Do you live in Ireland ?
Have you had any cosmetic treatments/surgery ( e.g., botox, fillers, breast implants)?
Are you considering having them?
Not for you?
Do you think your body image influences your attitude towards them?
Help us find out
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Delighted to launch Body Image Research Network Ireland this year. A transdisciplinary research network focused on #body #image led by UCD Psychology researchers Dr. Ciara Mahon Amanda Fitzgerald and @smcooney.bsky.social
#SustainableDevelopment #healthandwellbeing

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QUICK: Apply for our #Masters in #Behavioural #Neuroscience  @UCDPsycholgy
⏳ Friday 15th of March
INFO AND APPLY 👉 tinyurl.com/bdz2ppda

🎧 New Podcast Episode: Social media and body image: Addressing knowledge gaps.

Our thanks to Jennifer Harriger, PhD, Pepperdine University University for joining us for this informative episode.

Listen here: spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/9pcznyOYTHb

National Clinical Programme Eating Disorders UCD Body Lab Dr. Ciara Mahon

*This paper is not a publication of the UCD Body Lab*

Research review of Sayer-Jones & Sherman's MacquarieUniCEH PSYCHSCIENCES@MQ 2023 paper exploring endometriosis & body image. Endometriosis is classed as inflammatory condition that affects approx. 10% women of reproductive age globally🌍 link.springer.com/content/pdf/10…

If you would like to be invited to a *paid* VR study at UCD remember to put your email address down at the end of the survey!✍️

To participate or learn more: run.pavlovia.org/pavlovia/surve…?

This #EatingDisorderAwarenessWeek , we're proud to support Bodywhys, Ireland's voluntary organisation supporting people affected by eating disorders.

If you find being online difficult this week, remember, it's ok to log off. 📱 And we're here to listen 24/7 on 116 123
#EDAW2024

Research Review: yoga & body image🧘‍♀️Meta-analysis & systematic review both point to the need for active control groups in future RCTs examining yoga's utility in improving body image +/ED symptomology #bodyimagereseach Papers incl. are not UCD body lab research*

To complete the survey 📝: run.pavlovia.org/pavlovia/surve…

Looking forward to talking about #bodyimage across the lifespan at this event for #EDAW2024 Bodywhys UCD Body Lab

🔔reminder to anyone eligible who has not yet got the chance to participate in Akansha’s ongoing study-were still recruiting participants!💛
link to survey: run.pavlovia.org/pavlovia/surve… #irishresearch UCD Research

Paper just out with TCD Multisensory Lab where we measured spatial precision in vision and haptics for the perception of angles in children and adults.
Accuracy in angle perception improved across childhood in all modalities.
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S00…

The problems with BMI in a handy infographic! Thanks for putting this together EAT Lab

Body Representations in Eating Disorders: seminar announcement out 🥁📢🔔📨📣
Abstract submission open TODAY and will close March 15th!

See you in beautiful Padua!🤩

Andrea Serino enrico collantoni Michela Bassolino

#body #cognition #eatingDisorders

Save the date for #BRNet6 #BRNet2024 in beautiful Verona😍 More details will follow soon...stay tuned!

Our Q&A with the fantastic Akansha is now live on our Instagram @ucdbodycoglab 🎉 Using questions submitted by our followers, we discuss her latest publication (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…), implications, research process & representation in body image research👩🏽‍🔬 Frontiers - Psychology

🔎 We are looking for participants with AND without MS! 🔍

✅ Are you aged 18-60?
✅ Do you want to help us better understand cognition in MS?

If you'd like to learn more, please click ucdpsychology.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0k…

MS Ireland Shift.ms Neurological Alliance of Ireland National MS Society National MS Societyuk AIMS-RN

New paper from lab members Akansha @smcooney.bsky.social & Marina Moreno - former RA & final year UCD Psychology project student.

Beyond Gender: Interoceptive Sensibility as a Key Predictor of Body Image Disturbances mdpi.com/2619026 #mdpibehavsci via Behavioral Sciences MDPI