Richard Roche
@rrocheneuro.bsky.social
Professor at Maynooth University Psychology Dept. Neuroscience, brain, memory, art, science, folklore, mythology, writing, music, football.
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Richard Roche
@rrocheneuro.bsky.social
· Nov 15
This place seems to be taking off so better do a pinned tweet - we've had a few books in recent years, so if you're into the history of Irish neuroscience, or art and the brain, or Irish mythology, there should be something for you here:
Is anyone else getting a ton of spam emails lately offering to promote your books? I'm talking 8 to 10 per day, mostly caught by the spam filter but one or two get through
November 11, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Is anyone else getting a ton of spam emails lately offering to promote your books? I'm talking 8 to 10 per day, mostly caught by the spam filter but one or two get through
@1900hotdog.bsky.social
They look like Chernobyl Hellhounds to me...
They look like Chernobyl Hellhounds to me...
Some of the stray dogs living near Chernobyl have recently turned blue. This confused scientists for weeks, until they realized they had simply been rolling around in chemicals from a nearby set of portable toilets. 14/10 for all
November 10, 2025 at 10:02 PM
@1900hotdog.bsky.social
They look like Chernobyl Hellhounds to me...
They look like Chernobyl Hellhounds to me...
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Some of the stray dogs living near Chernobyl have recently turned blue. This confused scientists for weeks, until they realized they had simply been rolling around in chemicals from a nearby set of portable toilets. 14/10 for all
November 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Some of the stray dogs living near Chernobyl have recently turned blue. This confused scientists for weeks, until they realized they had simply been rolling around in chemicals from a nearby set of portable toilets. 14/10 for all
Welcome back Dr Ross Brannigan @rcsi.bsky.social for today's @maynoothuniversity.ie Psychology Departmental Seminar as part of our #MUPsychologyAt25 series
November 10, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Welcome back Dr Ross Brannigan @rcsi.bsky.social for today's @maynoothuniversity.ie Psychology Departmental Seminar as part of our #MUPsychologyAt25 series
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Good to see someone involved in the field describing the techbro fantasies as “bullshit”. But note the link between this nonsense and eugenicist ideas from Altman. These people are rich, stupid and influential, which = dangerous.
Investors’ ‘dumb transhumanist ideas’ setting back neurotech progress, say experts
Investors’ ‘dumb transhumanist ideas’ setting back neurotech progress, say experts
Fascination of investors such as Elon Musk with uploading their brains to computers is hindering progress in curing disease, say scientists
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Good to see someone involved in the field describing the techbro fantasies as “bullshit”. But note the link between this nonsense and eugenicist ideas from Altman. These people are rich, stupid and influential, which = dangerous.
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I wish this cornball sci-fi adjacent cartoon spin off trend had continued to the Sopranos / The Wire / Deadwood prestige era.
November 9, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I wish this cornball sci-fi adjacent cartoon spin off trend had continued to the Sopranos / The Wire / Deadwood prestige era.
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Got these new trainers today but I can't get it out of my head that they look like fuckin DC Tosh Lines from The Bill
November 9, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Got these new trainers today but I can't get it out of my head that they look like fuckin DC Tosh Lines from The Bill
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Have a #painting why don't you. "Bantry Brendan" was painted because I like sitting in the west Cork town eating a sandwich as I look up at the sculpture, by Imogen and Ian Stuart, of Brendan the Navigator looking out to the Atlantic - or Bantry Bay at least. #SpeirGhorm #ArtYear
November 9, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Have a #painting why don't you. "Bantry Brendan" was painted because I like sitting in the west Cork town eating a sandwich as I look up at the sculpture, by Imogen and Ian Stuart, of Brendan the Navigator looking out to the Atlantic - or Bantry Bay at least. #SpeirGhorm #ArtYear
Excellent City performance today, looked very composed. Jerry D is finally starting to deliver, Savinho needs to do the same. Nico G's apprenticeship going very well, and Nico O doing a brilliant job as makeshift left back - he's an attacking midfielder, which no pundit seems to realise. #mcfc
November 9, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Excellent City performance today, looked very composed. Jerry D is finally starting to deliver, Savinho needs to do the same. Nico G's apprenticeship going very well, and Nico O doing a brilliant job as makeshift left back - he's an attacking midfielder, which no pundit seems to realise. #mcfc
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HAPPY FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE
November 7, 2025 at 6:44 PM
HAPPY FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE
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Delighted to support MU Psych Soc's invited lecture on Forensic Metascience by departmental alum, Dr Jamie Cummins @jamiecummins.bsky.social whose work in this area seeks to enhance rigour & accuracy in scientific reporting.
Sincere thanks to Dr Cummins. #MUPsychologyAt25
Sincere thanks to Dr Cummins. #MUPsychologyAt25
November 7, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Delighted to support MU Psych Soc's invited lecture on Forensic Metascience by departmental alum, Dr Jamie Cummins @jamiecummins.bsky.social whose work in this area seeks to enhance rigour & accuracy in scientific reporting.
Sincere thanks to Dr Cummins. #MUPsychologyAt25
Sincere thanks to Dr Cummins. #MUPsychologyAt25
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generating examples for my fall undergrad Perception students on why they should not use LLMs as study aides...
August 15, 2025 at 4:12 PM
generating examples for my fall undergrad Perception students on why they should not use LLMs as study aides...
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stop doing phrenology with the computer!!
bro are you fucking kidding me
November 6, 2025 at 9:55 PM
stop doing phrenology with the computer!!
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Every tech company eventually either reinvents the bus or reinvents phrenology
bro are you fucking kidding me
November 6, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Every tech company eventually either reinvents the bus or reinvents phrenology
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There's been a great deal of debate about how safe Dublin city centre is, but when we @dublininquirer.com looked for data to resolve this, we couldn't find much useful – so we commissioned a survey to try to add some facts/data to the debate. Today we've published five articles about the results. 1/
November 5, 2025 at 9:23 AM
There's been a great deal of debate about how safe Dublin city centre is, but when we @dublininquirer.com looked for data to resolve this, we couldn't find much useful – so we commissioned a survey to try to add some facts/data to the debate. Today we've published five articles about the results. 1/
Lovely to welcome back Dr @jamiecummins.bsky.social for tonight's @mupsychology.bsky.social talk as part of our #MUpsychologyAt25 events @maynoothuniversity.ie
November 6, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Lovely to welcome back Dr @jamiecummins.bsky.social for tonight's @mupsychology.bsky.social talk as part of our #MUpsychologyAt25 events @maynoothuniversity.ie
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We are delighted to announce Dr Ross Brannigan, Department of Public Health and Epidemiology @RCSI_Irl, as our next seminar series speaker! Join us for his seminar "Psychiatric Epidemiology and Healthcare: Identifying Groups at Risk" #MUPsychologyat25
November 6, 2025 at 4:03 PM
We are delighted to announce Dr Ross Brannigan, Department of Public Health and Epidemiology @RCSI_Irl, as our next seminar series speaker! Join us for his seminar "Psychiatric Epidemiology and Healthcare: Identifying Groups at Risk" #MUPsychologyat25
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👏Congratulations to Dr Alexander Porshnev, Postdoctoral Researcher in Psychology on his recent MaynoothSparks Award 2025. 🏆
Read more here: maynoothuniversity.ie/psychology/n...
@MaynoothUni
Read more here: maynoothuniversity.ie/psychology/n...
@MaynoothUni
November 5, 2025 at 12:09 PM
👏Congratulations to Dr Alexander Porshnev, Postdoctoral Researcher in Psychology on his recent MaynoothSparks Award 2025. 🏆
Read more here: maynoothuniversity.ie/psychology/n...
@MaynoothUni
Read more here: maynoothuniversity.ie/psychology/n...
@MaynoothUni
Annual reminder to businesses in Ireland - stop trying to make Black Friday a thing over here. Black Friday is the day off Americans get after thanksgiving. Give us a day off at the end of November and then we can talk about your little sale or whatever you're trying to flog
November 4, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Annual reminder to businesses in Ireland - stop trying to make Black Friday a thing over here. Black Friday is the day off Americans get after thanksgiving. Give us a day off at the end of November and then we can talk about your little sale or whatever you're trying to flog
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OpenAI pirated large numbers of books and used them to train models.
OpenAI then deleted the dataset with the pirated books, and employees sent each other messages about doing so.
A lawsuit could now force the company to pay $150,000 per book, adding up to billions in damages.
OpenAI then deleted the dataset with the pirated books, and employees sent each other messages about doing so.
A lawsuit could now force the company to pay $150,000 per book, adding up to billions in damages.
November 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
OpenAI pirated large numbers of books and used them to train models.
OpenAI then deleted the dataset with the pirated books, and employees sent each other messages about doing so.
A lawsuit could now force the company to pay $150,000 per book, adding up to billions in damages.
OpenAI then deleted the dataset with the pirated books, and employees sent each other messages about doing so.
A lawsuit could now force the company to pay $150,000 per book, adding up to billions in damages.
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I wrote a thing on episodic memory and systems consolidation. I hope you all enjoy it and/or find it interesting.
A neural state space for episodic memories
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #cognition 🧪
A neural state space for episodic memories
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #cognition 🧪
A neural state space for episodic memories
Episodic memories are highly dynamic and change in nonlinear ways over time. This dynamism is not captured by existing systems consolidation theories …
www.sciencedirect.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I wrote a thing on episodic memory and systems consolidation. I hope you all enjoy it and/or find it interesting.
A neural state space for episodic memories
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #cognition 🧪
A neural state space for episodic memories
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #cognition 🧪
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If you're interested in memory, engrams, hippocampal systems, this is a must read:
I wrote a thing on episodic memory and systems consolidation. I hope you all enjoy it and/or find it interesting.
A neural state space for episodic memories
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #cognition 🧪
A neural state space for episodic memories
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #cognition 🧪
A neural state space for episodic memories
Episodic memories are highly dynamic and change in nonlinear ways over time. This dynamism is not captured by existing systems consolidation theories …
www.sciencedirect.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:43 PM
If you're interested in memory, engrams, hippocampal systems, this is a must read:
Great to welcome back Dr Austin Fahy for this week's Departmental Seminar @mupsychology.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie #MUPsychologyAt25
November 3, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Great to welcome back Dr Austin Fahy for this week's Departmental Seminar @mupsychology.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie #MUPsychologyAt25
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💙🇳🇴 26 goals for club and country, 13 Premier League goals in 10 games… …and new robot celebration for Erling Haaland, dropped today. 🤖
November 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM
💙🇳🇴 26 goals for club and country, 13 Premier League goals in 10 games… …and new robot celebration for Erling Haaland, dropped today. 🤖
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A nice shift in perceived colour between central and peripheral vision. The fixated disc looks purple while the others look blue.
The effect presumably comes from the absence of S-cones in the fovea.
From Hinnerk Schulz-Hildebrandt:
arxiv.org/pdf/2509.115...
The effect presumably comes from the absence of S-cones in the fovea.
From Hinnerk Schulz-Hildebrandt:
arxiv.org/pdf/2509.115...
September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
A nice shift in perceived colour between central and peripheral vision. The fixated disc looks purple while the others look blue.
The effect presumably comes from the absence of S-cones in the fovea.
From Hinnerk Schulz-Hildebrandt:
arxiv.org/pdf/2509.115...
The effect presumably comes from the absence of S-cones in the fovea.
From Hinnerk Schulz-Hildebrandt:
arxiv.org/pdf/2509.115...