Dr Leigh Riby

Leigh is a Reader in Psychology using a cognitive neuroscience approach to examine ageing, mind wandering and creative imagination. He obtained his PhD in 2001 from Bristol University (executive functioning in old age) before moving on to Stirling to undertake a post-doctoral position investigating episodic memory using EEG and fMRI methodology.  Leigh also held a lectureship at Glasgow Caledonian University.

Leigh’s other interests include 1) nutrition and mental performance (http://tinyurl.com/d6ua6yt), 2) diabetes, 3) memory retrieval processes, 4) brain imaging techniques, 5) typical/atypical development & 6) music and cognition.

Personal Websites: www.diabetesbrain.com 

Selected Publications

Books

Riby, L.M., Smith, M. & Foster, J. (2012). Nutrition and mental performance: a developmental perspective. Palgrave MacMillan.

Articles

Riby, D.M., Kirk, H., Hanley, M. & Riby, L.M. (2013). Stranger danger: Awareness in Williams Syndrome. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research.. – in press

Brown, L.& Riby, L.M. (2013). Glucose facilitation of hippocampal and pre-frontal function. Food and Function.

Reay, J., Smith, M. & Riby, L.M. (2013). B vitamins and cognitive performance in older adults – A Review. ISRN Nutrition, vol. 2013, Article ID 650983.

Riby, L.M. & Orme, E. (2013). A familiar pattern? Semantic memory contributes to the enhancement of visuo-spatial memories. Brain and cognition, 81, 215-222.

Riby, L.M. (2013). The Joys of Spring: Changes in Mental Alertness and Brain Function. Experimental Psychology. 60, 71-9

Riby, L.M., Law, A., McLaughlin, J.,&  Murray, J. (2011). Preliminary evidence that glucose ingestion facilitates prospective memory performance. Nutrition Research, 31, 370-7.

Riby, L. M., Barron, L., Greer, J., & Smallwood, J. (2011). Absorbed in thought: The impact of mind-wandering on the processing of relevant and irrelevant events. Psychological Science, 22, 596-601.

Smith, M., Riby, L.M.,  van Eekelen, J.A. & Foster, J.K. (2011). Glucose enhancement of human memory: A comprehensive review of the glucose facilitation effect. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 35, 770-783.

Riby, D. M., Jones, N., Robinson, Langton, S., Bruce, V., & Riby, L.M. (2011). Attention to faces in Williams syndrome. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 41, 1228-1239.

Brown, L.A., Riby, L.M., & Reay, J.L. (2010). Supplementing Cognitive Ageing: A selective review of the effects of everyday nutritional substances. Experimental Ageing Research, 36, 105-122.

For a full list of publications please visit: http://tinyurl.com/9jmvaes

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