Research Output per year
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Research Interests
I am an experimental psychologist and the primary aim of my research is to understand cognitive and affective changes associated with psychopathology, most notably depression and eating disorders. The key psychological processes that I am interested in are memory (especially autobiographical memory) and social cognition (especially processing of facial emotion). Other areas of expertise include: alexithymia (particularly in association with psychopathology, and influence on emotion processing) and cognitive changes observed in older adults.
Teaching Activity
Undergraduate
Abnormal Psychology, Introduction to Psychology, Psychology Practicals, Cognitive Neuroscience of Affective Disorders (Final Year Option)
Postgraduate
Miniproject in Cognitive Neuroscience, Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience
Membership of Professional Bodies
British Psychological Society (BPS)
Experimental Psychology Society (EPS)
Psychobiology Section of the BPS
Committee Member (Treasurer/ Members Secretary) British Association for Cognitive Neuroscience (BACN)
Editorial Board of Frontiers in Psychopathology
Contact Details
Room: SW 508B
Tel: +44 (0)121 204 4162
Fax: +44 (0)121 204 4090
Email: n.ridout@aston.ac.uk
Education/Academic qualification
PG Dip
Oct 2006 → Jun 2008
Award Date: 19 Aug 2009
PhD, University of St. Andrews
Oct 2000 → Dec 2004
Award Date: 29 Jul 2005
MSc, University of Stirling
Sep 1998 → Aug 1999
Award Date: 18 Jun 1999
MA, University of Dundee
Sep 1992 → Jul 1996
Award Date: 10 Jul 1996
External positions
Associate Editor
Sep 2018 → …Keywords
- BF Psychology
- Memory
- Autobiographical memory
- depression
- eating disorders
- facial emotion recognition
- social cognition
- executive function
- alexithymia
- emotion
- forgetting
- Q Science (General)
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Research Output
The influence of alexithymia on memory for emotional faces and realistic social interactions
Ridout, N., Smith, J. & Hawkins, H., 8 Apr 2020, In : Cognition and Emotion.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Investigating the mediating effect of working memory on intentional forgetting in dysphoria
Ridout, N., Noreen, S. & Cooke, R., 19 Jul 2019, In : Psychological Research.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
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Naming emotions in motion: Alexithymic traits impact the perception of implied motion in facial displays of affect
Senior, C., Hassel, S., Waheed, A. & Ridout, N., 3 Jan 2019, In : Emotion.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
File
Weak memory for future-oriented feedback: Investigating the roles of attention and improvement focus
Gregory, S., Winstone, N. E., Ridout, N. & Nash, R. A., 30 Dec 2019, In : Memory.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Alexithymia and Maladaptive Regulatory Behaviors in Substance Use Disorders and Eating Disorders
Morie, K. & Ridout, N., 2018, Alexithymia: Advances in Research, Theory, and Clinical Practice. 1st ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 158 16 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)
Thesis
Intentional forgetting in depressed states
Author: Noreen, S., 22 Jun 2010Supervisor: Ridout, N. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
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Interventions to improve autobiographical memory specificity in older adults: a strategy to prevent decline in wellbeing
Author: Leahy, F., 26 Nov 2018Supervisor: Holland, C. A. (Supervisor) & Ridout, N. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
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Activities
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Big Bang Science Fair
Nathan Ridout (Organiser)Mar 2016
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Nathan Ridout (Speaker)15 Mar 2012
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