Associate Professor at University College Dublin || Attention & Memory Lab || Memory Lane: The Perfectly Imperfect Ways We Remember, on sale 4 March 2025
So excited for our first review for Memory Lane from @PublishersWkly! “…a persuasive argument that forgetting has its benefits, even as the fascinating case studies show the many downsides of memory’s fallibility. Pop science readers will want to check out this splendid study”
Join us in Ireland in June 2025! Call for abstracts now open - deadline 1st October for symposia, 1st November for individual talks. See sarmac2025.org for further information☘️
Join us in Ireland in June 2025! Call for abstracts now open - deadline 1st October for symposia, 1st November for individual talks. See sarmac2025.org for further information☘️
Join us in Ireland in June 2025! Call for abstracts now open - deadline 1st October for symposia, 1st November for individual talks. See sarmac2025.org for further information☘️
Come work with us! PhD studentship available in @AppPsychUCC, working with me and @gillysmurf to develop interventions for cancer misinformation. Application deadline
1st May; contact me with informal queries!
ucc.ie/en/apsych/research/re…
Delighted to see this paper published at HKS Misinformation Review with @gillysmurf and a fantastic group of post docs and RAs.
This was a huge review examining all misinfo studies published since 2016
misinforeview.hks.harvard.ed…
- The topics studied by misinformation researchers have shifted over time, with health issues (especially COVID!) overtaking political misinformation as the most popular topic investigated
We suggest researchers should be cautious in inferring behav consequences from misinfo exposure if behaviours are not measured.
Policymakers should reflect on outcomes they hope to influence (e.g. vaccination rates) and consider whether evidence supports specific interventions.
"These results demonstrate that stereotypical information pertaining to national identity can influence the formation of false memories for fake news..."
Us Versus Them: The Role of National Identity in the Formation of False Memories for Fake News psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202…
by @ciaragreene01 et al via @ucddublin cc @VoiceOfFranky
Research has shown that even the memories that we see as being fundamental are prone to bias, and even outright fabrication. Discussing the consequences of false memories at QED will be @chriscfrench, @ciaragreene01, Kevin Felstead, and @jourdemayneqedcon.org/news/2023/announc…
Research has shown that even the memories that we see as being fundamental are prone to bias, and even outright fabrication. Discussing the consequences of false memories at QED will be @chriscfrench, @ciaragreene01, Kevin Felstead, and @jourdemayneqedcon.org/news/2023/announc…
This paper was so much fun! We often talk about people having “a good memory”, but we found here that different measures of autobiographical memory correlate weakly, suggesting different underlying processes. Performing well on one task doesn’t meant you’ll do well on another!