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Professor Louise Phillips

Professor Louise Phillips
Professor Louise Phillips
Professor Louise Phillips

Chair in Psychology

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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) Psychology 
    1990 - University of Edinburgh 
  • PhD Psychology 
    1993 - University of Manchester 

Memberships and Affiliations

Internal Memberships
  • Course co-ordinator for PS3011 Psychological Assessment
  • Steering group of Aberdeen Birth Cohort and Aberdeen Children of the 1950s 
  • Lead for the Aberdeen Ageing Well group
External Memberships

Vice-President of the European Cognitive Aging Society (EUCAS) 

Member of British Psychological Society

Member of Experimental Psychology Society

Latest Publications

  • Self-reported social and motivational factors in health-related future intentions amongst older adults

    Nygaard, M. A., Rubínová, E., Allan, J., Stasová, J., Phillips, L.
    European Journal of Ageing
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Assessing empathy in adults: A Malay language validation and measurement invariance of the Empathy Quotient (M-EQ)

    Wo, S. W., Mumfahir, R. H., Tan, C. Y., Phillips, L., Yong, M. H.
    PloS ONE, vol. 21, no. 5, e0349335
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • How social media use and abuse are related to social cognition and loneliness in older adults

    Kong, Q., Ruffman, T., Phillips, L. H., Yong, M. H.
    European Journal of Ageing
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
    • [ONLINE] DOI:

  • Expression ambiguity leads to greater influence of predictive context during face emotion perception

    Pullinen, V. A., Phillips, L., Bach, P., Golubickis, M., Newlands, A., Jackson, M. C.
    Cognition & Emotion
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
    • [ONLINE] DOI:

  • Now you see it, now you don't: The age-related positivity effect to faces disappears in naturalistic settings

    Grainger, S. A., Ward, E., Barber, S. J., Tatler, B. W., Phillips, L. H.
    Emotion, vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 707-716
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
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Research

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 , published under the 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

 

2027-2036:  Leverhulme Trust Centenary Doctoral Programme on Social Connectivity in Later Life. (Lead applicant). REF DS-2026-01 Awarded £5,000,000. See here!

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

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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  • Self-reported social and motivational factors in health-related future intentions amongst older adults

    Nygaard, M. A., Rubínová, E., Allan, J., Stasová, J., Phillips, L.
    European Journal of Ageing
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
    • [ONLINE] DOI:

  • Assessing empathy in adults: A Malay language validation and measurement invariance of the Empathy Quotient (M-EQ)

    Wo, S. W., Mumfahir, R. H., Tan, C. Y., Phillips, L., Yong, M. H.
    PloS ONE, vol. 21, no. 5, e0349335
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
    • [OPEN ACCESS]

  • How social media use and abuse are related to social cognition and loneliness in older adults

    Kong, Q., Ruffman, T., Phillips, L. H., Yong, M. H.
    European Journal of Ageing
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
    • [ONLINE] DOI:

  • Expression ambiguity leads to greater influence of predictive context during face emotion perception

    Pullinen, V. A., Phillips, L., Bach, P., Golubickis, M., Newlands, A., Jackson, M. C.
    Cognition & Emotion
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
    • [ONLINE] DOI:

  • Now you see it, now you don't: The age-related positivity effect to faces disappears in naturalistic settings

    Grainger, S. A., Ward, E., Barber, S. J., Tatler, B. W., Phillips, L. H.
    Emotion, vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 707-716
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
    • [OPEN ACCESS]
    • [ONLINE]

  • Do Age-Based Meta-Stereotypes Matter in Intergenerational Relationships?

    Pang, H. T., Phillips, L. H.
    Journal of Intergenerational Relationships
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Aging and complex emotion perception: the influence of context and multimodal presentation

    Lawrie, L., Jackson, M. C., Cowie, L., Phillips, L.
    Aging Neuropsychology and Cognition, vol. 32, no. 6, pp. 907-925
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  • Involvement of older adults in shared decision-making on care transitions in the UK: An interpretative qualitative systematic review

    Halamova, L., Locock, L., Maclaren, A., Makin, S., Phillips, L.
    Ageing and Society, vol. 45, no. 11, pp. 2500-2525
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  • Understanding Older Adults’ Experience of Prospective Memory Errors and Strategy Use

    Nygaard, M. A., Rubínová, E., Allan, J., Phillips, L.
    Applied Cognitive Psychology, vol. 39, no. 3, e70066
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  • Age and Cultural Differences in the Relationship Between Reading and Theory of Mind

    Phillips, L., Lawrie, L., Suchomelova, Z., Heinämaa, S., O'Dwyer, A., Yong, M. H.
    Poetics, vol. 109, 101984
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  • Stereotypical Bias Amplification, and Reversal, in an Experimental Model of Human Interaction with Generative AI

    Allan, K., Azcona, J., Sripada, S., Leontidis, G., Sutherland, C., Phillips, L., Martin, D.
    Royal Society Open Science, 241472
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  • Age Differences in Gaze Following: Older Adults Follow Gaze More than Younger Adults When free-viewing Scenes

    Fernandes, E. G., Tatler, B. W., Slessor, G., Phillips, L. H.
    Experimental Aging Research, vol. 50, no. 1, pp. 84-101
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  • Classifying the non-metabolic demands of different physical activity types: The Physical Activity Demand (PAD) typology

    Roberts, C., Phillips, L., Cooper, C., Gray, S., Soiza, R., Allan, J.
    PloS ONE, vol. 18, no. 10, e0291782
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  • Adult age differences in using information from the eyes and mouth to make decisions about others' emotions

    Slessor, G., Insch, P., Sciaponaite, V., Adamowicz, M., Phillips, L. H.
    Journals of Gerontology. Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol. 77, no. 12, pp. 2241-2251
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  • The Effects Of Adult Aging And Culture On Theory Of Mind

    Yong, M. H., Lawrie, L., Schaefer, A., Phillips, L. H.
    Journals of Gerontology. Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol. 77, no. 2, pp. 332-340
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  • Remember to stay positive: Affect and prospective memory in everyday life

    Pupillo, F., Powell, D., Phillips, L., Schnitzspahn, K.
    Applied Cognitive Psychology, vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 179-190
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  • Visual attentional orienting by eye gaze: A meta-analytic review of the gaze-cueing effect

    McKay, K. T., Grainger, S. A., Coundouris, S. P., Skorich, D. P., Phillips, L. H., Henry, J. D.
    Psychological bulletin, vol. 147, no. 12, pp. 1269-1289
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  • Multiple sclerosis, emotion perception and social functioning

    Radlak, B., Cooper, C., Summers, F., Phillips, L. H.
    Journal of neuropsychology, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 500-515
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  • The interplay between gaze and consistency in scene viewing: Evidence from visual search by young and older adults

    Fernandes, E., Phillips, L., Slessor, G., Tatler, B.
    Attention, Perception & Psychophysics, vol. 83, pp. 1954–1970
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  • The Detrimental Effects of Mood on Prospective Memory Are Modulated by Age

    Pupillo, F., Phillips, L., Schnitzspahn, K.
    Emotion, vol. 21, no. 3, pp. 569-583
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  • The effects of adult ageing and culture on the tower of London task

    Phillips, L. H., Lawrie, L., Schaefer, A., Tan, C. Y., Yong, M. H.
    Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 12, 631458
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  • Imprinting methylation predicts hippocampal volumes and hyperintensities and the change with age in later life

    Ritchie, M., Murray, A., Staff, R., Ferguson-Smith, A. C., Richards, M., Horgan, G. W., Phillips, L., Hoad, G., McNeil, C., Ribeiro, A., Haggarty, P.
    Scientific Reports, vol. 11, 943
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  • Task characteristics influence facial emotion recognition age-effects: A meta-analytic review

    Hayes, G. S., Mclennan, S. N., Henry, J. D., Phillips, L. H., Terrett, G., Rendell, P. G., Pelly, R. M., Labuschagne, I.
    Psychology and Aging, vol. 35, no. 2, pp. 295-315
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  • The nature of anger in people with multiple sclerosis: a qualitative study

    Laing, C. M., Cooper, C. L., Summers, F., Lawrie, L., O’Flaherty, S., Phillips, L. H.
    Psychology & Health, vol. 35, no. 7, pp. 824-837
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  • Visual attention, biological motion perception and healthy ageing

    Agnew, H. C., Phillips, L. H., Pilz, K. S.
    Psychological Research, vol. 84, pp. 625-642
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