Dr Colin Hamilton

Assistant Professor

Department: Psychology

CH 2014 Colin is currently a Senior Lecturer in Psychology; he has worked in the primary, secondary, further and higher education sectors in the UK.

Within higher education he has been responsible for Biological, Cognitive, Neuropsychology, Individual Differences, Research Design and Statistics courses. He is currently module leader on Cognitive, Working Memory and Individual Differences modules. He has been a Programme Leader on UG Psychology programmes in two universities and over the past decade he has been Programme Leader for the MSc Psychology conversion programme, formerly the Graduate Diploma in Psychology programme.

His research interests are in cognition and in particular short term visual memory and visuospatial working memory. A major emphasis has been on the individual differences associated with visual short term memory, with a focus upon child development, and adult ageing. A recent focus has been upon the individual differences in working memory associated with the broader autism phenotype. Much of his research has been in collaboration with colleagues in St Andrews University, Newcastle University, Durham University, La Sapienza, Rome and Padova, Italy.

Campus Address

129 Northumberland Building
Northumberland Road
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 8ST

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Key Publications

Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
Beyond the Rubicon: a Continuum Approach to Investigating the Impact of ADHD Like Characteristics on Everyday Executive Function in Children with Tourette Syndrome., Hamilton, C., Harrison, K. 27 Apr 2023, In: Child Neuropsychology
Heated Behaviour in the Classroom for Children with FASD: The Relationship between Characteristics Associated with ADHD, ODD and ASD, Hot Executive Function and Classroom Based Reward Systems, Carrick, A., Hamilton, C. 4 Apr 2023, In: Children
Self-reported memory and executive function in adult non-clinical hoarders, Heffernan, T., Hamilton, C., Neave, N. 4 Mar 2023, In: Applied Neuropsychology: Adult
Untangling the tingle: Investigating the association between the Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR), neuroticism, and trait & state anxiety, Eid, C., Hamilton, C., Greer, J. 2 Feb 2022, In: PLoS One
An EEG investigation of alpha and beta activity during resting states in adults with Williams syndrome, Greer, J., Riby, D., Mcmullon, M., Hamilton, C., Riby, L. 1 Dec 2021, In: BMC psychology
Compulsive Shopping Behaviour and Executive Dysfunction in Young Adults, Heffernan, T., Hamilton, C., Neave, N. 13 Dec 2021, In: Applied Neuropsychology: Adult
What supports the development of children’s prospective memory? Examining the relation between children’s prospective memory, memory strategy use, and parent scaffolding, Mazachowsky, T., Hamilton, C., Mahy, C. 20 Oct 2021, In: Journal of Cognition and Development
Mindfulness in primary school children as a route to enhanced life satisfaction, positive outlook and effective emotion regulation, Amundsen, R., Riby, L., Hamilton, C., Hope, M., Mcgann, D. Dec 2020, In: BMC psychology
Alcohol Hangover Has Detrimental Impact Upon Both Executive Function and Prospective Memory, Heffernan, T., Samuels, A., Hamilton, C., Mcgrath-brookes, M. 19 May 2019, In: Frontiers in Psychiatry
Frogs' Legs Versus Roast Beef: How Culture Can Influence Mind-Wandering Episodes Across the Lifespan, Martinon, L., Smallwood, J., Hamilton, C., Riby, L. 7 Jun 2019, In: Europe's Journal of Psychology

PGR Supervision

Bryony Aspinall Start Date: 01/10/2023
Laura Jenkins The Functional Working Memory Architecture of Visual Change Detection Tasks: Are These Tasks Visual Domain Specific? Start Date: 01/10/2013 End Date: 27/02/2017
Gillian Case Hormones, Physiology and Emotional Self-Regulation in Young Children Start Date: 01/09/2008 End Date: 26/02/2015
Sara King The Development of Prospective Memory Start Date: 12/04/2008 End Date: 31/07/2013

Qualifications

Psychology PhD June 30 1985
Primary Education PGCE July 28 1978
Psychology BSc (Hons) June 24 1977
Fellow (FHEA) Higher Education Academy (HEA) 2016
Member Experimental Psychology Society (EPS) 2012

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