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Dr. Michael Gormley

Assistant Professor (Psychology)
ARAS AN PHIARSAIGH

 Michael.Gormley@tcd.ie

 3531896 3903


Biography

Michael Gormley obtained his Ph.D. from the Queen's University of Belfast in 1999, and took up his first academic position in the then department of Psychology, at Trinity College in 2000. He was employed as a lecturer is research methodology and statistics, and this remains his primary role on the undergraduate course.

Research Tags

  Antecedents of speeding behaviour   Cognitive aspects of addiction   Driver Behaviour   Driver typologies   Implicit aspects of prejudice   Implicit cognition   Implicit measures of smoking behaviour   Objective & subjective measures of speeding   Psychology of Driving   Sexual interest in sex offenders: use of implicit measures   Subliminal perception   Young male drivers

Research Projects

 Evaluating road safety interventions: The role of proximal and distal factors in differential assimilation of safety oriented knowledge, skills and attitudes in adolescents.
 HUSSAR
 Speeding behaviour in young Irish males
 SARTRE 3 Ireland

Representations

Details Date
Psychological Society of Ireland's reprsentative on the RCPI Fitness to Drive Policy Group. 2010/11
Member of the editorial board of the Irish Journal of Psychology. 2010-
Advancing a 'Human Factors & Ethics Canvas' for New Driver Assistance Technologies Targeted at Older Adults in, editor(s)Duffy V. (eds) , Digital Human Modeling and Applications in Health, Safety, Ergonomics and Risk Management. Posture, Motion and Health. HCII 2020. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 12198, Springer, Cham, 2020, pp503-520 , [Cahill, J., Cromie, S., Crowley, K, Kay, A., Gormley M, Kenny, E., Hermman, S, Doyle, C, Hever, A and Ross, R. ], Notes: [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-49904-4_37], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  DOI
Driver Persistence, Safety and Older Adult Self-efficacy: Addressing Driving Challenges Using Innovative Multimodal Communication Concepts in, editor(s)Kalra J., Lightner N. (eds) , Advances in Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare and Medical Devices. AHFE 2020. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, Springer, Cham, 2020, pp313 - 319, [Cahill J., Cromie, S., Crowley, K, Kay, A., Gormley M, Kenny, E., Hermman, S, Doyle, C, Hever, A and Ross, R], Notes: [https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50838-8_43. ], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  URL
Ethical Issues in the New Digital Era: The Case of Assisting Driving in, Ethics, Laws, and Policies for Privacy, Security, and Liability, London, UK, Intechopen, 2020, pp1 - 30, [Cahill, J., Cromie, S., Crowley, K, Kay, A., Gormley M, Kenny, E., Hermman, S, Doyle, C, Hever, A and Ross, R ], Notes: [DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.88371. https://www.intechopen.com/online-first/ethical-issues-in-the-new-digital-era-the-case-of-assisting-driving], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  DOI  URL
Gormley, M. & O'Neill, D, Impact of Gender and Marital Status on car use among older drivers: Findings from the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing, Royal College of Physicians Ireland Traffic Medicine Annual Research Seminar, Dublin, 08/09/2020, 2020, Oral Presentation, PUBLISHED
Spano, G., Caffò, A., Lopez, A., Mallia, L., Gormley, M., Innamorati, M., Lucidi, F., & Bosco, A., Validating Driver Behavior and Attitude Measure for Older Italian Drivers and Investigating their Link to Rare Collision Events. , Frontiers in Psychology, 2019, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Gormley MJ, O'Neill D, Driving as a travel option for older adults: Findings from the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing, Frontiers in Psychology, 2019, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  DOI  URL
Gormley, M., Cognitive components of driving, Royal College of Physicians Ireland Traffic Medicine conference: Assessing cognition related to driving, RCPI, Feb 19, 2018, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED
Ryan, M., & Gormley, M. , The impact of pre-driver education courses on risk perception in Irish adolescents. , CIECA 50th General Assembly and Congress, Belfast, May 29, 2018, Oral Presentation, PUBLISHED
O'Brien, F. & Gormley, M., The role of risk-perception in dangerous driving among young people: Outcome- and Behavior-focused Questions Yield Opposite Results. , Journal of Adolescence, 52, 2016, p89 - 94, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Gormley, M., Young Drivers: Impact of alcohol., Royal College of Physicians Ireland Traffic Medicine conference: Driving and ADHD, mental health and substance abuse, Royal College of Physicians, Ireland, Mar 20th, 2015, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text
  

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Gormley, M. and Fuller, R, SARTRE 3 Ireland, National Roads Authority, 2005, Report, PUBLISHED
Gormley, M. and Fuller, R. , Investigation of high-risk behaviour in Irish young male drivers., Ballina, RSA, Report, IN_PRESS

  

Research Interests

Description Of Research Interests

Driving behaviour: speeding, young male drivers, theoretical models of speeding behaviour, antecedents of speeding behaviour including estimation of journey time. Implicit cognition: use in behaviours such as smoking, sex offending and prejudice; subliminal perception.