Congratulations to @shanewriter.bsky.social & his colleagues at DCU, De Montfort Uni & Tilburg Uni, for being awarded a €10 million ERC grant to investigate "coercive and abusive interrogation practices." Here's an interview with Shane about the project: @erc.europa.eu youtu.be/QNn6Z3VSCEs

Delighted to announce with my colleagues Prof Yvonne Daly, Dublin City Uni; Prof Dave Walsh Walsh, De Montfort Uni; Prof Bennett Kleinberg, Tilburg Uni, we have secured an ERC Synergy grant entitled JUSTICE (or ‘Joining Unique Strategies Together For Interrogative Coercion Elimination).

It was great to see everyone at the exhibition "How Music and Arts Support Neurodiversity"! Thanks so much to Rachel for the photos. #neurodiverse #neurosciences #psychology #art #neurodiversityireland @dancingresearch.bsky.social

Join us today and tomorrow (30th-31st) for the "Music and Arts Supporting Neurodivergence: A Photovoice Exhibition" in the Trinity Business School from 12:00 - 20:00 Claire Howlin 🎶🧠@geo

Here we are setting up the photovoice exhibition - thankfully we had an expert in straight lines with us… Looking forward to the public launch tomorrow - but the tickets are now sold out! @georginacoyle.bsky.social #Photovoice @researchireland.ie

This amazing exhibition will run today and tomorrow from 12:00 - 20:00 at the Trinity Business School. #neurodiversity #ireland #art #exhibition #music #psychology Hosted by Claire Howlin 🎶🧠

Trinity’s Institute of Neuroscience (TCIN) has acquired the country’s first wearable brain scanner and is featured in the University Times. Read the full article below: universitytimes.ie/2025/10/inst... With @redmondoconnell.bsky.social

Join us for the launch Tomorrow at 2pm - "Music and Arts Supporting Neurodivergence: A Photovoice Exhibition" Grab a free ticket here: tinyurl.com/3wub8377 The exhibition is open daily from 12:00–20:00 on 29th, 30th, and 31st October 2025 at Trinity Business School. @dancingresearch.bsky.social

The Trinity Centre for Global Health is delighted to partner with the Irish Global Health Network to invite you to the IGHNx EU: Empowering Women for a Healthier Europe Event! Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/ighnxeu-empowering-women-for-a-healthier-europe-tickets-1544494286989?aff=Website

We’re delighted to share that our colleagues Prof. Ladislav Timulak and Dr. Daragh Keogh, Assistant Professor’s book, "Transdiagnostic Emotion-Focused Therapy", originally published by the American Psychological Association in 2022, has now been released in Chinese! #psychology

"Music could help ease pain from surgery or illness. Scientists are listening" - Dr Claire Howlin, Assistant Professor, was featured in the Associated Press. Please read the full article below: @dancingresearch.bsky.social apnews.com/article/musi...

One of our undergraduates was featured in the Irish Times, speaking on the struggle of loneliness, please see the full article below: www.irishtimes.com/ireland/soci...

"Is the world as bleak as we think it is?" - Listen to Dr Dale Whelehan, Assistant Professor at Trinity College Dublin, School of Psychology on Newstalk Radio. Dale Whelehan https://www.newstalk.com/podcasts/highlights-from-newstalk-breakfast/is-the-world-as-bleak-as-we-think-it-is

Cant wait for this - the artwork gives a beautiful insight into how different minds work, from extremely literal to impossibly abstract. To give our participants more agency we’ll be hearing from them directly, including non speaking people, and professional artists. 🧑‍🎨 🧠🌈 #dublin #psychology

New paper published "Transforming psychiatry with computational and brain-based methods" co-authored by Professor Claire Gillan, Trinity College Institute for Neuroscience and School of Psychology. Please see the full paper below: Claire Gillan https://www.nature.com/articles/s43588-025-00884-9

Great start to the evening course last night, there's still time to sign up, click on the link below! https://www.tcd.ie/psychology/courses/evening-course/

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Join us at Trinity Business School on Oct 30 @ 2 PM for our Photovoice Exhibition on music, arts & neurodiversity. Free but limited tickets! Hosted by @dancingresearch.bsky.social Register below: www.eventbrite.ie/e/music-and-...

"Younger Brains, Sharper Minds: Global Study Reveals Creative Experiences Slow Brain Aging" - Research from the Global Brain Health Institute featured in the Science Magazine. #GBHI https://scienmag.com/younger-brains-sharper-minds-global-study-reveals-creative-experiences-slow-brain-aging/#

A global expert panel – including Prof Sven Vanneste – developed RATES, a checklist for reporting transcranial electrical stimulation #tES studies (including tDCS, tACS, tRNS). Sven Vanneste Please read the full consensus in Nature Protocols: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41596-025-01259-0

There's still time to apply, the deadline is TOMORROW at noon.

"Creativity could be prescribed to improve brain health, study suggests" - A new study by the Global Brain Institute is featured in the Irish Times. #Neuroscience The Irish Times https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2025/10/03/creativity-could-be-prescribed-to-improve-brain-health-study-suggests/

🇮🇪 Brief pitstop to Dublin today to teach @tcdpsychology.bsky.social Final Year Project Students #PsychoPy !! Academic things did happen but the only photos I got were of food.

New guest lecture: "Translational Neurotransmitter Imaging in Parkinsonian Disorders" by Dr Johannes C Klein, Oxford Parkinson’s Disease Centre, University of Oxford on Oct 23rd at 12-1pm, Lloyd Building, LB 11

"Music, dance and visual arts along with gaming can slow brain aging, Irish researchers reveal" - Researchers from the Global Brain Institute discuss their research. https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/music-dance-visual-arts-along-36005205.amp

Job opportunity - Research Fellow position at the Centre for Innovative Human Systems, School of Psychology, Trinity College Dublin. Please see this link: www.tcd.ie/hr/vacancies/ #psychology #job #ResearchFellow #newposition #career #humansystems #opportunity #newjob

NEW JOB POSTING - Research Fellow - School of Psychology - DEADLINE Noon Tues Oct 7th, see the full job spec here: https://www.tcd.ie/hr/vacancies/ #Psychology #Humansystems #TrinityCollegeDublin #Jobs #ResearchFellow

New paper published: "Focused transcranial ultrasound stimulation: a breakthrough approach to treating brain disorders" - Co-authored by Prof Sven Vanneste. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17434440.2025.2563618 #Neuroscience #Psychology Sven Vanneste

New paper published: "Social exposome and brain health outcomes of dementia across Latin America" - Co-authored by Prof Sven Vanneste Sven Vanneste https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-63277-6

To mark the award of the Broadbent prize to Ruth Byrne by the European Society for Cognitive Psychology, Ruth will present her recent keynote lecture, which considers the central role of the imagination in cognition, illustrated by examples from different domains of thinking. @ruthbyrne.bsky.social

Curious about the science of behaviour and mind? Why not try something new this Autumn? Apply for the Evening Course in Psychology, for more see www.tcd.ie/psychology/c... #psychology #eveningcourse #behaviour #neuroscience

FREE ONLINE EVENT - EQUIPS : Getting started with funding for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety research and innovation! Wednesday 24 September 2025, at 1-3pm. @equips.bsky.social #Research #Innovation #funding www.eventbrite.ie/e/equips-get...

This is going to be a great event, really looking forward to it.. We actually used body mapping (usually used for pain) to encourage people to explore their embodied responses to #music photovoice is a radical way to give people agency in research #neurodiversity #creativity #wellbeing #photo

It was terrific to meet all the students yesterday at Irish Times Higher Options Fair in the RDS! Join us to talk Psychology at our booth today and tomorrow! @irishtimes.com #psychology #leavingcert #higheroptions higheroptions.irishtimes.com/home

Photovoice Exhibition 29th - 31st October at Trinity Business school led by Dr. Claire Howlin. ‘How Music and Arts Support Neurodiversity’ will showcase photos and stories from neurodivergent adults about how creativity helps them thrive. Join us for the LAUNCH Oct 30th @dancingresearch.bsky.social

New Event this Wednesday at 2pm in GBHI! - "Why Cultural Spaces Can Make a Difference to Your Brain Health". For more please see the link below. www.tcd.ie/news_events/...

Dr Clare Kelly (School of Psychology) contributed to an opinion piece in the Irish Times about AI in higher education stating that ‘even if all the known issues were magically resolved, we would still not want our students to use GenAI.’ @clarekelly.bsky.social www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

There's still time to apply for the Evening Course in Psychology. If you or someone you know has a curiosity about the science of behaviour and mind, please click below for more information: www.tcd.ie/psychology/c... #psychology #humanbehaviour #neuroscience #eveningcourse youtu.be/LWHvFzyBLJk

Want to participate in a Psychology study? For upcoming studies and how to get involved, please see here: www.tcd.ie/psychology/p...

The MEG was featured in the Irish Medical Times, read below: @redmondoconnell.bsky.social @irishmedicaltimes.bsky.social www.imt.ie/news/ireland... #neuroscience #schoolofpsychology #psychology #medicine #MEG

One of only 14 such machines in the world, the OPM-MEG system is housed in a shielded room in Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience which eliminates external magnetic fields. This is the first time such a device has been set up in the country.

A €2 million wearable brain scanner capable of picking up the earliest signs of epilepsy, dementia and ADHD has arrived at Trinity College Dublin. @redmondoconnell.bsky.social @irishtimes.com #neuroscience #psychology #MEG #adhd #dementia #epilepsy #medicine www.irishtimes.com/science/2025...

Benefits of Ireland's first OPM system: ✅Enables awesome cognitive neuroscience ✅Enables awseome clinical neuroscience ✅Makes @redmondoconnell.bsky.social look rather fetching

Professor Redmond O'Connell speaks on the possibilities of Ireland's first OPM-MEG system! @redmondoconnell.bsky.social #neuroscience #pyschology #medicine #MEG #TrinityCollegeDublin businessplus.ie/tech/trinity...

Some pics of Professor Ruth Byrne, winner of the Broadbent prize by the European Society for Cognitive Psychology, speaking on creativity and imaginative thought. @ruthbyrne.bsky.social @escop.bsky.social #psychology #creativity #imagination

Congratulations to Ruth Byrne, professor of cognitive science. She has been awarded the 2025 Broadbent prize by the European Society for Cognitive Psychology. @ruthbyrne.bsky.social @escop.bsky.social

Wonderful piece by colleagues in @historytcd.bsky.social and @tcdpsychology.bsky.social

Great to see the new OPM-MEG scanner @tcdpsychology.bsky.social is up and running! Can’t wait to see the new projects that will emerge from it. #neuroscience #imaging #TPJ @redmondoconnell.bsky.social www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

#ESCOP2025 Don’t miss the Opening Ceremony starting at 5pm in The Octagon, followed by the Broadbent Lecture by Professor Ruth Byrne and Opening Reception in Foundry club. www.escop2025.com/event-progra...

To find out more about the MEG, please see RTÉ's article: www.rte.ie/news/ireland... @redmondoconnell.bsky.social @researchireland.ie