Ian H Robertson
Adjunct Professor
Psychology
Trinity College Dublin
Ireland
Biography
Ian Robertson is Professor of Psychology at Trinity College Dublin and was the founding Director of Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience. He is a member of the Royal Irish Academy. Previously a senior scientist at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit in Cambridge, where he was also a fellow at Hughes Hall, Ian Robertson continues to be a Visiting Professor at University College London, University of Wales at Bangor and is a Visiting Scientist at the Rotman Research Institute, University of Toronto. A graduate of Glasgow University, he gained his Masters and Doctoral degrees at the University of London. His research focusses on the neuropsychology of brain rehabilitation and attention: he has more than 200 published books and articles in this field. A former science writer for the London Times, his multiply-translated popular science books are Mind Sculpture and the Mind's Eye.
Research Interest
neuropsychology,biomarkers, alzheimer's disease, ageing, cognitive function, eeg
Publications
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Paton K, Hammond P, Barry E, Fitzgerald M, McNicholas F, Kirley A, Robertson IH, Bellgrove MA, Gill M, Johnson KA, Methylphenidate improves some but not all measures of attention, as measured by the TEA-Ch in medication-naïve children with ADHD., Child neuropsychology : a journal on normal and abnormal development in childhood and adolescence, 20, (3), 2014, p303-18
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Kelly ME, Loughrey D, Lawlor BA, Robertson IH, Walsh C, Brennan S, The impact of exercise on the cognitive functioning of healthy older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis., Ageing research reviews, 16, 2014, p12-31
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Salomone S, Robertson IH, Lynch T, Balsters JH, Fearon C, Marnane M, Pender NP, Dockree PM, The effects of immunologic brainstem encephalopathy on cognitive function following awakening from a progressive autoimmune coma., Neurocase, 20, (5), 2014, 569-580
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Harty, S, Robertson IH, Miniussi, C, Sheehy OC, Devine, CA, McCreery S, & O Connell, RG, Transcranial direct current stimulation over right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex enhances error awareness in older age, Journal of Neuroscience, 2014, p3646 - 3652
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Connecting clinical and experimental investigations of awareness in traumatic brain injury in, editor(s)J. Grafman and A.M. Salazar , Handbook of Clinical Neurology, Elsevier, 2015, 511-524 , [Dockree, P.M. O Connell, R.G. Robertson, I.H.]
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Murphy PR, Robertson IH, Harty S, O Connell RG, Neural evidence accumulation persists after choice to inform metacognitive judgments., eLife, 4, 2015, pe11946-
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Hannigan C, Coen RF, Lawlor BA, Robertson IH, Brennan S, The NEIL Memory Research Unit: psychosocial, biological, physiological and lifestyle factors associated with healthy ageing: study protocol., BMC psychology, 3, (1), 2015, p20
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Mancuso M, Magnani N, Cantagallo A, Rossi G, Capitani D, Galletti V, Cardamone G, Robertson IH, Emotion recognition impairment in traumatic brain injury compared with schizophrenia spectrum: similar deficits with different origins., The Journal of nervous and mental disease, 203, (2), 2015, p87-95
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Dockree PM, O Connell RG, Robertson IH, Connecting clinical and experimental investigations of awareness in traumatic brain injury., Handbook of clinical neurology, 128, 2015, p511-24
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Pertl MM, Lawlor BA, Robertson IH, Walsh C, Brennan S, Risk of Cognitive and Functional Impairment in Spouses of People With Dementia: Evidence From the Health and Retirement Study., Journal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology, 28, (4), 2015, p260-71
