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Personal profile
Personal Statement
I joined the School of Psychological Sciences and Health in 2017. My research focuses on face recognition, individal differences, attention, and distractibility. I have now established the Strathclyde Applied Cognitive Psychology Lab, information on our work can be found via this web page - www.strathacpl.com
I completed my degree in Psychology at the University of Glasgow in 2009. I gained my PhD from the UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience in 2014, under the supervision of Professor Nilli Lavie (www.attention-focus.com), and funded by an MRC PhD Studentship.
I then held a post-doctoral position in Professor Mike Burton's FaceVar Lab (www.facevar.com) at the University of Aberdeen and then the University of York (2013-2017).
Teaching Interests
My teaching duties extend across the BA degree and our MSc prgrammes:
Deputy Course Director - MSc in Research Methods
Topic Leader - 4th Year Course - The Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience of Face Recognition (PCNFR)
Topic Leader - 4th Year Course - Psychology Work Placement Class
Topic Contributor - 3rd Year Course - Cognition
Topic Contributor - 2nd Year Course - Cognition & Neuropsychology
Undergraduate Dissertation Supervisor
MSc Dissertation Supervisor
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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U.S. Defence HDIAC Podcast 1/2: Capitalizing on the Super-Recognition Advantage
Robertson, D. & Davis, J. P.
Project: Knowledge Exchange (Conference / Seminar Hosting)
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Creating an interactive citizen science exhibit at the Glasgow Science Centre
Robertson, D., McGeown, W. & Wodehouse, A.
1/03/22 → 1/03/23
Project: Internally funded project
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Sounds and speech: individual differences in unfamiliar voice recognition
Sunilkumar, D., Kelly, S. W., Stevenage, S. V., Rankine, D. & Robertson, D. J., 16 Feb 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Applied Cognitive Psychology. p. 1-13 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Earwitness identification: an individual differences approach
Sunilkumar, D., Kelly, S., Stevenage, S. & Robertson, D. J., 16 Jun 2022.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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Happiness sells: The impact of emotional pareidolic face configurations on cognition, product perception and consumer attitudes.
Noble, E. (Creator), Wodehouse, A. (Supervisor) & Robertson, D. (Supervisor), University of Strathclyde, 1 Sep 2021
DOI: 10.15129/9cff8c31-8e2d-44b9-92ca-d3267b97b1be
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Prizes
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Chartered Member of The British Psychological Society
Robertson, David (Recipient), 1 Jun 2017
Prize: Other distinction
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Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Robertson, David (Recipient), 1 Feb 2019
Prize: Other distinction
Activities
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Social media addiction?: An attentional bias approach
David Robertson (Speaker), Katie Thomson (Contributor), Stephen Butler (Contributor) & Simon Hunter (Contributor)
21 Jun 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Super-recognisers: Hyper-realistic mask detection
David Robertson (Speaker), Josh Davis (Contributor), Jet Sanders (Contributor) & Alice Towler (Contributor)
4 May 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk