Essi Viding
Essi Viding | |
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Viding in 2012 | |
| Born | Essi Maria Viding |
| Alma mater | University College London King's College London (PhD) |
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| Institutions | University College London |
| Thesis | Investigating neurocognitive systems underlying impulsivity in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and conduct disorder (2004) |
| Doctoral advisor | Francesca Happé |
| Website | iris |
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, Psychology and Neuroscience. Viding's research focuses on development of disruptive behaviour disorders, as well as children and young people's mental health problems more broadly. She uses cognitive experimental measures, brain imaging and genetically informative study designs in her work.