James Antony Hampton FHEA FAcSS is a British cognitive psychologist and cognitive scientist, Professor Emeritus of Psychology at City St George's, University of London. His research focuses on concepts, categorization, semantic memory, and the cognitive and linguistic structure of conceptual knowledge.

Academic career

Hampton spent the majority of his academic career at City St George's, University of London. He joined the institution in 1977 as a lecturer in psychology. In 1997, he was appointed professor of psychology, a position he held until 2021, when he became Professor Emeritus.

Prior to this appointment, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at University College London, collaborating with the anthropologist Mary Douglas. He has also held visiting positions at Stanford University, University of Chicago, Cornell University, Yale University, and New York University.

Editorial

Hampton has served on the editorial boards of several academic journals, including Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, Memory & Cognition, and Philosophical Psychology. He is currently an action editor for Cognitive Science.

Honours and awards