Louise Phillips, School of Psychology, Aberdeen University.

Current research grants:

Adult aging and the decoding of subtle social cues to mental state.

2007-2010: Leverhulme Trust (Applicants Phillips & Bull). Awarded £117,573.

Researchers: Roy Allen + Pauline Insch + Kirsty Burr + Will Ogg

Effects of stroke on emotion perception and functional recovery.

2007-2010: CSO Research Fellowship to Clare Scott

2007-2008: Grant from Tenovus Scotland (Applicants Johnston, Scott, Phillips & Hamilton). Awarded £9593.

Researchers: Clare Scott + Andrea Collard + Lisa Wallace + Bogna Radlak

Self-regulation, peer influence, novelty seeking and risk-taking in adolescence.

2008-2010: Leverhulme Trust (Applicants Hosie & Phillips). Adolescence: Novelty seeking, self-regulation, and risk-taking. Awarded £78,002.

2010. Alcohol Education and Research Council. (Applicants Magar, Hosie & Phillips). Awarded £4491.

Researchers: Emily Magar & Rachel Couper

Effects of Alzheimer's Disease on emotional processing and theory of mind.

2005-2006. Alzheimer's Research Trust (£23,706 to Phillips, Bell & Mowat).

2009-2013. Lily Charlton Trust funding for PhD studentship. Supervisors Phillips & Mowat.

Researcher: Pauline Insch

How do you know what others feel? A psychophysiological study of social cognition and aging.

2009-2011: Bial Foundation. (Applicants MacPherson, Hunter & Phillips). Awarded £35,640.

Researcher: Monika Hunter

Age-related positive biases and social perception.

2009: Nuffield Foundation (Applicants Miles & Phillips). Awarded £7432.

Researcher: Rachel Bannerman

Everyday cognition in older adulthood: the age-prospective memory paradox.

2009-2011: Australian Research Council Discovery Project (Applicants Henry, Rendell, Phillips & Kliegel.) Awarded AUD $330,000.

Researcher: Phoebe Bailey

Behaviour for well-being environment and life (BE-WEL).

2009-2010: ESRC, MRC and BBSRC: Understanding individual behaviours exploratory network grant. (Applicants Hunter, Phillips, Murray, Redpath, van der Wal, Anable, Stollery, Edwards, Van Vugt, Prell & Reed). £199,460.

Researcher: Louise Reid

Serum urate and cognitive decline in the Aberdeen 1936 Birth Cohort

2010-2011: Study.Tenovus Scotland (Applicants Soiza, Staff, Murray, Phillips). Awarded £9456.

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Previous research topics and grants:

Emotional and cognitive functioning in multiple sclerosis.

2007-2008: Tenovus Scotland (Applicants Phillips, Henry, Summers & Whyte). Awarded £8270.

2005-2006: University of Sydney Faculty Research Grant Program. (Applicants Henry, McDonald, Phillips, Beatty, and Longley). AUD $18,000.

Researchers: Clare Scott + Moira Cook

Speed, control and age: in honour of Patrick Rabbitt.

Awards from Experimental Psychology Society (£3000 to Phillips, Duncan & McLeod) and British Psychological Society (£3000 to Phillips, Moulin & Duncan) to hold a meeting to honour Patrick Rabbitt's contribution to psychology, and organize discussion meetings on topic of aging and executive functioning.

Theory of mind and executive functioning: dual task studies.

2004-2005. Funded by ESRC. Collaboration with Rebecca Bull.

Researcher: Claire Conway.

Aging, inhibition and attentional control.

2003-2004: Funded by ESRC. Collaboration with Pilar Andres and Tim Perfect at the University of Plymouth. Awarded £39,911. Project summary.

Researcher Chiara Guerini

Working memory and social cue decoding.

2003-2004: Funded by ESRC. Collaboration with Shelley Channon, UCL. Awarded £42,425. Project summary.

Researcher: Mary Tunstall

Adult aging and the regulation of emotion.

2002-2004: Funded by Leverhulme Trust. Collaboration with Judith Hosie and Alan Milne. Awarded £56,725. Project summary.

Researcher: Julie Henry

Aging and the perception of emotions.

2001: Royal Society of Edinburgh & Lloyds TSB 2001 Support Research Fellowship on Aging to allow research leave. Awarded £18,185 for replacement teaching.

2000-2001: Leverhulme Trust: Awarded competition Research Fellowship to allow research leave. Awarded £15,980 for replacement teaching and research assistance.

Quality of life and real-life cognitive functioning.

1999-2002: Funded by ESRC Programme grant under the Growing Older research programme: extending quality life. Collaboration with Mary Gilhooly, University of Paisley, Phil Hanlon, University of Glasgow and Ken Gilhooly, University of Brunel. Awarded £146,943.

The use of virtual environments in the rehabilitation of patients with brain injuries.

1998-1999: Funded by Grampian Healthcare Trust. (Applicants: McGeorge, Crawford, Phillips, Milne, Della Sala, Hamilton, Callander). Awarded £31,000.

Researcher: Sharin Garden.

Working memory, planning & age.

1995-1997: Funded by ESRC. Collaborators: Ken Gilhooly, Robert Logie & Sergio Della Sala. Awarded £65,843.

Researcher: Val Wynn

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