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- Ivan Ash, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor
- Department of Psychology
- 132e Mills Godwin Bldg
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Norfolk,
VA
23529
- 757-683-4446
- iash@odu.edu
- Web Page
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Education
- University of Illinois - Chicago,
2005
- Major: Psychology
- Degree: Ph. D.
- University of Illinois at Chicago,
2003
- Major: Psychology
- Degree: M.A.
- Central Michigan University,
1999
- Major: Psychology
- Degree: B.S.
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Research Interests
- The role of automatic and controlled cognitive processes in judgment and decision making, problem solving, creativity/insight,
and learning.
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Expertise
- Psychology
- Cognitive Science
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Book Chapters
- Wiley, J., Ash, I. K., Sanchez, C. A., and Jaeger, A. (2011). Clarifying readers’ goals for learning from expository science texts. In: Relevance instructions and goal-focusing in text
learning..Text Relevance and Learning from Text (pp. 353-374). Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
- Wiley, J., and Ash, I. K. (2005). Multimedia Learning of History.Cambridge Handbook of Multimedia Learning.. New York: Cambridge University Press.
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Articles
- Ash, I. K., Jee, B. D., and Wiley, J. (2012). Insight as Sudden Learning. Journal of Problem Solving, 2,
- Smith-Rodden, M., and Ash, I. K. (2012). The psychological effects of news imagery: A case for evidence-based decision making and practices. Visual Communication Quarterly, 19, (pp. 20-32).
- Tidikis, V., and Ash, I. K. Working in pairs vs. working alone: Effect of gender composition on creative problem solving process and performance. Creativity Research Journal
- Baldwin, C. L., and Ash, I. K. (2011). Impact of auditory acuity on listening span in young and old adults. Psychology and Aging, 26, (pp. 85-91).
- Nokes, T. J., and Ash, I. K. (2010). Investigating the role of instructional focus in incidental pattern learning. Journal of General Psychology, 137 (1), (pp. 84-113).
- Ash, I. K., Cushen, P. J., and Wiley, J. (2009). Obstacles in Investigating the Role of Restructuring in Insightful Problem Solving. Journal of Problem Solving, 2 (2),
- Wiley, J., Goldman, S., Graesser, A., Sanchez, C., Ash, I. K., and Hemmerich, J. (2009). Source evaluation, comprehension, and learning in Internet science inquiry tasks.. American Education Research Journal, 46, (pp. 1060-1106).
- Ash, I. K. (2009). Surprise, memory, and retrospective judgment making: Testing cognitive reconstruction theories of the hindsight bias effect.. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 35 (4), (pp. 916-933).
- Ash, I. K., and Wiley, J. (2008). Hindsight bias in insight and mathematical problem-solving: Evidence of different reconstruction mechanisms for metacognitive
vs. situational judgments.. Memory & Cognition, 36 (4), (pp. 822-837).
- Ash, I. K., and Wiley, J. (2006). The nature of restructuring in insight: An individual differences approach.. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 13 (1), (pp. 66-73).
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Presentations
- Impact of Noise on Speech Processing in Adults with ADHD.
- Conference Name: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
- Sponsoring Organization: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
- Location: Atlanta, GA
- Date: November, 2012
- Authors/Presenters:
Michalek, A. Presenter & Author
Watson, S. R. Author Only
Ash, I. K. Author Only
Ringleb, S. I. Author Only
Raymer, A. Author Only
- Highly Arousing Negative Emotional States Cause Broadening of Attention
- Conference Name: Association for Psychological Science
- Sponsoring Organization: Association for Psychological Science
- Location: Chicago, IL
- Date: May, 2012
- Authors/Presenters:
Tidikis, V.
Ash, I. K.
- Hindsight bias on confidence and outcome likelihood judgments due to different mechanisms
- Conference Name: Association for Psychological Science
- Sponsoring Organization: Association for Psychological Science
- Location: Chicago, IL
- Date: May, 2012
- Authors/Presenters:
Ash, I. K.
May, R. W.
Lee, K. D.
- Not all hindsight biases are the same: Effects of expectation and surprise on memory for prior judgments
- Conference Name: Virginia Psychological Association Conference
- Sponsoring Organization: Virginia Psychological Association Conference
- Location: Norfolk, VA
- Date: April, 2012
- Authors/Presenters:
May, R. W.
Ash, I. K.
Lee, K. D.
- Individual differences in working memory moderate stereotype-threat effects in creative problem solving
- Conference Name: Association for Psychological Science
- Sponsoring Organization: Association for Psychological Science
- Location: Washington, DC
- Date: May, 2011
- Authors/Presenters:
Ash, I. K.
May, R.
- Differential Effects of Gender Group Composition on Creative Problem Solving
- Conference Name: Society for Personality and Social Psychology
- Sponsoring Organization: Society for Personality and Social Psychology
- Location: San Antonio, TX
- Date: January, 2011
- Authors/Presenters:
Tidikis, V.
May, R.
Ash, I. K.
- Effects of group gender composition on cognitive insight problem solving performance
- Conference Name: Association for Psychological Science
- Sponsoring Organization: Association for Psychological Science
- Location: Boston, MA
- Date: May, 2010
- Authors/Presenters:
Tidikyte-Day, V.
Ash, I. K.
- Human preference for delay: Health and non-health decision domains
- Conference Name: Association for Psychological Science
- Sponsoring Organization: Association for Psychological Science
- Location: Boston, MA
- Date: May, 2010
- Authors/Presenters:
Edwards, A.
Ash, I. K.
- Influence of gender, defensive processing, and stereotype threat on creative problem solving
- Conference Name: Association for Psychological Science
- Sponsoring Organization: Association for Psychological Science
- Location: Boston, MA
- Date: May, 2010
- Authors/Presenters:
May, R.
Ash, I. K.
- Development of an IAT measure of sex guilt
- Conference Name: Virginia Psychological Association
- Sponsoring Organization: Virginia Psychological Association
- Location: Norfolk, VA
- Date: April, 2010
- Authors/Presenters:
Croft, B.
Janda, L. H.
Ash, I. K.
- Is one head better than two? Effects of working in groups on cognitive insight problem-solving performance
- Conference Name: Virginia Psychological Association
- Sponsoring Organization: Virginia Psychological Association
- Location: Norfolk, VA
- Date: April, 2010
- Authors/Presenters:
Tidikyte-Day, V.
Ash, I. K.
- Memory distortions linked with hindsight bias during judgments of trust
- Conference Name: Virginia Psychological Association
- Sponsoring Organization: Virginia Psychological Association
- Location: Norfolk, VA
- Date: April, 2010
- Authors/Presenters:
Smith-Rodden, M.
Ash, I. K.
- Stereotype threat in creative problem solving
- Conference Name: Virginia Psychological Association
- Sponsoring Organization: Virginia Psychological Association
- Location: Norfolk, VA
- Date: April, 2010
- Authors/Presenters:
May, R.
Ash, I. K.
- We all delay: An examination of delay preference across certainty and decision domain
- Conference Name: Virginia Psychological Association
- Sponsoring Organization: Virginia Psychological Association
- Location: Norfolk, VA
- Date: April, 2010
- Authors/Presenters:
Edwards, A.
Ash, I. K.
- Effects of pre-outcome information and outcome congruency on hindsight bias and memory
- Conference Name: Virginia Psychological Association
- Sponsoring Organization: Virginia Psychological Association
- Location: Richmond, VA
- Date: 2009
- Authors/Presenters:
Comer, C. S.
Ash, I. K.
- Knew it all along: Trust judgments and the hindsight bias effect
- Conference Name: Association for Psychological Science
- Sponsoring Organization: Association for Psychological Science
- Location: San Francisco, CA
- Date: May, 2009
- Authors/Presenters:
Smith-Rodden, M.
Ash, I. K.
- An examination of the hindsight bias effect during judgments of trust
- Conference Name: Virginia Academy of Science
- Sponsoring Organization: Virginia Academy of Science
- Location: Richmond, VA
- Date: May, 2009
- Authors/Presenters:
Smith-Rodden, M.
Ash, I. K.
- An examination of the hindsight bias effect following judgments of trust
- Conference Name: Virginia Psychological Association
- Sponsoring Organization: Virginia Psychological Association
- Location: Williamsburg, VA
- Date: April, 2009
- Authors/Presenters:
Ash, I. K.
Smith-Rodden, M.
- Can post-outcome information from expert opinions "debias" the Hindsight Bias?
- Sponsoring Organization: Carolinas Psychology Conference
- Location: Raleigh, NC
- Date: April, 2009
- Authors/Presenters:
Peoples, S. A.
Ash, I. K.
- The interaction of working memory and reasoning style in predicting syllogistic reasoning performance
- Conference Name: Psychonomic Society
- Sponsoring Organization: Psychonomic Society
- Location: Chicago, IL
- Date: November, 2008
- Authors/Presenters:
Ash, I. K.
Comer, C. S.
- Why is reasoning hard? The interaction of cognitive ability and strategy in deductive reasoning performance
- Conference Name:
- Location: Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
- Date: October, 2008
- Authors/Presenters:
Ash, I. K.
Comer, C. S.
- The effect of instruction type and working memory on syllogistic reasoning performance
- Conference Name: Old Dominion University
- Sponsoring Organization: Old Dominion University
- Location: Norfolk, VA
- Date: April, 2008
- Authors/Presenters:
Comer, C. S.
Boyce, E. J.
Ash, I. K.
- An implicit measures study of AIDS and cancer-related stigma
- Conference Name: Old Dominion University
- Sponsoring Organization: Old Dominion University
- Location: Norfolk, VA
- Date: April, 2008
- Authors/Presenters:
Smith-Rodden, M.
Taylor, J. L.
Ash, I. K.
Derlega, V. J.
Edwards, A.
- The effects of post-outcome information on the hindsight bias: a comparison of three cognitive reconstruction theories
- Conference Name: Old Dominion University
- Sponsoring Organization: Old Dominion University
- Location: Norfolk, VA
- Date: April, 2008
- Authors/Presenters:
Morey, J. N.
Scruggs, H. N.
Ash, I. K.
- Expectation, surprise, and the hindsight bias: The effect of information and outcome congruency on retrospective judgments
- Conference Name: George Mason University
- Sponsoring Organization: George Mason University
- Location: Fairfax, VA
- Date: November, 2007
- Authors/Presenters:
Ash, I. K.
- The role of expectation and memory in the hindsight bias effect: A test of cognitive reconstruction models
- Conference Name: Cognitive Science Society
- Sponsoring Organization: Cognitive Science Society
- Location: Nashville, TN
- Date: August, 2007
- Authors/Presenters:
Ash, I. K.
Comer, C. S.
- An implicit measures study of AIDS-related stigma and terror management theory
- Conference Name: Virginia Psychological Association
- Sponsoring Organization: Virginia Psychological Association
- Location: Richmond, VA
- Date: April, 2007
- Authors/Presenters:
Smith-Rodden, M.
Ash, I. K.
- Time pressure effects on a base-rate task using dissimilar cues and outcomes
- Conference Name: Virginia Psychological Association
- Sponsoring Organization: Virginia Psychological Association
- Location: Richmond, VA
- Date: April, 2007
- Authors/Presenters:
Ash, I. K.
Lin, L. Y.
- Expectation, surprise, and the hindsight bias: The effect of information and outcome congruency on retrospective judgments
- Conference Name: Old Dominion University
- Sponsoring Organization: Old Dominion University
- Location: Norfolk, VA
- Date: April, 2007
- Authors/Presenters:
Ash, I. K.
- Negotiating during hiring
- Conference Name: Old Dominion University
- Sponsoring Organization: Old Dominion University
- Location: Norfolk, VA
- Date: March, 2007
- Authors/Presenters:
Ash, I. K.
- Individual difference in working memory and problem solving
- Conference Name: Eastern Virginia Medical Center
- Sponsoring Organization: Eastern Virginia Medical Center
- Location: Norfolk, VA
- Date: October, 2006
- Authors/Presenters:
Ash, I. K.
- Can exposure to post-outcome information “debias” the hindsight bias?
- Conference Name: Cognitive Science Society
- Sponsoring Organization: Cognitive Science Society
- Location: Vancouver, BC
- Date: August, 2006
- Authors/Presenters:
Ash, I. K.
- Surprising outcomes and memory for prior predictions
- Conference Name: Association for Psychological Science
- Sponsoring Organization: Association for Psychological Science
- Location: New York, NY
- Date: May, 2006
- Authors/Presenters:
Ash, I. K.
- The dual process approach in learning, task performance, and problem solving
- Conference Name: Old Dominion University
- Sponsoring Organization: Old Dominion University
- Location: Norfolk, VA
- Date: February, 2006
- Authors/Presenters:
Ash, I. K.
- Expectation, surprise, and the hindsight bias: The effects of information/outcome congruency on retrospective judgments
- Conference Name: Society for Judgment and Decision Making
- Sponsoring Organization: Society for Judgment and Decision Making
- Location: Toronto, Canada
- Date: November, 2005
- Authors/Presenters:
Ash, I. K.
- Using individual differences predictions to test performance theories: A problem-solving example
- Conference Name: Old Dominion University
- Sponsoring Organization: Old Dominion University
- Location: Norfolk, VA
- Date: October, 2005
- Authors/Presenters:
Ash, I. K.
- Hindsight bias and surprise: Surprise!
- Conference Name: University of Illinos at Chicago
- Sponsoring Organization: University of Illinos at Chicago
- Location: Chicago, IL
- Date: March, 2005
- Authors/Presenters:
Ash, I. K.
- Making inferences from WebPages
- Conference Name: Psychonomic Society
- Sponsoring Organization: Psychonomic Society
- Location: Minneapolis, MN
- Date: November, 2004
- Authors/Presenters:
Sanchez, C. A.
Ash, I. K.
- Working memory & insightful problem solving
- Conference Name: University of Illinois at Chicago
- Sponsoring Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago
- Location: Chicago, IL
- Date: September, 2004
- Authors/Presenters:
Ash, I. K.
Wiley, J.
- Ah-Ha! I knew it all along. Hindsight bias evidence of restructuring in problem solving
- Conference Name: Midwestern Psychological Association
- Sponsoring Organization: Midwestern Psychological Association
- Location: Chicago, IL
- Date: May, 2004
- Authors/Presenters:
Ash, I. K.
Wiley, J.
- Instructional focus does not affect implicit pattern learning
- Conference Name: Cognitive Science Society
- Sponsoring Organization: Cognitive Science Society
- Location: Boston, MA
- Date: August, 2003
- Authors/Presenters:
Ash, I. K.
Nokes, T. J.
- Does attention matter for implicit learning?
- Conference Name: Midwestern Psychological Association
- Sponsoring Organization: Midwestern Psychological Association
- Location: Chicago, IL
- Date: May, 2003
- Authors/Presenters:
Nokes, T. J.
Ash, I. K.
- Hindsight bias measures of restructuring in problem solving
- Conference Name: University of Illinois at Chicago
- Sponsoring Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago
- Location: Chicago, IL
- Date: April, 2003
- Authors/Presenters:
Ash, I. K.
- Hindsight bias measures of restructuring in problem solving.
- Conference Name: University of Illinois at Chicago
- Sponsoring Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago
- Location: Chicago, IL
- Date: March, 2003
- Authors/Presenters:
Ash, I. K.
Wiley, J.
- The role of working memory in insight problem solving
- Conference Name: Psychonomic Society
- Sponsoring Organization: Psychonomic Society
- Location: Kansas City, Missouri
- Date: November, 2002
- Authors/Presenters:
Kershaw, T. C.
Ash, I. K.
Jolly, C.
Wiley, J.
- AH-HA! I knew it all along: Differences in hindsight bias between insight and algebra problems
- Conference Name: Cognitive Science Society
- Sponsoring Organization: Cognitive Science Society
- Location: Washington, DC
- Date: August, 2002
- Authors/Presenters:
Ash, I. K.
Wiley, J.
- An examination of the role of attentional focus in implicit learning
- Conference Name: Midwestern Psychological Association
- Sponsoring Organization: Midwestern Psychological Association
- Location: Chicago, IL
- Date: May, 2002
- Authors/Presenters:
Nokes, T. J.
Ash, I. K.
- The tension between attention and inattention: An examination of the role of attentional focus in implicit learning
- Conference Name: University of Illinois at Chicago
- Sponsoring Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago
- Location: Chicago, IL
- Date: January, 2002
- Authors/Presenters:
Nokes, T. J.
Ash, I. K.
- Hindsight bias in problem solving
- Conference Name: Psychonomic Society
- Sponsoring Organization: Psychonomic Society
- Location: Orlando, FL
- Date: November, 2001
- Authors/Presenters:
Ash, I. K.
Wiley, J.
- The impact of images on learning from WebPages on science and history
- Conference Name: Midwestern Psychological Association
- Sponsoring Organization: Midwestern Psychological Association
- Location: Chicago, IL
- Date: May, 2001
- Authors/Presenters:
Wiley, J.
Ash, I. K.
Brodhead, A.
Sanchez, C.
- Hindsight bias in problem solving
- Conference Name: University of Illinois at Chicago
- Sponsoring Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago
- Location: Chicago, IL
- Date: April, 2001
- Authors/Presenters:
Ash, I. K.
- Cardiac measures of attentional resource demands during continuous manual tracking
- Conference Name: Psychophysiology in Ergonomics
- Sponsoring Organization: Psychophysiology in Ergonomics
- Location: San Diego, CA
- Date: August, 2000
- Authors/Presenters:
Ash, I. K.
Backs, R. W.
- Grimacing facilitates the exertion of force
- Conference Name: American Psychological Society
- Sponsoring Organization: American Psychological Society
- Location: Denver, CO
- Date: May, 1999
- Authors/Presenters:
Jaffa, M.
Ash, I. K.
Wheeler, J.
- 2008: Shining Star Award, Old Dominion University Division of Student Affiars
- 2003: Psi Chi/Erlbaum Award in Cognitive Science, Psi Chi
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