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NAME
POSITION TITLE
Bates, Timothy C.
Professor of Individual Differences in Psychology
eRA COMMONS USER NAME
tcbates
EDUCATION/TRAINING (Begin with baccalaureate or other initial professional education, such as nursing, and include postdoctoral training.)
INSTITUTION AND LOCATION
University of Auckland, New Zealand
University of Auckland, New Zealand
University of Auckland, New Zealand
DEGREE
(if applicable)
YEAR(s)
BA
MA 1stClass
PhD
1985
1988
1994
FIELD OF STUDY
Psych, Phil, Phys Anth
Psychology/Phys Anth
Psychology
A. Positions and Honors
Positions and Employment
1983-1986
1996-1999
2000-2005
2002-present
Research Worker Department of Psychiatry, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Lecturer, Department of Psychology, Macquarie University, Australia
Senior Lecturer, Macquarie Institute for Cognitive Science, Macquarie University, Australia
Visiting Scientist, Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory, Queensland Institute of Medical Research,
Australia
2005-2007
Reader in Differential Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, UK
2007-present Professor of Individual Differences in Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of
Edinburgh, UK
Honors
1990 University Prize, University of Auckland
B. Selected peer-reviewed publications (in chronological order).
Professor Bates has authored 58 peer-reviewed papers.
1. Luciano, M., Miyajima, F., Lind, P. A., Bates, T. C., Horan, M., Harris, S. E., et al. (2008). Variation in the dysbindin
gene and normal cognitive function in three independent population samples. Genes Brain Behav. 10.1111/j.1601183X.2008.00462.x.
2. Weiss, A., Bates, T. C., & Luciano, M. (2008). Happiness is a personal(ity) thing: the genetics of personality and wellbeing in a representative sample. Psychol Sci, 19(3), 205-210.
3. Luciano, M., Lind, P. A., Deary, I. J., Payton, A., Posthuma, D., Butcher, L. M., et al. (2008). Testing replication of a
5-SNP set for general cognitive ability in six population samples. Eur J Hum Genet, 16(8), 1025.
4. Bates, T. C. (2008). Behavior Genetics 5th edition. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 12(5), 601-602.
5. Mekel-Bobrov, N., Posthuma, D., Gilbert, S. L., Lind, P., Gosso, M. F., Luciano, M., et al. (2007). The ongoing
adaptive evolution of ASPM and Microcephalin is not explained by increased intelligence. Human Molecular
Genetics, 16(6), 600-608.
6. Luciano, M., Lind, P. A., Duffy, D. L., Castles, A., Wright, M. J., Montgomery, G. W., et al. (2007). A haplotype
spanning KIAA0319 and TTRAP is associated with normal variation in reading and spelling ability. Biol Psychiatry,
62(7), 811-817.
7. Lind, P., Luciano, M., Duffy, D., Castles, A., Wright, M. J., Martin, N. G., et al. (2007). DCDC2 Is Associated with
Normal Variation in Reading and Spelling Ability. submitted, in-press.
8. Gignac, G. E., Bates, T. C., & Jang, K. L. (2007). Implications relevant to CFA model misfit, reliability, and the fivefactor model as measured by the NEO-FFI. Personality and Individual Differences, 43(5), 1051-1062.
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9. Gignac, G., Bates, T. C., & Jang, K. L. (2007). Measurement model of the NEO FFI-R. Applied Psychological
Measurement, in-press.
10. Deary, I. J., Irwing, P., Der, G., & Bates, T. C. (2007). Brother-sister differences in the g factor in intelligence:
analysis of full, opposite-sex siblings from the NLSY1979. Intelligence, 35, 451–456.
11. Bates, T. C., Luciano, M., Castles, A., Coltheart, M., Wright, M. J., & Martin, N. G. (2007). Replication of reported
linkages for dyslexia and spelling and suggestive evidence for novel regions on chromosomes 4 and 17. Eur J Hum
Genet, 15(2), 194-203.
12. Bates, T. C., Castles, A., Luciano, M., Wright, M., Coltheart, M., & Martin, N. (2007). Genetic and environmental
bases of reading and spelling: A unified genetic dual route model. Reading and Writing, 20(1-2), 147-171.
13. Bates, T. C. (2007). Out of the Armchair. European Journal of Personality, in press, in-press.
14. Bates, T. C. (2007). Fluctuating asymmetry and intelligence. Intelligence, 35(1), 41-46.
15. Wuthrich, V. M., & Bates, T. C. (2006). Confirmatory factor analysis of the three-factor structure of the Schizotypal
Personality Questionnaire and Chapman schizotypy scales. Journal of Personality Assessment, 87(3), 292-304.
16. Deary, I. J., Spinath, F. M., & Bates, T. C. (2006). Genetics of intelligence. European Journal of Human Genetics,
14(6), 690-700.
17. Castles, A., Bates, T. C., Coltheart, M., Luciano, M., & Martin, N. G. (2006). Cognitive modelling and the behaviour
genetics of reading. Journal of Research in Reading, 29(1), 92-103.
18. Castles, A., Bates, T. C., & Coltheart, M. (2006). John Marshall and the developmental dyslexias. Aphasiology,
20(9/11), 871-892.
19. Bates, T. C. (2006). Genes for reading and writing. London Review of Education, 4, 31-47.
20. Wuthrich, V. M., & Bates, T. C. (2005). Reliability and validity of two Likert versions of the Schizotypal Personality
Questionnaire (SPQ). Personality and Individual Differences, 38(7), 1543-1548.
21. Castles, A., Bates, T. C., Luciano, M., Martin, N. G., & Coltheart, M. (2005). Two different sets of genes for reading
(and spelling). Australian Journal of Psychology, 57, 47-47.
22. Bates, T. C. (2005). Auditory inspection time and intelligence. Personality and Individual Differences, 38(1), 115-127.
23. Bates, T. C. (2005). The panmodal sensory imprecision hypothesis of schizophrenia: reduced auditory precision in
schizotypy. Personality & Individual Differences, 38, 437-449.
24. Wuthrich, V. M., & Bates, T. C. (2004). Schizotypy and eye movement dysfunction: Separate markers for
schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research, 67(1), 136-136.
25. Hughes, L. E., Bates, T. C., & Aimola Davies, A. (2004). Grasping at sticks: pseudoneglect for perception but not
action. Exp Brain Res, 157(3), 397-402.
26. Bates, T. C., & Rock, A. (2004). Extraversion and processing speed: separable influence on intelligent behaviour.
Intelligence, 32, 33-46.
27. Bates, T. C., Castles, A., Coltheart, M., Gillespie, N., Wright, M., & Martin, N. G. (2004). Behaviour genetic analyses
of reading and spelling: a component processes approach. Australian Journal of Psychology, 56(2), 115-126.
28. Bates, T. C. (2004). Emerging Models of Intelligence. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 18, 1-2.
29. Rae, C., Digney, A. L., McEwan, S. R., & Bates, T. C. (2003). Oral creatine monohydrate supplementation improves
brain performance: a double-blind, placebo-controlled, cross-over trial. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 270(1529), 2147-2150.
30. Bates, T. C., & Shieles, A. (2003). Crystallized Intelligence as a product of Speed and Drive for Experience: The
Relationship of Inspection Time and Openness to g and Gc. Intelligence, 31(3), 275-287.
31. Bates, T. C., & D'Oliveiro, L. (2003). PsyScript: A Macintosh Application for Scripting Experiments. Behavior
Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers, 35(4), 565-576.
32. Maguire, A. M., Bates, T. C., Boycott, N., & Corballis, M. C. (2002). Effects of object asymmetry on visual attention.
Brain & Cognition, 48, 456-462.
33. Wuthrich, V. M., & Bates, T. C. (2001). Schizotypy & Latent Inhibition: non-linear linkage between psychometric and
cognitive markers. Personality & Individual Differences, 30, 783-798.
34. Stough, C. K., Thompson, J. C., Bates, T. C., & Nathan, P. (2001). Examining Neurochemical Determinants of
Inspection Time: Development of a Biological Model. Intelligence(29), 511-522.
35. Stough, C., Bates, T. C., Mangan, G. L., & Colrain, I. (2001). Inspection time and intelligence: further attempts to
eliminate the apparent movement strategy. Intelligence, 29, 219-230.
36. Bates, T. C., & Stough, C. (2000). Intelligence arguments and Australian psychology: A reply to Stankov and an
alternative view. Australian Psychologist, 35, 68-72.
37. Stough, C. K., Bates, T. C., Nathan, P., & Thompson, J. (1999). The role of the neurotransmitter Acetylcholine in
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38. Bates, T. C., & Stough, C. (1998). Improved Reaction Time Method, Information Processing Speed, and Intelligence.
Intelligence, 26(1), 53-62.
39. Bates, T. C., & Stough, C. (1997). Processing speed, attention, and intelligence: Effects of spatial attention on
decisions time in high and low IQ subjects. Personality & Individual Differences, 23(5), 861-868.
40. Stough, C., Brebner, J., Nettelbeck, T., Cooper, C. J., Bates, T. C., & Mangan, G. L. (1996). The Relationship
Between Intelligence, Personality and Inspection Time. British Journal of Psychology, 87(Part 2), 255-268.
41. Stough, C., Nettelbeck, T., Cooper, C., & Bates, T. C. (1995). Strategy use in Jensen's RT paradigm: Relationships to
intelligence? Australian Journal of Psychology, 47(2), 61-65.
42. Stough, C., Mangan, G., Bates, T. C., Frank, N., Kerkin, B., & Pellett, O. (1995). Effects of Nicotine On Perceptual
Speed. Psychopharmacology, 119(3), 305-310.
43. Stough, C., Mangan, G., Bates, T. C., Frank, N., & et al. (1995). Effects of nicotine on perceptual speed.
Psychopharmacology, 119(3), 305-310.
44. Stough, C., Bates, T. C., Mangan, G. L., & Pellett, O. L. (1995). Smoking, String Length and Intelligence. Personality
& Individual Differences, 18(1), 75-79.
45. Bates, T. C., Stough, C., Mangan, G., & Pellett, O. (1995). Intelligence and Complexity of the Averaged Evoked
Potential - an Attentional Theory. Intelligence, 20(1), 27-39.
46. Bates, T. C., Mangan, G., Stough, C., & Corballis, P. (1995). Smoking, processing speed and attention in a choice
reaction time task. Psychopharmacology, 120(2), 209-212.
47. Stough, C., Mangan, G., Bates, T. C., & Pellett, O. (1994). Smoking and Raven IQ. Psychopharmacology, 116(3),
382-384.
48. Stough, C., Kerkin, B., Bates, T. C., & Mangan, G. (1994). Music and spatial IQ. Personality & Individual
Differences, 17(5), 695.
49. Bates, T. C., Pellett, O., Stough, C., & Mangan, G. L. (1994). Effects of smoking on simple and choice reaction time.
Psychopharmacology, 114(2), 365-368.
50. Bates, T. C., & Eysenck, H. J. (1994). A comparison of the information processing rates of non-smokers and cigarettedeprived smokers. Personality and Individual Differences, 17(6), 855-858.
51. Mangan, G. L., Pellett, O., Colrain, I. M., & Bates, T. C. (1993). Photic driving and personality. Personality &
Individual Differences, 15(3), 329-340.
52. Bates, T. C., & Eysenck, H. J. (1993). String length, attention & intelligence: Focused attention reverses the string
length-IQ relationship. Personality and Individual Differences, 15(4), 363-371.
53. Bates, T. C., & Eysenck, H. J. (1993). Intelligence, inspection time, and decision time. Intelligence, 17(4), 523-531….
C. Research Support
Current Support
2006-2007 (PI) Chief Scientist Office “Translational Medicine Grant: DYX1 & DYX5”
2006-2009 (CI) Chief Scientist Office “Aging and Cognition in the LBC/ABC sample”
2007-2010 (PI) ESRC Post Doctoral Fellowship Manon Jones
£ 64,500
£262,592
£273,000
nb: These grants pay no portion of my salary
Completed Research Support (last 3-years)
1999-2006 (CoI) Australian Research Council Key Centre for Neuropsychology:
2003-2005 (PI) NHMRC Molecular Genetics of Dyslexia:
2005
(PI) Macquarie Development Grant: TMS Laboratory
2005-2006 (PI) University of Edinburgh Start-up
2006-2007 (PI) Royal Society of Edinburgh “International Visitor: Genes for Dyslexia”
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$AUD840,000/yr
$AUD 290,180
$AUD 112,000
£42,000
£2,700
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