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Powering up with a Student Advisory Group: People’s experiences of the BrainPower Student Advisory Group
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Kneeling Down is not Bending Over
13 Jul 2021
Neurological reflections on the recent Euro 2020 racism
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Nose Job: Loss of smell with Covid-19 could have bad consequences for sex lives
25 Jun 2021
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Covid-19, especially long covid has been associated with anosmia (loss of smell). Let's hope that this effect is short term because it is, understandably enough, being treated as much less severe than (say) heart problems. However, loss of smell can impact drastically on quality of life and sexual relationships because a lot of sexual desire is mediated through that sensory modality, especially in women. -
Developmental Opportunities for Transitions in Students
14 Jun 2021A reflective summary of the ‘Connecting the DOTS Seminar’
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Bláthín Power (MA Applied Psychology graduate) presents her research at New Horizons Conference
18 Jan 2021
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.
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Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) – Remote Internship Winter 2020
02 Dec 2020
There is an internship available working with some Senior Clinical Psychologists in the region who use EMDR. The project is led by Christian Ryan from the DClinPsych team in the School of Applied Psychology. It is envisaged that the project will start in January 2021 and will mostly involve remote working. The project is detailed below.
One-page letters of interest should be sent to Christian Ryan (christian.ryan@ucc.ie) by Monday 7th December. Experience is not essential, but if you have relevant experience (including in non-research areas) please describe. Christian will be in touch by the end of December.
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BiPS Body and Emotions Study
06 Nov 2020
We are seeking teenagers (aged 11 to 13) to participate in a online study about how teenagers feel satisfied with their body. Participation in the study involves the teenager answering online questions about how satisfied they feel with their body, their well-being and their relationships with friends and family.
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Reflections on Health Psychology and Social Entrepreneurship Orna Murray
29 Oct 2020Orna Murray completed her BA in Applied Psychology before completing a MA Health Psychology at NUIG. Orna is a Social Entrepreneur and founded Your Health Psychology in January 2020. Orna is on Twitter @orna_murray
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Non-human animal rescue workers experience significant amounts of psychological distress. A recent paper by Dr Raegan Murphy and Shaunagh Daly highlights these important issues.
23 Oct 2020
To better understand the psychological effects on humans of working with distressed non-human animals, we set out to understand the professional quality of life experienced by this group of workers.
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Let’s talk about statistics anxiety!
15 Sep 2020
By Cleidi Hearn
Cleidi commenced her BA Applied Psychology in 2018, and with the support of UCC and the Student Inc. programme has created Sunny Numbers which is an EdTech startup specialised in gamified statistics apps, and expecting to launch the first app in November 2020.
Put your hands up if you love statistics. I'm going to take a wild guess that most of you do. If that is not the case, then keep reading because this is for you.
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