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Elva Arulchelvan

Lecturer in Psychology and PhD Researcher in Psychology and Neuroscience, Trinity College Dublin

Lecturer in Psychology and PhD Researcher in Psychology and Neuroscience, Trinity College Dublin Elva Arulchelvan is completing a PhD in psychology and neuroscience for the Lab for Clinical and Integrative Neuroscience in Trinity College Dublin (TCD), Ireland. She is also a lecturer in psychology for social work students in TCD. Elva's PhD research focuses on memory and forgetting processes. In particular, her PhD research involves investigating peripheral nerve stimulation's effect on memory and forgetting in both clinical and non-clinical groups. Elva has a keen interest in making research accessible to everyone, and loves sharing her research through writing or giving talks and presentations. Prior to her work in the field of psychology, Elva completed a Bachelor of Commerce International with Chinese in the University College of Dublin. After graduating from that degree, she spent several years working in tech companies (incl. Deliveroo and HubSpot) helping commercial clients grow their sales using these platforms' services. She also spent time working as a project manager launching an Italian restaurant, an Italian import company and an immigration via investment company, before recognizing that her real passion lay in understanding people, and how our decisions and wellbeing can be influenced by much more factors than most people realize. This led her to pursue a degree in psychology, and subsequently to her current PhD research and lecturing work.