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:
A big welcome back to Dr Conor Thornberry for today's @mupsychology.bsky.social Departmental Seminar as part of our #MUPsychologyAt25 celebrations
November 17, 2025 at 12:12 PM
A big welcome back to Dr Conor Thornberry for today's @mupsychology.bsky.social Departmental Seminar as part of our #MUPsychologyAt25 celebrations
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November 16, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Football’s coming Heim.
November 16, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Football’s coming Heim.
November 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Moral: Be careful what you ask for.
November 15, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Moral: Be careful what you ask for.
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Leon Diop: ‘The far right want to turn this into an immigrant problem, but they just don’t like black and brown people’
Leon Diop: ‘The far right want to turn this into an immigrant problem, but they just don’t like black and brown people’
The founder of advocacy group Black and Irish on the childhood racism he experienced in Tallaght, overcoming his identity crisis, and the recent violence in Citywest
www.irishtimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Leon Diop: ‘The far right want to turn this into an immigrant problem, but they just don’t like black and brown people’
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A print of a neuron forest I made during my artist residency at Sitka.
Cerebral Wilderness
6” x 8”
Intaglio and spit-bite aquatint
#printmaking #neurons #sciart
Cerebral Wilderness
6” x 8”
Intaglio and spit-bite aquatint
#printmaking #neurons #sciart
November 13, 2025 at 8:02 PM
A print of a neuron forest I made during my artist residency at Sitka.
Cerebral Wilderness
6” x 8”
Intaglio and spit-bite aquatint
#printmaking #neurons #sciart
Cerebral Wilderness
6” x 8”
Intaglio and spit-bite aquatint
#printmaking #neurons #sciart
Not even the bad weather and a fire alarm could put a damper on #ScienceNight at @maynoothuniversity.ie tonight! Well done everyone, thanks to Ilia, Carina, Niamh and Aisling for helping on the @mupsychology.bsky.social stand!
November 14, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Not even the bad weather and a fire alarm could put a damper on #ScienceNight at @maynoothuniversity.ie tonight! Well done everyone, thanks to Ilia, Carina, Niamh and Aisling for helping on the @mupsychology.bsky.social stand!
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Feels like a day for this #painting. "Poolbeg, Kayakers, Sunlight" came out of monthly cycles past Scotsmans Bay where I would invariably stop and enjoy the views across Dublin Bay and wait for kayakers to paddle into my picture. #SpeirGhorm #ArtYear #Scape
November 14, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Feels like a day for this #painting. "Poolbeg, Kayakers, Sunlight" came out of monthly cycles past Scotsmans Bay where I would invariably stop and enjoy the views across Dublin Bay and wait for kayakers to paddle into my picture. #SpeirGhorm #ArtYear #Scape
Was NOT expecting a major synaesthesia cameo in the penultimate episode of a middling child abduction drama... Anyway, they're both wrong, Mondays are dark green
November 14, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Was NOT expecting a major synaesthesia cameo in the penultimate episode of a middling child abduction drama... Anyway, they're both wrong, Mondays are dark green
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O'Connell Bridge, Dublin (ca. 1890-1900)
Photo: Detroit Publishing Co. / Library of Congress
Photo: Detroit Publishing Co. / Library of Congress
November 13, 2025 at 10:17 AM
O'Connell Bridge, Dublin (ca. 1890-1900)
Photo: Detroit Publishing Co. / Library of Congress
Photo: Detroit Publishing Co. / Library of Congress
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Scenes from the Aviva
November 13, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Scenes from the Aviva
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New paper with @statsepi.bsky.social and @deevybee.bsky.social in which we show there's really no evidence for a link between the gut microbiome and autism www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
Conceptual and methodological flaws undermine claims of a link between the gut microbiome and autism
Claims that the gut microbiome causally contributes to autism regularly appear in
the scientific literature and popular press. Mitchell et al. critically examine influential
studies underpinning these...
www.cell.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
New paper with @statsepi.bsky.social and @deevybee.bsky.social in which we show there's really no evidence for a link between the gut microbiome and autism www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
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An updated flood advisory from Met Éireann with Kilkenny included now. A lot of followers reporting flooding of land before the heavy rain to come. Again I am sharing this as I believe it is in the public interest to show the flood risk as per Met Éireann flood forecast team.
November 13, 2025 at 9:23 PM
An updated flood advisory from Met Éireann with Kilkenny included now. A lot of followers reporting flooding of land before the heavy rain to come. Again I am sharing this as I believe it is in the public interest to show the flood risk as per Met Éireann flood forecast team.
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Ireland scoring against Portugal
November 13, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Ireland scoring against Portugal
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I have obtained a copy of the Flood Advisory issued by Met Éireann to local authorities today showing an orange level flood risk for many parts of East and South. I cannot see why it is not made public as I believe it is in the public interest to share it so I am sharing it.
November 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I have obtained a copy of the Flood Advisory issued by Met Éireann to local authorities today showing an orange level flood risk for many parts of East and South. I cannot see why it is not made public as I believe it is in the public interest to share it so I am sharing it.
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What does life in your lab look like? 🧠✨
Join the NSI “Show Your Lab!” Challenge! Post a photo, tag @neuroscienceirl.bsky.social + #NSILabLife
Let’s show where neuroscience happens!
Please help us reach more people by sharing🚀
Join the NSI “Show Your Lab!” Challenge! Post a photo, tag @neuroscienceirl.bsky.social + #NSILabLife
Let’s show where neuroscience happens!
Please help us reach more people by sharing🚀
November 12, 2025 at 8:50 PM
What does life in your lab look like? 🧠✨
Join the NSI “Show Your Lab!” Challenge! Post a photo, tag @neuroscienceirl.bsky.social + #NSILabLife
Let’s show where neuroscience happens!
Please help us reach more people by sharing🚀
Join the NSI “Show Your Lab!” Challenge! Post a photo, tag @neuroscienceirl.bsky.social + #NSILabLife
Let’s show where neuroscience happens!
Please help us reach more people by sharing🚀
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...