Psychology (Theses and Dissertations): Recent submissions
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Exploring the mnemonic functions of the human hippocampal formation using a novel disruption technique
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2006)The n-Back Working Memory (WM) task, which requires participants to continuously update their mental set while simultaneously responding to a stimulus presented n stimuli previous, appears to evoke robust deactivations of ... -
Increasing emotional intelligence
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2008)The aim of this thesis was to evaluate a programme to develop emotional intelligence in work teams. The thesis is presented in two studies. Study 1 describes the design, application and evaluation of a training programme ... -
Counterfactual thinking in children
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2006)The aim of this thesis is to examine how children imagine counterfactual alternatives to reality, that is, how they think about situations that once were possible, but are so no longer. We report six experiments, comprising ... -
Behavioural reactivity and ensuing temperamental traits in young thoroughbred racehorses (Equus caballus)
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2005)This thesis is the culmination of a four-year research project carried out through the Department of Psychology in the University of Dublin, Trinity College and in which behavioural reactivity and ensuing temperamental ... -
The use of imagery in rehabilitation
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2006)When I began my Ph.D. my main interest was in finding a treatment for phantom limb pain (PLP). PLP is a condition wherein amputees experience pain in the missing limb. It affects many amputees and is very difficult to ... -
The effects of selective amygdalohippocampectomy on episodic memory, spatial representation and discourse production among human neurological patients
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2004)The work described in this thesis is directed at investigating the neuropsychological effects of damage to the medial temporal lobes among a group of patients who have undergone surgery for the relief of medically intractable ... -
Children's perceptions of closeness and security in relationships with parents following parental separation
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2005)Much has been researched and written on the effects of parental separation on children's relationships with their parents. Notably absent from previous research is a focus on close emotional ties and feelings of security ... -
Joint attention and echoic eavesdropping in wild bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus)
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2008)The aims of this thesis were twofold: 1) to determine if wild Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) engage in behaviors predicted to follow directly from the 'echoic eavesdropping' hypothesis in a natural ... -
Cognitive processes in causal and counterfactual thinking
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2007)The aim of this thesis is to examine the mental representation of and cognitive processes involved in causal and counterfactual thinking. In particular we examine differences between different types of causes, that is, ... -
Flexible cognitive control : task, individual difference and practice determinants of functional neuroanatomy
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2006)A defining feature of cognitive control is that it is reflexive - we can rapidly and flexibly adjust attentional processes and executive control over our thoughts and behaviour in response to changing internal or external ... -
Neuroanatomy of executive functions, cognitive control processes and their interactions using functional magnetic resonance imaging
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2005)Human behaviour, though appearing seamless, is comprised of a number of differing and interacting cognitive processes. In this dissertation I attempted to establish the anatomical networks subserving a number of different ... -
Reasoning about counterfactual conditionals : the role of content, tense and linguistic form
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2005)The primary aim of this thesis is to investigate reasoning from counterfactual conditionals (e.g., if Rosanna had been in Dublin then Anthony would have been in Roscommon) and to test predictions derived from the mental ... -
The role of falsification in hypothesis testing
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2006)The aim of this thesis is to examine how people search for evidence in their hypothesis testing, that is, how people search for evidence to test whether or not their hypotheses are true. In chapter 1, we outline the ... -
An investigation into the modulation of attention through prism adaptation
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2005)In this experiment, a group of volunteers were examined on a perceptual line bisection task (landmark task) before and after adapting to rightward and leftward deviating prisms. The adaptation procedure lasted five minutes ... -
Illusory phantom experiences and neural plasticity
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2005)Body schema plasticity demonstrates the extent of the malleabihty of sensory maps in the adult brain. Alterations of body schema in clinical populations such as the appearance of phantom limbs after amputation and ... -
Crossmodal face recognition
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2006)Although all faces share the same basic configuration of features, we are capable of distinguishing between, and recognising hundreds, and even thousands of faces with remarkable skill and precision. The perceptual processes, ... -
The role of subicular place cells in spatial information processing : effects of variations in visual information, arena size and open field compartmentalisation
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2008)The hippocampal formation is involved in different cognitive processes such as learning, memory and spatial navigation. One of the landmark findings in neuroscience was the discovery of hippocampal place cells (PCs) -neurons ... -
A model of trust in the work of an air traffic controller
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2005)The research summarised in this thesis aimed at understanding the role of trust in the work of an air traffic controller (hereafter controller), as well as identifying the salient characteristics that a controller uses to ... -
Elucidating multisensory interactions in synaesthesia
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2008)This work examines synaesthesia; a neurodevelopmental phenomenon widely believed to be the result of aberrant cross-talk from one cortical area to another. A number of behavioural measures were used to assess the nature ... -
An investigation of visual, spatial and visual-spatial working memory, attention and learning in dyslexic children
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2007)This dissertation investigated dyslexic children's functioning on a range of visual, spatial and visuospatial (VS), working memory (WM), attentional and learning tasks. Within the existing research which has touched upon ...
