Dr David Robertson
Lecturer
Psychology
Personal statement
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.
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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
Prize And Awards
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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 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 Everyday non-partisan fake news : sharing behavior, platform specificity, and detection Shephard Mark P, Robertson David J, Huhe Narisong, Anderson Anthony Frontiers in Psychology Vol 14 (2023) https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1118407 Sounds and speech : individual differences in unfamiliar voice recognition Sunilkumar Dolly, Kelly Steve W, Stevenage Sarah V, Rankine Dillon, Robertson David J Applied Cognitive Psychology Vol 37, pp. 507-519 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.4053 Earwitness identification : an individual differences approach Sunilkumar Dolly, Kelly Stephen, Stevenage Sarah, Robertson DJ Division of Forensic Psychology Annual Conference 2022 (2022) Fake news on social media : everyday news topics and psychological predictors of performance Robertson DJ, Shephard Mark Peter, Anderson Tony, Huhe Narisong Association for Psychological Science (APS) Annual Convention 2022 (2022)
Publications
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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
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 Project Phase 1B (2023): A University of Strathclyde-Glasgow Science Centre Interactive Citizen Science Exhibit Robertson, David (Principal Investigator) McGeown, William (Research Co-investigator) Wodehouse, Andrew (Research Co-investigator) Funded by the EPSRC Impact Accelerator Account (EPSRC-IAA; £29K; 2023) 03-Jan-2023 - 08-Jan-2024 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 Creating an interactive citizen science exhibit at the Glasgow Science Centre Robertson, David (Principal Investigator) McGeown, William (Co-investigator) Wodehouse, Andrew (Principal Investigator) Funded by the EPSRC Impact Accelerator Account 01-Jan-2022 - 01-Jan-2023 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