Prof Richard Roche
Biography
I was employed as a Lecturer in Maynooth University’s Department of Psychology in 2005 following postgraduate and postdoctoral study in Trinity College Dublin; I have been Professor B as of October 2022, Deputy Head of Department since 2021. My current research interests are in cognitive neuroscience/neuropsychology, particularly memory, ageing, dementia, stroke, brain injury and synaesthesia. To date I have published 37 research articles and three books, and acted as Associate Editor for Frontiers in Human Neuroscience (2014-2016). I have received over €1,450,000 in research funding, and am currently involved in collaborations between Maynooth University and the Stroke Unit of Tallaght Hospital in Dublin, as well as Peamount, Beaumot and St Vincent's Hospitals and the National Rehabilitation Hospital, Dún Laoghaire. I served on the Neuroscience Ireland committee from 2005-2014, as Vice-President 2010-2012 and President 2012-2014, and was the founding President of the Irish Brain Council in 2013. To date I have graduated 9 PhDs and 4 MSc students, and acted as advisor on a further 2 PhDs and 1 MSc. I have been a staunch supporter of neuroscience advocacy, outreach and engagement with the public for the past number of years.
Peer Reviewed Journal
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Murphy, J.R., Rawdon, C., Twomey, D., Markey, P., Kelleher, I., Molloy, C., Dr Richard Roche, & Cannon, M. (2013) 'Reduced duration mismatch negativity in adolescents with psychotic symptoms: A community based study'. BMC Psychiatry, BMC Psychiatry, Vol. 13 . [Full-Text] | |
| 2012 | Murphy, J.R., Blanchard, M.M., Rawdon, C., Kavanagh, F., Kelleher, I., Harley, M., Clarke, M.C., Dr Richard Roche, & Cannon, M. (2012) 'Event related potential reveal language processing abnormalities and reduced lateralisation of language in adolescents with psychotic-like experiences'. Schizophrenia Research, Schizophrenia Research, Vol. 137 :91-96. [Full-Text] | |
| 2012 | Roddy, S., Tiedt, L., Kelleher, I., Clarke, M.C., Murphy, J., Rawdon, C., Dr Richard Roche, Calkins, M.E., Richard, J.A., Kohler, C.G., & Cannon, M. (2012) 'An investigation of facial emotion recognition in adolescents with psychotic-like experiences: A school-based sample from the general population'. Psychological Medicine, Psychological Medicine, Vol. 28 :1-10. [Full-Text] | |
| 2005 | Roche, RAP, Mangaoang, MA, Commins, S & O’Mara, SM (2005) 'Hippocampal contributions to neurocognitive mapping in humans: A new model'. Hippocampus, 15 :622-641. [Full-Text] | |
| 2006 | Hogan, MJ, Carolan, L, Roche, RAP, Dockree, PM, Kaiser, J, Bunting, B, Robertson, IH & Lawlor, B. (2006) 'Electrophysiological and information processing variability predicts memory decrements associated with normal age-related cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s Disease'. Journal of Brain Research, 1119 :215-226. [Full-Text] | |
| 2005 | Roche, RAP, Garavan, H, Foxe, JJ & O’Mara, SM (2005) 'Individual differences discriminate event-related potentials but not performance during response inhibition'. Experimental Brain Research, 160 :60-70. | |
| 2004 | Dockree, PM, Kelly, SP, Roche, RAP, Reilly, RB & Robertson, IH (2004) 'Behavioural and physiological impairments of vigilant attention after traumatic brain injury'. Cognitive Brain Research, 20 :403-414. | |
| 2004 | Roche, RAP, Dockree, PM, Garavan, H, Foxe, JJ, Robertson, IH & O’Mara, SM (2004) 'EG alpha power changes reflect response inhibition deficits after traumatic brain injury (TBI)'. Neuroscience Letters, 362 :1-5. | |
| 2003 | Roche, RAP & O’Mara, SM (2003) 'Behavioural and electrophysiological correlates of visuomotor learning in a visual search task'. Cognitive Brain Research, 15 :127-136. | |
| 2002 | Garavan, H, Ross, TJ, Murphy, K, Roche, RAP, & Stein, EA (2002) 'Dissociable executive functions in behavioural control: Inhibition, error detection and correction'. NeuroImage, 17 :1820-1829. |