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Neurocognitive and electrophysiological indices of cognitive performance in ageing
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2011)
Combining neuropsychological and electrophysiological methodologies this thesis investigates differential cognitive performance in ageing and attempts to identify neurocognitive and electrophysiological markers with the ...
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 ...
Human factors competence in aircraft maintenance
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2006)
The research summarised in this thesis sought to better understand the issue of human factors competence as it relates to the work, performed by technicians in the aircraft maintenance industry. An ethnographic study of ...
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 ...
Stage fright and an intervention for performers : a study of the phenomenology of stage fright in actors, musicians and other performers, followed by the design and evaluation of intervention for actors in training
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2000)
This dissertation on stage fright in performers (actors, musicians, dancers and presenters) describes three studies. The first study (n=175) is a semi-structured in-depth interview with performers in the Netherlands and ...
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 ...
A cross-linguistic and cross-cultural investigation of Irish and Czech children's accounts of socially-constructed emotions
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2003)
The application of a discursive approach to the subject of this study can be seen as an attempt to create a link between psychology and linguistics, where grammatical structures and language itself constitute the basis for ...
Risk perception as a function of age - a psychological investigation
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2015)
This thesis explored how older drivers' perception of risk differs from that of younger age groups. Its aim was to enhance knowledge that can inform the development of measures to maintain the driving safety of older drivers ...
Comparison of cardiac rehabilitation outcome measures
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2000)
The aim of the present study was to investigate the responsiveness of psychosocial instruments to cardiac rehabilitation intervention. Responsiveness refers to the ability of an instrument to detect change over time and ...
Mother-infant interaction : the case of infant siblings of children with ASD at 9, 12 and 18 months
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2015)
This dissertation is a longitudinal, observational study of the interactive behaviours of mother-infant dyads where the infant is more likely to receive an autism diagnosis (SibsA), as they have an older sibling who has ...