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~~~ Media + Entertainment Lab ~~~
~~~~ UCD Psychology ~~~~
° Exploring mind + behaviour via media + virtual worlds.
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Do I even need to see the movie now?!? brendan rooney talks to RTÉ Brainstorm about his psychology research into cognitive and emotion responses to movie trailers. Check it out below!

Why do film trailers give so much away? If you feel like trailers are way too long and give far too much of the plot away, there's a reason for that... Aoife Ryan-Christensen gets the popcorn in - with insights from brendan rooney ME_Lab (UCD Psych) UCD Psychology rte.ie/brainstorm/202…

brendan rooney may be representing #UCDPsychologyontour in Columbia University, but he is still on our airways! #UCDPsychStories

I watched 😵💫 the #TotalEclipse2024 from Nick Nick Bowman (包尼克)'s porch in Syracuse, NY ... for science... with beer... for science! #ucdpsychstories


Tomorrow eve- Mon 20th at 9:35pm on @RTE 1: PJ Gallagher takes a very honest look at #mentalhealth #mentalillness + we consider the role that supportive experience can play in our wellbeing Psychological Society of Ireland EFPA UCD Psychology ME_Lab (UCD Psych)



Why do we love Christmas films so much? Aoife Ryan-Christensen on those formulaic and cheesy Christmas films hit so hard at this of the year. With insights from brendan rooney UCD Psychology ME_Lab (UCD Psych) rte.ie/brainstorm/202…


Memory Lane: The Perfectly Imperfect Ways We Remember by Ciara Greene and Gillian Murphy (on-sale: March 4, 2025) is a “splendid study” with “fascinating case studies.” Read the full Publishers Weekly review: hubs.ly/Q02-xwLb0


Thanks to American Psychological Association's Monitor on Psychology for reaching out to discuss #MixedRealityTherapy. Our work on this project has aimed to harness these reality conditions to help make therapy more fun, personal & effective. More in 2025! @UCD ME_Lab (UCD Psych) apa.org/monitor/2025/0…

I made it to IWM Tübingen @[email protected] I'm delighted to be talking here and exploring connections with the super cool centre of researchers in #MediaPsychology #UCDpsychologyontour #UCDpsychstories



I spoke with Emer Harrington from the Irish Independent about... *loudly whispers* "ASMR" 🤫 😵💫 What is #ASMR you ask? Check out the article below! #ucdpsychstories UCD Psychology University College Dublin

Today I got to visit the National Rehabilitation Hospital National Rehabilitation Hospital Ireland and presented my work around #VR and #emotion to the Spinal Cord System of Care Programme team. What a fantastic facility! #ucdpsychstories


Exciting visit from CHI’s #ForestHospital team to ME_Lab (UCD Psych) UCD Research! In collab w/ Barretstown, we’re helping bring a forest to the new #ChildrensHospital roof! We'll design #immersive #entertainment and stories to compliment #nature play with #awe and #imagination!



Today is #HSCPDay2025 and we are celebrating innovation in psychology. brendan rooney, Assistant Professor in the UCD School of Psychology and Director of ME_Lab (UCD Psych), shares one of the exciting projects he supervises - using virtual reality to design and foster feelings of awe!

Thanks Psychological Society of Ireland for sharing my work with Assim Kalouaz for #HSCPDay2025. Check out his great work designing emotion into #immersive experiences. #ucdPsychStories

Thanks Psychological Society of Ireland for sharing more of my work. This time with Pat Mulvaney for #HSCPDay2025. UCD Psychology
