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

More prizes and awards

Publications

Social media 'addiction' : the absence of an attentional bias to social media stimuli: Thomson K, Hunter S C, Butler S H, Robertson D J; Journal of Behavioral Addictions Vol 10, pp. 302-313 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1556/2006.2021.00011
Who falls for fake news? The role of emotional intelligence: Preston S, Anderson A, Robertson D J, Shephard M P, Huhe N; Association For Psychological Science 2021 Convention (2021)
Poor sleep linked to inability to focus - new study: Robertson David James, Miller Christopher B; (2021)
Are super-face-recognisers also super-voice-recognisers? Evidence from cross-modal identification tasks: Jenkins Ryan E, Tsermentseli Stella, Monks Claire P, Robertson David J, Stevenage Sarah V, Symons Ashley E, Davis Josh P; Applied Cognitive Psychology Vol 35, pp. 590-605 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.3813
Why your social media habit is probably not an addiction – new research: Robertson David James, Hunter Simon, Butler Stephen; (2021)
Fake news : people with greater emotional intelligence are better at spotting misinformation: Anderson Tony, Robertson David James; (2021)

More publications

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

Social media 'addiction'? An attentional bias study: Speaker; 26/5/2021
Detecting Passport Morphs: An Individual Differences Approach: Speaker; 3/3/2021
Setting up a successful departmental Twitter account (@UOSPsychology): Speaker; 10/2/2021
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

More professional activities

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

More projects

Address

Psychology
Graham Hills Building

Location Map

View University of Strathclyde in a larger map