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 ('Passionate Practitioner'; 'Most Memorable') (2024): Recipient; 1/6/2024
Strathclyde Teaching Excellence Awards (Going the extra mile) (2023): Recipient; 1/6/2023
Strathclyde Teaching Excellence Awards (Enthusiasm; Innovative Teaching) (2022): Recipient; 1/6/2022
Associate Fellow of The British Psychological Society: Recipient; 29/1/2022
Strathclyde Teaching Excellence Awards (Enthusiasm) (2021): Recipient; 1/6/2021
Images of Research Competition (2020): Recipient; 11/6/2020

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Publications

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Publications

Public engagement with science : a novel researcher-led collaboration with a major UK science centre: Robertson David J, McGeown William J, Wodehouse Andrew, Lang Gillian, Woodside William, Capaldi Janine; International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement , pp. 1-13 (2024); https://doi.org/10.1080/21548455.2024.2398825
The super-recogniser advantage extends to the detection of hyper-realistic face masks: Robertson David J, Davis Josh P, Sanders Jet G, Towler Alice; Applied Cognitive Psychology Vol 38 (2024); https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.4222
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 Vol 94, pp. 328-345 (2024); https://doi.org/10.1111/bjep.12647
Conditional face image manipulation detection : combining algorithm and human examiner decisions: Ibsen Mathias, Nichols Robert, Rathgeb Christian, Robertson David J, Davis Josh P, Løvåsdal Frøy, Raja Kiran, Jenkins Ryan E, Busch Christoph; Proceedings of the 2024 ACM Workshop on Information Hiding and Multimedia Security 12th ACM Workshop on Information Hiding and Multimedia Securit, pp. 41-46 (2024); https://doi.org/10.1145/3658664.3659649
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

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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

'Who falls for fake news...' Explorathon 2024: Contributor; 27/9/2024
Detecting and Sharing Fake News: An Individual Differences Approach: Speaker; 26/9/2024
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

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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-Jun-2023 - 01-Oct-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-Oct-2022 - 22-Oct-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-Oct-2022 - 05-Oct-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-Oct-2019 - 18-Oct-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-Sep-2019 - 28-Sep-2019
Explorathon 2018: Are you a super-recogniser?: Robertson, David (Principal Investigator); Public engagement event at the Glasgow Riverside Museum as part of European Researchers Night; 28-Sep-2018 - 29-Sep-2018