Richard Roche
@rrocheneuro
Professor at Maynooth University Psychology Dept. Neuroscience, brain, memory, art, science, folklore, mythology, writing, music, football.
A lovely evening for our Pioneers of Irish Neuroscience walking tour of Dublin for #INS2026 - Thanks to everyone who came along, I hope you enjoyed it - we definitely got our steps in!
I'm bringing Dose back - Jane from 43 in those awful world cup ads was a complete dose! Also, in other examples of "means something else in Ireland":
The appearance of Mick in the crowd didn't draw so much as a flicker of a mention from Darragh and Ray on RTE. "Fletch" would've rattled off 5 Stones songs in 2 minutes there. Plus a crowbarred mention of John "Rolling" Stones
Think the choice of yellow for the L here was a mistake - from a distance it looks like they're directing people toward an explosion
For the neuro heads, this is a Lichtenberg figure, a pattern created by running a high voltage electrical discharge through, in this case, acrylic - but doesn't it look like something else? (Got it on etsy, for anyone wondering)
This week's @mupsychology.bsky.social Departmental Seminar is from our own Dr Sadhbh Byrne
This part of the canal path will be closed until mid-July for resurfacing, the skyline will look quite different when it reopens
Lovely to have Dr Laura Rai back with us today for our @mupsychology.bsky.social Departmental Seminar on the neurocognition of liveness
Lovely to welcome back Dr Michelle Kelly for today's @mupsychology.bsky.social Departmental Seminar
Huge thanks to everyone who came along for today's walking tour - the weather held out (mostly), I hope everyone enjoyed it! Thanks to @mupsychology.bsky.social PsychSoc for co-organising, a great start to #brainawarenessweek2026
Just a few tickets left for our #brainawarenessweek2026 Irish Pioneers of Neuroscience Dublin Walking Tour tomorrow - it's free, tickets at the link below. It was great fun last year, hoping it'll stay rain-free for us this year too! www.eventbrite.ie/e/irish-neur...
A fantastic morning at Croke Park for the launch of TheReplay.ie , the online archive of commentaries from the legendary Micheál O'Muircheartaigh, using his iconic voice as a cue to unlock memories for people living with dementia and everyone. A wonderful collaboration with ASI, GAA and @rte.ie
A fantastic day at the Alzheimer Society of Ireland @drni.bsky.social HRB Brain Health and Dementia Research Day at the Civic Theatre in Tallaght. Wonderful talks and great panel discussions, with a very informed and engaged audience of experts - huge congratulations to all, a brilliant event!
Huge congratulations to new Dr Carmen Pocknell after her successful viva voce defence today! Co-supervisors (me and Sean Commins) are very proud! Thanks to @rebeccamaguire.bsky.social and @mariapertl.bsky.social for examining! @mupsychology.bsky.social