Thomas Ward
Professor

Primary Concentration:
Cognitive
Contact Information:
Office: 179 Gordon Palmer
Phone: 348-3178
FAX: 348-8648
E-Mail: tward@ua.edu
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Secondary Concentration:
Creativity
Courses:
PY 491 Computers, Collaboration and Creativity
​PY 470 Introduction to Cognitive Psychology
Research Interests
Cognition and creativity; Cognition in virtual environments
Research Affiliations
Recent Selected Publications
Sifonis, C., & Ward, T. B. (2016). Cognition and creative thought. In J. A. Plucker (Ed.), Creativity and Innovation: Current Understandings and Debates (pp. 91-110). Waco, TX: Prufrock Press.
Ward, T. B. (2015). Content, collaboration and creativity in virtual worlds. In G. Green & J. Kaufman (Eds.). Video Games and Creativity. New York: Academic Press.
Ward, T. B. (2012). Creative cognition. In W. S. Bainbridge (Ed.). Leadership in Science and Technology (pp. 355-362). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Smith, S. M., & Ward, T. B. (2012). Cognition and the creation of ideas. In K. Holyoak & R. Morrison (Eds.). Oxford Handbook of Thinking and Reasoning (pp. 456-474). New York: Oxford University Press.
Ward, T. B., & Sonneborn, M. S. (2009). Creative expression in virtual environments: Imitation, imagination and individualized collaboration. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts, 3, 211-221.