Gillian is a Senior Lecturer in Applied Psychology at University College Cork. She is a Fulbright Scholar, a Fellow of the Psychonomic Society, and a Funded Investigator at Lero, the Research Ireland Centre for Software. Her research interests are broad, though most often relate back to memory in some way. She enjoys studying how cognition can "fail" in everyday contexts, as well as considering when and how these "failures" can be quite useful.
Outside of the lab, Gillian is a mother to two young children, whose everyday cognition she loves to observe.
cianomahony@ucc.ie
Cian’s research examines the psychology of conspiracy beliefs, with a focus on using critical thinking to teach people how to discern between plausible and implausible conspiracy theories. His project explores the use of interactive video games as an educational tool to improve people’s ability to critically assess conspiracy theories. His PhD research in the lab was co-funded by Google and the Irish Research Council. He is now continuing that work and further developing his educational games for larger-scale evaluations and distribution. His post-doc is funded by Lero - the Research Ireland Centre for Software.
john.twomey@ucc.ie
John's research focuses on the societal and personal impact of novel media editing technologies. John’s work specifically examines the development and impacts of deepfake technology from a HCI perspective. His work uses case studies and experimental research to examine the use of deepfakes in misinformation, entertainment, and online abuse and harassment. His work is funded by Lero, the Research Ireland Centre for Software.
116378223@umail.ucc.ie
Didier's research focuses on quantifying the effects of deepfakes on our beliefs, memories, and behaviours. His work examines whether deepfakes are a uniquely potent form of misinformation and attempts to quantify their potential harmfulness. He is currently working on designing educational interventions to effectively teach the public about deepfakes and emerging technologies. He is funded by Lero, the Research Ireland Centre for Software.
122104383@umail.ucc.ie
Oisin is a trainee Clinical Psychologist and his research is examining recovered memories of abuse in a therapeutic context. He is interested in how therapists approach this in their practice and in developing a toolkit for practitioners to understand memory distortion. Oisin is funded by the Irish Prison Service.
ella.doran@umail.ucc.ie
Ella is interested in health misinformation and is working to develop tools to combat it. Health misinformation can be dangerous as it may lead t to harmful decisions and behaviours, such as people delaying or stopping cancer treatment. Ella's PhD project will develop evidence-based digital and non-digital interventions to help patients, the general public, and medical professionals to reduce their susceptibility to cancer misinformation. Ella's work is co-funded by Breakthrough Cancer Research and Lero, the Research Ireland Centre for Software.
Amy Geary - how misogyny predicts endorsement of deepfake myths
Clodagh Hosford - developing effective deepfake interventions
Laoise Kelly - the effects of gender, misogyny and rape myths on juror decisions
Emily Lavoie - demographic predictors of deepfake engagement and perpetration
Karen McNulty - estimating the size of the misinformation effect
Ting Na Tang - developing effective deepfake interventions
Emily Rousseau - the effect of memory expert witness testimony on juror opinions in a sexual assault case
We're lucky to work with so many wonderful collaborators, including but not limited to those below.
Professor Matthew Aylett, Herriot Watt University/Cereproc
Dr Maria Dempsey, University College Cork
Dr Sarah Foley, University College Cork
Dr Ciara Greene, University College Dublin
Professor Linda Levine, University of California, Irvine
Dr Conor Linehan, University College Cork
Professor Elizabeth Loftus, University of California, Irvine
Professor Mike Quayle, University of Limerick