Dr David Robertson

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.

Prizes and awards

2020 Images of Research Competition: Recipient; 11/6/2020
Strathclyde Teaching Excellence Award (Most Innovative) 2019: Recipient; 1/6/2019
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy: Recipient; 1/2/2019
Strathclyde Teaching Excellence Awards 2018: Recipient; 2018
Chartered Member of The British Psychological Society: Recipient; 1/6/2017

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Publications

Capitalizing on the super-recognition advantage : a powerful, but underutilized, tool for policing and national security agencies: Davis Josh P, Robertson David J; 7 (2020)
Hyper-realistic face masks in a live passport-checking task: Robertson David J, Sanders Jet G, Towler Alice, Kramer Robin S S, Spowage Josh, Byrne Ailish, Burton A Mike, Jenkins Rob; Perception Vol 49, pp. 298-309 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1177/0301006620904614
Hyper-realistic masks are extremely hard to spot – as our new research shows: Robertson David James, Towler Alice, Sanders Jet, Kramer Robin; (2020)
Facial recognition : research reveals new abilities of 'super-recognisers': Robertson David James, Megreya Ahmed, Davis Josh P; (2020)
Globalising strategies to meet global challenges : the case of ageing and dementia: Parra Mario A, Butler Stephen, McGeown William J, Brown Nicholls Louise A, Robertson David J; Journal of Global Health Vol 9 (2019); https://doi.org/10.7189/jogh.09.020310
Super-recognisers show an advantage for other race face identification: Robertson David J, Black Jennifer, Chamberlain Bethany, Megreya Ahmed M, Davis Josh P; Applied Cognitive Psychology (2019); https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.3608

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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

Professional activities

Organiser: 1st Annual Psychology Public Engagement Talk: Recipient; 17/10/2019
University of Strathclyde Virtual Reality Conference: Participant; 1/10/2018
University of Strathclyde PSH/ONFIDO Partnership: Consultant; 1/8/2018
Unfamiliar Face Recognition: Super-recognisers, smartphones and identity fraud: Speaker; 1/11/2017
Face Recognition At It's Best 2017: Participant; 19/10/2017
Explorathon 2017: Are you a Super-Face-Recogniser?: Organiser; 30/9/2017

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Projects

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
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-Jan-2018 - 29-Jan-2018

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Address

Psychology
Graham Hills Building

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