Dr. Lorraine Boran, BA (Psych.), LL.B., Ph.D (Neuropsych), Advanced Dip. (Data Protection Law; Medical Law), Dip. (Law), Dip. (Statistics) is associate professor of Psychology and lectures Cognitive Psychology; Law and Neuroscience in the School of Psychology, DCU, Programme co-ordinator of the BSc in Psychology and Disruptive Technologies (BPDT), and Teaching Convenor for the School of Psychology. She completed her psychological training at the School of Psychology/TCIN, Trinity College Dublin; and her legal training at the Honorable Society of Kings Inns and University of West of England, UK. She is also a LLM candidate in the DCU School of Law and Government in the field of Neuroscience and the Law. She was programme co-ordinator of the BSc. Psychology degree programme (June 2016-July 2018). In 2013-14 she received the DCU President’s innovation and excellence in teaching and learning award in the academic category. She also held the role as chair from 2013-2015 of the DCU Research Ethics Advisory Committee in the School of Nursing and Human Sciences. Her research in applied areas of cognitive psychology includes cognitive assessment, enhancement, prehabilitation and rehabilitation, and reserve; critical reasoning; mental health and the Law, and neuroethics. She has published in the field of serious games and cognitive function (reasoning) in the healthy elderly, children with Autism Spectrum Disorder; children with Dyslexia and pain in children. Additionally, her more recent research has been on prehabilitation and cancer; neuroethics; law and neuroscience. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lorraine_Boran
Book Chapter
| Year | Publication | |
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| 2018 | McGarrigle, L; Irving K., Boran L (2018) 'Cognitive Activity within a Dementia Prevention Hierarchy: The potential Roles of Cognitive Reserve in Detecting, Modifying and Managing Disease Expression' In: New Developments in Dementia Prevention Research. London : Routledge. | |
| 2011 | Boran L.;Delany D. (2011) 'Enhancing self-control: Insights from neuroscience' In: Affect and Legal Education: Emotion in Learning and Teaching the Law. | |
| 2018 | McGarrigle, L.;Boran, L. (2018) 'Cognitive activity within a dementia prevention hierarchy: The potential roles of cognitive reserve in detecting, modifying and managing disease expression' In: New Developments in Dementia Prevention Research: State of the Art and Future Possibilities. [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2016 | Boran L.;Delany D. (2016) 'Enhancing self-control: Insights from neuroscience' In: Affect and Legal Education: Emotion in Learning and Teaching the Law. [DOI] |
Peer Reviewed Journal
| Year | Publication | |
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| 2022 | Ms Scriney, A;Ms Russell, A;Dr Loughney, L;Gallagher, P;Dr Boran, L (2022) 'The Impact of Prehabilitation Interventions on Affective and Functional Outcomes for Young to Midlife Adult Cancer Patients: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW'. Psycho-Oncology, . [DOI] | |
| 2020 | Lambert V*, Boylan P, Boran L, Hicks P, Kirubakaran R, Devane D, Matthews A (2020) 'Virtual reality distraction for acute pain in children'. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Issue 10.Art.No.:CD010686. DOI:10.1002/14651858.CD010686.pub2 . | |
| 2020 | Loughney, L., Furlong, B., Skelly, F., Cantwell, M., Boran, L., Daly, L., McCarren, A., Dowd, K., O'Gorman, D., Woods, C., Moyna, N., McCaffrey, N. (2020) 'The effect of participating in the MedEx Wellness, community-based chronic disease exercise rehabilitation programme, on physical, clinical and psychological health: A study protocol'. Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications, . | |
| 2019 | McGarrigle L.;Irving K.;Van Boxtel M.;Boran L. (2019) 'Cognitive Reserve Capacity: Exploring and Validating a Theoretical Model in Healthy Ageing'. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS, . [DOI] | |
| 2019 | Aoife Lonergan, Caoilainn Doyle, Clare Cassidy, Shane MacSweeney Mahon, Richard A.P. Roche, Lorraine Boran, Jessica Bramham (2019) 'A meta-analysis of executive functioning in dyslexia with consideration of the impact of comorbid ADHD'. Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 31 (7). [Link] | |
| 2018 | Doyle, C;Smeaton, AF;Roche, RAP;Boran, L (2018) 'Inhibition and Updating, but Not Switching, Predict Developmental Dyslexia and Individual Variation in Reading Ability'. Frontiers in Psychology, 9 . [DOI] | |
| 2017 | Cantwell M;Walsh D;Furlong B;Moyna N;McCaffrey N;Boran L;Smyth S;Woods C; (2017) 'Healthcare professionals' knowledge and practice of physical activity promotion in cancer care: Challenges and solutions'. European Journal of Cancer Care, . [DOI] | |
| 2016 | Connolly, J;McNulty, JP;Boran, L;Roche, RAP;Delany, D;Bokde, ALW (2016) 'Identification of Resting State Networks Involved in Executive Function'. Brain Connectivity, 6 :365-374. [DOI] | |
| 2015 | O'Donnell C.;Browne S.;Pierce M.;McConnachie A.;Deckers K.;van Boxtel M.;Manera V.;Köhler S.;Redmond M.;Verhey F.;van den Akker M.;Power K.;Irving K.;Woods K.;Boran L.;McGarrigle L.;Barry S.;de Vugt M.;Schiepers O.;Vos S.;Bourgeois J.;Cauvin A.;Robert P.;Roantree M.;O'Kelly N.;O'Donoghue J.;Smeaton A.;Ward N.;O'Brien K.;Clissman C. (2015) 'Reducing dementia risk by targeting modifiable risk factors in mid-life: Study protocol for the Innovative Midlife Intervention for Dementia Deterrence (In-MINDD) randomised controlled feasibility trial'. Pilot And Feasibility Studies, 1 (1). [DOI] | |
| 2015 | Healy G.;Boran L.;Smeaton A. (2015) 'Neural patterns of the implicit association test'. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 9 (NOV). [DOI] | |
| 2013 | Lambert V.;Matthews A.;Hicks P.;Boran L.;Devane D. (2013) 'Virtual reality simulation for reducing pain in children'. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2013 (8). [DOI] | |
| 2011 | J Connolly, Balsters JH, McNulty J, Roche R, Boran L, O'Neill D, Delaney D, Bokde ALW (2011) 'Preliminary analysis of structural and functional neural substrates underlying stroop task in older healthy subjects'. Irish Journal of Medical Science, 180 . | |
| 2011 | Connolly, J., McNulty, J., Roche, R., Boran, L., Delany, D., & Bokde, A (2011) 'Education modulates white matter structural integrity in older healthy subjects: A Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study'. ALZHEIMER'S & DEMENTIA, 7 :S419-S419. |
Conference Publication
| Year | Publication | |
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| 2017 | Cooney, M;Moyna, N;Walsh, D;Furlong, B;Loughney, L;Boran, L;Smyth, S;Woods, C (2017) American College of Sports Medicine Cancer Survivors' Experiences Of Physical Activity: Exercise As A Vehicle For Recovery? [DOI] |
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Research Interests
Cognitive assessment, enhancement, rehabilitation and reserve; Law and neuroscience; Neuroethics; Mental Health Law; Prehabilitation and Psycho-oncology
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Teaching Interests
Teaching interests include Cognitive psychology; Law and Neuroscience; Research Methods; Psychology of Self-Control; Science Communication in Psychology.