School of Psychology: Recent submissions
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Mindfulness meditation and the clinically modified Buddhist psychological model in psoriasis
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Psychology. Discipline of Psychology, 2019)The literature on psoriasis highlights that having this chronic incurable condition can result in patients experiencing a heavy psychosocial burden, which can result in higher levels of anxiety, depression, and poorer ... -
Temporal and spatial factors affecting the cross-modal integration of object information
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2005)This thesis is concerned with how temporal and spatial factors influenced the cross-modal integration of object representations across modalities. Specifically tested was whether temporal synchrony and spatial co-location ... -
Contributions to human factors from three case studies in aircraft maintenance
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2006)Three case studies form the heart of this thesis. The first one was based on a project called AIR, which was a human factors continuous improvement change initiative. The second one was based on a different type of change ... -
Exploring conscious and preconscious processing of affective pictures in smokers with different levels of dependency : behavioural and physiological outcomes
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2005)The work described in this thesis is directed at investigating preconscious processes which surpasses automatic cognitive control. To test this contention it is necessary to surpass conscious cortical control through the ... -
Attention and reasoning : a task-switching investigation of the mental model theory
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2008)Despite the fact that most theories of reasoning agree on the main role played by limitations in WM capacity in reasoning performance, little research has been directed to elucidate how the executive processes that deal ... -
The role of vision in haptic spatial cognition
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2007)In the studies described here the role of vision on haptic spatial cognition was investigated. Since vision is believed to be the most important sense for spatial perception I investigated whether it affects spatial ... -
Methodological considerations and functional correlates in structural MR image analysis of the brain
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2008)Structural magnetic resonance imaging is a complex and extremely powerful high resolution imaging mechanism that yields excellent soft tissue contrast. Recent times have seen the development numerous structural image ... -
Impaired awareness of deficits and neuropsychological functioning following traumatic brain injury, frontotemporal dementia, corticobasal degeneration and progressive supranuclear palsy
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2006)This dissertation consists of an investigation into the phenomenon of impaired selfawareness of deficits following brain damage. Despite a large interest in the area in the neuropsychological literature, there is a distinct ... -
Time estimation deficits in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2005)The main aim of this thesis was to examine whether a time deficit exists in children diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and to try to determine the nature and basis for such a deficit if it is ... -
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 ...
