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Associate Professor Stephen Hill BA, MA, PhD

Associate Professor

Doctoral Supervisor
School of Psychology

I am a cognitive psychologist with a particular interest in the ways in which people rely on their environments when they remember, reason, and make decisions. A good part of my research focuses on people’s metacognitive judgements about the role of the environment in their thinking and the cognitive biases and implicit assumptions that underpin these judgements. Currently I am studying beliefs about ‘hot topics’ such as conspiracies, urban myths, climate change, and juror decision making.

I am also interested in metascience and the open science, and the teaching of psychology at secondary school level.

Professional

Contact details

  • Ph: 85083
    Location: 3.18, Psychology
    Campus: Turitea

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Arts - University of Canterbury (1989)
  • Master of Arts (First Class Honours) - University of Canterbury (1992)
  • Doctor of Philosophy - University of Canterbury (2002)

Certifications and Registrations

  • Licence, Supervisor, 黑料网

Research Expertise

Research Interests

  • Embodied and distributed cognitive science
  • Collaborative cognition
  • Environment stressors and cognition
  • Psychology and climate change
  • Lay cognition and misinformation

Thematics

21st Century Citizenship, Health and Well-being

Area of Expertise

Field of research codes
Cognitive Sciences (170200): Psychological Methodology, Design and Analysis (170110): Psychology (170100): Psychology And Cognitive Sciences (170000): Social and Community Psychology (170113)

Keywords

  • Embodied cognitive science
  • Cognitive psychology and experimental psychology (especially memory, executive function, reasoning and decision making, ageing and cognition, evolution of cognition, development of cognition)
  • Psychology and climate change
  • Philosophy of mind and philosophy of science (as they relate to psychology)

Research Outputs

Journal

Doyle, EEH., Thompson, J., Hill, SR., Williams, M., Paton, D., Harrison, SE., . . . Becker, JS. (2024). Differences in perceived sources of uncertainty in natural hazards science advice: lessons for cross-disciplinary communication. Frontiers in Communication. 9
[Journal article]Authored by: Becker, J., Hill, S., Hudson-Doyle, E., Williams, M.
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Williams, MN., Ling, M., Kerr, JR., Hill, SR., Marques, MD., Mawson, H., . . . Clarke, EJR. (2024). People do change their beliefs about conspiracy theories—but not often. Scientific Reports. 14(1)
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Doyle, EEH., Thompson, J., Hill, S., Williams, M., Paton, D., Harrison, S., . . . Becker, J. (2023). Where does scientific uncertainty come from, and from whom? Mapping perspectives of natural hazards science advice. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 96
[Journal article]Authored by: Becker, J., Hill, S., Hudson-Doyle, E., Williams, M.
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Marques, MD., Hill, SR., Clarke, EJR., Williams, MN., Ling, M., Kerr, JR., . . . Sibley, CG. (2022). Democracy and belief in conspiracy theories in New Zealand. Australian Journal of Political Science. 57(3), 264-279
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Doyle, EEH., Harrison, SE., Hill, SR., Williams, M., Paton, D., & Bostrom, A. (2022). Eliciting mental models of science and risk for disaster communication: A scoping review of methodologies. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 77
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Mengelberg, A., Leathem, J., Podd, J., Hill, S., & Conlon, C. (2022). The effects of docosahexaenoic acid supplementation on cognition and well-being in mild cognitive impairment: A 12-month randomised controlled trial. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 37(5)
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Williams, MN., Marques, MD., Hill, SR., Kerr, JR., & Ling, M. (2022). Why are beliefs in different conspiracy theories positively correlated across individuals? Testing monological network versus unidimensional factor model explanations. British Journal of Social Psychology. 61(3), 1011-1031
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Williams, MN., Hill, SR., & Spicer, J. (2015). The relationship between temperature and assault in New Zealand. Climatic Change. 132(4), 559-573
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Williams, MN., & Hill, SR. (2022). Inferences about the effect of lockdowns on mental health require causal identification strategies. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 58(1), 216-217
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Williams, MN., Hill, SR., & Spicer, J. (2021). Do hotter temperatures increase the incidence of self-harm hospitalisations?. Psychology, Health and Medicine. 21(2), 226-235 Retrieved from https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13548506.2015.1028945
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Barclay, H., Mukerji, S., Kayser, B., O'Donnell, T., Tzeng, YC., Hill, S., . . . Fan, JL. (2021). Respiratory alkalinization and posterior cerebral artery dilatation predict acute mountain sickness severity during 10 h normobaric hypoxia. Experimental Physiology. 106(1), 175-190
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Tan, B., Philipp, M., Hill, S., Che Muhamed, AM., & Mündel, T. (2020). Pain Across the Menstrual Cycle: Considerations of Hydration. Frontiers in Physiology. 11
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Crawford, L., Breheny, M., Mansvelt, J., & Hill, S. (2019). ‘Broad consensus across the divide’: rhetorical constructions of climate change in mainstream news media. Kotuitui: New Zealand Journal Of Social Sciences Online. 14(1), 23-37 Retrieved from https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1177083X.2018.1503605
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Towers, A., Williams, MN., Hill, SR., Philipp, MC., & Flett, R. (2016). What makes for the most intense regrets? Comparing the effects of several theoretical predictors of regret intensity. Frontiers in Psychology. 7(DEC)
[Journal article]Authored by: Hill, S., Towers, A., Williams, M.
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Williams, MN., Hill, SR., & Spicer, J. (2016). Erratum to: Will climate change increase or decrease suicide rates? The differing effects of geographical, seasonal, and irregular variation in temperature on suicide incidence (Climatic Change, 130, (2015), 519-528, 10.1007/s10584-015-1371-9). Climatic Change. 134(1-2), 341
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Bear, T., Philipp, M., Hill, S., & Mündel, T. (2016). A preliminary study on how hypohydration affects pain perception. Psychophysiology. 53(5), 605-610
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Williams, MN., Hill, SR., & Spicer, J. (2016). Do hotter temperatures increase the incidence of self-harm hospitalisations?. Psychology, Health and Medicine. 21(2), 226-235
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Mündel, T., Hill, S., & Legg, S. (2015). Hypohydration per se affects mood states and executive cognitive processing: Results from a face-valid model for studying some consequences of 'voluntary dehydration'. Extreme Physiology and Medicine. 4(1)
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Huggins, TJ., Peace, R., Hill, SR., Johnston, DM., & Muñiz, AC. (2015). Visually Modelling Collaborative Research into Innovative Community Disaster Resilience Practice, Strategy, and Governance. International Journal of Disaster Risk Science. 6(3), 282-294
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Huggins, TJ., Peace, R., Hill, SR., Johnston, DM., & Muñiz, AC. (2015). Politics of Practical and Academic Knowledge: A Q-Method Analysis of Gauging Community Disaster Resilience. Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management. 23(4), 246-256
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Legg, SJ., Gilbey, AP., Hill, SR., Ramen, A., Dubray, A., Iremonger, G., . . . Mundel, T. (2015). Effects of mild hypoxia in aviation on mood and complex cognition. Applied Ergonomics. (0003-6870), 1-7
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Huggins, TJ., Hill, SR., Peace, R., & Johnston, DM. (2015). Assessing displays for supporting strategic emergency management. Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal. 24(5), 635-650
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Huggins, TJ., Peace, R., Hill, SR., Johnston, DM., & Muñiz, AC. (2015). Politics of Practical and Academic Knowledge: A Q-Method Analysis of Gauging Community Disaster Resilience. Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management.
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Williams, MN., Hill, SR., & Spicer, J. (2015). Will climate change increase or decrease suicide rates? The differing effects of geographical, seasonal, and irregular variation in temperature on suicide incidence. Climatic Change. 130(4), 519-528
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Legg, SJ., Gilbey, A., Hill, S., Raman, A., Dubray, A., Iremonger, G., . . . Mündel, T. (2016). Effects of mild hypoxia in aviation on mood and complex cognition. Applied Ergonomics. 53, 357-363
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Legg, S., Hill, S., Gilbey, A., Raman, A., Schlader, Z., & Mündel, T. (2014). Effect of Mild Hypoxia on Working Memory, Complex Logical Reasoning, and Risk Judgment. International Journal of Aviation Psychology. 24(2), 126-140
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Williams, MN., Hill, SR., & Spicer, J. (2013). In response to "Temperature and violent crime in Dallas, Texas: Relationships and implications of climate change". Western Journal of Emergency Medicine. 14(5), 567
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Stonehouse, W., Conlon, CA., Podd, J., Hill, SR., Minihane, AM., Haskell, C., . . . Kennedy, D. (2013). DHA supplementation improved both memory and reaction time in healthy young adults: A randomized controlled trial. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 97(5), 1134-1143
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Gilbey, A., & Hill, S. (2012). Confirmation bias in general aviation lost procedures. Applied Cognitive Psychology. 26(5), 785-795
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Gilbey, A., & Hill, S. (2012). Confirmation Bias in General Aviation Lost Procedures. Applied Cognitive Psychology.
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Legg, S., Hill, S., Mundel, T., Gilbey, A., Schlader, Z., & Raman, A. (2012). Could mild hypoxia impair pilot decision making in emergencies?. Work. 41(SUPPL.1), 198-203
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Legg, S., Hill, S., Mundel, T., Gilbey, A., Schlader, Z., & Raman, A. (2012). Could mild hypoxia impair pilot decision making in emergencies?. WORK-A JOURNAL OF PREVENTION ASSESSMENT & REHABILITATION. 41, 198-203
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Hill, S. (2011). Memory in place. New Zealand Geographer. 67(1), 16-20
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Kennedy, S., & Hill, S. (2010). Global poverty, aid advertisements, and cognition: do media images of the developing world lead to positive or negative responses in viewers. New Zealand Journal of Psychology. 39(2), 56-66
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Kennedy, S., & Hill, SR. (2009). Could stereotype rebound affect aid advertising campaigns?. International Journal of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Marketing.. 14, 111-123
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Alexander, S., Sarrafzadeh, A., & Hill, S. (2008). Foundation of an affective tutoring system: learning how human tutors adapt to student emotion. International Journal of Intelligent Systems Technologies and Applications. 4(3-4), 355-367
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Kennedy, S., & Hill, SR. (2008). Could stereotype rebound affect aid advertising campaigns?. International Journal of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Marketing. , 1-13
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Book

Hill, SR. (2009). Stretching detection: The unique selling point of embodied cognitive science.. In T. Teo, P. Stenner, A. Rutherford, E. Park, & C. Baerveldt (Eds.) Varieties of theoretical psychology: International philosophical and practical concerns.. (pp. 125 - 134). Concord, Canada: Captus
[Chapter]Authored by: Hill, S.
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Stewart Williams, SJ., Podd, JV., & Hill, SR. (2006). Elements of an evolved conceptual framework. In CM. Fletcher Flinn, & GM. Haberman (Eds.) Cognition and Language: Perspectives from New Zealand. (pp. 227 - 238). Bowen Hills, QLD: Australian Academic Press
[Chapter]Authored by: Hill, S.
Hill, SR. (2006). Are humans mobot minded? Some implications of embodied cognitive science for cognitive psychology. In CM. Fletcher Flinn, & GM. Haberman (Eds.) Cognition and Language: Perspectives from New Zealand. (pp. 257 - 269). Bowen Hills, QLD: Australian Academic Press
[Chapter]Authored by: Hill, S.

Thesis

Hill, SR. (2000). Where is cognition? Towards an embodied, situated, and distributed interactionist theory of cognitive activity.. (Doctoral Thesis, University of Canterbury, NZ)
[Doctoral Thesis]Authored by: Hill, S.

Report

Bear, T., Hill, SR., & Mundel, T.(2014). Does mild dehydration affect pain tolerance and sensitivity by way of its effect on anxiety and catastrophizing?.
[Technical Report]Authored by: Hill, S.
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Conference

Hudson-Doyle, E., Thompson, J., Hill, S., Williams, M., Paton, D., Bostrom, A., . . . Becker, J.Mental models and the understanding of hazard and risk: lessons for communicating uncertainty in volcanology.. . Rotorua, New Zealand
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Becker, J., Hill, S., Hudson-Doyle, E., Williams, M.
Hill, S. (2022, November). Metadragons of inaction: Do our methods constrain the way we think about behavioural change in climate change research?. Presented at UC Metascience. University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Hill, S.
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Hudson-Doyle, E., Thompson, J., Hill, S., Williams, M., Paton, D., Harrison, S., . . . Becker, J.Uncertainty: Where do individuals think it comes from? Understanding mental models of natural hazards science and advice.. . Palmerston North, New Zealand
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Becker, J., Hill, S., Hudson-Doyle, E., Williams, M.
Williams, M., Ling, M., Kerr, JR., Hill, S., Marques, MD., & Mawson, HS. (2022, February). Changes in beliefs in conspiracy theories in Australasians in 2021: Findings of a longitudinal investigation. Presented at Australasian Society for Behavioural Health and Medicine Conference. Online.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Hill, S., Williams, M.
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Kember, S., Williams, M., Hill, S., & Taylor, J. (2022, February). Vaccination in Aotearoa: the role of anticipated regret, temporal discounting and maternal mental health. Presented at Australasian Society of Behavioural Health and Medicine Conference
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Hill, S., Taylor, J., Williams, M.
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Hill, S., Rozenberg, V., & Peacock, M. (2021, April). Illusions of understanding in distributed cognitive systems.. Presented at Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference. University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Hill, S.
Hudson-Doyle, E., Harrison, S., Hill, S., Williams, M., Paton, D., Bostrom, A., . . . Becker, J. (2021). Eliciting mental models to understand how different individuals affected by disaster risk understand science, and scientific uncertainty.. , European Meteorological Society Annual Meeting 2021
[Conference Abstract]Authored by: Becker, J., Hill, S., Hudson-Doyle, E., Williams, M.
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Spill, K., Leathem, J., Hill, S., & Tairi, T. (2021). Theory of Mind (ToM) in pregnancy and the maternal infant attachment relationship. Poster session presented at the meeting of International Neuropsychological Society INS Mid-Year Congress. Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre
[Conference Poster]Authored by: Hill, S.
Leong, LYC., Hill, S., Spicer, J., & Fischer, R.Exploring the relationship between psychological connectedness to nature and divergent-thinking creative performance. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY. (pp. 562 - 562). 0020-7594.
[Conference]Authored by: Hill, S.
Williams, MN., Hill, SR., & Spicer, J. (2015, August). Will climate change increase or decrease suicide rates. Presented at NZPsS Annual Conference. Hamilton, New Zealand.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Hill, S., Williams, M.
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Legg, SJ., Dubray, A., Mundel, T., Gilbey, A., Hill, S., & Raman, A. (2014). Aviation Safety –could mild hypoxia impair complex flight decisions?. In . Eds: O Broberg, N Fallentin, P Hasle, PL Jensen, A Kabel, ME Larsen, T Weller, (Ed.) In proceedings of the Human Factors in Organizational Design and Management XI / Nordic Ergonomics Society Annual Conference,. (pp. 585 - 586). Copenhagen, Denamrk: Human Factors in Organizational Design and Management XI / Nordic Ergonomics Society Annual Conference
[Conference Paper in Published Proceedings]Authored by: Gilbey, A., Hill, S.
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Hill, SR., Legg, S., Gilbey, A., Mundel, T., Raman, A., Dubray, A., . . . Iremonger, G. (2014). Do hypoxia-driven changes in mood affect cognition?. In New Zealand Psychological Society Annual Conference: Ka t奴, ka oho - Te matai hinengaro me te ao hou: Psychology in a Changing World: Programme(pp. 51 - 51). , New Zealand Psychological Society Annual Conference: Ka t奴, ka oho - Te matai hinengaro me te ao hou: Psychology in a Changing World New Zealand: The New Zealand Psychological Society
[Conference Abstract]Authored by: Gilbey, A., Hill, S.
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Williams, M., Towers, ., Philipp, MC., & Hill, S. (2014, August). Predictably regretful: A comparison of the effects of time, domain, justification, and life rule contradiction on the intensity of regrets. Presented at New Zealand Psychological Society Annual Conference: Ka t奴, ka oho - Te matai hinengaro me te ao hou: Psychology in a Changing World. Nelson, New Zealand.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Hill, S., Towers, A., Williams, M.
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Curtis, A., Podd, J., Hill, S., & Harvey, ST. (2014). Emotion recognition abilities of therapists: Can this change?. In 2014 NZCCP/ACPA Joint Conference: Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi, engari he toa takitini ke. My strength does not come from me alone but also from others: Programme(pp. 22 - 22). , 2014 NZCCP/ACPA Joint Conference: Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi, engari he toa takitini ke. My strength does not come from me alone but also from others New Zealand: The New Zealand College of Clinical Psychologists / The Australian Clinical Psychology Association
[Conference Abstract]Authored by: Hill, S.
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Holdaway, M., Podd, JV., & Hill, S. (2013). Mood and memory impairment. Conference of the International Journal of Arts & Sciences. Vol. 6 (pp. 85 - 90). : International Journal of Arts & Sciences (IJAS) Conference
[Conference Paper in Published Proceedings]Authored by: Hill, S.
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Holdaway, M., Podd, JV., & Hill, S. (2013). Effects of mood level on different types of memory. Poster session presented at the meeting of International Journal of Arts & Sciences (IJAS) Conference. Aix-en-Provence, France
[Conference Poster]Authored by: Hill, S.
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Crawford, L., Breheny, M., Mansvelt, J., & Hill, S. (2019). ‘Broad consensus across the divide’: rhetorical constructions of climate change in mainstream news media.
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Williams, MN., & Hill, SR. (2013). Will hotter temperatures increase violent crime rates? The challenges of forecasting behavioural response to climate change. Poster session presented at the meeting of The New Zealand Climate Change Conference 2013. Palmerston North, New Zealand
[Conference Poster]Authored by: Hill, S., Williams, M.
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Holdaway, M., Podd, J., & Hill, S. (2012, April). Late life depression and memory. Presented at New Zealand Psychological Society and New Zealand College of Clinical Psychologists Joint Conference: T奴tahitanga: Standing Together as One. Wellington, New Zealand.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Hill, S.
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Holdaway, M., Podd, J., & Hill, S. (2012). Late life depression and memory. In New Zealand Psychological Society and New Zealand College of Clinical Psychologists Joint Conference: Programme and Abstracts(pp. 57 - 58). , New Zealand Psychological Society and New Zealand College of Clinical Psychologists Joint Conference: T奴tahitanga: Standing Together as One Wellington: The New Zealand Psychological Society
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Curtis, AA., Podd, J., & Hill, S. (2012). Deception detection and emotion recognition abilities of therapists. Poster session presented at the meeting of New Zealand Psychological Society and New Zealand College of Clinical Psychologists Joint Conference: T奴tahitanga: Standing together as one. Wellington, New Zealand
[Conference Poster]Authored by: Hill, S.
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Campbell, K., Hill, SR., & Podd, J. (2011). The bewildered brain: Asymmetric brain activity as a source of cognitive impairment in depression.. In R. Busch, & A. Rogerson (Eds.) Refereed Proceedings of Doing Psychology: Manawatu Doctoral Research Symposium 2011. (pp. 11 - 19). : Doing Psychology: Manawatu Doctoral Research Symposium 2011
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Stonehouse, W., Conlon, C., Podd, J., Hill, S., & Kennedy, D. (2011). DHA supplementation influences cognitive performance in healthy young adults.. In Proceedings of the Nutrition Society of Australia Vol. 35 (pp. 3 - 3). , Joint Annual Scientific Meeting of the Nutrition Society of New Zealand and the Nutrition Society of Australia Kent Town, South Australia: Nutrition Society of Australia
[Conference Abstract]Authored by: Hill, S.
Hill, SR., & Lock, A. (2011, July). Evolution and the incorporation of knowledge. Presented at Interactivist Summer Institute. University of the Aegean Syros, Greece.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Hill, S.
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Hill, SR., Gilbey, A., Stichbury, C., & Podd, J. (2011, April). On getting 'un-lost': Using eye-gaze as an index of hypothesis-testing strategy in spatial reasoning scenarios. Presented at 38th Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference. Auckland, New Zealand.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Gilbey, A., Hill, S.
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Hill, SR., Legg, S., Mundel, T., Gilbey, A., Schlader, Z., & Raman, A. (2010, July). Trying to think straight at altitude: The effects of mild hypoxia on complex cognition. Presented at New Zealand Psychological Society Annual Conference 2010: Psychology for a Sustainable Future. Rotorua, New Zealand.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Gilbey, A., Hill, S.
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Kennedy, S., & Hill, SR. (2010, July). Global poverty, aid advertisements, and cognition: Do media images of the developing world poor lead to positive or negative responses in viewers?. Presented at New Zealand Psychological Society Annual Conference 2010: Psychology for a Sustainable Future. Rydges, Rotorua, New Zealand.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Hill, S.
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Gilbey, A., Mundel, T., Legg, S., Hill, S., Schlader, Z., & Ramon, A. (2010). A pilot test of the effect of mild-hypoxia on unrealistically optimistic risk judgements. Aviation Education and Research Proceedings 2nd Symposium. (pp. 7 - 12).
[Conference Paper in Published Proceedings]Authored by: Gilbey, A., Hill, S.
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Legg, S., Mundel, T., Hill, S., Gilbey, A., Schlader, Z., & Raman, A.(2010). Preliminary findings for the effects of mild hypoxia on complex decision making: An unrecognised danger in emergency situations in aviation. . Nelson, New Zealand
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Gilbey, A., Hill, S.
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Podd, JV., Field, J., & Hill, SR. (2010). Criminality memorability and face-recognition accuracy. Poster session presented at the meeting of Association for Psychological Science 22nd Annual Convention. Boston, MA, USA
[Conference Poster]Authored by: Hill, S.
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Kennedy, S., Carr, S., & Hill, SR. (2009, August). Social cognitive effects of thinking about aid advertising. Presented at The New Zealand Psychological Society Annual Conference 2009: Conflict Process Resolution. Palmerston North, New Zealand.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Carr, S., Hill, S.
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Hill, SR., & Gilbey, A. (2009, August). Biases in reasoning in aviation navigation. Presented at The New Zealand Psychological Society Annual Conference 2009: Conflict Process Resolution. Palmerston North, New Zealand.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Gilbey, A., Hill, S.
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Conlon, CA., Beck, KL., Hill, SR., Podd, JV., Kruger, R., Matthys, C., . . . Stonehouse, W. (2009). IRON DEFICIENCY AND COGNITIVE FUNCTION IN FEMALE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS. In ANNALS OF NUTRITION AND METABOLISM Vol. 55 (pp. 558 - 558). : KARGER
[Conference Abstract]Authored by: Beck, K., Conlon, C., Hill, S.
Conlon, C., Beck, K., Hill, S., Podd, J., Kruger, R., Heath, A., . . . Stonehouse, W. (2009). The effect of iron deficiency on cognitive functioning. In New Zealand Dietetic Association Conference Vol. 66 (pp. 63 - 63). Australia: Dietitians Association of Australia
[Conference Abstract]Authored by: Beck, K., Conlon, C., Hill, S.
Towers, AJ., Hill, SR., & Flett, RA. (2009, August). What the hell was I thinking? Understanding the precursors to real-life regret.. Presented at The New Zealand Psychological Society Annual Conference 2009. Conflict ... Process ... Resolution. Papa ... Mahi ... Ratanga.. Palmerston North, NZ.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Hill, S., Towers, A.
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Conlon, CA., Beck, KL., Hill, SR., Podd, JV., Kruger, R., Matthys, C., . . . Stonehouse, W. (2009). Iron deficiency and cognitive function in female university students. Poster session presented at the meeting of 19th International Congress of Nutrition. Bangkok, Thailand
[Conference Poster]Authored by: Beck, K., Conlon, C., Hill, S.
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Conlon, CA., Beck, KL., Hill, SR., Podd, JV., Kruger, R., Matthys, C., . . . Stonehouse, W. (2009). Iron deficiency and cognitive function in female university students. In Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism(pp. 480 - 480). , Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism: Karger
[Conference Abstract]Authored by: Beck, K., Conlon, C., Hill, S.
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Conlon, CA., Beck, KL., Hill, SR., Podd, JV., Kruger, R., Heath, A., . . . Stonehouse, W. (2009, September). The effect of iron deficiency on cognitive functioning. Presented at New Zealand Dietetic Association Conference. Napier, NZ.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Beck, K., Conlon, C., Hill, S.
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Conlon, C., Beck, K., Hill, S., Podd, J., Kruger, R., Matthys, C., . . . Stonehouse, W. (2008). Iron status and cognitive function in female university students. In Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Conference of the Nutrition Society of New Zealand(pp. 168 - 168). , 43rd Annual Conference of the Nutrition Society of New Zealand: 黑料网 Press
[Conference Abstract]Authored by: Beck, K., Conlon, C., Hill, S.
Towers, AJ., Flett, RA., Hill, SR., & Alpass, FM. (2008). The changing nature of life regrets. Poster session presented at the meeting of 7th National Conference of Emerging Researchers in Ageing "Shaping Research Landscapes". Fremantle, WA
[Conference Poster]Authored by: Alpass, F., Hill, S., Towers, A.
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Podd, JV., Lamont, A., & Hill, SR. (2008). Memory, how do I think of thee? Let me count the ways. Poster session presented at the meeting of Association of Psychological Science 20th Annual Convention. Chicago, IL
[Conference Poster]Authored by: Hill, S.
Hill, SR. (2007). Embodied cognitive science's unique selling point: The switch from viewing cognisers as representers to viewing them as detectors and actors. In International Society for Theoretical Psychology (ISTP) Conference(pp. 5). : York University
[Conference Abstract]Authored by: Hill, S.
Hill, SR. (2007, June). Embodied cognitive science's unique selling point: The switch from viewing cognisers as representers to viewing them as detectors and actors. Presented at International Society for Theoretical Psychology (ISTP) Conference. York University, Toronto, ON.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Hill, S.
Alexander, S., Sarrafzadeh, A., & Hill, SR. (2006). Easy with Eve: A functional affective tutoring system. In M. Ikeda, KD. Ashley, & TW. Chan (Eds.) Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems. (pp. 38 - 45).
[Conference Paper in Published Proceedings]Authored by: Hill, S.
Alexander, S., Hill, SR., & Sarrafzadeh, A. (2005, July). How do human tutors adapt to the affective state?. Presented at Adapting the Interaction style to Affective Factors. Edinburgh, UK.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Hill, S.
Alexander, S., Hill, SR., & Sarrafzadeh, A. (2005). How do human tutors adapt to the affective state?. In S. Carberry, & FD. Rosis (Eds.) 10th International Conference on User Modeling: Adapting the interaction style to affective factors. (pp. 1 - 6).
[Conference Paper in Published Proceedings]Authored by: Hill, S.
Podd, JV., Lamont, A., & Hill, SR. (2005). Age-related memory changes in the oldest old. Poster session presented at the meeting of 17th annual convention of the American Pyschological Society. Los Angeles, CA
[Conference Poster]Authored by: Hill, S.
Towers, AJ., Flett, RA., & Hill, SR. (2005). The decision appraisal model of regret. Poster session presented at the meeting of Society for Judgment and Decision Making Annual Conference. Sheraton Centre, Toronto, Canada
[Conference Poster]Authored by: Hill, S., Towers, A.
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Street, S., Hill, S., & Spicer, J. (2004). Placing trust in a simulation model. In AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY Vol. 56 (pp. 93 - 93). : AUSTRALIAN PSYCHOLOGICAL SOC
[Conference Abstract]Authored by: Hill, S.
Stewart Williams, SJ., & Hill, SR. (2004, August). Silencing roosters and skinning cats: The evolutionary origin of causal reasoning. Presented at New Zealand Psychological Society 2004 Annual Conference. Wellington, NZ.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Hill, S.
Neumann, E., Hern, F., & Hill, SR. (2003). Negative, nil, and positive priming as a function of novel stimulus luminance. Poster session presented at the meeting of 15th Annual Convention of the American Pyschological Society. Atlanta, GA
[Conference Poster]Authored by: Hill, S.

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Kember, S., Williams, M., Hill, S., Taylor, J., & Taylor, J. (2022, February). Vaccination in Aotearoa: The role of anticipated regret, temporal discounting and maternal mental health. In Australasian Society of Behavioural Health and Medicine Conference. Presented at Brisbane (online).
[Oral Presentation]Authored by: Hill, S., Taylor, J., Williams, M.
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Huggins, T., Peace, RM., & Hill, SR. (2013, March). Visually monitoring and evaluating community disaster resilience. In Disastrous Doctorates 2013.
[Oral Presentation]Authored by: Hill, S.
Huggins, TJ., Peace, R., & Hill, SR. (2013, March). Visually monitoring and evaluating community disaster resilience. In Disastrous Doctorates 2013, Wellington.
[Oral Presentation]Authored by: Hill, S.
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Hill, SR. (2011, July). Why psychology is (or should be) a climate science.. In 黑料网, School of Psychology Research Day.
[Oral Presentation]Authored by: Hill, S.
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Legg, S., Mundel, T., Hill, S., Gilbey, A., Ramon, A., & Schlader, Z. (2010, May). Are we flying dangerously? Mild hypoxia and complex decision making in aviation. In New Zealand Ergonomics Society. Presented at Rotorua, New Zealand.
[Oral Presentation]Authored by: Gilbey, A., Hill, S.
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Hill, SR. (2005, December). When Og met sally: The evolution of mechanisms for making mate choice judgements. : 黑料网.
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Hill, SR. (2002, April). Do humans have mobot minds? Some implications of embodied cognitive sciences for cognitive pyschology. : 黑料网.
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Hill, SR. (2000, July). Interactive emergence and wild cognition: Some new twists in cognitive theorising. Presented at available online at http://www.comsdev.canterbury.ac.nz/diary/2000/D000721.htm. : University of Canterbury.
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Williams, MN., Ling, M., Kerr, JR., Hill, SR., Marques, MD., Mawson, H., . . . Clarke, EJR.MarchNovemberWilliams, M., Ling, M., Kerr, J., Hill, SR., Marques, MD., Mawson, H., . . . Clarke, EJR.AprilWilliams, MN., Ling, M., Kerr, JR., Hill, SR., Marques, MD., Mawson, H., . . . Clarke, EJR.MarchNovemberNovember
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Teaching and Supervision

Contact Supervisor

Graduate Supervision Statement

My current research interests include:

  • distributed and collaborative cognition (with a particular focus on memory). This work examines how people strategically use their environments and work with others when remembering, planning, and thinking about things.
  • cognitive aspects of misinformation, disinformation, and conspiracy theories;
  • psychological consequences of climate change;
  • metascience and open science, including people's understandings of uncertainty in science.

Current and recent thesis student projects include research on:

  • Prospective memory in naturalistic settings (Alex Shepherd, Lucy Hudson)
  • Expertise in chess (Nick Barr)
  • The illusion of explanatory depth and collaborative cognition (Jess Riordan, Joe Pickering)
  • Conspiracy theories, misinformation, and thinking strategies (Cassie Zi-Yah Chueh, Shani Luiters, Amanda Sextus)
  • Relationship between anxiety, stress, and conspiracy belief (Nick Fox)
  • Climate anxiety (Tamara McLean)
  • Episodic memory (Sanya Verma)
  • Dietary change in cognitively demanding situations (Delon De Bruin)
  • Inattentional blindness in sport (Mel Blackmore)

Associate Professor Stephen Hill is available for Masters and Doctorial supervision.

Summary of Doctoral Supervision

Position Current Completed
Main Supervisor 2 7
Co-supervisor 7 20

Current Doctoral Supervision

Main Supervisor of:

  • Hamish More - Doctor of Philosophy
    Patterns of engagement with wicked problems - the role of multidisciplinary approaches to help achieve system/trajectory shifts
  • Alex Shepherd - Doctor of Clinical Psychology
    Metacognition in relation to adult cognitive performance

Co-supervisor of:

  • Xiaofang Xiao - Doctor of Philosophy
    The effects of selfie behaviours on attachment insecurity and relationship quality
  • Laura O'Sullivan - Doctor of Philosophy
    Standing together at the veil: end-of-life experiences in Aotearoa and their impact on the grief of bereaved loved ones
  • Sarah Barnes - Doctor of Clinical Psychology
    A Two Part Study Investigating Mental Health Literacy in Aotearoa New Zealand Parental Figures and Adolescents in the Community
  • Tom Hadley - Doctor of Clinical Psychology
    A mixed-methods investigation into the positive effects of ecological restoration on mental wellbeing.
  • Nick Fox - Doctor of Clinical Psychology
    Anxiety, depression, stress, and belief in conspiracy theories: A longitudinal perspective
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  • Tamara McLean - Doctor of Clinical Psychology
    Do Climate Anxiety and Pro-Environmental Behaviour Affect One Another? A Longitudinal Investigation
  • Casey Scott-Campbell - Doctor of Philosophy
    Exploring Evolutionary Insights about Suicide

Completed Doctoral Supervision

Main Supervisor of:

  • 2019 - Katie Knapp - Doctor of Philosophy
    Exploring the Relationship Between Working Memory Capacity and Task Switching
  • 2019 - Catherine Whitehouse - Doctor of Clinical Psychology
    The impact of social relationships on cognitive performance in the older adult: Emotional loneliness is detrimental to cognitive performance
  • 2017 - Lai Yin Leong - Doctor of Philosophy
    Exploring the effects of outdoor activities and connectedness with nature on cognitive styles and creativity
  • 2017 - Peter Clemerson - Doctor of Philosophy
    On the Origin of Cognitive Dissonance
  • 2016 - Kathryn Campbell - Doctor of Philosophy
    The Blue Brain: Hemispheric Asymmetry in Depression as an Explanation for Working Memory Impairment
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  • 2015 - Rachael Sim - Doctor of Clinical Psychology
    False Memories and Ageing: Source-Monitoring Inverventions Reduce False Recognition in Both Younger and Older Adults
  • 2015 - Matthew Williams - Doctor of Philosophy
    How well do psychologists' research methods equip them to identify the impacts of climate change on behaviour? A methodological investigation with particular reference to the effects of temperature on violent behaviour
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Co-supervisor of:

  • 2024 - Kathryn Connolly - Doctor of Clinical Psychology
    Shining a Light on Recovery: Investigating the Effectiveness of Bright Light Therapy in Mitigating Fatigue after Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
  • 2023 - Sarah Kember - Doctor of Clinical Psychology
    Vaccination in Aotearoa: The role of anticipated regret, temporal discounting, and maternal mental health
  • 2023 - Joanne Chapman - Doctor of Clinical Psychology
    Mapping the IFOF with a New Test of Semantic Association
  • 2023 - Emily Spill - Doctor of Clinical Psychology
    Is the Maternal 鈥楤abybrain鈥� Adaptive? Examining Theory of Mind, Emotional State, and the Association With Attachment Over Pregnancy and the Postpartum
  • 2019 - Miriam Ketu-McKenzie - Doctor of Philosophy
    The effects of a Mindfulness intervention on the cortisol levels of Maori women exposed to chronic stress and/or trauma
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  • 2018 - Alexia Mengelberg - Doctor of Philosophy
    Ageing, cognition and omega-3 fatty acids
  • 2017 - Alexa Curtis - Doctor of Clinical Psychology
    Behind the Mask: Recognising Genuine and Masked Expressions of Emotion: The Effect of Therapists' Training and Experience
  • 2016 - Thomas Huggins - Doctor of Philosophy
    Optimising Visual Solutions for Complex Strategic Scenarios
  • 2016 - Hui Xu - Doctor of Philosophy
    Facial Expression and Context Effects
  • 2015 - Robert Taylor - Doctor of Philosophy
    Hierarchical Bayesian Modelling of Criterion Variance in Probabilistic Categorisation as an Analogue to Signal Detection
  • 2015 - Jodi Field - Doctor of Clinical Psychology
    To investigate the differences in detecting expressed emotion between depressed & non depressed older adults
  • 2012 - Melanie Holdaway - Doctor of Clinical Psychology
    The effects of late-life depression on memory
  • 2012 - Paul Wood - Doctor of Philosophy
    Integrity, Conscientiousness, Neuroticism, and Ability: Relationships and Measurement
  • 2010 - Teesha Passmore - Doctor of Philosophy
    Posttraumatic-stress during later life: A cross-sectional and longitudinal investigation
  • 2010 - Andrew Towers - Doctor of Philosophy
    Consolidating mistakes of the heart and mind: Toward a dual process theory of regret
  • 2009 - Susan Street - Doctor of Philosophy
    Two Agent-Based Models of Trust in Social Networks
  • 2009 - Sharyn Kennedy - Doctor of Philosophy
    Suppressing stereotypes of the poor: Rebound effects can be positive (as well as negative)
  • 2007 - Allison Lamont - Doctor of Philosophy
    Cross-sectional and Longitudinal Analyses of the Effects of Aging on Memory in Healthy Young, Middle-Aged, and Oldest-Old Adults
  • 2007 - Samuel Alexander - Doctor of Philosophy
    An Affect-Sensitive Intelligent Tutoring system with an Animated Pedagogical Agent that Adapts to Student Emothion like a Human Tutor.
  • 2004 - Stephen Stewart-Williams - Doctor of Philosophy
    Darwin Meets Socrates: Evolutionary Psychology and the Innate Ideas Debate.

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