Dr. Robertson enjoys working with students on undergraduate research projects, especially when they are in his favorite areas of memory, human computer interaction, or the science of teaching and learning. He has also been know to collaborate with Biologist, Neuroscientists, and Computer Scientists. 

Courses frequently taught:

• Introduction to Psychology & Introduction to Psychological Science

• Human Development & the Psychology of Aging

• Quantitative Methods

• Cognition

What he did between the farm and getting to today:

• Ph.D., Experimental Psychology, Minor in Statistics, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2004

• M.S., Experimental Psychology, Mississippi State University, 1998 

• B.S., Psychology, Philosophy Minor, University of Tennessee, Martin, 1995.

Interests:

• Natural changes in memory due to development

• The Science of Teaching and Learning

• Computer Mediated Communication:

  • Using social networks to facilitate classroom discussion and thought

  • Using animated algorithms to teach undergraduate statistics

  • Collaborative learning

• Gerotechnology:

  • Older adults and website usability, technology usability

  • Training older adults to use the Internet and Internet of Things devices

Stuff in Libraries:

Discussion of annotated research articles results in increases in scientific literacy within a cell biology course

ME Washburn, RA Shanks, M McCartney, CL Robertson, ...

Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education 24 (1), e00154-22

What You See Is Not What You Know: Deepfake Image Manipulation

C Allen, B Payne, T Abegaz, C Robertson

08. The Oculus Rift VR Enhances Mindfulness Practice Adjunctive Treatment

S Gailey, K Woodall, S McDaniel, H Johnson, L Rodes, J Henze, Z Colier, ...

34. Virtual Reality Mindfulness Training and Its Effects on Mental Health in College Students

S Gailey, C Robertson, M Hill, Z Colier, H Johnson, K Woodall, ...

Measuring and advancing experimental design ability in an introductory course without altering existing lab curriculum

RA Shanks, CL Robertson, CS Haygood, AM Herdliksa, HR Herdliska, ...

Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education 18 (1), 10.1128/jmbe. v18i1. 1194

Building, Designing, and Implementing an Augmented Reality Sandbox Laboratory

B Dawson, C Robertson, S Lloyd, M Hitz

Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research 1 (2), 32-32

Collaborative Groups Both Help and Hurt learning, but Group Composition Has No Effect on a Group's Success or Failure as Defined by Personality Characteristics.

LM Cook, ME Hale, C Robertson

Prenatal exposure to psychostimulants increases impulsivity, compulsivity, and motivation for rewards in adult mice

SA Lloyd, C Oltean, H Pass, B Phillips, K Staton, CL Robertson, ...

Physiology & behavior 119, 43-51

Screencast tutorials enhance student learning of statistics

SA Lloyd, CL Robertson

Teaching of Psychology 39 (1), 67-71

Age differences in Stroop interference in working memory

DP Mccabe, CL Robertson, AD Smith

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology 27 (5), 633-644

Item-specific processing reduces false memories

DP Mccabe, AG Presmanes, CL Robertson, AD Smith

Psychonomic bulletin & review 11, 1074-1079

Learned helplessness in Drosophila melanogaster?

GE Brown, AL Mitchell, AM Peercy, CL Robertson

Psychological reports 78 (3), 962-962

Podcasting and its Use in Academic and Career Advising

B DAWSON, C ROBERTSON, M BRUSTER

Academic Advising, 29