Christine Parsons
Ph.D.
Post Doctoral Researcher
I am a post doctoral researcher in the Hedonia: TrygFonden Research Group. I completed my doctoral research at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth. My current research focuses on two major themes: 1) How we respond to emotionally salient information in the environment 2) How conditions such as depression, anxiety and combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder impact brain functioning.
The Hedonia research group uses a variety of methods to address these questions, such as magnetoencephalography (MEG), deep brain stimulation (DBS), functional MRI, diffusion tensor imaging and behavioural tasks.
Key publications
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Listening to infant distress vocalizations enhances effortful motor performance
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Parsons CE. et al, (2012), Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics, 101
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Postnatal depression and its effects on child development: a review of evidence from low- and middle-income countries.
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Parsons CE. et al, (2012), Br Med Bull, 101, 57 - 79
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MEG can map short and long-term changes in brain activity following deep brain stimulation for chronic pain.
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Mohseni HR. et al, (2012), PLoS One, 7
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Impact of emotion on consciousness: positive stimuli enhance conscious reportability.
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Rømer Thomsen K. et al, (2011), PloS one, 6
Recent publications
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The neural basis of responsive caregiving behaviour: Investigating temporal dynamics within the parental brain.
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Young KS. et al, (2017), Behav Brain Res, 325, 105 - 116
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Interpreting infant emotional expressions: Parenthood has differential effects on men and women.
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Parsons CE. et al, (2017), Q J Exp Psychol (Hove), 70, 554 - 564
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A longitudinal study of early reading development in two languages: comparing literacy outcomes in Irish immersion, English medium and Gaeltacht schools
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Parsons CE. and Lyddy F., (2016), International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 19, 511 - 529
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Evidence for a Caregiving Instinct: Rapid Differentiation of Infant from Adult Vocalizations Using Magnetoencephalography.
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Young KS. et al, (2016), Cereb Cortex, 26, 1309 - 1321
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Post-traumatic stress influences the brain even in the absence of symptoms: A systematic, quantitative meta-analysis of neuroimaging studies.
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Stark EA. et al, (2015), Neurosci Biobehav Rev, 56, 207 - 221