Dr Lynn McInnes

Associate Professor

School: Psychology

Dr Lynn McInnes completed her PhD in Psychology at the University of Manchester then commenced postdoctoral work with North East Age Research, studying cognitive ageing in a longitudinal study, a research interest which has continued throughout her academic career.

Lynn joined the Department of Psychology at Northumbria University in 1997. She is currently the Director of Education for the Department of Psychology. Lynn leads foundation year and undergraduate modules in Academic Skills and Personality and Health Psychology and contributes to research supervision of undergraduate, Masters and PhD students.

Lynn’s current research relates to understanding i) the impact of ageing on cognitive performance, ii) the impact of ageing on health and wellbeing and iii) hoarding behaviour, especially that of older adults. Lynn is a member of the department’s Health and Wellbeing Research Group (Psychobiology of Stress and Wellbeing Research Group and the Hoarding Research Group) and the Cognition and Neuroscience Group (Memory, Perception, and Attention). Her research employs longitudinal study methods and a specific aspect of her recent research has focused on changes in mobility with ageing.

Lynn is a Senior Fellow of the HEA, a Chartered Psychologist and an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society (BPS).

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Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

Lynn’s current research relates to understanding i) the impact of ageing on cognitive performance, ii) the impact of ageing on health and wellbeing and iii) hoarding behaviour, especially that of older adults. Lynn is a member of the department’s Health and Wellbeing Research Group (Psychobiology of Stress and Wellbeing Research Group and the Hoarding Research Group) and the Cognition and Neuroscience Group (Memory, Perception, and Attention). Her research employs longitudinal study methods and a specific aspect of her recent research has focused on changes in mobility with ageing.

Key Publications

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Improvements to mood, stress and loneliness following 12-week multivitamin supplementation in older adults: a randomised, placebo-controlled, trial, Docherty, S., Wetherell, M., McInnes, L., Haskell, C. 1 Feb 2025, In: European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
New academics’ experiences of induction to teaching: using Cultural Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) to understand and improve induction experiences, Mathieson, S., Black, K., Allin, L., Hooper, H., Penlington, R., McInnes, L., Orme, L., Anderson, E. 2 Jul 2024, In: International Journal for Academic Development
Evaluation of in vivo staging of amyloid deposition in cognitively unimpaired elderly aged 78-94, Michalowska, M., Herholz, K., Hinz, R., Amadi, C., McInnes, L., Anton-Rodriguez, J., Karikari, T., Blennow, K., Zetterberg, H., Ashton, N., Pendleton, N., Carter, S. 1 Oct 2022, In: Molecular Psychiatry
Culture shock and the gendered teaching experiences of new academics., Hooper, H., Mathieson, S., Black, K., Allin, L., Orme, L., Anderson, E., Penlington, R., McInnes, L. 7 Dec 2021, Society for Research into Higher Education: Annual International Research Conference 2021
The effects of Covid-19 lockdown on health and psychosocial functioning in older adults aged 70 and over, Docherty, S., Haskell, C., McInnes, L., Wetherell, M. 6 Sep 2021, In: Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine
Mobility in Community Dwelling Older Adults: Predicting Successful Mobility Using an Instrumented Battery of Novel Measures, McInnes, L., Jones, E., Rochester, L., Lord, S., Chastin, S., Watson, A., Little, L., Briggs, P. 1 Feb 2020, In: The Journal of frailty & aging
New academics’ experiences of induction to teaching: an Activity Theory approach, Mathieson, S., Allin, L., Penlington, R., Black, K., Orme, E., Anderson, E., Hooper, H., McInnes, L. 31 Dec 2019
Scores Obtained from a Simple Cognitive Test of Visuospatial Episodic Memory Performed Decades before Death Are Associated with the Ultimate Presence of Alzheimer Disease Pathology, Robinson, A., McNamee, R., Davidson, Y., Horan, M., Snowden, J., McInnes, L., Pendleton, N., Mann, D. May 2018, In: Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders
Why Won’t They Exercise More? Development of a Tool to Assess Motivators and Barriers to Exercise in Older Adults, Moss, L., Moss, M., McInnes, L. 4 Jan 2018, In: International Journal of Psychological Studies
The economic costs of hoarding behaviours in local authority/housing association tenants and private home owners in the north-east of England, Neave, N., Caiazza, R., Hamilton, C., McInnes, L., Saxton, T., Deary, V., Wood, M. 1 Jul 2017, In: Public Health

Qualifications

Psychology PhD June 30 1990
Senior Fellow (SFHEA) Higher Education Academy (HEA) 2018
Associate Fellow (AFBPsS)/Chartered Psychologist (CPsychol) British Psychological Society (BPS) 2014
Associate Fellow (AFBPsS)/Chartered Psychologist (CPsychol) British Psychological Society (BPS) 1997