Martin Pickering
Martin Pickering | |
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| Born | Martin John Pickering June 2, 1966 |
| Education | City of London School[1] |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Psycholinguistics[2] |
| Workplaces | University of Glasgow University of Edinburgh |
| Thesis | Processing dependencies (1991) |
| Elisabet Engdahl | |
Doctoral students | Andrew J. Stewart[3] |
| Website | edwebprofiles |
Martin John Pickering FBA FRSE (born 2 June 1966)[1] is a British cognitive psychologist. He is Professor of the Psychology of Language and Communication at the University of Edinburgh.[2][4][5]
Early life and education
Pickering was educated at the City of London School and studied psychology at Durham University, graduating with a first-class Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1987.[1] He completed his PhD in Cognitive Science at the University of Edinburgh in 1991, having been supervised by Elisabet Engdahl.[6][7]
Career and research
After a period as a postdoc, he joined the University of Glasgow as a lecturer in 1995. He returned to Edinburgh as Reader in Psychology in 2000, and was promoted to Professor in 2003.[8] He serves as the Director of Research for the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences at the University of Edinburgh.[9]
Pickering describes his main research interests within the psychology of language as language production, language comprehension, dialogue, language and imagination, joint action, and bilingualism.[7]
He has served as editor of the Journal of Memory and Language and in 2023 was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA).[10][1] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE) in 2007.[11] He was also the recipient of the Experimental Psychology Society Mid-Career Award.[12] In April 2026, Aix-Marseille University awarded him an honorary doctorate in recognition of his contributions to psycholinguistics.[13]
Selected publications
Books
- Pickering, M. J.; Garrod, S. (2021). Understanding dialogue: Language use and social interaction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Journal articles
- Pickering, M. J.; Garrod, S. (2004). "Toward a mechanistic psychology of dialogue" (PDF). Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 27 (2): 169–225. doi:10.1017/S0140525X04000056.
- Hartsuiker, R. J.; Pickering, M. J.; Veltkamp, E. (2004). "Is syntax separate or shared between languages?" (PDF). Psychological Science. 15 (6): 409–414. doi:10.1111/j.0956-7976.2004.0069.
- Pickering, M. J.; Ferreira, V. S. (2008). "Structural priming: A critical review" (PDF). Psychological Bulletin. 134 (3): 427–459. doi:10.1037/0033-2909.134.3.427.
- Pickering, M. J.; Garrod, S. (2013). "An integrated theory of language production and comprehension" (PDF). Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 36 (4): 329–392. doi:10.1017/S0140525X12001495.
- Branigan, H. P.; Pickering, M. J. (2017). "An experimental approach to linguistic representation" (PDF). Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 40: e282. doi:10.1017/S0140525X16002028.
- Pickering, M. J.; Gambi, C. (2018). "Predicting while comprehending language: A theory and review" (PDF). Psychological Bulletin. 144 (10): 1002–1044. doi:10.1037/bul0000158.
References
- 1 2 3 4 Anon (2025). "Pickering, Prof. Martin John". Who's Who (177th ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 2720. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U298937. ISBN 9781399411837. OCLC 1427336388. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- 1 2 Martin Pickering publications indexed by Google Scholar
- ↑ Stewart, Andrew John (1998). The Time Course of the Influence of Implicit Causality Information on Resolving Anaphors. gla.ac.uk (PhD thesis). University of Glasgow. OCLC 53624415. ProQuest 2164787763.
- ↑ Martin Pickering publications from Europe PubMed Central
- ↑ Martin Pickering at DBLP Bibliography Server
- ↑ Pickering, Martin John (1991). Processing Dependencies. ed.ac.uk (PhD thesis). University of Edinburgh. hdl:1842/20111. ProQuest 301518925.
- 1 2 "Martin Pickering (PhD, FBA, FRSE)". ed.ac.uk. University of Edinburgh. 2 November 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2026.
- ↑ Who's Who in Scotland. Ayr: Carrick Media. 2012. p. 412. ISBN 9780956574848.
- ↑ "Professor Martin Pickering". iash.ed.ac.uk. Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities. Retrieved 31 May 2026.
- ↑ Pickering, M. J.; Garrod, S. (2021). Understanding dialogue: Language use and social interaction (PDF). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781108610728. ISBN 9781108473613.
- ↑ "RSE Fellows welcomed into the British Academy in 2023 cohort". rse.org.uk. Edinburgh, Scotland: Royal Society of Edinburgh. 28 July 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2026.
- ↑ "EPS Mid-Career Award Winners". eps.ac.uk. Experimental Psychology Society. Retrieved 31 May 2026.
- ↑ "Wiley top cited article 2025 : Pickering & Strijkers: Language Production and Prediction in a Parallel Activation Model". Laboratoire Parole et Langage. 12 May 2026. Retrieved 31 May 2026.