Roy E. G. Harris (1926–2020)

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Multiple genetic alterations are common in cancers including those of the breast. The mechanisms leading to these alterations such as point mutations, gene amplifications, deletions and replication error are often associated with frequent and consistent loss of heterozygosity (LOH) or microsatellite instability (MSI). Several cytological and molecular studies have shown high frequency loss of g...

‘ Coordination ’ ( Herbert H Clark ) , ‘ integration ’ ( Roy Harris ) and the foundations of communication theory : common ground or competing visions ?

The paper explores the relationship between Herbert H Clark’s conception of language use as ‘coordination’ in joint action and Roy Harris’s view of sign-making as an ‘integration’ of activities. On the face of it, the two approaches have much in common. Both Clark and Harris have raised fundamental objections to traditional linguistic approaches: Clark has counterposed an 'action tradition' to ...

Roy D'Andrade

Event-based prospective memory involves remembering to perform an action in response to a particular future event (e.g., give your colleague a message when you see her). In the typical laboratory paradigm to investigate event-based prospective memory, participants perform a particular action (e.g., press the Z key) when a target word appears on a computer screen during an ongoing task (e.g., a ...

T . E . Harris ’ contributions to Interacting Particle Systems and Percolation

This is a bird’s eye view of T. E. Harris’ work on interacting particle systems and percolation, and of its impact on later work in probability theory and mathematical physics.

Roy Porter