Quillette piece on our research into the nature and function of female orgasm

Every second of every day, across the face of planet Earth, there are 18,000 ejaculations of sperm, and 4.4 births. The stark reality that sperm (and the men who produce it) are biologically cheap, in comparison to eggs (and the women who bear them) is arithmetically inescapable. It is worth keeping facts like these in mind, to resist the incessant desire that humans have, to pretend that we are not, in Martin Daly’s memorable phrase, “just another critter.” ... Read more

Steve Sharman, Raegan Murphy, John Turner and Amanda Roberts have published their latest findings on the predictors of suicide attempts in male UK gamblers seeking residential treatment. Click here for more information: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2021.107171

Shane Galvin and Raegan Murphy recently presented a poster on Shane's PhD work at the New Advances in Online Research Methods: Virtual Summer School Conference at UCD. Shane presented his work on his Rasch Analysis of the Matrix Reasoning Task. Data for the Matrix Reasoning Item Bank fits the dichotomous Rasch model. This may be useful to further internet-based research aiming to include measures of matrix reasoning, and to further the development of psychometric tools for use in internet-based research.

Tony Su, Fiona Buckley & Samantha Dockray

A reflective summary of the ‘Connecting the DOTS Seminar’

For her MA thesis in Applied Psychology, Bláthín Power sought to gain a snapshot insight into the first COVID-19 lockdown period of March-May 2020, and how 3rd level students in the Rep of Ireland navigated the various psychological and social adjustments.