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Maintaining wellness in fibromyalgia
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2017)
Fibromyalgia is a chronic pain condition characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain, fatigue and multiple tender points. It is a common, multidimensional disorder that is associated with complex symptomatology and ...
Adolescents' patterns of physical activity and psychosocial factors associated with maintenance, drop out and uptake of physical activity over twelve months
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2016)
This thesis sought to quantitatively explore patterns of physical activity among adolescents and the psychosocial factors associated with physical activity maintenance and behaviour change over twelve months. The research ...
Thinking about what might have been : cognitive processes in counterfactual and semifactual thinking about controllable events
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2000)
In this thesis we present the results of ten experiments, involving approximately
2000 participants in total, designed to examine how people think about what might have been. We had two main aims. The first aim was to ...
A computational study of the mammalian subiculum
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2007)
The subiculum occupies a central position as the mediator of information flow between the hippocampal memory system and both cortical and subcortical brain structures. To further the goal of understanding how the subiculum ...
Furthering inclusive practices for students with an Autism Spectrum Disorder in Irish Primary Schools
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2010)
Inclusion of students with autism spectrum disorder has been the focus of the research. Absent from previous research is the focus on how programmes written and designed for the U. S. school system can succeed in Ireland. ...
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 ...
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, ...
Comparing and contrasting the effects of aerobic exercise and the exercise mimetic, resveratrol, on neurocognitive function
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2013)
Excerpt from introduction: Although taken out of context from their use in the opening line of Juvenal’s poem, Satire X, from the late 1st century, these words have often been repeated to promote the belief that only a ...
The cognitive processes of young offenders
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2000)
The aim of this thesis was to contnbute to the existing body of knowledge on young offenders by investigating some cognitive processes that to date, have been given little attention in the literature. This thesis comprised ...
Molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying signal transduction in the Hippocampal formation : the role of brain-derived neurotrophic factor
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2002)
We investigated the possibility that BDNF might play a role in the modulation of synaptic function in the hippocampal formation. Our experiments have focused on the regulation of endogenous BDNF systems in spatial learning ...