Research People
Academic Staff
ACADEMIC STAFF 2011-2012 |
RESEARCH INTERESTS |
Dr. SMITH, Howard V. |
Information theory, memory and perception; animal behaviour and ethology, evolutionary psychology. |
Applied behavioural analysis, Stimulus equivalence, Autism |
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Cognitive science of human thinking; experimental and computational studies of reasoning, counterfactual thought and imagination. |
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Dr. CAFFREY, Shay |
Personality Theory, Learning Disabilities, Sexuality, Sexual Abuse and Disability. |
| Prof. Carson, Richard | Cognitive Neuroscience, Human motor control, Neural plasticity, Neurological Rehabilitation, Sensorimotor corrdination, The ageing motor system, Nueral adaptations to training, Human electrophysiology. |
Psychotherapy Research, Clinical Supervision, Research Supervision, Learning in Therapy, Counsellor Education, Process and Outcome in Therapy, Programme Evaluation, Practitioner Research and Methodology |
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Human factors competence & training; event investigation & analysis; health and safety at work; self-control & rule-governed behaviour. |
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Clinical Supervision and Clinical Psychology Training |
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Human evoked potentials, sustained attention, executive control, episodic memory, false memory, acquired brain injury, cognitive ageing & dementia |
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Psychotherapy (Long-Term), Group Therapy, Counselling psychology, Supervision, Jungian-Object relation approaches to therapy. |
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Long term adult mental health difficulties, service evaluation and psychotherapy. |
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Eating disorders. Developmental Psychopathology, Depression. |
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Attachment Theory and Psychopathology (specifically, The Role of Early Developmental Factors on Adult Mental Health Problems; and Early Environmental Influences on Severe Mental Health and Substance Misuse). Proxy Measures of Affect in People with Learning Disabilities Mental Health Awareness in Young People Users' Experiences of Psychological Services |
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Implicit cognition: relevance to addiction (particularly cigarette smoking), sexual offending against children, and prejudice; subliminal perception; unconscious mechanisms in problem solving. Driver behaviour: young drivers, older drivers, speeding, application of theoretical models to effect change in driving behaviour, influence of media campaigns in effecting change in driving behaviour. |
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Prof. GREENE, Sheila M. |
Life-span developmental psychology; social and emotional development of children. |
Counselling Psychology & Psychotherapy research with an emphasis on qualitative methodologies. Specific subject areas of interest include: Trauma and Recovery, Suicide Prevention, Coping & Resiliency, Critical Incidence Stress Management (CISM), Driving Safety, Programme Evaluation, Mindfulness Based Programmes and in general Reflective Practitioner Research. |
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Psychological aspects of Coronary Heart Disease, Risk Perception, Quality of life assessment, Psychological models of health behaviour, Stress, Emotional expression and health |
Treatment of challenging behaviour, functional behaviour assessment, language acquisition, and organizational behaviour management |
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Inclusive Global Health: Disability, Culture & International Aid |
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Human factors and organisational aspects of safety in aviation and other industries. Innovation and change in organisations. |
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Multisensory perception; Object and face recognition; Sensory deprivation; Synaesthesia; Object motion perception; Texture perception; Spatial perception in virtual and real scenes; Effects of ageing on perception |
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Developmental Psychology, social development of children, children's development in families, parenting, and peer relationships |
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| Dr. O'CONNELL, Redmond | Cognitive Neuroscience: Attention, Executive Function, Self-Awareness, Human Electrophysiology, Single-trial predictors of performance, ADHD, Aging, Cognitive rehabilitation. |
Psychoanalytic Theory; obsessive compulsive disorder; Depression; Interpersonal dynamics in groups and organisations; Psychotherapy. |
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| Prof O'MARA, Shane | Biology of learning and memory; mechanisms of brain repair; drug action in CNS; synaptic plasticity; Labelling molecules of biological interest; Visualising in vivo neuronal activity; Defining distribution of bioactive agents in CNS. Imaging human brain during learning and memory; models of neurodegeneration; models of secondary depression and their treatment; organic disorders of memory. Hippocampal-Cortical Interaction; Spatial Navigation and Representation. |
Critical and Theoretical Psychology; Language acquisition and Development; Qualitative psychology. |
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Neuropsychology, brain plasticity and neurorehabilitation. |
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Developmental Psychology, Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Child Health Psychology, Peer Relationships |
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Criminological Psychology and Forensic Investigation, Policing, security and risk management, Child and adolescent identity development. |
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Behavioural analysis;applied behaviour analysis; computerphobia; attention and anxiety |
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Psychotherapy research (significant events in psychotherapy process, monitoring outcome in routine practice, development of empirically based psychotherapy guidelines, development of integrative approach to psychotherapy, professional development of psychotherapists). |
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| Dr. WILSON, Charlotte | Behavioural and emotional disorders in children; the role of parents and developing cognitive-behavioural models. Worry and anxiety in children; developmental, clinical and systemic factors. Testing models of anxiety disorders in adults. Mental health issues in children with chronic illness. |
Research Fellows
Name |
Reseach Interests |
| Dr. Joshua Balsters | For further information, click here. |
| Dr. Joan Cahill | Human Factors, Cognitive Ergonomics/Human Computer Interaction, Organisational Psychology and Aviation Psychology. |
| Dr. Michael Cooke | Human factors in complex sociotechnical systems (Air traffic control, aviation, security, manufacturing processes) Human-Computer Interaction Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) The Psychology of User Experience. For further information, click here. |
| Dr. Siobhan Corrigan | Knowledge Management & Organisational Learning; Change Management; Human Factors; Developing competence & skills for new generation of aviation and manufacturing industries; Safety Management Systems. For further information, click here. |
| Dr. Erika Doyle | Parenting skills and their effect on society; Child Development; School Readiness; Internet usage and adolescents' social interaction & identity formation; Dyslexia indicators in young children; Neurology of developmental dyslexia; Dyslexia and IQ Assessment; Motor control in children; Use of digital video technology in assisting observational assessment in Psychology. For further information, click here. |
| Cognition, Perception, Multisensory Perception, Visuo-motor interactions, Ageing, Life Span development, Embodied Cognition (influence of bodily changes on higher level cognition and language). For further information, click here. | |
| Dr. Hasheem Mannan | Global Health: Universal Access to Health Care, Vulnerable Populations, Health and Human Rights, Disability and Public Health Disability Measurement and Statistics: International Classification of Health, Functioning and Disability; Household Survey; Structural Equation Modeling. For further information, click here. |
| Dr. Chiara Maria Leva | Human Reliability Analysis, Accident investigations and Accident Databases, Safety Management Systems, Human Factors Auditing. For further information, click here. |
| Dr. Paul Liston | Competence and performance, human factors auditing, LOSA for aviation maintenance, blended learning for aircraft maintenance license, human factors training, safety and normal operations, VR training, VR technology as a safety improvement tool, aircraft cabin safety research, behaviour-based safety in construction sites, safety climate. For further information, click here. |
| Dr. Laura McAvinue | Cognitive neuropsychology, specifically on measurement and enhancement of attention and memory, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, mental imagery and Phantom Limb Pain. For further information, click here. |
| Dr. Sinead McNally | Developmental psychology, psycholinguistics, and developmental disorders. For further information, click here. |
| Dr. Redmond O'Connell | Human evoked potentials, simultaneous EEG/fMRI, autonomic nervous system, executive control, self-awareness, ADHD, cognitive ageing & dementia. For further information, click here. |
| Dr. Marian Tsanov | For further information, click here. |
Research Students
Name |
Title of Research |
Degree |
Supervisor |
| Barrett, Maeve | The role of development processes on multisensory functions | Ph. D. | Newell, F |
Functional and structural brain changes and addiction |
Ph. D. |
Garavan, H |
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The use of the implicit associations task in examining cognitive distortions in child sex offenders |
Ph. D. |
Gormley, M |
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Response variability and age-related impairment of sustained attention |
Ph. D. |
Robertson, I |
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| Broughton, Henare | Injury Prevention in Sport | Ph. D. | Trimble, T/ Cromie, S |
| Cogan, Pauline | Dyslexia early screening test: improving predictive validity | Ph. D. | Gormley, M |
| Collins, Afric | the causal attributions in Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa | M.Sc. | Hevey, D |
| The development and maintenance of the supervisory alliance in Clinical Psychology training | M.Sc | Quigley, J | |
| Davis, Anne Marie | Attitudes to religion and spirituality from the perspective of those offering psychotherapy and their clients | Ph. D. | Timulak, L |
| Drysdale, Daren | Phantom sensation in individuals with a spinal cord injury | Ph. D. | MacLachlan, M |
| Errity, Darina | The differential role of mothers and fathers with respect to the development of childhood anxiety | M.Sc | Wilson, C |
Rehabilitation of awareness deficits in patients with traumatic brain injury and frontotemporal dementia applying a computerized intervention |
M.Sc |
Robertson, I |
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The impact of perspective-taking strategies in a social development group on the social functioning of third level students with autistic spectrum conditions |
M.Sc. |
Quigley, J/Honan, R |
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| Gubbins, Eoin | The psychology of moral reasoning: cognitive processes in deontic thought | Ph. D. | Byrne, R |
| Hadfield, Kristin | Child-rearing goals and practices in immigrants to Ireland | Ph. D. | Nixon, E |
| Hand, Karen | Rebranding and social justice | Ph. D. | MacLachlan, M |
The contribution of implicit cognition to the development of nicotine addiction |
Ph. D. |
Gormley, M |
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| Hughes, Catherine | Touch in Mother-Infant Interactions | Ph. D. | Quigley, J |
The coupling of neuronal ensemble recordings with behaviour tasks to investigate the ability of a pharmacological intervention in alleviating schizophrenia-like deficits in the rat brain |
Ph.D. |
O’Mara, S |
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Examining special education needs services with the Cayman Islands national school structure |
Ph.D. |
Tierney, K |
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Does it make a difference? The effects of locus control on the psychological well-being of children and adolescents |
Ph.D. |
Swords, L |
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Impact of Malawi Essential Health Package (EHP) on access to health services: an equality perspective |
Ph.D. |
McAuliffe, E / Mannan, H |
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Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) as a tool to enhance memory function in freely moving rats |
Ph.D. |
O’Mara, S |
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A psychoeducation programme aimed to improve implicit and explicit attitudes towards unhealthy eating behaviours: An experimental approach in an adolescent population |
Ph.D. |
Swords, L |
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Older drivers: the influence of advanced driving assistance systems on risk thresholds |
Ph. D. |
Gormley, M |
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Examination of how peer relationships help encourage, maintain or discourage physically active lifestyles among Irish youth |
Ph.D. |
Nixon, E |
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The process of a change experienced by graduates of a psychosocial rehabilitation programme using interpretive phenomenological analysis |
M.Sc. |
Quigley, J |
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| Maguinness, Corrina | The role of multisensory processes in incidences of falls and cognitive decline in ageing | Ph. D. | Newell, F |
Application of emotion focussed therapy as a treatment for generalised anxiety disorder |
Ph.D. |
Timulak, L |
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A study of children's and young adult's experiences of domestic adoption in Ireland |
Ph. D. |
Greene, S |
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Investigating the efficacy of a social story intervention for autistic spectrum disorders: What is the best implementation method and for which child? |
Ph. D. |
Bracken, M |
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Enhancing mental function in healthy elderly people |
Ph.D. |
Robertson, I |
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| Nantamu, Simon | Organisational commitment and employee performance: Implications for strengthening the health sector and development in Uganda | Ph. D. | Cromie, S |
| Nesbitt, Alison | Assumptions informing sex education in Ireland | Ph. D. | Quigley, J |
| Ní Chulieann, Susan | Assistive technologies and their potential for enhanced language acquisition in children with Autism | Ph. D. | Quigley, J |
| Oberlin, Virginia | Eating disorder recovery: A qualitative exploration of change as described by recovered sufferers and their families | Ph. D. | Timulak, L |
| O’Brien, Fearghal | Implicit attitudes and driver behaviour: An analysis of the influence, the development and the modification of these attitudes | Ph. D. | Gormley, M |
Impact on therapists of working with adult survivors of child sexual abuse |
Ph. D. |
Caffrey, S & MacLachlan, M |
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| O’Loideain, Domhnall | Standardisation of the offer self-help questionnaire for adolescents | M.Sc. | Trimble, T |
| O'Mahony, Desmond | Research into the effects of domain specific anxiety | Ph. D. | Tierney, K |
| O'Neill, Terence Stephen | Learning through reflection in supervision | Ph. D. | Creaner, M / Timulak, L |
Examination of the cognitive, biological and social factors that aid abstinence from addiction |
Ph. D. |
Gormley, M |
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The behavioural neurophysiology of stress: effects on hippocampal formation, mechanisms of spatial representation |
Ph. D. |
O’Mara, S |
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Cancer-related fatigue: identifying causes, contributing factors and mechanisms of change |
Ph. D. |
Hevey, D |
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| Plowman, Joseph | Teaching happiness: The longitudinal effects of well-being training on Irish adolescents | Ph. D. | Trimble, T |
Multi-modal perception (perception of movement) |
Ph. D. |
Newell, F |
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fMRI studies of reward-related decision-making |
Ph. D. |
O’Doherty, J |
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Treatment of depression via the internet: a randomized control trial on a third level student population. |
Ph. D. |
Timulak, L |
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Multisensory spatial perception in virtual environments |
Ph. D. |
Newell, F |
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| Ryan, Margaret | Evaluation of driver education programmes | Ph. D. | Thomas, K |
A biofeedback-based programme to improve attention and impulsivity in adult ADHD |
Ph.D. |
Robertson, I |
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Qualitative Methods of Research with Children: An exploration of the Researcher-Child Relationship |
Ph. D. |
Greene, S |
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| Stone, Adam | Neurocognitive risk and protective factors for addiction | Ph. D. | Garavan, H |
Neurophysiology of stress |
Ph. D. |
O'Mara, S |
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What role does long-term synaptic plasticity play in the mechanisms of neurocognitive function? |
Ph.D. |
O’Mara, S |
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Differences in emotional expression of people with coronary heart disease and healthy people |
M.Sc. |
Hevey, D. |
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| Yorke, Louise | An investigation into the concept of resilience in relation to children coming from disadvantaged backgrounds and how this facilitates their overall development | M.Sc. | Swords, L |