of processing limitations in learning. Journal of Child Language, 34, 83-110. Preprint

Freudenthal, D., Pine, J. M., & Gobet, F. (2006). Unifying cross-linguistic and within-language patterns of finiteness marking in MOSAIC. Proceedings of the 27th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 232-237). Mahwah,  NJ: Erlbaum.  pdf

Freudenthal, D., Pine, J. M., &  Gobet, F. (2005). Modelling the development of children's use of optional infinitives in English and Dutch using MOSAIC. Cognitive Science, 30, 277-310. Preprint

Freudenthal, D., Pine, J. M., & Gobet, F. (2005). Simulating the cross-linguistic development of optional infinitive errors in MOSAIC. Proceedings of the 27th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. pdf

Freudenthal, D., Pine, J. M., & Gobet, F. (2005). Simulating optional infinitive errors in child speech through the omission of sentence-internal elements. Proceedings of the 27th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society.  pdf

Freudenthal, D., Pine, J. M., & Gobet, F. (2005). Resolving ambiguities in the extraction of syntactic categories through chunking. Cognitive Systems Research,  6, 17-25. Preprint

Gobet, F, .Freudenthal, D., & Pine, J. M. (2004). Modelling syntactic development in a cross-linguistic context. Proceedings of the COLING 2004 Workshop "Psychocomputational Models of Human Language Acquisition" (pp. 53-60). Geneva: COLING.  pdf

Freudenthal, D., Pine, J. M., & Gobet, F. (2004). Resolving ambiguities in the extraction of syntactic categories through chunking. Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Cognitive Modeling (pp. 94-99). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum. pdf

Freudenthal, D., Pine, J. M., & Gobet, F. (2003). The role of input size and generativity in simulating language acquisition. Proceedings of the European Cognitive Science Conference 2003 (pp. 121-126). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum. pdf

Croker, S., Pine, J. M., & Gobet, F. (2003). Modelling children's negation errors using probabilistic learning in MOSAIC. In F. Detje, D. Dörner & H. Schaub (Eds.) Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Cognitive Modeling, (pp. 69-74). Bamberg:Universitäts-Verlag. pdf

Freudenthal, D., Pine, J. M., & Gobet, F. (2002). Subject omission in children's language; The case for performance limitations in learning. Proceedings of the 24th Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 334-339). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum. pdf

Freudenthal, D., Pine, J. M., & Gobet, F. (2002). Modelling the development of Dutch Optional Infinitives in MOSAIC. Proceedings of the 24th Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 328-333). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum. pdf

Croker, S., Pine, J., & Gobet, F. (2001). Modeling children's case marking errors with MOSAIC. Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling, pp. 55-60. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum. pdf

Freudenthal, D., Pine, J. M., & Gobet, F. (2001). Modelling the optional infinitive stage in MOSAIC: A generalisation to Dutch. Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling, pp. 79-84. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum. pdf

Croker, S., Pine, J., & Gobet, F. (2000). Modelling optional infinitive phenomena: A computational account of tense optionality in children's speech. Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Cognitive Modelling, pp. 78-85. Veenendaal, The Netherlands: Universal Press. Abstract html

Jones, G., Gobet, F. & Pine, J. M. (2000). A process model of children's early verb use. Proceedings of the Twenty Second Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Philadelphia, USA, 2000. Abstract html

Gobet, F., & Pine, J. (1997). Modeling the acquisition of syntactic categories. Proceedings of the 19th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, p. 265-270. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum. Abstract html

Vocabulary Back to top

Jones, G., Gobet, F., & Pine, J. M. (2008). Computer simulations of developmental change: The contributions of working memory capacity and long-term knowledge. Cognitive Science, 32, 1148-1176. Preprint

Jones, G., Gobet, F., & Pine, J. M. (2007). Linking working memory and long-term memory: A computational model of the learning of new words. Developmental Science, 10, 853-873. Preprint

Jones, G., Gobet, F., & Pine, J. (2005). Modelling vocabulary acquisition: An explanation of the link between the phonological loop and long-term memory. Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour, 1, 509-522.

Jones, G., Gobet , F., & Pine, J. (2000). Learning novel sound patterns. Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Cognitive Modelling, 169-176. Veenendaal, The Netherlands: Universal Press. Abstract html

Jones, G., Gobet, F., & Pine, J. M. (1999). Modelling vocabulary acquisition: An explanation of the link between the phonological loop and long-term memory. (Tech. Rep. No. 61). University of Nottingham (UK): Department of Psychology, ESRC Centre for Research in Development, Instruction and Training. postscript

Connectionism Back to top

Gobet, F. (1999). What do connectionnist simulations tell us? Journal of Child Language, 26, 242-245. Preprint

Book reviews Back to top

Gobet, F. (2002). Review of "Rondal, J. A.. Le langage: De l'animal aux origines du langage humain. (2000)". Swiss Journal of Psychology, 61, 51.

Pine, J. M., Gobet, F., Rowland, C. F. (1999). Review of Computational approaches to language acquisition. Journal of Child Language, 26, 203-208.

Education

Chunking mechanisms and education Back to top

Gobet, F. (2005). Chunking models of expertise: Implications for education. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 19, 183–204. Preprint

Gobet, F. & Wood, D. J. (1999). Expertise, models of learning and computer-based tutoring. Computers and Education, 33, 189-207.Abstract pdf

Reading Back to top

Kohsom, C., & Gobet, F. (1997). Adding spaces to Thai and English: Effects on reading. Proceedings of the 19th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, p. 388-393. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum. Abstract postscript pdf

Gobet, F. (1997). On the (mis)use of visual aids. (Letter to the Editor). The Psychologist, 10, 394-395.

Gobet, F. (1997). Do Psychologists Apply their Knowledge of Cognitive Processes? A Note on the (Mis)Use of Visual Aids in Paper Presentations. (Tech. Rep. No. 48). University of Nottingham (UK): Department of Psychology, ESRC Centre for Research in Development, Instruction and Training. html

Gobet, F. (2002). Review of "Kennedy, A., Radach, R., Heller, D., & Pynte, J. (Eds). Reading as a perceptual process. (2000)". Swiss Journal of Psychology, 61, 46.

Chess Back to top

Campitelli, G., & Gobet, F (2007). Uma revisão crítica sobre os benefícios educativos da instrução enxadrística. In R. Filguth (Ed.), A Importância do Xadrez (pp. 183-197). Porto Alegre, Brasil: Artmed.

Gobet, F. & Jansen, P. (2007). Treinamento em xadrez: Uma abordagem científica. In R. Filguth (Ed.), A Importância do Xadrez (pp. 139-160). Porto Alegre, Brasil: Artmed.

Gobet, F., & Campitelli, G. (2006). Education and chess: A critical review. In T. Redman, Chess and education: Selected essays from the Koltanowski conference (pp. 124-143). Dallas, TX: Chess Program at the University of Texas at Dallas. pdf

Programming in Logo Back to top

Gurtner, J.-L., Gex, C., Gobet, F. Nunez, R., & Restchitzki, J. (1990). La récursivite rend-elle l'intelligence artificielle? Revue Suisse de Psychologie, 49, 17-26.

Gobet, F., & Nunez, R. (1989). Learning recursion with LOGO: adolescents' difficulties. Proceedings of the 2nd Conference EUROLOGO, p. 398-409.

Retschitzki, J., Gex, C., Gobet, F., Gurtner, J.-.L., & Nunez, R. (1991). Pensee recursive et enseignement. In J.-L. Gurtner & J. Retschitzki: LOGO et apprentissages. Neuchatel: Delachaux et Niestle.

Learned helplessness Back to top

Gobet, F. (1992). Learned helplessness in chess players: The importance of task similarity and the role of skill. Psychological Research, 54, 38-43. Abstract Preprint

Gobet, F., & Retschitzki, J. (1991). Détresse apprise et jeu d'échecs : Role de la familiarité et de la similitude des tâches. Revue Suisse de Psychologie, 50, 97-110. Abstract

Intelligence Back to top

Gobet. F. & Chassy, P. (2008). Season of birth and chess expertise. Journal of Biosocial Science, 40, 313-316. Preprint  

Bilalić, M., McLeod, P., & Gobet, F. (2007). Does chess need intelligence? A study with young chess players. Intelligence, 35, 457-470. Preprint

Gobet, F., Campitelli. G., & Waters, A. J. (2002). Rise of human intelligence: Comments on Howard (1999). Intelligence, 30, 303-311. Preprint

Waters, A., Gobet, F., & Leyden, G. (2002). Visuo-spatial abilities in chess players. British Journal of Psychology, 30, 303-311. Preprint

Gobet, F., & Campitelli, G. (2002). Intelligence and chess. In J. Retschitzki, & R. Haddad-Zubel, (Eds.). Step by step. Proceedings of the 4th Colloquium "Board Games in Academia", pp. 105-114. Fribourg: Editions Universitaires.

Gobet, F. (1985). Les échecs féminins victimes de leur complexe d'infériorité. Revue Suisse d'Echecs, 7, 316-319.

Gobet, F. (2000). Review of "Mackintosh, N. J. IQ and human intelligence. (1998)". 419 p. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Swiss Journal of Psychology, 59, 210.

Gobet, F. (2000). Review of "Roberts, Robbins, & Weiskrantz (Eds) The prefrontal cortex. Executive and cognitive functions. (1998)". 248 p. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Swiss Journal of Psychology, 59, 213.

Emotions and Personality Back to top

Bilalić, M., McLeod, P., & Gobet, F. (2007). Personality profiles of young chess players. Personality and Individual Differences, 42, 901-910. Preprint

Chassy, P., & Gobet, F. (2005). A model of emotional influence on memory processing. In L. Cañamero,  Symposium on agents that want and like: Motivational and emotional roots of cognition and action. AISB 2005. University of Hertforshire, UK.  pdf

Artificial Life and Artificial Intelligence Back to top

Lane, P. C. R., & Gobet, F. (2001). Simple environments fail as illustrations of intelligence : A review of R. Pfeifer and C. Scheier: 'Understanding Intelligence'. Artificial Intelligence , 127, 261-267. [refereed book review] Preprint

Ward, C. R., Gobet, F., & Kendall, G. (2001). Evolving collective behavior in an artificial ecology. Artificial Life, 7, 191-209. pdf

Gobet, F. (1997). Can Deep Blue" make us happy? Reflections on human and artificial expertise. AAAI-97 Workshop: Deep Blue vs. Kasparov: The Significance for Artificial Intelligence, p. 20-23. AAAI Press: Technical Report WS-97-04. Abstract html

Methodology Back to top

Gobet, F., & Ritter, F. E. (2000). Individual data analysis and Unified Theories of Cognition: A methodological proposal. Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Cognitive Modelling, pp. 150-157. Veenendaal, The Netherlands: Universal Press. Abstract html

Gobet, F., & Ritter, F. E. (2000, March. Slides of Talk). Individual data analysis and Unified Theories of Cognition: A methodological proposal. 3rd International Conference on Cognitive Modelling. Groningen, The Netherlands.

Biographies

Herbert A. Simon Back to top

Gobet, F. (2002). Travailler avec Herbert Simon. Revue d'Intelligence Artificielle,16, 29-37. Preprint

Gobet, F. (2001). Herbert Simon (1916-2001). The scientist of the artificial. International Computer Chess Association Journal, 24, 62-63. pdf

Gobet, F. (2001, August; Slides of Talk). Herb Simon's models of expertise. Twenty Third Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, University of Edinburgh, Scotland.

Adriaan D de Groot Back to top

Gobet. F. & Musch, J. (2007). Ein Vater der kognitiven Psychologie: Adriaan Dingeman de Groot (1914–2006). Psychologische Rundschau, 58, 205-206. Preprint

Gobet, F. (2006). Adriaan de Groot: Marriage of two passions. International Computer Game Association Journal, 29, 236-244. Preprint  Figure-1

Gobet, F. (1995). Adriaan de Groot: The mind of a chessplayer. Unpublished manuscript. Abstract

Gobet, F. (1999). The father of chess psychology. New in Chess, 8, 84-91. Abstract

Varia Back to top

Gobet, F. (2004). Auto-mat suisse: Une pièce en trois tableaux/Swiss auto-mate: A play in three acts. In M. Bersier, V. Beckers, A. Pini, & F. Stoeckli (Eds.), La Suisse est Fondue (pp. 69-70, 192). Paris-Genève: Editions Des Syrtes. pdf

Gobet, F. (2005). Review of "Eysenck, M. W. Principles of cognitive psychology." Psychology Learning and Teaching, , 4, 128-129. 

Gobet, F., & Campitelli, G. (2004). Review of "Glimcher, P. W. (2003). Decisions, uncertainty, and the brain: The science of neuroeconomics." AISB Quarterly, 117, 8. 

Gobet, F. (2004). Review of "Sedlmeier, P. & Betsch, T. (Eds.) Etc. Frequency processing and cognition (2002)". Swiss Journal of Psychology, 63, 59.

Gobet, F. (2000). Review of "Oaksford, M., & Chater, N. (Eds.). Rational Models of Cognition (1998)" Swiss Journal of Psychology, 59, 211.