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Advancing Mental Health Research Using Data Science: Investigating Vulnerability to Depression with Language and Network Analysis
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Psychology. Discipline of Psychology, 2023)Depression affects over 5% of the global population, yet treatments for depression are only effective in 30-50% of people. Changing the status quo requires an improved understanding of how depression manifests in real life. ... -
Explanations and Familiarity in XAI: How users understand predictions and make decisions using an AI support system
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Psychology. Discipline of Psychology, 2023)We compared the effects of counterfactual and causal explanations for an Artificial Intelligence (AI) system?s decisions in a familiar domain (alcohol and driving) and an unfamiliar one (chemical safety) in four experiments ... -
An examination of the implementation of setting-wide positive behaviour support in an adult disability residential setting
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Psychology. Discipline of Psychology, 2022)Positive behaviour support, or PBS, is mandated in Ireland under the Health Act 2007 as an evidence-based framework of practice focused on enhancing quality of life for vulnerable adults living in residential settings. ... -
Neural Mechanisms Mediating the Cross Education of Motor Function: Implications for Healthy Older Adults
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Psychology. Discipline of Psychology, 2022)Cross education (CE) is the process whereby a regimen of unilateral limb training engenders bilateral improvements in motor function. It is widely held that the contralateral gains thus derived may impart therapeutic ... -
Perceptions of Clinical Anxiety Disorders among Adolescents in Ireland: An Exploration of Anxiety Literacy, Stigma and Help-Giving Intentions
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Psychology. Discipline of Psychology, 2021)
