Nathan Ridout

Personal profile

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

PhD, University of St. Andrews

Oct 2000 → Dec 2004

MSc, University of Stirling

Sep 1998 → Aug 1999

MA, University of Dundee

Sep 1992 → 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 2003 2019

28 Article
1 Chapter (peer-reviewed)
1 Meeting abstract

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

File

Short-Term Memory

Depression

Cues

Learning

Aptitude

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

Motion Perception

Emotions

Affective Symptoms

Facial Expression

Aptitude

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

Reading

Research

Remembering

Directives

Experiment

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)