Browsing Psychology (Theses and Dissertations) by Title
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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 ... -
The behavioural neurophysiology of stress : effects on hippocampal formation mechanisms of spatial representation
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2011)In the fast-paced world we live in we encounter stressful situations on a continuous basis. Some stressors may cause chronic stress whereas others act only on a relatively short time basis and are regarded as acute stressors. ... -
The child witness : an investigation into children's understanding of the legal process and the perceived competence of children to act as witnesses in legal proceedings
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2000)Given recent public and professional concern in relation to the levels of child victimisation and recent reforms of the evidentiary rules and legal procedures pertaining to children's evidence, there is an increasing ... -
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 ... -
The cognitive psychology of moral reasoning
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2014)In this thesis, the results of eight experiments are presented investigating he cognitive processes involved in moral reasoning. Two major themes were explored, involving important contemporary debates in moral psychological ... -
The contribution of cognitive biases to the development and maintenance of smoking-related addiction in adolescents and adults
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2013)Anomalies between self-reported smoking intentions and actual smoking behaviour are common, yet few studies investigate both the explicit and implicit measurement of smoking cognitions within the same sample. Nor do many ... -
The contribution of cognitive control and perceptions of risk to problematic driving among young adults
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2013)Every year, millions of drivers throughout the world lose their lives in traffic incidents and young drivers make up a disproportionate number of those killed on the road. There has been no shortage of explanations for ... -
The development of the Trinity Early Screening Test for Dyslexia (TEST-D)
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2012)The project to develop the Trinity Early Screening Test for Dyslexia (TEST-D) extends over 3 phases. This thesis describes the processes involved in Phase 1. A large battery of prototypical tests in the phonological, ... -
The effect of audition on the deployment of visuo-spatial attention
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2011)Vision is commonly accepted as being our most dominant sense. However, our everyday experience informs us that the world is not unisensory. Information from other senses can help us in searching for and identifying objects ... -
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 ... -
The effects of selective amygdalohippocampectomy on episodic memory, spatial representation and discourse production among human neurological patients
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2004)The work described in this thesis is directed at investigating the neuropsychological effects of damage to the medial temporal lobes among a group of patients who have undergone surgery for the relief of medically intractable ... -
The mental representation of "If Only thoughts" : undoing the exceptionality effect
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2009)The aim of this thesis is to investigate the mental representations and cognitive processes that underlie counterfactual 'if only' thoughts. We examine the exceptionality effect, the tendency to undo exceptional antecedents ... -
The multisensory perception of social cues in virtual crowds
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2010)The current thesis contributes to the field of social and affective psychology, with a focus on the perception of social cues from groups or crowds of people. While to date there is a wealth of literature in this area on ... -
The role of body information in the perception of social attention
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2011)The computation of where another person is attending constitutes a crucial part of our daily lives and is necessary for adequately interacting with other human beings in our social environment. The focus of the present ... -
The role of cognitive and reward processes in substance use : a cognitive neuroscience approach to understanding drugs of addiction
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2009)Drugs of addiction are widely considered to induce a pathological state which involves the progression of acute drug use to the development of drug-seeking behaviour, the decreased and slowed ability to respond to naturally ... -
The role of context in counterfactual thinking
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2002)The aim of this thesis is to examine the mental representations and cognitive processes involved in counterfactual thinking, that is, in imagining how past events might have happened differently. In chapter 1, we review ... -
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 ... -
The role of persistent primitive reflexes in learning difficulties : an evaluation of a new causal theory of dyslexia
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2003)In a recent study in Belfast by McPhillips, Hepper and Mulhern (2000) the persistence of an early motor reflex, the asymmetric tonic neck reflex (ATNR) was linked to dyslexia. A 100% prevalence of the ATNR was reported in ... -
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 ... -
The role of vision in haptic spatial cognition
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2007)In the studies described here the role of vision on haptic spatial cognition was investigated. Since vision is believed to be the most important sense for spatial perception I investigated whether it affects spatial ...