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) 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
- Lead for the Aberdeen Ageing Well group
- 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
Self-reported social and motivational factors in health-related future intentions amongst older adults
European Journal of AgeingContributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
Assessing empathy in adults: A Malay language validation and measurement invariance of the Empathy Quotient (M-EQ)
PloS ONE, vol. 21, no. 5, e0349335Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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How social media use and abuse are related to social cognition and loneliness in older adults
European Journal of AgeingContributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
Expression ambiguity leads to greater influence of predictive context during face emotion perception
Cognition & EmotionContributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
Now you see it, now you don't: The age-related positivity effect to faces disappears in naturalistic settings
Emotion, vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 707-716Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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- 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 , 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
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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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Real-world problem solving and quality of life in older people
British Journal of Health Psychology, vol. 12, no. 4, pp. 587-600Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
Exploring the Specificity of Age-Related Differences in Theory of Mind Tasks
Psychology and Aging, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 639-643Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
Traumatic brain injury and prospective memory: Influence of task complexity
Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, vol. 29, no. 5, pp. 457-466Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
Role of working memory components in planning performance of individuals with Parkinson's disease
Neuropsychologia, vol. 45, no. 10, pp. 2393-2397Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
Exploring the Role of Working Memory in Dynamic Social Cue Decoding Using Dual Task Methodology
Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 137-152Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
Adult Age Differences in Errand Planning: The Role of Task Familiarity and Cognitive Resources
Experimental Aging Research, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 145-161Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
Cognitive Aging: Activity Patterns and Maintenance Intentions
International Journal of Aging and Human Development, vol. 65, no. 3, pp. 259-280Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
Effects of age and emotional intensity on the recognition of facial emotion
Experimental Aging Research, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 63-79Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
Emotional development across adulthood: Differential age-related emotional reactivity and emotion regulation in a negative mood induction procedure
International Journal of Aging and Human Development, vol. 64, no. 3, pp. 217-244Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe psychological, neurochemical and functional neuroanatomical mediators of the effects of positive and negative mood on executive functions
Neuropsychologia, vol. 45, no. 4, pp. 617-629Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: