Dr Kevin Allan

I am a Cognitive Neuroscientist. My research deals with the real-time and in vivo operation of the episodic memory system. I run the the Cognitive Electrophysiology and Memory Laboratory in the School of Psychology at the University of Aberdeen. Work in the lab is currently funded by the Scottish Neuroimaging Network (SINAPSE) , and has in the past been supported by the BBSRC, the BIAL Foundation and the Carnegie Trust.

Lab News

September 14th 2011: The journal 'Evolution and Human Behavour' has accepted our paper demonstrating that women's memory is biased by masculinity cues in men's faces.

August 29th 2011: Our paper, suggesting that memory conformity arises from simulating how other people's memory works, has been accepted for publication by Memory and Cognition.

July 27th 2011: David's first paper on voices, showing possible adaptations for mate-choice within women's episodic memory, has been accepted for publication by Memory and Cognition!

June 29th 2011: David is presenting the results of his work on possible adaptions for mate-choice within women's episodic memory at the Human Behaviour and Evolution Society (HBES) conference in Montpelier, France.

1st March 2011: Fiona Gabbert is presenting new results from our collaborative work on the perceived accuracy of Self vs. Other and memory conformity, at the American Psychology and Law Society Conference in Miami, Florida.

1st February 2011: An early paper of ours on memory conformity has recently been republished by Applied Cognitive Psychology as part of a special issue celebrating its 25th Anniversary (Gabbert, Memon, and Allan, K, 2011, From the archive: ‘Memory conformity: Can eyewitnesses influence each other's memories for an event?’, Applied Cognitive Psychology, 25, S1, pp163 - 174 . The paper was selected by former editor Don Read, because of the impact it has had on the field.