Essi Viding

Essi Viding
Viding at a Royal Society discussion panel
Born Essi Maria Viding
Finland
Alma mater University College London
King's College London (PhD)
Awards
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions University College London
Thesis Investigating neurocognitive systems underlying impulsivity in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and conduct disorder (2004)
Doctoral advisor Francesca Happé[2]
Influences Robert Plomin
Website iris.ucl.ac.uk/iris/browse/profile?upi=EVIDI50

Essi Maria Viding is Professor of Developmental Psychopathology at University College London in the Faculty of Brain Sciences, where she co-directs the Developmental Risk and Resilience Unit, and an associate of King's College London's Institute of Psychiatry.[1] Viding researches persistent antisocial behaviour and development disorders using cognitive experimental measures, brain imaging and genotyping.[2][3][4][5]

Education

Viding was educated at King's College London where she was awarded a PhD in 2004[6] for research supervised by Francesca Happé.[2]

Awards and honours

Viding was the 2011 winner of the British Psychological Society's Spearman Medal,[7] and received the 2017 Rosalind Franklin Award.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Essi Viding publications indexed by Google Scholar Edit this at Wikidata
  2. 1 2 3 "Essi Viding Iris Profile". iris.ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 2014-01-12.
  3. ↑ "One in 100 children are psychopaths, experts believe". The Telegraph. 31 August 2012.
  4. ↑ Viding, Essi; Blair, R. James R.; Moffitt, Terrie E.; Plomin, Robert (2005). "Evidence for substantial genetic risk for psychopathy in 7‐year‐olds". Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 46 (6): 592–597. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7610.2004.00393.x. PMID 15877765.
  5. ↑ Jones, Alice; Laurens, Kristin; Herba, Catherine; Barker, Gareth; Viding, Essi (2009). "Amygdala hypoactivity to fearful faces in boys with conduct problems and callous-unemotional traits". American Journal of Psychiatry. 166 (1): 95–102. doi:10.1176/appi.ajp.2008.07071050.
  6. ↑ Viding, Essi Maria (2004). Investigating neurocognitive systems underlying impulsivity in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and conduct disorder. london.ac.uk (PhD thesis). King's College London (University of London). OCLC 729799279. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.405666.
  7. ↑ "One on one...with Essi Viding - Vol. 24, Part 9 ( September 2011)". Thepsychologist.org.uk. Retrieved 2014-01-12.
  8. ↑ "Rosalind Franklin Award and Lecture". royalsociety.org. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
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