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Advancing the dialogue between inner and outer empiricism.
Hogan, M.J. (2008)In a recent contribution to New Ideas in Psychology, Seán Ó Nualláin draws out a distinction between inner and outer empiricism, and suggests that consciousness research can benefit from analysis in both directions, that ... -
Against didacticism
Hogan, Michael J. (2006-10)Quality thinking and quality teaching are desirable but difficult to achieve. Although lectures are necessary to teach information, one cannot rely on them to promote critical and constructive thinking skills. Nevertheless, ... -
Age-related task sensitivity of frontal EEG entropy during encoding predicts retrieval
O' Hora, D; Schinkel, S; Hogan, MJ; Kilmartin, L; Keane, M; Lai, R; Upton, N (Springer, 2013)Age-related declines in memory may be due in part to changes in the complexity of neural activity in the aging brain. Electrophysiological entropy provides an accessible measure of the complexity of ongoing neural activity. ... -
Blame the patient, blame the doctor or blame the system? A meta-synthesis of qualitative studies of patient safety in primary care
McSharry, Jennifer (Public Library of Science, 2015-08-05)ObjectiveStudies of patient safety in health care have traditionally focused on hospital medicine. However, recent years have seen more research located in primary care settings which have different features compared to ... -
Cardiac rehabilitation staff views about discussing sexual issues with coronary heart disease patients: A national survey in Ireland
Doherty, Sally; Byrne, Molly; Murphy, Andrew W. (Elsevier, 2011)Background: While a healthy sexual life is regarded as an important aspect of quality of life, sexual counselling from healthcare providers for cardiac patients has received little attention in the literature. Aim: To ... -
Comparison of an online mindfulness-based cognitive therapy intervention with online pain management psychoeducation: A randomized controlled pilot study.
Dowd, H; Hogan, MJ; McGuire, BE; Sarma, KM; Fish, RA (2015-01-07)This study tested the effectiveness of a computerised mindfulness-based cognitive therapy intervention compared to computerized pain management psychoeducation in a randomized study. -
Conscientiousness and mindfulness in midlife coping: An assessment based on MIDUS II
Sesker, Amanda A.; Ó Súilleabháin, Páraic; Howard, Siobhán; Hughes, Brian M. (Wiley, 2016-02-03)Research has demonstrated that conscientious individuals tend to engage in planful problem solving to cope with stressful situations. Likewise, mindful individuals tend to favour approach-based coping and are less likely ... -
Consciousness of brain
Hogan, Michael J. (Psychological Society of Ireland, 2006)Evolved consciousness makes possible a rich variety of experience, transmissible from mind to mind via poetical and logical symbolism. Scientific experience involves mapping the energy of the system onto a correspondent ... -
A contextual behavioral approach to the study of (persecutory) delusions
Stewart, Corinna; Stewart, Ian; Hughes, Sean (Elsevier, 2016-09-04)Throughout the past century the topic of delusions has mainly been studied by researchers operating at the mental level of analysis. According to this perspective, delusional beliefs, as well as their emergence and ... -
Creating a safety culture: What are the consequences.
O'Hora, Denis (2012)Getting our work done safely is an ethical and financial imperative. An effective safety culture depends on the consequences for behaviour at every level of the organisation. The safety culture of an organization is not ... -
Cultivating thought-full and creative thinkers: A comment on quality merging Costa with Claxton et al.
Hogan, Michael. J. (Elsevier, 2006-05-15)The two keynote papers in the first issue of Thinking Skills and Creativity provide significant food for thought. Working to teach thinking skills and creativity is a real challenge. Many university professors shadow this ... -
Delay in seeking medical help following transient ischemic attack (TIA) or "Mini-Stroke": a qualitative study
Mc Sharry, Jennifer; Baxter, Alison; Wallace, Louise M.; Kenton, Anthony; Turner, Andrew; French, David P. (Public Library of Science, 2014-08-19)Background: Prompt treatment following Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) can reduce the risk of subsequent stroke and disability. However, many patients delay in making contact with medical services. This study aimed to ... -
Developing behaviour-based solutions that last: Examples from industry.
O'Hora, Denis (Irish Ergonomics Society, 2011)Organizational behaviour management (OBM) is an approach to enhancing the performance of organizations. Based originally on the theories of B. F. Skinner and other psychologists, OBM practitioners ... -
Development of a feasible implementation fidelity protocol within a complex physical therapy-led self-management intervention
Toomey, Elaine; Matthews, James; Guerin, Suzanne; Hurley, Deirdre A. (Oxford University Press, 2016-08-01)Implementation fidelity is poorly addressed within physical therapy interventions, which may be due to limited research on how to develop and implement an implementation fidelity protocol. The purpose of this study was ... -
Dimensionality and reliability assessment of the Pain Patient Profile questionnaire
McGuire, Brian E.; Hogan, Michael J.; Morrison, Todd G. (2008-02)Objective: To factor analyze the Pain Patient Profile questionnaire (P3; Tollison & Langley, 1995), a self-report measure of emotional distress in respondents with chronic pain. Method: An unweighted least squares factor ... -
Divided attention in older but not younger adults is impaired by anxiety
Hogan, Michael J. (Taylor and Francis, 2003)It has been hypothesized that the disruptive effects of negative emotional states, such as anxiety and depression, may contribute to poorer performance in older age. Some studies have reported that higher levels of anxiety ... -
Do single and multiple behavior change interventions contain different behavior change techniques? A comparison of interventions targeting physical activity in obese populations
Mc Sharry, Jennifer; French, D.P.; Olander, E.K. (American Psychological Association, 2015-09)Objective: Interventions to increase physical activity can target this behavior alone or as part of multiple health behavior change (MHBC) interventions. To date little is known about the content of MHBC interventions as ... -
Does mindfulness enhance critical thinking? Evidence for the mediating effects of executive functioning in the relationship between mindfulness and critical thinking
Noone, Chris; Bunting, Brendan; Hogan, Michael J. (Frontiers Media, 2016-01-19)Mindfulness originated in the Buddhist tradition as a way of cultivating clarity of thought. Despite the fact that this behavior is best captured using critical thinking (CT) assessments, no studies have examined the effects ... -
The dynamics of visual experience, an EEG Study of subjective pattern formation
Elliott, Mark; Glennon, Mark (Public Library of Science, 2012-01-06)Background: Since the origin of psychological science a number of studies have reported visual pattern formation in the absence of either physiological stimulation or direct visual-spatial references. Subjective patterns ... -
The effect of implementation intentions on testicular self-examination using a demonstration video.
Heverin, Mark; Byrne, Molly (Routledge, 2011-08-05)The current study aimed to test the effectiveness of a testicular self-examination (TSE) demonstration video intervention, with and without implementation intentions, in improving TSE rates. It also tested the utility of ...