Role
Kate Roberts is an Associate Professor of Cognitive Psychology.
Her research focuses on ways to support older adults' cognitive abilities.
Career overview
Kate completed her PhD on auditory attention at the MRC Institute of Hearing Research in Nottingham.
Kate then worked as a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Birmingham with Glyn Humphreys. Her research primarily focused on the way that the action relationship between two objects (e.g., a jug tilted towards a glass) changes the way that they are perceived.
Prior to joining NTU, Kate worked the University of Warwick where her research once again addressed auditory cognition. Her work included developing a model of auditory attention, investigating auditory enumeration, and assessing spatial and non-spatial deficits associated with auditory neglect.
Research areas
Kate's current research is funded by an Ageing Research Development Award from the UKRI. The project uses interdisciplinary methods to assess two methods for easing older adults' everyday decisions: 1) improving perceptual clarity of decision-making materials, and 2) reducing working-memory demands when using information to make a decision.