Psychology: The Science of Behaviour and Mind

This lecture course will present an overview of contemporary psychology and introduce participants to cutting edge research undertaken by the school of Psychology staff.

Topics include: 

  • The psychology of the climate crisis
  • Social neuroscience
  • Advances in brain stimulation
  • Child health and wellbeing
  • What can be done to promote mental health and positive development among refugee children
  • How we imagine
  • Family systematic interventions for at-risk adolescence mental health and wellbeing
  • Minding your brain – A user’s guide
  • Organisational Psychology
  • .... and many more.

This course is a lecture series, and there are no exams or course work involved. Participants who attend at least 12 out of the 16 lectures will receive a certificate of attendance. The course does not provide an academic qualification.

€250 for sixteen weeks - We are currently not accepting applications.

A concession rate (€100) is available to second and full time third-level students, unemployed persons, and those in receipt of a social welfare pension. Payment and proof of status MUST accompany the application form. This may be, for example, a letter from second/third level institution, proof of receipt of social welfare pension or unemployment benefits.

The application form will be available online only here.

The applications are now closed.

Applications in person for 2024-25 are unavailable. You may apply as follows:

  1. Please apply in advance;

  2. If seeking a concession rate, email the proof of status to the evening course coordinator at psyeve@tcd.ie;

  3. Applicants may pay their fee online using a Credit or Debit card via the PayPal facility available on the evening course website

A welcoming email will be sent in September with more detailed information and the Zoom link  for the first lecture. Places are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis

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Lectures will take place every Wednesday at 7:00 pm in the JM Synge Theatre, in the Arts Building (on campus), room 2039. The theatre will be open from 6.30 pm.

There is an entrance to the TCD College campus on Nassau Street. This entrance will remain open until 10.30 pm. The campus can also be accessed through the main entrance of Trinity College.

If you enter the campus from the Nassau Street entrance, the arts Building is the building on your right and once you enter the building the JR Synge Theatre is over towards the left and at the back.

Lecture Date Lecture Professor
  Mich. Term 2024    
       
  October    
1 09.10.24 New Breakthroughs in Brain Stimulation for Treating Mental Disorders  Sven Vanneste
2 16.10.24 Bringing a damaged brain back into action Richard Carson
3 30.10.24 The psychological difficulties experienced by young drivers Michael Gormley
       
  November    
4 06.11.24 The language puzzle: Child language acquisition Jean Quigley
5 13.11.24 Early Experiences and Later Development Elizabeth Nixon
6 20.11.24 Human Aggression and Violence through a Psychoanalytic Lens John O'Connor
7 27.11.24 Neuroimaging of the Emergence of Cognition in Infants  Rhodri Cusack
       
  December    
8 04.12.24 What can be done to promote mental health and positive development among refugee children Kristin Hadfield
9 11.12.24 Early Intervention for Neurodevelopmental Conditions  Olive Healy
       
  Hilary Term 2025    
       
  January    
10 22.01.25 Anxiety, depression and decision making under uncertainty Sonia Bishop
12 29.01.25 How people imagine Ruth Byrne
       
  February    
13 05.02.25 The wandering mind- perspectives from psychology and neuroscience. Paul Dockree
14 12.02.25 How close is Artificial Intelligence coming to matching Human  Intelligence? Redmond O'Connell
15 19.02.25 Workplace wellbeing Adele Grazi
16 26.02.25 Let’s talk about Gen Z’s mental health: Trends and predictors of change over time Alina Cosma
       
  March    
17 12.03.25 Forensic Psychology: Research-informed applied practice Tim Trimble

 

Contact

Enquiries to the School of Psychology regarding the Evening Course via email: psyeve@tcd.ie.

Lecture Notes

The Lecture recordings and notes for this course will be available here.