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Professor Gilbert Hayes

@profgilberthayes.bsky.social

Married to Dr. Sorcha Hayes, (who constantly reminds me that Joyce understood cognitive dissonance long before the psychologists did). Between her leather-bound novels and my stacks of journals, our home is effectively a dual university library.

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Professor Gilbert Hayes @profgilberthayes.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

"Neural Markers of Dissonance Resolution: An fMRI Investigation into Active Fact-Rejection" (2024) Dr. Clíodhna O'Shea Co-author Prof. Gilbert Hayes Uses fMRI to map neural correlates of dissonance, tracking blood flow and activity when facts contradict strongly held beliefs.

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Professor Gilbert Hayes @profgilberthayes.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

"Tribal Shields: The Role of Identity-Protective Cognition in Disinformation Acceptance" (2023) Professor Gilbert Hayes, Co-authored with Professor Marcus Vance, FBPsS. On how group identity fuels denial and drives rejection of empirical consensus that clashes with political/cultural worldviews.

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Professor Gilbert Hayes @profgilberthayes.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Self-Deception vs. Anosognosia: Differentiating Ego-Protective Denial from Neurological Deficit" (2019) Dr. Priya Nair Co-author: Prof. Gilbert Hayes Investigates where normal psychological denial ends and neurological unawareness begins, particularly following mild traumatic brain injury.

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Professor Gilbert Hayes @profgilberthayes.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

"Motivated Inattention: Economic Risk Assessment and the Cognitive Mechanics of Financial Denial." 2021 Dr. Aris Thorne, Ph.D. Co-Authors: Hayes, G., & Thorne, A. How individuals apply psychological denial to economic threats (pension crises or market bubbles), in favor of comforting narratives.

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Professor Gilbert Hayes @profgilberthayes.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

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