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School of Psychology
 

Ruth Filik

Associate Professor, Faculty of Science

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Research Summary

The primary aim of my research is to further our understanding of the cognitive and neural mechanisms underlying language comprehension. Typically, I seek converging evidence from traditional methods… read more

Recent Publications

  • CHEN, Y., YANG, X., HOWMAN, H. and FILIK, R., 2024. PLoS ONE. 19, e0297379
  • DESAI, S. and FILIK, R., 2024. Psychology, Crime & Law.
  • TAYLOR, H., HAND, C. J., HOWMAN, H. and FILIK, R., 2024. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction.
  • ZHU, N. and FILIK, R., 2024. Discourse Processes.

Current Research

The primary aim of my research is to further our understanding of the cognitive and neural mechanisms underlying language comprehension. Typically, I seek converging evidence from traditional methods in experimental psychology (such as eye-tracking, self-paced reading, and language production tasks); and cognitive neuroscience methods (for example, EEG).

My interests lie in how our knowledge of the world and of the context in which we encounter language enable us to understand what we are reading or listening to. Issues that I am currently investigating include; the comprehension of non-literal language (metaphor and irony), the processing of emotional information, reference resolution, quantification, and how readers resolve syntactic and semantic ambiguities more generally.

I also have a strong interest in how basic research in experimental psychology can inform more applied issues, such as the communication of information relating to healthcare (and how this impacts on patient safety), and language development.

I am keen to be contacted by students who may be interested in doing a Ph.D in the areas described above. If you might be interested in becoming a Ph.D student under my supervision, please email me.

  • CHEN, Y., YANG, X., HOWMAN, H. and FILIK, R., 2024. PLoS ONE. 19, e0297379
  • DESAI, S. and FILIK, R., 2024. Psychology, Crime & Law.
  • TAYLOR, H., HAND, C. J., HOWMAN, H. and FILIK, R., 2024. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction.
  • ZHU, N. and FILIK, R., 2024. Discourse Processes.
  • CUTTER, M. G., PATERSON, K. B. and FILIK, R., 2024. Journal of Memory and Language.
  • HAND, C. J., KENNEDY, A., FILIK, R., PITCHFORD, M. and ROBUS, C. M., 2023. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 53, 2514-2528
  • CUTTER, M. G., PATERSON, K. B. and FILIK, R., 2023. British Journal of Psychology. 114, 39-53
  • ZHU, N. and FILIK, R., 2023. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition. 49, 445-463
  • 脟OKAL, D., FILIK, R., STURT, P. and POESIO, M., 2023. Discourse Processes. 60, 202-223
  • CUTTER, M. G., PATERSON, K. B. and FILIK, R., 2022. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology.
  • CUTTER, M. G., PATERSON, K. B. and FILIK, R., 2022. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 75, 1085-1093
  • GARCIA, C., 葰URCAN, A., HOWMAN, H. and FILIK, R., 2022. Computers in Human Behavior.
  • CUTTER, M. G., FILIK, R. and PATERSON, K. B., 2022. Journal of Memory and Language. 125, 104336
  • THOMPSON, D., LEUTHOLD, H. and FILIK, R., 2021. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology. 75(2), 107-113
  • DESAI, S., MCLEAN, J., LAWRENCE, C. and FILIK, R., 2021. Journal of Pragmatics. 174, 143-156
  • FILIK, R., INGRAM, J., MOXEY, L. and LEUTHOLD, H., 2021. Irony as a test of the Presupposition-Denial Account: An ERP study. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research. 50, 1321-1335
  • RALPH-NEARMAN C. and FILIK, R., 2021. An eye-tracking study examining the relationship between males鈥� eating disorder symptomatology, body mass index, and expectations about character behaviour in text. Cognition and Emotion. 35, 1543-1558
  • BARZY, MAHSA, FILIK, RUTH, WILLIAMS, DAVID and FERGUSON, HEATHER J., 2020. AUTISM RESEARCH. 13(4), 563-578
  • RALPH-NEARMAN, C., YEH, H., KHALSA, S. S., FEUSNER, J. D. and FILIK, R., 2020. Psychiatry Research. 293, 113358
  • ROBUS, C. M., HAND, C. J., FILIK, R. and PITCHFORD, M., 2020. Computers in Human Behavior. 109, 106361
  • RALPH-NEARMAN, C. and FILIK, R., 2020. BMC: Public Health. 20, 1114
  • HOWMAN, H. and FILIK, R., 2020. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 73, 1729-1744
  • 葰URCAN, A., HOWMAN, H. and FILIK, R., 2020. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition. 46, 1966-1976
  • FILIK, RUTH, TURCAN, ALEXANDRA, RALPH-NEARMAN, CHRISTINA and PITIOT, ALAIN, 2019. CORTEX. 115, 112-122
  • RALPH-NEARMAN C, ACHEE M, LAPIDUS R, STEWART JL and FILIK R, 2019. Brain and behavior. 9(12), e01458
  • RALPH-NEARMAN C and FILIK R, 2018. The International journal of eating disorders. 51(9), 1070-1079
  • RALPH-NEARMAN C and FILIK R, 2018. American journal of men's health. 12(4), 740-750
  • KUNKEL A, FILIK R, MACKENZIE IG and LEUTHOLD H, 2018. Cognitive, affective & behavioral neuroscience. 18(2), 389-409
  • PICKERING, BETHANY, THOMPSON, DOMINIC and FILIK, RUTH, 2018. METAPHOR AND SYMBOL. 33(3), 185-197
  • FILIK, RUTH, HOWMAN, HANNAH, RALPH-NEARMAN, CHRISTINA and GIORA, RACHEL, 2018. METAPHOR AND SYMBOL. 33(3), 148-162
  • GIORA, RACHEL and FILIK, RUTH, 2018. METAPHOR AND SYMBOL. 33(3), 144-147
  • BOHAN, JASON and FILIK, RUTH, 2018. DISCOURSE PROCESSES. 55(2), 113-122
  • WEN, YUN, FILIK, RUTH and VAN HEUVEN, WALTER J. B., 2018. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 8,
  • RUTH FILIK, EMILY BRIGHTMAN, CHLOE GATHERCOLE and HARTMUT LEUTHOLD, 2017. Journal of Memory and Language. 93, 193-202
  • THOMPSON, DOMINIC and FILIK, RUTH, 2016. JOURNAL OF COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION. 21(2), 105-120
  • THOMPSON, DOMINIC, MACKENZIE, IAN G, LEUTHOLD, HARTMUT and FILIK, RUTH, 2016. Emotional responses to irony and emoticons in written language: Evidence from EDA and facial EMG. Psychophysiology. 53(7), 1054-62
  • TURCAN, ALEXANDRA and FILIK, RUTH, 2016. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-LEARNING MEMORY AND COGNITION. 42(12), 1867-1893
  • HALL, SOPHIE S., KOWALSKI, REBECCA, PATERSON, KEVIN B., BASRAN, JASKARAN, FILIK, RUTH and MALTBY, JOHN, 2015. BRITISH EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH JOURNAL. 41(1), 122-142
  • FILIK, RUTH, HUNTER, CHRISTIAN MARK and LEUTHOLD, HARTMUT, 2015. ACTA PSYCHOLOGICA. 156, 114-125
  • LEUTHOLD, HARTMUT, KUNKEL, ANGELIKA, MACKENZIE, IAN G and FILIK, RUTH, 2015. Social cognitive and affective neuroscience. 10(8), 1021-9
  • FILIK, R., 葰URCAN, A., THOMPSON, D., HARVEY, N., DAVIES, H. and TURNER, A., 2015. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology.
  • FILIK, RUTH, LEUTHOLD, HARTMUT, WALLINGTON, KATIE and PAGE, JEMMA, 2014. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-LEARNING MEMORY AND COGNITION. 40(3), 811-828
  • HALL, SOPHIE, BASRAN, JASKARAN, PATERSON, KEVIN B., KOWALSKI, REBECCA, FILIK, RUTH and MALTBY, JOHN, 2014. LEARNING AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES. 29, 74-80
  • ANTJE SAUERMANN, RUTH FILIK and KEVIN B PATERSON, 2013. Language and Cognitive Processes. 28(6), 875-903
  • RUTH FILIK and HARTMUT LEUTHOLD, 2013. Brain Research. 1506, 94-104
  • FILIK, R, PATERSON, K.B and & SAUERMANN, A., 2011. The influence of focus identification on eye movements during reading.. In: I. GILCHRIST, S. EVERLING, & S.P. LIVERSEDGE, ed., Oxford Handbook on Eye Movements. Oxford University Press. (pp. 925-941)
  • DARKER, I.T, GERRETT, D, FILIK, R, PURDY, K. J and & GALE, A.G., 2011. Ergonomics. 54, 21-33
  • FILIK, R. and BARBER, E., 2011. Plos One. 6(10), e25782
  • FILIK, R., LEUTHOLD, H., MOXEY, L.M. and SANFORD, A.J., 2011. Neuropsychologia. 49(13), 3786-3794
  • LEUTHOLD, H., FILIK, R., MURPHY, K. and MACKENZIE, I.G., 2011. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. 7(4), 457-466
  • MOXEY, L.M. & FILIK, R., 2010. The effects of character desire on focus patterns and pronominal reference following quantified statements Discourse Processes. 47, 588-616
  • FILIK, R, PRICE, J, DARKER, I, GERRETT, D.G, PURDY, K.J and & GALE, A.G., 2010. Drug Safety. 33(8), 677-687
  • FILIK, R. and MOXEY, L.M., 2010. Cognition. 116(3), 421-436
  • FILIK, RUTH, PATERSON, KEVIN B and LIVERSEDGE, SIMON P, 2009. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. 16(4), 678-83
  • PATERSON, K. B., FILIK, R. and MOXEY, L. M., 2009. Quantifiers and Discourse Processing Language and Linguistics Compass. 3(6), 1390-1402
  • MOXEY, L., FILIK, R. and PATERSON, K., 2009. Language and Cognitive Processes. 24(6), 843-875
  • PATERSON, KEVIN B, FILIK, RUTH and LIVERSEDGE, SIMON P, 2008. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 61(3), 459-73
  • FILIK, RUTH and LEUTHOLD, HARTMUT, 2008. Psychophysiology. 45(4), 554-8
  • FILIK, RUTH and SANFORD, ANTHONY J, 2008. Cognition. 107(3), 1112-21
  • FILIK, R., 2008. Cognition. 106(2), 1038-1046
  • SANFORD, ANTHONY J, FILIK, RUTH, EMMOTT, CATHERINE and MORROW, LORNA, 2008. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 61(3), 372-80
  • FILIK, R., SANFORD, A. J. and LEUTHOLD, H., 2008. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 20(7), 1315-1326
  • PATERSON, KEVIN B, LIVERSEDGE, SIMON P, FILIK, RUTH, JUHASZ, BARBARA J, WHITE, SARAH J and RAYNER, KEITH, 2007. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 60(10), 1423-45
  • SANFORD, ANTHONY J and FILIK, RUTH, 2007. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 60(2), 171-8
  • PATERSON, K. B., LIVERSEDGE, S. P., WHITE, D., FILIK, R. and JAZ, K., 2006. Children's Interpretation of Ambiguous Focus in Sentences With "Only" Language Acquisition. 13(3), 253-284
  • FILIK, RUTH, PURDY, KEVIN, GALE, ALASTAIR and GERRETT, DAVID, 2006. Labeling of medicines and patient safety: evaluating methods of reducing drug name confusion. Human Factors. 48(1), 39-47
  • POESIO, M., STURT, P., ARTSTEIN, R. and FILIK, R., 2006. Discourse Processes. 42(2), 157-175
  • FILIK, R., PATERSON, K. B. and LIVERSEDGE, S. P., 2005. Journal of Memory and Language. 53(4), 473-495
  • SANFORD, A. J., SANFORD, A. J., FILIK, R. and MOLLE, J., 2005. Journal of Memory and Language. 53(3), 378-396
  • FILIK, RUTH, PATERSON, KEVIN B and LIVERSEDGE, SIMON P, 2004. Processing doubly quantified sentences: evidence from eye movements. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. 11(5), 953-9
  • FILIK, RUTH, PURDY, KEVIN, GALE, ALASTAIR and GERRETT, DAVID, 2004. Drug name confusion: evaluating the effectiveness of capital ("Tall Man") letters using eye movement data. Social Science & Medicine. 59(12), 2597-601
  • PATERSON, KEVIN B, LIVERSEDGE, SIMON P, ROWLAND, CAROLINE and FILIK, RUTH, 2003. Cognition. 89(3), 263-94

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