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Relationships between mental toughness, barriers to exercise, and exercise behaviour in undergraduate students
(University of Wollongong, Australia, 2017)The present study explored relationships between mental toughness (MT), barriers to exercise, and self reported exercise behaviour in university students. Perceived barriers to exercise are important since previous work ... -
Remediating Viking origins: genetic code as archival memory of the remote past (pre-print version)
(Sage, 2013)This article introduces some early data from the Leverhulme Trust-funded research programme, ‘The Impact of the Diasporas on the Making of Britain: evidence, memories, inventions’. One of the interdisciplinary foci of the ... -
The role of self-regulatory individual differences in counterfactual thinking
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2013)The aim of this research was to investigate the role of self-regulatory individual differences in counterfactual thinking. In particular, we examined individual differences in autonomy, action/state orientation and ... -
Sampling participants’ experience in laboratory experiments: complementary challenges for more complete data collection
(Frontiers, 2016)Speelman and McGann’s (2013) examination of the uncritical way in which the mean is often used in psychological research raises questions both about the average’s reliability and its validity. In the present paper, we argue ... -
Screen-time versus screen type: The impact of screen engagement on cognitive development in Irish 5 year olds
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Searching for moral dumbfounding: identifying measurable indicators of moral dumbfounding
(2017)Moral dumbfounding is defined as maintaining a moral judgement, without supporting reasons. The most cited demonstration of dumbfounding does not identify a specific measure of dumbfounding and has not been published in ... -
Self-other contingencies: enacting social perception
(Springer Netherlands, 2009)Can we see the expressiveness of other people's gestures, hear the intentions in their voice, see the emotions in their posture? Traditional theories of social cognition still say we cannot, because intentions and emotions ... -
Situated agency: the normative medium of human action
(Croatian Philosophical Society, 2014)In this paper the notion of individual agency is critically examined in light of the enactive approach to understanding the mind. It is argued that following the work of Hanne De Jaegher, Ezequiel Di Paolo, Tom Froese and ... -
Social support, social participation, and cardiovascular reactivity to stress in the midlife in the United States (MIDUS) study (Pre-published)
(Elsevier, 2020-06-26)This study tested two hypotheses of associations between dimensions of social connectedness and cardiovascular reactivity to acute stress: (1) high social support predicts diminished cardiovascular responses to stress ... -
Sources of sport confidence, imagery type and performance among competitive athletes: The mediating role of sports confidence (Pre-published version)
(Edizioni Minerva Medica, 2015)Aim. This study explored the mediating role of sport confidence upon (1) sources of sport confidence- performance relationship and (2) imagery- performance relationship. Methods. Participants were 157 competitive athletes ... -
T-REX- the teachers’ research exchange. Overcoming the research-practice gap in education (Pre-published)
(Springer, 2020-04-19)This paper introduces the Teachers Research Exchange (T-REX), an online community of practice that is currently being deployed on a pilot basis nationwide in Ireland as a response to the research-practice gap . The system ... -
Thinking aloud: An exploration of cognitions in professional snooker (Pre-published version)
(Elsevier, 2018)Objectives: Presently, there is no exploration into the cognitive processes of super-elite and elite professional snooker players during real-time performance. Therefore, this study explored the cognitions of seven ... -
Thinking counterfactually – how controllability affects the ‘undoing’ of causes and enablers.
(Cognitive Science Society, 2008)Abstract Previous research on counterfactual thoughts about prevention suggests that people tend to focus on enabling rather than causing agents. However, research has also demonstrated that people have a preference ... -
The time of our lives: an investigation into the effects of technological advances on temporal experience.
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2012)Previous research (Blatchley et al., 2007) investigating the relationship between timing accuracy and computer use highlighted a potential difference between individuals with high and low levels of computer usage. In order ... -
Two kinds of theory- what psychology can learn from Einstein (Pre-published)
(SAGE Publications, 2020-04-24)A century ago, Einstein distinguished between two kinds of theory—theories of principle and constructive theories. These have separate but complementary roles to play in the advancement of knowledge, in the manner in which ... -
Type D personality and hemodynamic reactivity to laboratory stress in women
(Elsevier, 2011)Abstract The Type D personality (identified by high levels of both negative affectivity and social inhibition) has been associated with negative health consequences in cardiac patients. However, few studies have explored ... -
The tyranny of transnational discourse: 'authenticity' and Irish diasporic identity in Ireland and England (pre-print version)
(ASEN / Blackwell, 2012)Through the prism of current state discourses in Ireland on engagement with the Irish diaspora, this article examines the empirical merit of the related concepts of diaspora and transnationalism. Drawing on recent research ... -
The use of a distal-to-tactile sensory substitution interface does not lead to extension of body image
(EDP Sciences, 2011)A range of studies in the past decade and a half indicate significant impacts of tool use on body image. In cases of intentional action, contractions of near space or experienced extensions of limbs have been shown when ... -
We must guarantee a genuine Irish welcome for our returning diaspora (Pre-published version)
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What else could have caused it? Counterfactuals, enablers and alternatives
(Science Foundation Ireland, 2010)The aim of this study was to explore why people focus on enablers rather than causes in their counterfactual thinking (i.e., how people undo the past). We report the results of an experiment that compared causes and enablers ...