THE Department of Psychology at Mary Immaculate College is inviting the public, along with past, present and potential students, to a talk celebrating ten years of psychology at the college. The free talk, entitled ‘Weird! Your mind is stranger than you think’ takes place in the Lime Tree Theatre in MIC on Wednesday November 14 at 7.30pm and is suitable for anyone with an interest in psychology, whether they have studied it or not.
It will also be suitable for secondary school students who may be thinking of studying psychology.
Cognitive Psychologist, Dr Marek McGann, who will give the talk, said that psychology has unearthed a host of surprising findings that suggest our minds are much stranger that we could ever have thought.
“Some of these findings show that we make mistakes we’d never expect. Some show us how flexible and changeable we are. And some remind us that our minds are more powerful than we might think.”
Psychology was first offered as part of the liberal arts degree at MIC in 2002 and was the first in Limerick to be recognised by the professional body of psychologists in Ireland (PSI).
This year, the college celebrated its first PhDs in Psychology as Dr Aoife McLoughlin and Dr Jennifer McMahon were both conferred at the recent Autumn graduation ceremony.
