Professor Muireann Irish
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Professor Muireann Irish

PhD, FRSN
ARC Future Fellow
Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience
School of Psychology and Brain &
Mind Centre
Phone
02 9114 4165
Address
A19 - Griffith Taylor Building
The University of Sydney
Professor Muireann Irish
Clinical, Cognition, Neuroscience
Project titleResearch student
The Effects of Timbre and Rhythm on Music-Induced Mental ImageryCeren AYYILDIZ
These Walls Have Eyes and Ears: The psychology of architectural memory and conservationSarah-jane ZAMMIT

Publications

Book Chapters

  • O’Callaghan, C., Irish, M. (2018). Candidate Mechanisms of Spontaneous Cognition as Revealed By Dementia Syndromes. In K. Fox, K. Christoff (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Spontaneous Thought: Mind-Wandering, Creativity,and Dreaming, (pp. 1-32). Online: Oxford University Press. [More Information]
  • Irish, M. (2016). "Loss of the Future": Prospection Impairments in the Dementias. In M. Sun (Eds.), Research Progress in Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia - Volume 6, (pp. 1-26). New York: Nova Science Publishers.
  • Irish, M. (2016). Semantic Memory as the Essential Scaffold for Future-Oriented Mental Time Travel. In K. Michaelian, S. Klein, K. Szpunar (Eds.), Seeing the Future: Theoretical Perspectives on Future-Oriented Mental Time Travel, (pp. 389-408). New York: Oxford University Press. [More Information]

Journals

  • Horne, K., Carmichael, A., Mercieca, E., Glikmann-Johnston, Y., Stout, J., Irish, M. (2024). Delineating the neural substrates of autobiographical memory impairment in Huntington's disease. European Journal of Neuroscience. [More Information]
  • Horne, K., Chen, T., Irish, M. (2024). Development of the Flexibility in Daily Life scale to measure multidimensional cognitive and behavioural flexibility in health and disease. British Journal of Clinical Psychology. [More Information]
  • Wilson, N., Ahmed, R., Piguet, O., Irish, M. (2024). Disrupted social perception in frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer's disease – Associated cognitive processes and clinical implications. Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 458, 122902. [More Information]

Conferences

  • Foxe, D., Irish, M., Leyton, C., Hodges, J., Piguet, O. (2013). Platform paper: The neural correlates of verbal and visuospatial span in logopenic progressive aphasia and Alzheimer’s disease. Annual College of Clinical Neuropsychology Conference.
  • Kumfor, F., Irish, M., Leyton, C., Devenney, E., Hodges, J., Piguet, O. (2013). Social functioning decline distinguishes behavioural-variant frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. 8th Annual Brain Sciences University of New South Wales (UNSW) Symposium: "The Interactive Brain: Translational Neuroscience".
  • Kumfor, F., Irish, M., Leyton, C., Devenney, E., Hodges, J., Piguet, O. (2013). Tracking the progression of emotional disturbance in neurodegenerative disorders. 19th Annual Australian Psychological Society (APS) College of Clinical Neuropsychologists Conference.

2024

  • Horne, K., Carmichael, A., Mercieca, E., Glikmann-Johnston, Y., Stout, J., Irish, M. (2024). Delineating the neural substrates of autobiographical memory impairment in Huntington's disease. European Journal of Neuroscience. [More Information]
  • Horne, K., Chen, T., Irish, M. (2024). Development of the Flexibility in Daily Life scale to measure multidimensional cognitive and behavioural flexibility in health and disease. British Journal of Clinical Psychology. [More Information]
  • Wilson, N., Ahmed, R., Piguet, O., Irish, M. (2024). Disrupted social perception in frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer's disease – Associated cognitive processes and clinical implications. Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 458, 122902. [More Information]

2023

  • Wong, S., Wei, G., Husain, M., Hodges, J., Piguet, O., Irish, M., Kumfor, F. (2023). Altered reward processing underpins emotional apathy in dementia. Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience, 23(2), 354-370. [More Information]
  • Chen, T., Qin, X., Cui, J., Gan, M., Tan, S., Wang, Y., Irish, M. (2023). Balanced time perspective and its relationship with clinical and cognitive symptoms in schizophrenia. Personality and Individual Differences, 202. [More Information]
  • Chen, T., Wang, P., Wang, Y., Irish, M. (2023). Combining experience sampling with temporal network analysis to understand inertia of negative emotion in dysphoria. Journal of Affective Disorders, 338, 246-253. [More Information]

2022

  • Eggins, P., Wong, S., Wei, G., Hodges, J., Husain, M., Piguet, O., Irish, M., Kumfor, F. (2022). A shared cognitive and neural basis underpinning cognitive apathy and planning in behavioural-variant frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer's disease. Cortex, 154, 241-253. [More Information]
  • Irish, M. (2022). Autobiographical memory in dementia syndromes—An integrative review. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews. Cognitive Science. [More Information]
  • Chen, Y., Landin-Romero, R., Kumfor, F., Irish, M., Dobson-Stone, C., Kwok, J., Halliday, G., Hodges, J., Piguet, O. (2022). Cerebellar integrity and contributions to cognition in C9orf72-mediated frontotemporal dementia. Cortex, 149, 73-84. [More Information]

2021

  • Long, Z., Irish, M., Hodges, J., Halliday, G., Piguet, O., Burrell, J. (2021). Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis features predict TDP-43 pathology in frontotemporal lobar degeneration. Neurobiology of Aging, 107, 11-20. [More Information]
  • Shaw, S., El-Omar, H., Ramanan, S., Piguet, O., Ahmed, R., Whitton, A., Irish, M. (2021). Anhedonia in semantic dementia—exploring right hemispheric contributions to the loss of pleasure. Brain Sciences, 11(8), 998. [More Information]
  • Chen, T., Liu, L., Cui, J., Qin, X., Shi, H., Irish, M., Wang, Y. (2021). Balanced Time Perspective and Life Satisfaction: The Mediating Role of "Temporal Negative Affect". Journal of Happiness Studies, 22(6), 2563-2574. [More Information]

2020

  • Wong, S., Irish, M., Husain, M., Hodges, J., Piguet, O., Kumfor, F. (2020). Apathy and its impact on carer burden and psychological wellbeing in primary progressive aphasia. Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 416, 117007. [More Information]
  • Tse, N., Chen, Y., Irish, M., Cordato, N., Landin-Romero, R., Hodges, J., Piguet, O., Ahmed, R. (2020). Cerebellar contributions to cognition in corticobasal syndrome and progressive supranuclear palsy. Brain Communications, 2(2), 1-13. [More Information]
  • Chen, Y., Landin-Romero, R., Kumfor, F., Irish, M., Hodges, J., Piguet, O. (2020). Cerebellar structural connectivity and contributions to cognition in frontotemporal dementias. Cortex, 129, 57-67. [More Information]

2019

  • Strikwerda Brown, C., Grilli, M., Andrews-Hanna, J., Irish, M. (2019). "All is not lost" - Rethinking the nature of memory and the self in dementia. Ageing Research Reviews, 54, 1-11. [More Information]
  • Irish, M., Ramanan, S. (2019). A question of scale. eLife, 8, 1-3. [More Information]
  • Irish, M., Goldberg, Z., Alaeddin, S., O'Callaghan, C., Andrews-Hanna, J. (2019). Age-related changes in the temporal focus and self-referential content of spontaneous cognition during periods of low cognitive demand. Psychological Research, 83(4), 747-760. [More Information]

2018

  • So, M., Foxe, D., Kumfor, F., Murray, C., Hsieh, S., Savage, G., Ahmed, R., Burrell, J., Hodges, J., Irish, M., Piguet, O. (2018). Addenbrooke’s Cognitive Examination III: Psychometric Characteristics and Relations to Functional Ability in Dementia. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 24(8), 854-863. [More Information]
  • Kumfor, F., Zhen, A., Hodges, J., Piguet, O., Irish, M. (2018). Apathy in Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal dementia: Distinct clinical profiles and neural correlates. Cortex, 103, 350-359. [More Information]
  • Ahmed, S., Irish, M., Loane, C., Baker, I., Husain, M., Thompson, S., Blanco-Duque, C., Mackay, C., Zamboni, G., Foxe, D., Hodges, J., Piguet, O., et al (2018). Association between precuneus volume and autobiographical memory impairment in posterior cortical atrophy: Beyond the visual syndrome. NeuroImage: Clinical, 18, 822-834. [More Information]

2017

  • Hazelton, J., Irish, M., Hodges, J., Piguet, O., Kumfor, F. (2017). Cognitive and Affective Empathy Disruption in Non-Fluent Primary Progressive Aphasia Syndromes. Brain Impairment, 18(1), 117-129. [More Information]
  • Irish, M., Mothakunnel, A., Dermody, N., Wilson, N., Hodges, J., Piguet, O. (2017). Damage to right medial temporal structures disrupts the capacity for scene construction - a case study. Hippocampus, 27(6), 635-641. [More Information]
  • Landin-Romero, R., Kumfor, F., Leyton, C., Irish, M., Hodges, J., Piguet, O. (2017). Disease-specific patterns of cortical and subcortical degeneration in a longitudinal study of Alzheimer's disease and behavioural-variant frontotemporal dementia. NeuroImage, 151, 72-80. [More Information]

2016

  • Irish, M. (2016). "Loss of the Future": Prospection Impairments in the Dementias. In M. Sun (Eds.), Research Progress in Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia - Volume 6, (pp. 1-26). New York: Nova Science Publishers.
  • Ahmed, R., Irish, M., Piguet, O., Halliday, G., Ittner, L., Farooqi, S., Hodges, J., Kiernan, M. (2016). Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia: distinct and overlapping changes in eating behaviour and metabolism. The Lancet Neurology, 15(3), 332-342. [More Information]
  • Ahmed, R., Irish, M., Henning, E., Dermody, N., Bartley, L., Kiernan, M., Piguet, O., Farooqi, S., Hodges, J. (2016). Assessment of Eating Behavior Disturbance and Associated Neural Networks in Frontotemporal Dementia. JAMA Neurology, 73(3), 282-290. [More Information]

2015

  • Ahmed, R., Kaizik, C., Irish, M., Mioshi, E., Dermody, N., Kiernan, M., Piguet, O., Hodges, J. (2015). Characterizing sexual behavior in frontotemporal dementia. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 46(3), 677-686. [More Information]
  • Kumfor, F., Dermody, N., Irish, M. (2015). Considering the impact of large-scale network interactions on cognitive control. Journal of Neuroscience, 35(1), 1-3. [More Information]
  • Kamminga, J., Kumfor, F., Burrell, J., Piguet, O., Hodges, J., Irish, M. (2015). Differentiating between right-lateralised semantic dementia and behavioural-variant frontotemporal dementia: An examination of clinical characteristics and emotion processing. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 86(10), 1082-1088. [More Information]

2014

  • Buckley, R., Saling, M., Irish, M., Ames, D., Rowe, C., Villemagne, V., Lautenschlager, N., Maruff, P., Macaulay, S., et al (2014). Autobiographical narratives relate to Alzheimer's disease biomarkers in older adults. International Psychogeriatrics, 26(10), 1737-1746. [More Information]
  • Irish, M., Piguet, O., Hodges, J., Hornberger, M. (2014). Common and unique gray matter correlates of episodic memory dysfunction in frontotemporal dementia and alzheimer's disease. Human Brain Mapping, 35(4), 1422-1435. [More Information]
  • Kamminga, J., O'Callaghan, C., Hodges, J., Irish, M. (2014). Differential prospective memory profiles in frontotemporal dementia syndromes. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 38(3), 669-679. [More Information]

2013

  • Irish, M., Kumfor, F., Hodges, J., Piguet, O. (2013). A tale of two hemispheres: Contrasting socioemotional dysfunction in right- versus left-lateralised semantic dementia [Um Conto Sobre Dois Hemisferios: Contrastando A Disfuncao Socioemocional Na Demencia Semantica Com Atrofia Lateralizada A Direita Versus Esquerda]. Dementia e Neuropsychologia, 7(1), 88-95. [More Information]
  • Kumfor, F., Irish, M., Hodges, J., Piguet, O. (2013). Discrete Neural Correlates for the Recognition of Negative Emotions: Insights from Frontotemporal Dementia. PloS One, 8(6), 1-11. [More Information]
  • Irish, M., Hodges, J., Piguet, O. (2013). Episodic future thinking is impaired in the behavioural variant of frontotemporal dementia. Cortex, 49(9), 2377-2388. [More Information]

2012

  • Irish, M., Hodges, J. (2012). Autobiographical memory in Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal dementia: Practical and theoretical implications. In Miao-Kun Sun (Eds.), Research Progress in Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia, (pp. 51-76). United States: Nova Science Publishers.
  • Irish, M., Addis, D., Hodges, J., Piguet, O. (2012). Considering the role of semantic memory in episodic future thinking: Evidence from semantic dementia. Brain, 135(7), 2178-2191. [More Information]
  • Irish, M., Graham, A., Graham, K., Hodges, J., Hornberger, M. (2012). Differential impairment of source memory in progressive versus non-progressive behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 27(3), 338-347. [More Information]

2011

  • Irish, M., Lawlor, B., Coen, R., O’Mara, S. (2011). Everyday episodic memory in amnestic mild cognitive impairment: a preliminary investigation. BMC Neuroscience, 12, 80. [More Information]
  • Irish, M., Lawlor, B., O’Mara, S., Coen, R. (2011). Impaired capacity for autonoetic reliving during autobiographical event recall in mild Alzheimer's disease. Cortex, 47(2), 236-249. [More Information]
  • Irish, M., Hornberger, M., Lah, S., Miller, L., Pengas, G., Nestor, P., Hodges, J., Piguet, O. (2011). Profiles of recent autobiographical memory retrieval in semantic dementia, behavioural-variant frontotemporal dementia, and Alzheimer's disease. Neuropsychologia, 49(9), 2694-2702. [More Information]

2010

  • Irish, M., Lawlor, B., O’Mara, S., Coen, R. (2010). Exploring the recollective experience during autobiographical memory retrieval in amnestic mild cognitive impairment. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 16(3), 546-555. [More Information]
  • Cyarto, E., Cox, K., Almeida, O., Flicker, L., Ames, D., Byrne, G., Hill, K., Beer, C., LoGiudice, D., Appadurai, K., et al (2010). The fitness for the Ageing Brain Study II (FABS II): protocol for a randomized controlled clinical trial evaluating the effect of physical activity on cognitive function in patients with Alzheimer’s disease. Trials, 11, 120. [More Information]

2006

  • Chadban, S., Campbell, S., Russ, G., Walker, R., Chapman, J., Pussell, B., Trevillian, P., Ierino, F., Thompson, N., Hutchison, B., et al (2006). A one-year, randomised, open label, parallel group study to investigate the safety and efficacy of enteric-coated Mycophenolate sodium (EC-MPS) in combination with full dose or reduced dose cyclosporine microemulsion (CSA-ME), basiliximab and steroids in de novo kidney transplantation. Immunology and Cell Biology, 84(3), A6-A6.

Selected Grants

2024

  • Discovering the neural signature of memory precision, Harris I, Irish M, Faculty of Science/Psychology Core Funding

2023

  • Enhancing the early and accurate diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia, Irish M, National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)/Investigator Grant
  • A new tool to optimise the early and accurate diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia, Irish M, Foxe D, Jeon Y, Velakoulis D, Robinson G, Whitton A, Kumfor F, Low L, Piguet O, Ahmed R, Department of Health and Aged Care (Federal - administered by NHMRC)/Dementia, Ageing and Aged Care Mission - 2022 Dementia, Ageing and Aged Care Grant

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