School of Psychology: Recent submissions
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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 ... -
Exploring the association between emotion-driven impulsivity, motives to drink, mindfulness and alcohol misuse
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Psychology. Discipline of Psychology, 2019)Trait impulsivity is a reliable, robust predictor of alcohol misuse, although evidence increasingly supports a multifaceted model of impulsivity, whereby unique dimensions interact with emotional states, motives to drink, ... -
Strong and specific associations between cardiovascular risk factors and white matter micro- and macrostructure in healthy aging
(2019)Cardiovascular health declines with age, increasing the risk of hypertension and elevated heart rate in middle and old age. Here, we used multivariate techniques to investigate the associations between cardiovascular health ... -
Predictive and explanatory models of cigarette smoking: Computational approaches to understanding nicotine addiction
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Psychology. Discipline of Psychology, 2019)Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death worldwide, causing 6 million deaths every year (WHO, 2011). Most people try smoking for the first time in adolescence (O?Loughlin et al., 2014), making this a critical ... -
An analysis platform and tools to understand the dynamics of neuronal encoding in rodents
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Psychology. Discipline of Psychology, 2019)The principal goal of the proposed project is to develop a data analysis framework that incorporates analytical methods for the study of cognitive map represented by neurons in vivo recorded from chronically implanted ... -
Factors Associated with Decision Making Capacity in Older Adults
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Psychology. Discipline of Psychology, 2019)Abstract: Making our own decisions goes to the heart of our autonomy. Increasingly decision making capacity (DMC) of older adults is questioned. The aim of this study was to explore DMC in older people and examine for ... -
Enhancing Self-determination in Children with Autism via Behavioural Interventions
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Psychology. Discipline of Psychology, 2019)Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are thought to experience a much lower quality of life (QoL) than the general population across the lifespan. Emotional well-being (i.e., happiness) is considered one of the ... -
The effects of crime on Irish victims : psychological and organisational perspectives
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2003)"The Effects of Crime on Irish Victims: Psychological and Organisational Perspectives" is, as its name suggests, an investigation of the impact of criminal victimisation in Ireland from both a psychological and a victim ... -
Online treatments for depression : a radomised controlled trial on an adult student population
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2010)Background: Depression is a serious and growing mental health concern with associated economic, social and personal costs. Depression can be effectively treated, however, only a small percentage of those who suffer, receive ... -
Contributing factors to the experience of Cancer-Related Fatigue (CRF) before and after treatment with chemotherapy
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2013)Cancer and cancer treatment can have substantial and long-lasting physical, psychological and social repercussions that can significantly diminish quality of life (QOL). This thesis focussed on cancer-related fatigue (CRF), ... -
Body, self and world : the embodied experience of chronic illness and medical technology
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2009)Illness and medical treatment profoundly alter how we experience the body and relate to our worlds. The aim of this thesis is to carry out a conceptual and empirical analysis of the role of the body in the experience of ...
