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Professor Ian Robertson

Adjunct Professor (Trinity Inst. of Neurosciences (TCIN))
LLOYD INSTITUTE

 Ian.Robertson@tcd.ie

 3531896 8521

Fellow Emeritus (Psychology)

 (3531896)


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 Tags

  Attention   Awareness   Closed Head-Injury   Executive function   Frontal lobes   Hemispatial neglect   Neuropsychology   Plasticity   Rehabilitation

Research Projects

 Relationship between Genotype and Phenotype in Child and Adolescent ADHD: A genetic association study using neuropsychological performance and task-related brain activation as potential endophenotypes
 Neuroenhancement for Inequalities in Elder Lives
 Self Alert Training for Adults with Attentional Deficits
 The short and long range dynamics of attention
 TCIN Research Consortium on Neurodegeneration

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Representations

Details Date
Member of the Wellcome Trust Neuroscience Panel 2006-9
Founding Editor Neurocase, Oxford University Press. 1994-1997
Deputy Editor Neuropsychological Rehabilitation. 1990-1997
Member of Editorial Board of Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience. 1997 - Present
Member of Research Grants Committee, UK Stroke Association. 1994-1997
Member of the Irish Research Council for Humanities and Social Sciences 2000-2004

Languages

Language Skill Reading Skill Writing Skill Speaking
English Fluent Fluent Fluent
French Medium Medium Medium
German Fluent Medium Fluent
Italian Fluent Medium Medium

Memberships

Membership of Professional Institutions, Associations, Societies

Details Date From Date To
Member of the Royal Irish Academy 2004 2004
Member of the Council of the World Federation for Neurological Rehabilitation. 2002 Present
Member of the Advisory Council, International Association for the Study of Attention and Performance 1999 Present
Academy of Medical Sciences Working Group on the interface between basic and clinical neuroscience 2002 2003
Lawlor, B. and Grey, T. and Cotter, E.J. and Espina Diaz, M. and Robertson, I.H., Bringing brain health home: the importance of housing and the urban environment for building this generation†s brain health, Cities and Health, 2024, Notes: [cited By 0], Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Plini, E.R.G. and Melnychuk, M.C. and Harkin, A. and Dahl, M.J. and McAuslan, M. and KÃŒhn, S. and Boyle, R.T. and Whelan, R. and Andrews, R. and DÃŒzel, S. and Dreweilies, J. and Wagner, G.G. and Lindenberger, U. and Norman, K. and Robertson, I.H. and Dockree, P.M., Erratum to: Dietary Tyrosine Intake (FFQ) Is Associated with Locus Coeruleus, Attention and Grey Matter Maintenance: An MRI Structural Study on 398 Healthy Individuals of the Berlin Aging Study-II (The journal of nutrition, health & aging, (2023), 27, 12, (1174-1187), 10.1007/s12603-023-2005-y), Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging, 27, (12), 2023, p1288 , Notes: [cited By 0], Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Dawson, W.D. and Booi, L. and Pintado-Caipa, M. and Okada de Oliveira, M. and Kornhuber, A. and Spoden, N. and Golonka, O. and Shallcross, L. and Davidziuk, A. and Cominetti, M.R. and Vergara-Manríquez, M. and Kochhann, R. and Robertson, I. and Eyre, H.A. and Ibáñez, A., The Brain Health Diplomat's Toolkit: supporting brain health diplomacy leaders in Latin America and the Caribbean, The Lancet Regional Health - Americas, 28, (100627), 2023, Notes: [cited By 0], Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Plini ERG, Melnychuk MC, Harkin A, Dahl MJ, McAuslan M, Kühn S, Boyle RT, Whelan R, Andrews R, Düzel S, Drewelies J, Wagner GG, Lindenberger U, Norman K, Robertson IH, Dockree PM., Dietary Tyrosine Intake (FFQ) Is Associated with Locus Coeruleus, Attention and Grey Matter Maintenance: An MRI Structural Study on 398 Healthy Individuals of the Berlin Aging Study-II., J Nutr Health Aging, 27, (12), 2023, p1174 - 1187, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Ehrenberg, A.J., Kelberman, M.A., Liu, K.Y., Dahl, M.J., Weinshenker, D., Falgàs, N., Dutt, S., Mather, M., Ludwig, M., Betts, M.J., Winer, J.R., Teipel, S., Weigand, A.J., Eschenko, O., Hämmerer, D., Leiman, M., Counts, S.E., Shine, J.M., Robertson, I.H., Levey, A.I., Lancini, E., Son, G., Schneider, C., Egroo, M.V., Liguori, C., Wang, Q., Vazey, E.M., Rodriguez-Porcel, F., Haag, L., Bondi, M.W., Vanneste, S., Freeze, W.M., Yi, Y.-J., Maldinov, M., Gatchel, J., Satpati, A., Babiloni, C., Kremen, W.S., Howard, R., Jacobs, H.I.L., Grinberg, L.T., Priorities for research on neuromodulatory subcortical systems in Alzheimer's disease: Position paper from the NSS PIA of ISTAART, Alzheimer's and Dementia, 19, (5), 2023, p2182-2196 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Kelley, S.W. and Fisher, A.J. and Lee, C.T. and Gallagher, E. and Hanlon, A.K. and Robertson, I.H. and Gillan, C.M., Elevated emotion network connectivity is associated with fluctuations in depression, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 120, (45), 2023, Notes: [cited By 1], Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Brosnan MB, Dockree PM, Harty S, Pearce DJ, Levenstein JM, Gillebert CR, Bellgrove MA, O'Connell RG, Robertson IH, Demeyere N., Lost in Time: Temporal Monitoring Elicits Clinical Decrements in Sustained Attention Post-Stroke., Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS, 2022, p249-257 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  DOI
Machida, K. and Barry, E. and Mulligan, A. and Gill, M. and Robertson, I.H. and Lewis, F.C. and Green, B. and Kelly, S.P. and Bellgrove, M.A. and Johnson, K.A., Which Measures From a Sustained Attention Task Best Predict ADHD Group Membership?, Journal of Attention Disorders, 2022, Notes: [cited By 0], Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Boyle, R., Connaughton, M., McGlinchey, E., Knight, S.P., De Looze, C., Carey, D., Stern, Y., Robertson, I.H., Kenny, R.A. and Whelan, R, Connectome-based predictive modeling of cognitive reserve using task-based functional connectivity, bioRxiv, 2022, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  URL
Adcock KS, Lawlor B, Robertson IH, Vanneste S, Diminishing accelerated long-term forgetting in mild cognitive impairment: Study protocol for a prospective, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized controlled trial., Contemporary clinical trials communications, 2022, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
  

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Preface in, editor(s)Jager, Sake Kurek, Malgorzata O'Rourke, Breffni , New directions in telecollaborative research and practice: selected papers from the second conference on telecollaboration in higher education, Dublin, Research-Publishing.net, 2016, ppxxv - xxviii, [O'Rourke, Breffni], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Robertson, IH, Keynote Address, Danish Association of Neuropsychology, September , 2007, Invited Talk, PRESENTED
Robertson, IH, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, March, 2007, Invited Talk, PRESENTED
Robertson, IH, Keynote Address, Association of Medical Neurology, Duesseldorf., May , 2007, Invited Talk, PRESENTED
Robertson, IH, American Society for Rehabilitation,, Washington, October, 2007, Invited Talk, PRESENTED
Robertson, IH, Keynote Address, Italian Association for Neurorehabilitation, Ferrara, November, 2006, Invited Talk, PRESENTED
Robertson, IH, World Congress on Neurological Rehabilitation, Hong Kong, February, 2006, Invited Talk, PRESENTED
Robertson, IH, British Neuropsychological Society meeting, Cambridge., March, 2006, Invited Talk, PRESENTED
Joanne Cunningham Mary Coffey Tommy Knöös Ola Holmberg , Introduction to ROSIS, 2006, -, Miscellaneous, PUBLISHED
Robertson, IH, Keynote Address, British Psychological Society's Psychobiology Section,, Windermere, UK., September, 2005, Invited Talk, PRESENTED

  

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Awards and Honours

Award Date
Irv Acenberg Scientist Award from the University of Toronto, Rotman Research Institute 2002
Fellow, Hughes Hall College, Cambridge. 1997 - 1999
Medical Research Council Travelling Fellow, University of Rome, Italy 1989-1990

Research Interests

Description Of Research Interests

neuropsychology,biomarkers, alzheimer's disease, ageing, cognitive function, eeg