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Biography
Ben Morrison is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychological Sciences at Macquarie University, Australia. He completed his PhD with MARCS Laboratories at the University of Western Sydney in 2010. Ben is a member of Macquarie’s Performance and Expertise Reasearch Centre. He is an endorsed Organisational Psychologist, member of the Australian Psychological Society, and a fellow of the College of Organisational Psychologists.
Research interests
Ben’s research focuses on psychology in the workplace, including areas relating to expertise development and the impacts of emerging technologies. He has a particular interest in applied research, and as such regularly undertake research projects within real-world work settings or simulations of such environments. Ben is currently working on research projects relating to the role of cue utilisation in expert judgement in cyber security, driving, and sport, as well as the barriers to effective use of intelligent decision support technologies in the workplace.
Teaching
Ben convenes and teaches the following units in the Master of Organisational Psychology program:
- PSYO8914 Industrial and Organisational Psychology
- PSYO8939 Team Factors in the Workplace
- PSYO8940 Psychological Assessment and Evaluation
- PSYO8921 Applied Psychology in Human Resource Management
Research student supervision
Ben supervises students in PhD, Masters, and Honours programs. Topics include:
- Cue utilisation in complex work environments
- Skill acquisition
- Predicting positive interactions with intelligent decision support systems
- Algorithm aversion and appreciation
Community engagement
As a practicing organisational psychologist, Ben offers services in the following:
- Cognitive Task Analysis (CTA)
- Psychological assessment
- Incident investigation and causal factor analysis
- Training design and evaluation
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Situational Assessment as a Marker of Cognitive Skill Decay
Wiggins, M., Molesworth, B. R. C., Auton, J., Sturman, D. & Morrison, B.
1/01/23 → 31/12/25
Project: Research
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The Use of Virtual Patient Simulations in Psychology: A Scoping Review
Imam Hossain, S., Kelson, J. & Morrison, B.
Project: Research
Research Outputs
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Psychological screening in the Australian Defence Force: an historical and contemporary analysis of what works
Tuppin, K., Morrison, B. W. & Earl, J. K., Jan 2025, In: Journal of military and veterans’ health. 33, 1, p. 41-49 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Security awareness, decision style, knowledge, and phishing email detection: moderated mediation analyses
Sturman, D., Auton, J. C. & Morrison, B. W., 2025, In: Computers and Security. 148, p. 1-10 10 p., 104129.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Evaluating the evidence for interventions directed at healing collective trauma: a systematic review
Morrison, N. M. V. & Morrison, B. W., 10 Oct 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Traumatology. 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Like shooting phish in a barrel: cue utilization and cognitive reflection aid performance in controlled, but not naturalistic phishing tasks
Morrison, B. W., Graf, E., Bayl-Smith, P. & Wiggins, M. W., Mar 2025, In: Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making. 19, 1, p. 32-53 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Social identities and the roles of artificial intelligence
Innes, J. M. & Morrison, B. W., 2024, The De Gruyter handbook of artificial intelligence, identity and technology studies. Elliott, A. (ed.). Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter, p. 73-100 28 p. (De Gruyter Handbooks of Digital Transformation; vol. 1).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Appendices - The Use of Virtual Patient Simulations in Psychology: A Scoping Review
Imam Hossain, S. (Contributor), Kelson, J. (Contributor) & Morrison, B. (Owner), Macquarie University, 17 Dec 2024
DOI: 10.25949/28022456.v1
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Prizes
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Best article Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making
Morrison, Ben (Recipient) & Johnston, David (Recipient), 2016
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Best Paper ACAP Conference 2019
Morrison, Ben (Recipient) & Innes, John (Recipient), 28 Oct 2019
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Activities
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Targeting cue utilisation and cognitive reflection to reduce phishing susceptibility
Ben Morrison (Speaker)
30 Jul 2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
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Workers’ cognitive compatibility with decision support systems and the implications to workplace safety.
Ben Morrison (Speaker), Joshua Kelson (Speaker), Natalie Morrison (Speaker), John Innes (Speaker), Yeslam Al-Saggaf (Speaker) & Manoranjan Paul (Speaker)
17 Nov 2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
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Factors affecting acceptance of ‘thinking’ machines and the implications to workplace safety.
Ben Morrison (Speaker)
25 Aug 2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
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The future of work: Mental health, psychology and the value and threat of artificial intelligence.
John Innes (Speaker) & Ben Morrison (Speaker)
14 Sept 2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
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Developments in artificial intelligence with impact upon professional development, operation and training: Psychological practice as a case study
John Innes (Speaker) & Ben Morrison (Speaker)
2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation