Chair in Psychology
- About
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- Email Address
- louise.phillips@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 272229
- Office Address
School of Psychology
Room F23, William Guild Building
Kings College
Old Aberdeen
AB24 3FX- School/Department
- School of Psychology
Qualifications
- BSc (Hons) Psychology1990 - University of Edinburgh
- PhD Psychology1993 - University of Manchester
Memberships and Affiliations
- Internal Memberships
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- Course co-ordinator for PS3011 Psychological Assessment
- Steering group of Aberdeen Birth Cohort and Aberdeen Children of the 1950s
- External Memberships
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Vice-President of the European Cognitive Aging Society (EUCAS)
Member of British Psychological Society
Member of Experimental Psychology Society
Latest Publications
Age Differences in Gaze Following: Older Adults Follow Gaze More than Younger Adults When free-viewing Scenes
Experimental Aging Research, vol. 50, no. 1, pp. 84-101Contributions to Journals: ArticlesClassifying the non-metabolic demands of different physical activity types: The Physical Activity Demand (PAD) typology
PloS ONE, vol. 18, no. 10, e0291782Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAdult age differences in using information from the eyes and mouth to make decisions about others' emotions
Journals of Gerontology. Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol. 77, no. 12, pp. 2241-2251Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe Effects Of Adult Aging And Culture On Theory Of Mind
Journals of Gerontology. Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol. 77, no. 2, pp. 332-340Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbab093
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/18636/1/Yong_etal_JGSB_The_Effects_Of_AAM.pdf
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Remember to stay positive: Affect and prospective memory in everyday life
Applied Cognitive Psychology, vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 179-190Contributions to Journals: Articles
- Research
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Research Overview
I am interested in adult aging, in particular the effects of aging on cognition, emotion and social functioning. In the Aging, Cognition and Emotion Lab we address questions about age differences in communication, looking at how younger and older adults might differ in: expression and interpretation of emotional signals, the use of eye contact and gaze following in social interaction, understanding and empathy for others' mental states. We often find age differences in these aspects of communication - so this raises issues around why there are age differences: Generational changes in social norms? Changes in neurocognitive function? Differences in experience and motivation? And what impact might such changes have for everyday life in relation to intergenerational engagement, social relationships and quality of life? I also love getting involved in interdisciplinary projects on aging, looking at links between cognition, mental health, physical health, genetics, brain changes and social functioning.
Research Specialisms
- Cognitive Psychology
- Gerontology
- Psychology of Communication
- Affective Neuroscience
- Psychology of Ageing
Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
Current Research
- Adult aging, social cognition and emotional skills
- Intergenerational communication
- Effects of degenerative diseases on social and emotional processing
- Age, planning and prospective memory
Funding and Grants
2023-2025: Leverhulme Trust (Applicants Yong & Phillips). Theory of Mind in older adults: Links to fiction, cognition and social function. Awarded £188,476.
2022-2026: Dunhill Medical Trust (Lead applicant). Building interventions to improve quality of life in old age. Multiple PhD Studentship Award. Awarded £199,564.
2018-2020: Newton-Ungku Omar Fund Institutional Links UK-Malaysia grant (Applicants Phillips and Yong). Social cognition and executive function in older adults in the UK and Malaysia: links to socio-economic factors. Ref: 331745333. Awarded £128,461.
2017-2021: ESRC (Applicants Phillips, Tatler & Henry). Adult aging and social attention: the role of cognitive decline and social motivation. Ref: ES/P005330/1. Awarded £500,492. https://www.socialattentionesrc.co.uk/
2015-2018: ESRC/BBSRC.(Applicants Haggarty, Murray, Phillips, Staff, Hocking, Ferguson-Smith & Richards). Imprinting methylation; early life influences and later cognition and mood. Ref: ES/N00048X/1. Awarded £446,636.
- Teaching
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Teaching Responsibilities
- Level 1 Lifespan Development
- Level 3 Psychological Assessment
- Level 4 option course: Emotion and aging in social cognition
- BM4301 The Science of Aging
- Publications
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Both specific functions and general ability can be useful: But it depends what type of research question you ask
Cortex, vol. 41, pp. 236-237Contributions to Journals: EditorialsEffects of sad mood on time-based prospective memory.
Cognition & Emotion, vol. 19, pp. 1199-1213Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02699930500233820
Do “Frontal tests�? measure executive function? Issues of assessment and evidence from fluency tests
Methodology of Frontal and Executive Function. Taylor and Francis AS, pp. 185-207, 23 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203344187-13
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The role of working memory in age differences in reasoning
Working Memory and Thinking: Current Issues in Thinking and Reasoning. Taylor and Francis AS, pp. 21-42, 22 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203346754-8
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A meta-analytic review of prospective memory and aging
Psychology and Aging, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 27-39Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/0882-7974.19.1.27
Adult aging and the perceived intensity of emotions in faces and stories
Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 190-199Contributions to Journals: ArticlesInhibitory functioning in Alzheimer's disease
Brain, vol. 127, no. Pt 5, pp. 949-964Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awh045
The role of semantic knowledge on the cognitive estimation task--evidence from Alzheimer's disease and healthy adult aging
Journal of Neurology, vol. 251, no. 2, pp. 156-164Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-004-0292-8
Verbal fluency performance in dementia of the Alzheimer's type: a meta-analysis
Neuropsychologia, vol. 42, no. 9, pp. 1212-1222Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2004.02.001
Real life cognitive functioning: A study of quality of life in Scotland
The Gerontologist, vol. 43, no. S1, pp. 554-555Contributions to Journals: Abstracts
