Perspectives

Welcome to Perspectives.

This is a corner where I share occasional, short reflections on how Behavioural Psychology applies to situations in every day life. I hope you find something helpful or thought-provoking.

How Mindfulness can help us during COVID-19
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How Mindfulness can help us during COVID-19

With social distancing, we’re being asked to radically change a lot of our habitual patterns and responses. This can be difficulty to do, as now we need to really concentrate on things we previously did on autopilot. This is where mindfulness can help.

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Soiléir's First Roadtrip - Galway
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Soiléir's First Roadtrip - Galway

I'm just back from stunning Salthill on Galway Bay where I was at the Conference of the Psychological Society of Ireland's Division of Behaviour Analysis. It's the annual meet up for those who want to geek out, discuss the finer points of 'reinforcement schedules', and get excited over graphs and pie charts. I suppose it’s not everyone’s idea of a good weekend, but it certainly was mine.

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