Brendan Rooney
brenrooney.bsky.social
Brendan Rooney
@brenrooney.bsky.social
Assoc. Prof. @ UCD Psychology Dublin

Director of Media Entertainment Psychology Lab
Research: entertainment ~ executive function ~ social cognition ~ emotion
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🚨 I am over the moon 🌓 to announce that I am joining University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social as an Assistant Professor this fall to start the Uncertain Mind (UMI) lab 💫

I am looking for PhD/Postdoc candidates to join (more below 👇 ). Please RT as the deadline is pretty soon 🙏
September 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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I had a nice time chatting with Pat Kenny on @newstalkfm.bsky.social about the #neuroscience of TV, #Film and #emotion.

Listen back here:
www.goloudplayer.com/episodes/why...

open.spotify.com/episode/6yTN...
August 12, 2025 at 6:12 AM
I had a nice time chatting with Pat Kenny on @newstalkfm.bsky.social about the #neuroscience of TV, #Film and #emotion.

Listen back here:
www.goloudplayer.com/episodes/why...

open.spotify.com/episode/6yTN...
August 12, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Thanks for reading/sharing the paper Stephen!
With Katalin Balint's Story Lab at @vuamsterdam.bsky.social, @cynthiacabanas.bsky.social,
we've been extending this work to look at other #FilmFeatures and other #AudienceResponses.
We love this topic!😍
Close-ups make us care... but only up to a point.

This study tested how the number of close-ups affects how viewers describe a character’s inner life. Same film, different versions, each with a different number of face shots.

Here's what they found... (Thread)
July 11, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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Thank you all once more for your heartfelt presentations at our CSAReps Project Launch event last week and to all the wonderful attendees who joined us and our CSAReps Project Team @brenrooney.bsky.social @hazelklarkin.bsky.social @theflyingchild.bsky.social @drcisme.bsky.social, David and Emilie
May 6, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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I’m speaking at this important event on how child sexual abuse is represented in #fiction and its impact on audiences. If you’re interested in media, trauma, or cultural research, I’d really encourage you to attend. Details below 👇 #MediaResearch
Please join the CSAReps Project Team for our online project launch event on April 29th & 30th with esteemed guest speakers @drcisme.bsky.social @theflyingchild.bsky.social @hazelklarkin.bsky.social @brenrooney.bsky.social
Please follow the link below to register
eventbrite.ie/e/1280573031...
March 27, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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Join us for the CSAReps project online launch event Apr 29th & 30th

With esteemed speakers @drcisme.bsky.social @theflyingchild.bsky.social @hazelklarkin.bsky.social @brenrooney.bsky.social Chris Godwin David Hanauer & Emilie Pine

Register: www.eventbrite.ie/e/csareps-pr...
Contact: CSAReps@ucd.ie
March 27, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Exciting visit from CHI’s #ForestHospital team to my lab @ucddublin.bsky.social In collab w Barretstown, we’re helping bring a forest to the new #ChildrensHospital roof!
We'll design #immersive #entertainment and stories to compliment #nature play with #awe and #imagination!
March 26, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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Today I got to visit the National Rehabilitation Hospital
and presented my work around #VR to the Spinal Cord System of Care Programme team.
What a fantastic facility!
#ucdpsychstories
March 20, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Today I got to visit the National Rehabilitation Hospital
and presented my work around #VR to the Spinal Cord System of Care Programme team.
What a fantastic facility!
#ucdpsychstories
March 20, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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I spoke with @emerharrington.bsky.social from the @independent.ie about...
*loudly whispers*
"ASMR" 🤫 😵‍💫

What is #ASMR you ask?
Check out the article below!
March 18, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I spoke with @emerharrington.bsky.social from the @independent.ie about...
*loudly whispers*
"ASMR" 🤫 😵‍💫

What is #ASMR you ask?
Check out the article below!
March 18, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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I can’t remember where I read this, but it’s important:

Why is it that when people think about traveling to the past, they worry about doing something small that will drastically change the present, but no one in the present thinks that doing something small today can drastically change the future?
February 19, 2025 at 5:33 AM
I made it to @iwmtue.bsky.social
I'm delighted to be talking here and exploring connections with the super cool centre of researchers in #MediaPsychology
#UCDpsychologyontour
#UCDpsychstories
February 18, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Why do we love Christmas films so much? Aoife Ryan-Christensen examines those formulaic and cheesy Christmas films hit so hard at this of the year - with insights from @brenrooney.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Why do we love Christmas films so much?
Love them, hate them (or love to hate them), there are many reasons why we seek out formulaic and cheesy Christmas films
www.rte.ie
December 4, 2024 at 4:08 PM
I watched 😵‍💫 the #TotalEclipse2024 from
@bowmanspartan.bsky.social
Nick's porch in Syracuse, NY
... for science... with beer...
for science!

#ucdpsychstories
April 10, 2024 at 1:22 AM