Major EU project led by UCC to investigate false memories

4 Sep 2025

• UCC researcher Dr Gillian Murphy awarded €1.5m European Research Council Starting Grant to explore false memories.
• Researchers at UCC School of Applied Psychology will examine the possibility that false memories are reliable, adaptive and highly functional.
• The five-year research project will investigate the potential upsides of memory distortion – something typically viewed in a negative light - and explore the ethics of intentional alteration of memories.