Robert A. Nash

United Kingdom

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Contact Details

Tel: 0121 204 4522
Email: R.Nash1@aston.ac.uk

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

Qualifications

PhD Psychology - University of Warwick (2010)
BSc (Hons) Psychology - University of Warwick (2006)
Graduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching - University of Surrey (2012)

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: Legal & Criminological Psychology (2019 - Present)
Editorial board: Psychology, Crime & Law (2014 – Present)
Senior Fellow: Higher Education Academy
External examiner: BSc/MA/MSocSci Psychology, University of Glasgow (2018 - Present)
External examiner: MSc Social Psychology, University of Surrey (2021 - Present)

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

Chris 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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‘Rapport myopia’ in investigative interviews: Evidence from linguistic and subjective indicators of rapport
Richardson, B. H. & Nash, R. A., Feb 2022, In: Legal and Criminological Psychology. 27, 1, p. 32-47 16 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Selective memory searching does not explain the poor recall of future-oriented feedback
Nash, R. A., Winstone, N. E. & Gregory, S., Sep 2021, In: Journal of Applied Research in Memory & Cognition. 10, 3, p. 467-478 12 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Front-of-pack health imagery on both ‘healthy’ and ‘unhealthy’ foods leads people to misremember seeing health claims: Two memory experiments
Delivett, C., Farrow, C., Thomas, J. M. & Nash, R. A., 1 Jul 2022, In: Appetite. 174, 106013.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Memories people no longer believe in can still affect them in helpful and harmful ways
Burnell, R., Nash, R. A., Umanath, S. & Garry, M., 16 May 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Memory and Cognition.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Educators’ perceptions of responsibility-sharing in feedback processes
Winstone, N. E., Pitt, E. & Nash, R. A., 2021, In: Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education. 46, 1, p. 118-131 14 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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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: https://doi.org/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
Public attitudes on the ethics of deceptively planting false memories to motivate healthy behavior
Nash, R. A. (Creator), Berkowitz, S. R. (Creator) & Roche, S. (Creator), Aston Data Explorer, 2016
DOI: 10.17036/2830bd36-0199-4f84-bf92-aa654ccb3b20, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/acp.3274
Dataset