Dr David Robertson

Senior Lecturer

Psychology

Personal statement

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). I moved to my current role at University of Strathclyde Psychology in 2017. I combine my lecturing responsibilities with ongoing research in attention, perception, and face recognition.

Expertise

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Prize And Awards

Strathclyde Teaching Excellence Awards (Enthusiasm; Innovative Teaching) (2022): Recipient; 1/6/2023
Strathclyde Teaching Excellence Awards (Enthusiasm) (2021): Recipient; 1/6/2021
Images of Research Competition (2020): Recipient; 11/6/2020
Strathclyde Teaching Excellence Awards (Innovation) (2019): Recipient; 1/6/2019
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy: Recipient; 1/2/2019
Strathclyde Teaching Excellence Awards (Enthusiasm) (2018): Recipient; 2018

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Publications

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Publications

I intend to attend : enhancing students' lecture attendance: Elliott Mark A, McGroarty Allan, Robertson David J; (2024)
Familiarity is key : exploring the effect of familiarity on the face-voice correlation: Stevenage Sarah V, Edey Rebecca, Keay Rebecca, Morrison Rebecca, Robertson David J; Brain Sciences Vol 14 (2024); https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci14020112
Using a volitional help sheet to increase university students' attendance at synchronous online lectures : a randomised controlled trial: Elliott Mark A, McGroarty Allan, Robertson David J; British Journal of Educational Psychology (2023); https://doi.org/10.1111/bjep.12647
Social media use : attitudes, ‘detox’, and craving in typical and frequent users: Robertson David J, Malin Johanna, Martin Sophie, Butler Stephen H, John Bev, Graff Martin, Flowers Paul, Jones Benedict C; Technology, Mind, and Behavior (2023); https://doi.org/10.1037/tmb0000120
Face pareidolia in products : the effect of emotional content on attentional capture, eagerness to explore, and likelihood to purchase: Noble Erin, Wodehouse Andrew, Robertson David J; Applied Cognitive Psychology Vol 37, pp. 1071-1084 (2023); https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.4105
Editorial : The psychology of fake news on social media, who falls for it, who shares it, why, and can we help users detect it?: Robertson David J, Shephard Mark P, Anderson Anthony, Huhe Narisong, Rapp David N, Madsen Jens K; Frontiers in Psychology Vol 14 (2023); https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1236748

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Teaching

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Teaching

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

Research

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Professional Activities

Citizen Science: An EPSRC-IAA Living Lab Case Study: Speaker; 13/6/2023
The Science of Laughter: Organiser; 20/10/2022
Social media addiction?: An attentional bias approach: Speaker; 21/6/2022
Super-recognisers: Hyper-realistic mask detection: Speaker; 4/5/2022
Social media 'addiction'? An attentional bias study: Speaker; 26/5/2021
Detecting Passport Morphs: An Individual Differences Approach: Speaker; 3/3/2021

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Projects

EPSRC-IAA GSC Citizen Science Project Phase 1-B [£29k]: Robertson, David (Principal Investigator) McGeown, William (Co-investigator) Wodehouse, Andrew (Co-investigator) Lang, Gillian (Co-investigator); This project will professionalise and update the Phase 1 content, leading to an exhibit relaunch in later 2023/early 2024.; 01-Jan-2023 - 01-Jan-2025
RKES-Funded Psychology Public Engagement Lecture 2022 [£3K].: Robertson, David (Principal Investigator); This knowledge exchange lecture attracted nearly 200 members of the general public. The 2022 speaker was Professor Sophie Scott.; 21-Jan-2022 - 22-Jan-2022
EPSRC-IAA GSC Citizen Science Project Phase 1 [£9k]: Robertson, David (Principal Investigator) McGeown, William (Academic) Wodehouse, Andrew (Academic) Lang, Gillian (Research Co-investigator); This project installed 4 digital touchscreen kiosks, with research and K.E. content, at the Glasgow Science Centre. During the initial 6-month proof-of-concept phase, the exhibit has recorded more than 10,000 user interactions.; 05-Jan-2022 - 05-Jan-2024
RKES-Funded Psychology Public Engagement Lecture 2019 [£7K].: Robertson, David (Principal Investigator); This knowledge exchange lecture attracted nearly 300 members of the general public. The 2019 speaker was Professor Richard Wiseman.; 17-Jan-2019 - 18-Jan-2019
Explorathon 2019: Are you a super-face-recogniser?: Robertson, David (Principal Investigator); Public engagement workshop returned for the third year, held at the Glasgow Riverside Museum, as part of European Researchers Night; 27-Jan-2019 - 28-Jan-2019
Explorathon 2018: Are You A Super-Face-Recogniser?: Robertson, David (Principal Investigator); 28-Jan-2018 - 29-Jan-2018