Biography

I am a senior lecturer in the School of Applied Psychology and I lead the Everyday Cognition Lab.

I hold a Masters in Teaching & Learning in Higher Education and am the Chair of Teaching & Learning in the School. I am also the Student Champion on the School Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Committee.

A list of my publications can be seen here: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=bifrwikAAAAJ&hl=en 
                         

Research Interests

My research interests primarily relate to understanding attention and memory in everyday scenarios. I have conducted research examining distraction and attention failure in simulated driving environments and eyewitness memory for crimes. 

Much of my recent research relates to misinformation - assessing who is most susceptible to misinformation, how and when do false memories form in response to misinformation, and developing interventions to reduce harm. I also have a particular interest in the ethics of misinformation research, including evaluating the effectiveness of our debriefing procedures. 

Research Grants

  Project Funding
Body 		Start Date End Date Award
FRAME: Functional, Reliable & Adaptive Memory Errors European Commission 01-JAN-26 31-DEC-30 €1,498,500.00
Using Browser Games to Teach Critical Thinking Science Foundation of Ireland 04-NOV-24 31-DEC-26 €173,930.00
Digital Interventions Against Cancer Misinformation (DIAM)BC Portion SFI Industry 01-OCT-24 01-OCT-28 €57,000.00
Digital Interventions Against Cancer Misinformation (DIAM)BC Portion Science Foundation of Ireland 01-OCT-24 01-OCT-28 €90,513.00
SFI 13/RC/2094 - LERO - P2 Deep Fake - Gillian Murphy [X] Science Foundation of Ireland 01-OCT-21 31-DEC-25 €322,300.00
Serious Games as an Intervention to Improve Critical Appraisal of Conspiracy Theories. Irish Research Council 01-SEP-21 31-AUG-24 €82,500.00
Susceptibility for Political Online Falsehoods: Assessing Individual Differences in False Memory Construction Irish Research Council 01-MAY-19 01-MAR-23 €4,200.00
False Memories for a Real World Referendum Royal Irish Academy 01-JAN-18 31-DEC-18 €1,900.00
Liberty Insurance dac; Sponsored research agreement; "Young Driver Research Review"; Dr Gillian Murphy Industry 10-APR-17 30-SEP-19 €35,343.00
What's Driving Selective Attention? Load Theory Behind the Wheel Irish Research Council 01-OCT-13 01-OCT-16 €72,000.00

Books

  Year Publication
(2025) Memory Lane: The Perfectly Imperfect Ways we Remember.
Ciara Greene & Gillian Murphy (2025) Memory Lane: The Perfectly Imperfect Ways we Remember. USA: Princeton University Press. [ Publisher's Version] [Details]

Peer Reviewed Journals

Year Publication
(2025) 'Recovered memory practices in Ireland: Public & professional perspectives'
Murphy, G., Coyle, O., Kerin, M., Ryan, C., & Dempsey, M. (2025) 'Recovered memory practices in Ireland: Public & professional perspectives'. Memory, :1-12 [DOI] [Details]
(2025) 'What Is So Deep About Deepfakes? A Multi-Disciplinary Thematic Analysis of Academic Narratives About Deepfake Technology'
John Twomey;Didier Ching;Matthew Peter Aylett;Michael Quayle;Conor Linehan;Gillian Murphy; (2025) 'What Is So Deep About Deepfakes? A Multi-Disciplinary Thematic Analysis of Academic Narratives About Deepfake Technology'. IEEE Transactions on Technology and Society, [DOI] [Details]
(2023) 'Podcasts as a tool for enhancing mental health literacy: An investigation of mental health-related podcasts'
Naoise Ó Caoilte; Sharon Lambert; Raegan Murphy; Gillian Murphy (2023) 'Podcasts as a tool for enhancing mental health literacy: An investigation of mental health-related podcasts'. Mental Health & Prevention, [DOI] [Details]
(2023) 'A systematic review of the effects of gut microbiota depletion on social and anxiety-related behaviours in adult rodents: Implications for translational research'
Olavarría-Ramírez L;Cooney-Quane J;Murphy G;McCafferty CP;Cryan JF;Dockray S; (2023) 'A systematic review of the effects of gut microbiota depletion on social and anxiety-related behaviours in adult rodents: Implications for translational research'. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 145 [DOI] [Details]
(2023) 'Face/Off: Changing the face of movies with deepfakes'
Murphy, G.;Ching, D.;Twomey, J.;Linehan, C.; (2023) 'Face/Off: Changing the face of movies with deepfakes'. PLoS ONE, [DOI] [Details]
(2023) 'The efficacy of interventions in reducing belief in conspiracy theories: A systematic review'
Oâ¿¿Mahony, C.;Brassil, M.;Murphy, G.;Linehan, C.; (2023) 'The efficacy of interventions in reducing belief in conspiracy theories: A systematic review'. PLoS ONE, [DOI] [Details]
(2023) 'Do deepfake videos undermine our epistemic trust? A thematic analysis of tweets that discuss deepfakes in the Russian invasion of Ukraine'
Twomey, J.;Ching, D.;Aylett, M.P.;Quayle, M.;Linehan, C.;Murphy, G.; (2023) 'Do deepfake videos undermine our epistemic trust? A thematic analysis of tweets that discuss deepfakes in the Russian invasion of Ukraine'. PLoS ONE, [DOI] [Details]
(2023) 'Podcasts as a tool for enhancing mental health literacy: An investigation of mental health-related podcasts'
Caoilte, N. Ó., Lambert, S., Murphy, R., & Murphy, G (2023) 'Podcasts as a tool for enhancing mental health literacy: An investigation of mental health-related podcasts'. Mental Health and Prevention, 30 [ Publisher's Version] [DOI] [Details]
(2022) 'Measuring the effects of misinformation exposure and beliefs on behavioural intentions: a COVID-19 vaccination study'
de Saint Laurent, C;Murphy, G;Hegarty, K;Greene, CM (2022) 'Measuring the effects of misinformation exposure and beliefs on behavioural intentions: a COVID-19 vaccination study'. Cognitive Research-Principles And Implications, 7 [DOI] [Details]
(2022) 'Best practices for ethical conduct of misinformation research: A scoping review and critical commentary'
Greene, Ciara M.; de Saint Laurent, Constance; Murphy, Gillian; Prike, Toby; Hegarty, Karen; Ecker, Ullrich K. H. (2022) 'Best practices for ethical conduct of misinformation research: A scoping review and critical commentary'. European Psychologist, [DOI] [Full Text] [Details]
(2022) 'Investigating false memories among winners and losers in the prisoner's dilemma'
Greene, Ciara M.;Donnelly, Oisín; Garvin, Chris; Murphy, Gillian (2022) 'Investigating false memories among winners and losers in the prisoner's dilemma'. Memory, [DOI] [Full Text] [Details]
(2022) 'False memories for true and false vaccination information form in line with pre-existing vaccine opinions'
Greene, CM;Laurent, CD;Hegarty, K;Murphy, G (2022) 'False memories for true and false vaccination information form in line with pre-existing vaccine opinions'. Applied Cognitive Psychology, [DOI] [Details]
(2021) 'False Memories for Me, Too? Attitudes towards feminism predict susceptibility to feminism-related fake news'
Murphy, Gillian; Murray, Emma; Gough, Doireann (2021) 'False Memories for Me, Too? Attitudes towards feminism predict susceptibility to feminism-related fake news'. Applied Cognitive Psychology, [DOI] [Full Text] [Details]
(2019) 'Trait mindfulness & self-reported driving behaviour'
Murphy, G. & Matvienko-Sikar, K. (2019) 'Trait mindfulness & self-reported driving behaviour'. Personality and Individual Differences, 147 :250-255 [Full Text] [Details]
(2019) 'False Memories for Fake News During Ireland's Abortion Referendum'
Murphy G.;Loftus E.;Grady R.;Levine L.;Greene C. (2019) 'False Memories for Fake News During Ireland's Abortion Referendum'. Psychological Science, [DOI] [Details]
(2019) 'Handing over the Keys: A Qualitative Study of the Experience of Automation in Driving'
Linehan, C.;Murphy, G.;Hicks, K.;Gerling, K.;Morrissey, K.; (2019) 'Handing over the Keys: A Qualitative Study of the Experience of Automation in Driving'. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, [DOI] [Details]
(2019) 'False Memories for Fake News During Ireland's Abortion Referendum'
Murphy, G;Loftus, EF;Grady, RH;Levine, LJ;Greene, CM (2019) 'False Memories for Fake News During Ireland's Abortion Referendum'. Psychological Science, [DOI] [Details]
(2016) 'Perceptual Load Induces Inattentional Blindness in Drivers'
Murphy, G;Greene, CM (2016) 'Perceptual Load Induces Inattentional Blindness in Drivers'. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 30 :479-483 [DOI] [Details]
(2016) 'Perceptual Load Affects Eyewitness Accuracy and Susceptibility to Leading Questions'
Murphy, G;Greene, CM (2016) 'Perceptual Load Affects Eyewitness Accuracy and Susceptibility to Leading Questions'. Frontiers in psychology, 7 [DOI] [Details]
(2021) 'Misremembering Brexit: partisan bias and individual predictors of false memories for fake news stories among Brexit voters'
Greene, Ciara M.; Nash, Robert A.; Murphy, Gillian (2021) 'Misremembering Brexit: partisan bias and individual predictors of false memories for fake news stories among Brexit voters'. Memory, 29 (5):587-604 [DOI] [Full Text] [Details]
(2021) 'The Medium and the Message: Comparing the Effectiveness of Six Methods of Misinformation Delivery in an Eyewitness Memory Paradigm'
Greene, CM;Bradshaw, R;Huston, C;Murphy, G (2021) 'The Medium and the Message: Comparing the Effectiveness of Six Methods of Misinformation Delivery in an Eyewitness Memory Paradigm'. Journal Of Experimental Psychology-Applied, [DOI] [Details]
(2021) 'Driving and cognitive function in people with stroke and healthy age-matched controls'
Groeger, JA;Murphy, G (2021) 'Driving and cognitive function in people with stroke and healthy age-matched controls'. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, [DOI] [Details]
(2021) 'Deepfake false memories'
Murphy, G;Flynn, E (2021) 'Deepfake false memories'. Memory, [DOI] [Details]
(2021) 'Push polls increase false memories for fake news stories'
Murphy, G;Lynch, L;Loftus, E;Egan, R (2021) 'Push polls increase false memories for fake news stories'. Memory, 29 :693-707 [DOI] [Details]
(2021) 'Remembering facts versus feelings in the wake of political events'
Levine, LJ;Murphy, G;Lench, HC;Greene, CM;Loftus, EF;Tinti, C;Schmidt, S;Muzzulini, B;Grady, RH;Stark, SM;Stark, CEL (2021) 'Remembering facts versus feelings in the wake of political events'. Cognition &Amp; Emotion, 35 :936-955 [DOI] [Details]
(2021) 'Quantifying the Effects of Fake News on Behavior: Evidence From a Study of COVID-19 Misinformation'
Greene, CM;Murphy, G (2021) 'Quantifying the Effects of Fake News on Behavior: Evidence From a Study of COVID-19 Misinformation'. Journal Of Experimental Psychology-Applied, [DOI] [Details]
(2020) 'Individual differences in susceptibility to false memories for COVID-19 fake news'
Greene, CM;Murphy, G (2020) 'Individual differences in susceptibility to false memories for COVID-19 fake news'. Cognitive Research-Principles And Implications, 5 [DOI] [Details]
(2020) 'Fool me twice: how effective is debriefing in false memory studies?'
Murphy, G;Loftus, E;Grady, RH;Levine, LJ;Greene, CM (2020) 'Fool me twice: how effective is debriefing in false memory studies?'. Memory, [DOI] [Details]
(2020) 'Misremembering Motives: The Unreliability of Voters' Memories of the Reasons for their Vote'
Murphy, G;Loftus, E;Grady, RH;Levine, LJ;Greene, CM (2020) 'Misremembering Motives: The Unreliability of Voters' Memories of the Reasons for their Vote'. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 9 :564-575 [Details]
(2020) 'Fool me twice: How effective is debriefing in false memory studies?'
Murphy, Gillian; Loftus, Elizabeth; Hofstein Grady, Rebecca; Levine, Linda J.; Greene, Ciara M. (2020) 'Fool me twice: How effective is debriefing in false memory studies?'. Memory, 28 (7):938-949 [DOI] [Full Text] [Details]
(2020) 'Driver performance under simulated and actual driving conditions: Validity and orthogonality'
Groeger J.A.;Murphy G. (2020) 'Driver performance under simulated and actual driving conditions: Validity and orthogonality'. Accident; analysis and prevention, 143 [DOI] [Details]
(2019) 'Trait mindfulness & self-reported driving behaviour'
Murphy, G; Matvienko-Sikar, K. (2019) 'Trait mindfulness & self-reported driving behaviour'. Personality and Individual Differences, 147 :250-255 [ Publisher's Version] [DOI] [Full Text] [Details]
(2019) 'Handing over the Keys: A Qualitative Study of the Experience of Automation in Driving'
Linehan C.;Murphy G.;Hicks K.;Gerling K.;Morrissey K. (2019) 'Handing over the Keys: A Qualitative Study of the Experience of Automation in Driving'. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, [DOI] [Details]
(2019) 'False Memories for Fake News During Ireland's Abortion Referendum'
Murphy, G., Loftus, E., Hofstein-Grady, R., Levine, L. & Greene, C. M. (2019) 'False Memories for Fake News During Ireland's Abortion Referendum'. Psychological Science, [Full Text] [Details]
(2018) 'Time to drive: Present vs. future orientation and self-reported driving behaviour'
Murphy, L;Murphy, G (2018) 'Time to drive: Present vs. future orientation and self-reported driving behaviour'. Transportation Research: Traffic Psychology & Behaviour, 56 :1-13 [DOI] [Details]
(2018) 'Perceptual load affects change blindness in a real-world interaction'
Murphy, G;Murphy, L (2018) 'Perceptual load affects change blindness in a real-world interaction'. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 32 :655-660 [DOI] [Details]
(2018) 'Reducing young drivers' crash risk: Are we there yet? An ecological systems-based review of the last decade of research'
Cassarino, M;Murphy, G (2018) 'Reducing young drivers' crash risk: Are we there yet? An ecological systems-based review of the last decade of research'. Transportation Research: Traffic Psychology & Behaviour, 56 :54-73 [DOI] [Full Text] [Details]
(2018) 'Time to Drive: Present vs. Future Orientation and Self-Reported Driving Behaviour'
Murphy, L., & Murphy, G. (2018) 'Time to Drive: Present vs. Future Orientation and Self-Reported Driving Behaviour'. Transportation Research Part F-Traffic Psychology And Behaviour, 56 :1-13 [DOI] [Details]
(2018) 'The role of prenatal, obstetric, and post-partum factors in the parenting stress of mothers and fathers of 9-month old infants'
Matvienko-Sikar, K;Murphy, G;Murphy, M (2018) 'The role of prenatal, obstetric, and post-partum factors in the parenting stress of mothers and fathers of 9-month old infants'. Journal Of Psychosomatic Obstetrics And Gynecology, 39 :47-55 [DOI] [Details]
(2017) 'Load theory behind the wheel; perceptual and cognitive load effects'
Murphy G;Greene CM; (2017) 'Load theory behind the wheel; perceptual and cognitive load effects'. Canadian Journal Of Experimental Psychology = Revue Canadienne De Psychologie Experimentale, 71 (3) [DOI] [Details]
(2017) 'Visual feature vs. conjunction searches as a robust manipulation of perceptual load'
Murphy, G;Greene, CM (2017) 'Visual feature vs. conjunction searches as a robust manipulation of perceptual load'. Journal Of Cognitive Psychology, 29 :305-326 [DOI] [Details]
(2017) 'Under High Perceptual Load, Observers Look but Do Not See'
Greene, CM;Murphy, G;Januszewski, J (2017) 'Under High Perceptual Load, Observers Look but Do Not See'. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 31 :431-437 [DOI] [Details]
(2017) 'The Elephant in the Road: Auditory Perceptual Load Affects Driver Perception and Awareness'
Murphy, G;Greene, CM (2017) 'The Elephant in the Road: Auditory Perceptual Load Affects Driver Perception and Awareness'. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 31 :258-263 [DOI] [Details]
(2016) 'Twenty years of load theory-Where are we now, and where should we go next?'
Murphy G;Groeger JA;Greene CM; (2016) 'Twenty years of load theory-Where are we now, and where should we go next?'. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, [DOI] [Details]
(2016) 'Perceptual Load Induces Inattentional Blindness in Drivers'
Gillian Murphy & Ciara M. Greene (2016) 'Perceptual Load Induces Inattentional Blindness in Drivers'. Applied Cognitive Psychology, [Details]
(2016) 'The Effects of Mindfulness Interventions on Prenatal Well-being: A Systematic Review'
Matvineko-Sikar K;Lee L;Murphy G;Murphy L; (2016) 'The Effects of Mindfulness Interventions on Prenatal Well-being: A Systematic Review'. Psychology & Health, [DOI] [Details]
(2016) 'Perceptual Load Affects Eyewitness Accuracy and Susceptibility to Leading Questions'
Gillian Murphy & Ciara Grene (2016) 'Perceptual Load Affects Eyewitness Accuracy and Susceptibility to Leading Questions'. Frontiers in psychology, 7 (1322) [DOI] [Full Text] [Details]
(2015) 'High perceptual load causes inattentional blindness and deafness in drivers'
Murphy, G;Greene, CM (2015) 'High perceptual load causes inattentional blindness and deafness in drivers'. Visual Cognition, 23 [DOI] [Details]
(2014) 'Easily Distracted? Take a load off'
Gillian Murphy & Ciara M. Greene (2014) 'Easily Distracted? Take a load off'. The Boolean, [Details]

Honours and Awards

Year Title Awarding Body
2025 Early Career Award Psychonomic Society
2018 Charlemont Award Royal Irish Academy
2015 Fulbright Scholar - Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York Fulbright Ireland
2015 OPAM Conference Travel Award Object Processing, Attention & Memory (OPAM) Meeting 2015
2015 APA Division 3 Award - Best Poster Presentation American Psychological Association
2015 'Making An Impact' Finalist Higher Education Authority
2015 Famelab National Final Audience Choice Award Famelab Ireland

Professional Associations

Association Function From / To
Psychonomic Society Fellow /
Society for Applied Research in Memory & Cognition Member /

Committees

Committee Function From / To
CACSSS Teaching & Learning Committee Member /
School of Applied Psychology Teaching & Learning Committee Chair /
School of Applied Psychology EDI Committee Student Champion /

Education

Year Institution Qualification Subject
2017 University College Cork PhD Cognitive Psychology
2023 University College Cork Masters Teaching & Learning in Higher Education

Teaching Interests

I am the Chair of Teaching & Learning in the School of Applied Psychology and Director of the BA in Applied Psychology. I teach on a range of undergraduate and postgraduate modules, mostly related to cognitive psychology and quantitative research methods.

Current modules taught:
AP1035 Introduction to Neuroscience, Perception & Attention
AP1039 Research Methods in Psychology
AP2044 Applied Cognition
AP3121 Forensic Psychology
AP6060 Advanced Issues in Quantitative Research Methods 
AP7000 Introduction to Doctoral Research in Applied Psychology 


Current doctoral projects:

I am primary supervisor to 5 doctoral students at present.

Mr. Cian O'Mahony - Serious Games to Teach Critical Thinking about Conspiracy Theories
Funders: Irish Research Council/ Google 

Mr. John Twomey - Understanding Socio-Technical Interests and Concerns in Deepfake Media
Funder: Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Centre for Software Research

Mr. Didier Ching - Quantifying & Reducing the Harms of Deepfakes to Belief, Memory & Behaviour
Funder: Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Centre for Software Research

Mr. Oisin Carey - Recovered Memories in Therapeutic Contexts
Funder: (DClin Trainee - funded by the Irish Prison Service)

Ms. Ella Doran - Digital Interventions Against Cancer Misinformation
Funders: Lero/Breakthrough Cancer Research