Psychology (Theses and Dissertations): Recent submissions
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Exploring the neural substrates contributing to the risk for psychosis : an MRI investigation
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2010)Over the last three decades schizophrenia research has shifted its focus from studying individuals with the established illness to those who have an elevated risk for developing the disease. Research has suggested that ... -
Neuropsychological and electrophysiological correlates of self- and error-awareness in focal lesion patients and young adults
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2009)This thesis examines numerous aspects of deficit awareness, both among nonneurological participants and patients with circumscribed neural injury, in order to increase our understanding of the neuropsychological, neuroanatomical ... -
A mixed methods investigation of newly diagnosed prostate cancer patients' decision-making about treatment
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Psychology. Discipline of Psychology, 2019)Background: The incidence of prostate continues to increase but due to the management strategies available, the mortality rates are dropping. In Ireland, more than 3,400 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer annually. A ... -
The mental representation of "If Only thoughts" : undoing the exceptionality effect
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2009)The aim of this thesis is to investigate the mental representations and cognitive processes that underlie counterfactual 'if only' thoughts. We examine the exceptionality effect, the tendency to undo exceptional antecedents ... -
Exploring the bases of hippocampal- and prefrontal-based memory : the effect of age and disease
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2010)Memory formation largely depends on normal function of the temporal lobes (particularly the hippocampal complex) and the prefrontal cortex. The relationship between these two regions and the degree to which each region is ... -
An evolutionary description of cross-sex friendship
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2010)In modem evolutionary theory, cross-sex friendship does not explicitly fit into the framework of sexual selection and parental investment, but it is possible that crosssex friendship is employed as an arena for sexual ... -
An investigation into the role of impulsivity in addiction
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2013)Impulsivity typically refers to actions made without sufficient forethought or consideration of their consequences. This dissertation focuses on the neural underpinnings of this trait from a perspective of a striatal-based ... -
Aircraft maintenance teams
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2009)This dissertation investigated aircraft maintenance teams performing inspections and repairs in the hangar environment of modem commercial aircraft maintenance organisations. Generalisations of all findings are intended ... -
Affective and cognitive influences on decision making in obesity
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2010)Significant increases in the prevalence of overweight and obesity have been observed worldwide, the direct and indirect costs of which are huge for society. The most rapid increases have been seen in those who were already ... -
An investigation of implicit theories and factors implicated in sex offending theory in a non-offending population
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2012)This thesis set out to explore a number of constructs implicated in the sex offending literature within a sample of non-offending men. This particular sample was chosen in order to investigate the 'nonnal' presentation of ... -
Supportive supervision for community health workers : a case study of Ethiopia's Health Extension Programme
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2017)Supervision of community health workers (CHWs) is an essential component of primary health care programmes. Yet supervision systems tend to focus on inspection and fault finding, which have been found to be demotivating ... -
Developing emotion focused therapy for CAD in women with breast cancer : an analysis of six case studies
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2016)Aims: The aim of the current study is to develop a variant of Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT) for Comorbid Anxiety and Depression (CAD) in women with breast cancer by presenting a series of case studies followed by a cross ... -
Examining the Relationship Between Alcohol and Multiple Impulsivity Endophenotypes
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Psychology. Discipline of Psychology, 2019)Alcohol misuse is a leading global health concern, and its occurrence is rising among adolescents and young adults. Associations between different aspects of impulsivity and alcohol-related outcomes have been the focus of ... -
The role of context in counterfactual thinking
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2002)The aim of this thesis is to examine the mental representations and cognitive processes involved in counterfactual thinking, that is, in imagining how past events might have happened differently. In chapter 1, we review ... -
Stage fright and an intervention for performers : a study of the phenomenology of stage fright in actors, musicians and other performers, followed by the design and evaluation of intervention for actors in training
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2000)This dissertation on stage fright in performers (actors, musicians, dancers and presenters) describes three studies. The first study (n=175) is a semi-structured in-depth interview with performers in the Netherlands and ... -
Molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying signal transduction in the Hippocampal formation : the role of brain-derived neurotrophic factor
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2002)We investigated the possibility that BDNF might play a role in the modulation of synaptic function in the hippocampal formation. Our experiments have focused on the regulation of endogenous BDNF systems in spatial learning ... -
Neural mechanisms underlying visuomotor learning : interacting cortical systems
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2003)Introduction: We are the products of our experiences. Every sight, sound and smell, every event, encounter and exchange, all leave their indelible mark on the way we act, think and feel. The things we learn from our ... -
Sustained attention and associated memory and other cognitive failures in the young and able elderly
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2004)The main aim of this thesis was to study how people pay attention over time and how this capacity changes with age. The populations under study were therefore the young and the able elderly and samples from these populations ... -
The cognitive processes of young offenders
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2000)The aim of this thesis was to contnbute to the existing body of knowledge on young offenders by investigating some cognitive processes that to date, have been given little attention in the literature. This thesis comprised ... -
Why it happened and how it could have been different : a comparison of causal and counterfactual thinking
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2000)The aim of this thesis was to compare two pervasive forms of human thinking : causal thinking about why an outcome happened (e.g., "I failed because I didn’t try") and counterfactual thinking about how an outcome could ...
