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Adolescent binge drinking disrupts normal trajectories of brain functional organization and personality maturation
(2019)Adolescent binge drinking has been associated with higher risks for the development of many health problems throughout the lifespan. Adolescents undergo multiple changes that involve the co-development processes of brain, ... -
An Adolescents Peer-led Motivational Interviewing Intervention Conducted in Low Socio-Economic Community Youth Organisations to Change Health Risk Behaviours (Smoking, Alcohol and Sedentary Behaviours)
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Psychology. Discipline of Psychology, 2024)Risks and protective factors are associated with health behaviour choices and can have a significant impact on an individuals present and future health outcomes. Engaging in health risk behaviours can contribute to ill ... -
Affective and cognitive influences on decision making in obesity
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2010)Significant increases in the prevalence of overweight and obesity have been observed worldwide, the direct and indirect costs of which are huge for society. The most rapid increases have been seen in those who were already ... -
Against theoretical eclecticism and in support of a unified conceptual framework for autism intervention research
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2009)This thesis aims to highlight and address two key issues in autism intervention research: (1) the role of theory in autism intervention research; and (2) the practice of theoretical eclecticism in autism intervention and ... -
Age-related sensory decline mediates the Sound-Induced Flash Illusion: Evidence for reliability weighting models of multisensory perception
(2019)Perception of our world is proposed to arise from combining multiple sensory inputs according to their relative reliability. We tested multisensory processes in a large sample of 2920 older adults to assess whether sensory ... -
Aircraft maintenance teams
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2009)This dissertation investigated aircraft maintenance teams performing inspections and repairs in the hangar environment of modem commercial aircraft maintenance organisations. Generalisations of all findings are intended ... -
Alternative therapies in the treatment of development dyslexia in preliterate children: an evaluation of retained reflex replication, vestibular system stimulation and related claims regarding early indicators
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2007)This study is concerned with the remediation, prediction and causal theories of developmental dyslexia and adopted a longitudinal, multi-factorial design in order to explore three principal claims. Exclusive methods of ... -
Amygdalar reactivity is associated with prefrontal cortical thickness in a large population-based sample of adolescents
(2019)In structural neuroimaging studies, reduced cerebral cortical thickness in orbital and ventromedial prefrontal regions is frequently interpreted as reflecting an impaired ability to downregulate neuronal activity in the ... -
An evolutionary description of cross-sex friendship
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2010)In modem evolutionary theory, cross-sex friendship does not explicitly fit into the framework of sexual selection and parental investment, but it is possible that crosssex friendship is employed as an arena for sexual ... -
An exploration of how potential early school leavers and teachers in disadvantaged post primary schools perceive their relationships
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2003)This research unfolds in disadvantaged secondary school settings and it explores how students at risk for early school leaving and teachers experience their relationships. A model of investigation capable to reach a ... -
An exploratory study into secondary school teacher motivation, occupational attitudes and job performance in Uganda in the context of HIV/AIDS
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2009)The current study aimed at exploring how teachers' perception of the HIV/AIDS context impacts their motivation and occupational attitudes and how these in turn affect their job performance. Data was collected in two phases: ... -
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 ... -
An investigation into the role of impulsivity in addiction
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2013)Impulsivity typically refers to actions made without sufficient forethought or consideration of their consequences. This dissertation focuses on the neural underpinnings of this trait from a perspective of a striatal-based ... -
An investigation into the role of visual and auditory information in evaluations of attractiveness
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2015)Attraction is the initial basis on which the vast majorities of our friendships and relationships are formed. Information forjudging attractiveness can be derived from any sensory input however the greater part of the ... -
An investigation of attentional deficits and their treatment in adult ADHD : evidence from behavioural and neurophysiological findings
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2013)Attention-Deficits/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a common neurodevelopmental disorder that affects both children and adults and is associated with a range of cognitive and behavioural difficulties. Particularly, a sustained ...