Robert A. Nash

United Kingdom

Contact Details

Qualifications

PhD Psychology - University of Warwick (2010)
BSc (Hons) Psychology - University of Warwick (2006)
National Teaching Fellow - Advance HE (2024)
Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2016)
Graduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching - University of Surrey (2012)

Research Interests

I study human memory, cognition, and social influence, with a particular interest in applications of these topics to issues in legal and educational psychology. My research focuses on themes such as:

people's ability to remember past events and experiences, and information they have learned
factors that can shape or distort what we remember/believe
how people engage with, and respond to, feedback about their performance and memories
how we can help people to remember more effectively

Employment

2015 - Present: Aston University (Reader in Psychology; formerly Lecturer and Senior Lecturer)
2011 - 2015: University of Surrey (Lecturer in Social Psychology, Crime & Law)
2010 - 2011: Lancaster University (Research Associate)

Professional/editorial offices

Associate Editor: Applied Cognitive Psychology (2024 - Present); Legal & Criminological Psychology (2019 - 2023)
Editorial Board Member: Legal & Criminological Psychology (2023 - Present); Psychology, Crime & Law (2014 – Present)
Guest Editor: Educational Psychologist (2023, Vol 58, Issue 3); Memory (2022, Vol 30, Issue 6)

Funding Applications and Awards

Assessments & Qualifications Alliance (2019) - Co-I, £24,567
Leverhulme Trust (2017-2019) - PI, £98,236
Wellcome Trust (2015) - PI, £4,013
Higher Education Academy (2014-2015) - Joint PI, £29,389
College of Policing (2013) - Co-I, £33,035
European Commission FP7 (2012-2016) - Co-I, ~€3M, of which ~€250K to Uni. of Surrey
British Academy (2012-2013) - PI, £9,218
Richard Benjamin Memorial Trust (2011-2012) - PI, £9,078
British Psychological Society (2011) - PI, £1,400

PhD Supervision

Yanli Wan (Principal supervisor, 2023- Present)
Christopher Delivett (Principal supervisor, 2018 - 2022)
Nicholas Alexander (Associate supervisor, 2017 - 2020)
Alena Nash (Principal supervisor, 2016 - 2019)
Naomi Klepacz (Principal supervisor, 2011 - 2015)

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An exploratory field study of students’ memory for written feedback comments
Winstone, N. E. & Nash, R. A., 20 Jun 2024, In: Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice. p. 1-15 15 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
Oscillatory neural correlates of police firearms decision making in virtual reality
Alexander, N. A., Kelly, C. L., Wang, H., Nash, R. A., Beebe, S., Brookes, M. J. & Kessler, K., Jul 2024, In: eNeuro. 11, 7, 25 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Searching students’ reflective writing for linguistic correlates of their tendency to ignore instructors’ feedback
Nash, R. A. & Thomas, J. M., 20 Mar 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice. 31, 1, p. 75-90 16 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Time and memory distrust shape the dynamics of recollection and belief-in-occurrence
Zhang, Y., Otgaar, H., Nash, R. A. & Rosar, L., 9 Apr 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Memory. 32, 4, p. 484-501 18 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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A tale of two distrusts: Memory distrust towards commission and omission errors in the Chinese context
Zhang, Y., Qi, F., Otgaar, H., Nash, R. A. & Jelicic, M., 11 Sept 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Applied Research in Memory & Cognition.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Effects of cueing multiple memories of eating on people’s judgments about their diet
Delivett, C. (Creator), Thomas, J. M. (Creator), Farrow, C. (Creator) & Nash, R. A. (Creator), Aston Data Explorer, 3 Sept 2023
DOI: 10.17036/researchdata.aston.ac.uk.00000605
Dataset
Front-of-pack health imagery on both ‘healthy’ and ‘unhealthy’ foods leads people to misremember seeing health claims
Delivett, C. (Creator), Farrow, C. (Creator), Thomas, J. M. (Creator) & Nash, R. A. (Creator), Aston Data Explorer, 2 Jun 2021
DOI: 10.17036/researchdata.aston.ac.uk.00000501
Dataset
A memory advantage for past-oriented over future-oriented performance feedback
Nash, R. A. (Creator), Winstone, N. E. (Creator), Gregory, S. (Creator) & Papps, E. (Creator), Aston Data Explorer, 8 Jan 2018
DOI: 10.17036/researchdata.aston.ac.uk.00000313, https://content.apa.org/fulltext/2018-09034-001.html
Dataset
Changing beliefs about past public events with believable and unbelievable doctored photographs
Nash, R. A. (Creator), Aston Data Explorer, 21 Aug 2017
DOI: 10.17036/researchdata.aston.ac.uk.00000283, https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2018-05994-005
Dataset
Facing away from the interviewer: Evidence of little benefit to eyewitnesses’ memory performance
Nash, A. (Creator), Ridout, N. (Creator) & Nash, R. A. (Creator), Aston Data Explorer, 8 Feb 2019
DOI: 10.17036/researchdata.aston.ac.uk.00000402, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/acp.3723
Dataset