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Rachel McCloy

Email:
r.a.mccloy@reading.ac.uk
Phone:
+44 (0) 118 378 6027
Job title:
Associate Professor

Responsibilities:

Department Director of Academic Tutoring
Third year tutor
Director of the Centre for Applied Behavioural Science.

Areas of interest

Judgment and decision making
Behavioural economics
Behaviour change
Fast and frugal heuristics
Probabilistic reasoning
Counterfactual thinking
Applications of psychology to public policy.

Teaching

Research methods, cognition, behavioural economics.

Research centres and groups

Centre for Applied Behavioural Science
Language and Cognition.

Academic qualifications

BA, Dublin
PG Diploma in Statistics, Dublin
PhD, Dublin
PG Certificate in Academic Practice, Reading

Publications

Williams, L. , Mulder, K. , Charlton-Perez, A. , Lickiss, M. , Black, A. , McCloy, R. ORCID: 0000-0003-2333-9640 , McSorley, E. , Young, J. (2023) Understanding representations of uncertainty, an eye-tracking study – part 2: the effect of expertise. Geoscience Communications , 6 (3). pp. 111-123. ISSN: 2569-7110 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/gc-6-111-2023
Mulder, K. , Williams, L. , Lickiss, M. , Black, A. , Charlton-Perez, A. , McCloy, R. ORCID: 0000-0003-2333-9640 , McSorley, E. (2023) Understanding representations of uncertainty, an eye-tracking study part 1: the effect of anchoring. Geoscience Communications , 6 (3). pp. 97-110. ISSN: 2569-7110 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/gc-6-97-2023
Holford, D. , Tognon, G. , Gladwell, V. , Murray, K. , Nicoll, M. , Knox, A. , McCloy, R. ORCID: 0000-0003-2333-9640 , Loaiza, V. (2023) Planning engagement with web resources to improve diet quality and break up sedentary time for home-working employees: a mixed methods study. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology , 28 (4). pp. 224-238. ISSN: 1076-8998 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/ocp0000356
Oliver, B. ORCID: 0000-0003-0278-8009 , Nesbit, R. ORCID: 0000-0001-7540-3187 , McCloy, R. ORCID: 0000-0003-2333-9640 , Harvey, K. ORCID: 0000-0002-6819-0934 , Dodd, H. ORCID: 0000-0003-1446-5338 (2023) Adventurous play for a healthy childhood: facilitators and barriers identified by parents in Britain. Social Science & Medicine , 323 pp 0. ISSN: 1873-5347 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.115828

Oliver, B. , Nesbit, R. , McCloy, R. , Harvey, K. , Dodd, H. ORCID: 0000-0003-1446-5338 (2022) Parent perceived barriers and facilitators of children’s adventurous play in Britain: a framework analysis. BMC Public Health , 22 ISSN: 1471-2458 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13019-w

McSorley, E. , Cruickshank, A. , McCloy, R. (2021) Inhibition of saccade initiation improves saccade accuracy: The role of local and remote visual distractors in the control of saccadic eye movements. Journal of Vision , 21 (3). pp 0. ISSN: 1534-7362 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1167/jov.21.3.17
Bardsley, N. , Ceddia, M. , McCloy, R. , Pfuderer, S. (2021) Why economic valuation does not value the environment: climate policy as collective endeavour. Environmental Values ISSN: 1752-7015 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3197/096327121X16081160834740

Bell, L. , McCloy, R. , Butler, L. , Vogt, J. (2020) Motivational and affective factors underlying consumer dropout and transactional success in eCommerce: an overview. Frontiers in Psychology , 11 ISSN: 1664-1078 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01546
Williams, L. , McSorley, E. , McCloy, R. (2020) Enhanced associations with actions of the artist influence gaze behaviour. i-Perception , 11 (2). pp 1. ISSN: 2041-6695 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2041669520911059
McSorley, E. , Gilchrist, I. , McCloy, R. (2020) The parallel programming of landing position in saccadic eye movement sequences. Journal of Vision , 20 (1). pp. 1-14. ISSN: 1534-7362 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1167/jov.20.1.2
Mulder, K. , Lickiss, M. , Black, A. , Charlton-Perez, A. , McCloy, R. , Young, J. (2020) Designing environmental uncertainty information for experts and non‐experts: does data presentation affect users' decisions and interpretations?. Meteorological Applications , 27 (1). ISSN: 1350-4827 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/met.1821
Kehlbacher, A. , Srinivasan, C. , McCloy, R. , Tiffin, R. (2020) Modelling preference heterogeneity using a Bayesian ﬁnite mixture of Almost Ideal Demand Systems. European Review of Agricultural Economics , 47 (3). pp. 933-970. ISSN: 0165-1587 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/erae/jbz002

McSorley, E. , Gilchrist, I. , McCloy, R. (2019) The role of fixation disengagement in the parallel programming of sequences of saccades. Experimental brain research , 237 (11). pp. 3033-3045. ISSN: 1432-1106 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00221-019-05641-9
McSorley, E. , Gilchrist, I. , McCloy, R. (2019) The programming of sequences of saccades. Experimental Brain Research , 237 (4). pp. 1009-1018. ISSN: 0014-4819 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00221-019-05481-7

Williams, L. , McSorley, E. , McCloy, R. (2018) The relationship between aesthetic and drawing preferences. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts , 12 (3). pp. 259-271. ISSN: 1931-390X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/aca0000188

Lickiss, M. , Mulder, K. , Black, A. , Charlton-Perez, A. , McCloy, R. , Chandler, R. (2017) Developing a quick guide on presenting data and uncertainty. Weather , 72 (9). pp. 266-269. ISSN: 1477-8696 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/wea.2998
Mulder, K. , Lickiss, M. , Harvey, N. , Black, A. , Charlton-Perez, A. , Dacre, H. , McCloy, R. (2017) Visualizing volcanic ash forecasts: scientist and stakeholder decisions using different graphical representations and conflicting forecasts. Weather, Climate and Society , 9 (3). pp. 333-348. ISSN: 1948-8327 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1175/WCAS-D-16-0062.1

McSorley, E. , McCloy, R. , Williams, L. (2016) The concurrent programming of saccades. PLoS ONE , 11 (12). ISSN: 1932-6203 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0168724

Abraham, S. , Bartlett, R. , Standage, M. , Black, A. , Charlton-Perez, A. , McCloy, R. (2015) Do location specific forecasts pose a new challenge for communicating uncertainty?. Meteorological Applications , 22 (3). pp. 554-562. ISSN: 1469-8080 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/met.1487
Frosch, C. , McCloy, R. , Beaman, C. , Goddard, K. (2015) Time to decide? Simplicity and congruity in comparative judgment. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory & Cognition , 4 (1). pp. 42-54. ISSN: 0278-7393 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0037411

Shang, Z. , Brooks, C. , McCloy, R. (2014) Does more detailed information mean better performance? An experiment in information explicitness. Review of Behavioural Finance , 6 (2). pp. 86-103. ISSN: 1940-5979 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1108/RBF-10-2013-0036
Shang, Z. , Brooks, C. , McCloy, R. (2014) Are investors guided by the news disclosed by companies or by journalists?. Journal of behavioral and experimental finance , 1 pp. 45-60. ISSN: 2214-6350 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbef.2014.01.003
McSorley, E. , Lyne, C. , McCloy, R. (2014) Dissociation between the impact of evidence on eye movement target choice and confidence judgements. Experimental Brain Research , 232 (6). pp. 1927-1940. ISSN: 1432-1106 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00221-014-3884-2
Liu, J. , Yao, R. , McCloy, R. (2014) An investigation of thermal comfort adaptation behaviour in office buildings in the UK. Indoor and Built Environment , 23 (5). pp. 675-691. ISSN: 1420-326X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1420326X13481048

McSorley, E. , McCloy, R. , Lyne, C. (2012) The spatial impact of visual distractors on saccade latency. Vision Research , 60 (1). pp. 61-72. ISSN: 0042-6989 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2012.03.007
Liu, J. , Yao, R. , McCloy, R. (2012) A method to weight three categories of adaptive thermal comfort . Energy and Buildings , 47 pp. 312-320. ISSN: 0378-7788 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2011.12.007

McCloy, R. , Beaman, C. , Smith, P. (2011) The relative success of recognition-based inference in multichoice decisions. In: Gigerenzer, G. , Hertwig, R. , Pachur, T. , (eds.) Heuristics: the foundations of adaptive behavior. Oxford University Press , New York. pp. 351-362. ISBN: 9780199744282

Beaman, C. , Smith, P. , McCloy, R. (2010) Less-is-more effects in knowledge-based heuristic inference. pp. 1014-1019.
McCloy, R. , Byrne, R. , Johnson-Laird, P. (2010) Understanding cumulative risk. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology , 63 (3). pp. 499-515. ISSN: 0272-4987 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17470210903024784
Beaman, C. , Smith, P. , Frosch, C. , McCloy, R. (2010) Less-is-more effects without the recognition heuristic. Judgment and Decision-Making , 5 (4). pp. 258-271. ISSN: 1930-2975
McCloy, R. , Beaman, C. , Frosch, C. , Goddard, K. (2010) Fast and frugal framing effects?. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory & Cognition , 36 (4). pp. 1043-1052. ISSN: 1939-1285 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0019693

McCloy, . and Strange, . , eds. (2009) Children’s understanding of counterfactual alternatives. In: N.A. Taatgen, . and van Rijn, . , (eds.) Cognitive Science Society pp. 1627-1632. ISBN: 9780976831853
McSorley, . and McCloy, . (2009) Saccadic eye movements as an index of perceptual decision-making. Experimental Brain Research , 198 (4). pp. 513-520. ISSN: 0014-4819 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00221-009-1952-9

McCloy, R. , Beaman, C. , Smith, P. (2008) The relative success of recognition-based inference in multichoice decisions. Cognitive Science , 32 (6). pp. 1037-1048. ISSN: 0364-0213 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03640210802152319

Frosch, . , Beaman, . , McCloy, . , eds. (2007) Deciding the price of fame. In: McNamara, . and Trafton, . , (eds.) Cognitive Science Society pp. 1001-1005. ISBN: 9780976831839
Beaman, . and McCloy, . (2007) From base-rate to cumulative respect. Behavioral and Brain Sciences , 30 (3). pp. 256-257. ISSN: 0140-525X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x07001677
Frosch, . , Beaman, C. , McCloy, . (2007) A little learning is a dangerous thing: an experimental demonstration of ignorance-driven inference. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology , 60 (10). pp. 1329-1336. ISSN: 1747-0218 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17470210701507949
McCloy, R. , Beaman, C. , Morgan, B. , Speed, R. (2007) Training conditional and cumulative risk judgements: the role of frequencies, problem-structure and Einstellung. Applied Cognitive Psychology , 21 (3). pp. 325-344. ISSN: 0888-4080 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/acp.1273

Beaman, . , McCloy, . , Smith, . , eds. (2006) When does ignorance make us smart? Additional factors guiding heuristic inference. In: Sun, . and Miyake, . , (eds.) Erlbaum pp. 54-58. ISBN: 976831821
McCloy, . , Beaman, . , Goddard, . , eds. (2006) Rich and famous: recognition-based judgment in the Sunday Times rich list. In: Sun, . and Miyake, . , (eds.) Erlbaum pp. 1801-1805. ISBN: 976831821

McCloy, . and Beaman, C. , eds. (2005) Problem-structure and format in training conditional and cumulative risk judgments. In: Bara, . , Barsalou, . , Bucciarelli, . , (eds.) Erlbaum pp. 1449-1454. ISBN: 976831813

McCloy, . and Beaman, C. , eds. (2004) The recognition heuristic: fast and frugal, but not as simple as it seems. In: Forbus, . , Gentner, . , Regier, . , (eds.) Erlbaum pp. 933-937. ISBN: 805854649

Green, . and McCloy, . (2003) Reaching a verdict. Thinking & Reasoning , 9 (4). pp. 307-333. ISSN: 1354-6783 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1354678034000268