Role
Dr Christopher Atkin works as a post-doctoral researcher and associate lecturer in the department of psychology at Nottingham Trent University (NTU). Christopher currently works on an ESRC funded research grant that aims to develop and evaluate practical methods for supporting older adults’ everyday decisions. Previously (2021 - 2023) he worked at NTU as a post-doctoral researcher on an ESRC funded research grant (ES/V000071/1) that evaluated multisensory stimulation as a mechanism to boost cognition and wellbeing in old age. Christopher's PhD research in cognitive psychology focused on capacity limitations in imagination and visual memory.
He teaches research methods to year one and year two undergraduates. Christopher is a member of NTU’s Psychology department’s application for Athena SWAN accreditation.
Career overview
Prior to completing his PhD, Christopher completed his undergraduate degree in Psychology with Sociology at NTU, attaining a 1st class degree, The Vice-Chancellor’s Award for the School of Social Sciences, TILT’s Best Research Project and an Achievement in Psychology Prize.
Research areas
Imagination
Visual Working Memory
Ageing
Capacity Limitations
Multisensory Information
Research Groups
- Perception Attention and Memory
- Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience
External activity
- Harriet Allen (University of Nottingham)
- Helen Henshaw (University of Nottingham)
- Hareth Al-Janabi (University of Birmingham)
Sponsors and collaborators
Publications
Atkin, C., Stacey, J. E., Roberts, K. L., Allen, H. A., Henshaw, H., & Badham, S. P. (2023). The effect of unisensory and multisensory information on lexical decision and free recall in young and older adults. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 16575.
Stacey, J. E., Atkin, C., Henshaw, H., Roberts, K. L., Allen, H. A., Justice, L. V., & Badham, S. P. (2022). Does audio-visual information result in improved health-related decision-making compared with audio-only or visual-only information? Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ open, 12(4), e059599..
Atkin, C., Guest, D., Howard, C., Baguley, T., & Baker, J (2019). The Same or Different? Capacity Limitations in Visual Imagery versus Visual Perception of Simple Structured Objects. The Cognitive Psychology Bulletin, 4, 12-13.
Binder, J.F., Cebula, K., Metwally, S., Vernon, M., Atkin, C., & Mitra, S (2019). Conversational engagement and mobile technology use. Computers in Human Behavior, 99, 66-75.
Badham, S.P., Atkin, C., & Castro, A (2019). Homogeneity of Memory Errors in Abstract Visual Pattern Recall. Europe’s Journal of Psychology, 15(3), 431.
Atkin, C (2018) The phenomenological influence of inner speech on executive functions. The Journal of Undergraduate Research at NTU, 1(1), 223–251.