@nhmrc Fellow (L1), Director of the Irish Lab @Sydney_Uni @Frontier_Usyd studying memory, motivation, apathy, and anhedonia, in ageing and dementia
Sydney, Australia
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New lab logo!
My father gave me many gifts - he was an artist, a writer, fiercely determined yet humble and kind. He also gave me a unique surname.
In his memory, we have updated our lab logo to the "Irish Lab" complete with a Celtic brain.
Suaimhneas síoraí ort, a Dhaidí 🕊️
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🚨New Preprint!!🚨
Introducing "MotDem" to assess multidimensional motivation across the adult lifespan according to 4 main factors:
💪 Goal-Directed
👫 Social Reward
❤️ Pleasure
😋 Satiety
medrxiv.org/content/10.64898…
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🚨New paper!🚨
In this piece for @NatRevNeurol I discuss recent findings indicating a modulating role of sex on underlying pathology, disease trajectories and cognitive resilience in frontotemporal dementia #FTD @AFTDHope @BrainMind_Usyd @Sydney_Science
nature.com/articles/s41582-0…
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Such a proud supervisor moment! Thank you to @LucinaUddin for examining @Tao_Usyd’s thesis which was passed with no corrections!! 🤩
The most exciting moment of this journey supported by @Muireann_Irish is definitely to express my gratitude to @LucinaUddin in person for her valuable and positive feedback to my PhD thesis! Hope to learn more from you in future!
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Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences
Editorial overview: Cognitive flexibility
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Check out our new special issue on cognitive flexibility @coolscontrol: authors.elsevier.com/a/1l4vl…
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🚨New lab paper!🚨
Humans are motivated to seek out social interactions but how do these processes change as we get older? We review social reward processing in aging & frontotemporal dementia with @ks_horne Leo Cruz da Souza & Lucas de Andrade Saraiva
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I’m so thrilled to be the new chair of the Sydney Dementia Network @BrainMind_Usyd. Looking forward to working with this wonderful team ✨
⭐The SDN Symposium brought together researchers, clinicians and lived experience across NSW to highlight progress in #Dementia
💐 And Welcome new SDN chair @Muireann_Irish taking over from @leefay_low
@ADNeT_Australia @syd_health @Kathy_Refshauge
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New systematic review on the impact of APOE e4 on semantic memory led by Riccardo Sacripante! @UEAPsychology @UEA_ClinPsyD @uniofeastanglia
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🖼️ When words failed, art emerged. After being diagnosed with primary progressive aphasia, former judge Dylan Sullivan discovered an unexpected talent for drawing. Her story highlights the brain’s resilience and the power of creativity @UCSFmac @UCSF
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ALT Former Superior Court Judge Dylan Sullivan anaylzes an artistic drawing at her home in Folsom on Feb. 3.
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You're Invited to Sydney #Dementia Network Symposium!
Rego➡️ bit.ly/SDNSymposium2025
Friday 21 March | 12:00 - 5:00 pm
@kaarin_anstey @AgeingFutures
@QIMRB_Institute @AnastasiaSuraev
@HBAProgram_USYD @ADNeT_Australia @leefay_low @syd_health @Sydney_Science @Prof_Naismith
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Another success for the lab - @Siobhan_R_Shaw submitted her thesis yesterday!! 🥳 Siobhán has been exploring profiles of apathy and anhedonia in frontotemporal dementia @AFTDHope @Frontier_Usyd @BrainMind_Usyd #FTD
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My lab group is the absolute best! A surprise birthday celebration complete with Irish lab cupcakes! 🧁 🥳
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What a trip so far! Visited and spoke at @drcionucl and @KingsCollegeLon in London before jetting to Dallas for the Dallas Aging and Cognition meeting. Had the pleasure of being interviewed for the @CVLneuro podcast all about our work on semantic dementia!
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New lab logo!
My father gave me many gifts - he was an artist, a writer, fiercely determined yet humble and kind. He also gave me a unique surname.
In his memory, we have updated our lab logo to the "Irish Lab" complete with a Celtic brain.
Suaimhneas síoraí ort, a Dhaidí 🕊️
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🚨New paper!🚨 Out now in Lancet Regional Health: WPR, how do we design clinical trials that capture sociocultural and linguistic diversity and how do we ensure that emerging treatments are accessible to all? @Prof_Naismith @BrainMind_Usyd @Frontier_Usyd
authors.elsevier.com/sd/arti…
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🌍 NEW: ACNS Travel Award! 🌍
Supporting early career cognitive neuroscientists in Australasia to travel abroad & build collaborations
📅 Applications open NOW! Close April 24, 2025
💰 Up to $2,500
🔗 More info: acns.org.au/acns-awards/
#ACNSNews #ECR
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Now in @Brain1878, we answer when AND why some pts with clinical AD/FTLD
- diverge to start looking different from their initial dx
- converge to start resembling the other grp
& broad, transdiagnostic mechanistic and pathological bases of dynamic, longitudinal clinical evolution
Ramanan et al. examine the evolution of clinical phenotypes in patients diagnosed with AD or FTD, and show that behavioural and cognitive profiles of individuals with the same initial diagnosis can converge or diverge over time. tinyurl.com/3vmnyunu
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Such a lovely talk by Funmi Akindejoye @GBHI_Fellows on the use of nature in dementia care settings in Nigeria. @NeuroPsychPIA @DesignDataPIA #ANSS
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