Academic rank: Assistant Professor Subject: Neurocognitive Development Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Tel: (+30) 24210-74885 Curriculum vitae

Research interests

• Early neurocognitive mechanisms of sensitivity: neurophysiological, behavioural and genetic mechanisms of stimuli processing and later cognitive and emotional development
• Neurocognitive mechanisms of emotion regulation: early indicators of emotion regulation in early childhood
• Gene-environment interaction and resilience: mechanisms of emotional adaptation and applications to differentiated teaching.

SED courses

• Child cognitive development
• Neuropsychology of learning difficulties
• Developmental Clinical Neuropsychology
• Laboratory exercise on the pathology of language, memory and executive functions
• Laboratory exercise on the pathology of motor behaviour and visual perception

Office hours

       Thursday 12-3pm (New Building, 2nd floor, 12C)

Recent publications

• Christou A. I., Wallis Y., Bair H., Zeegers M. & McCleery J. P. (2018). 5-HTTLPR genotype is associated with visual scanning patterns of adverse scenes in young children. Frontiers in Behavioural Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2017.00118
• Christou A. I., Miall R.C., McNab F., & Galea, J. (2017). Individual differences in explicit and implicit visuomotor learning and working memory capacity. Scientific Reports, 6, 36633. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep36633
• Christou, A. I., Endo, S., Wallis, Y., Bair, H., Zeegers M. P., & McCleery J. P. (2016). Variation in serotonin 5-HTTLPR short/long genotype modulates resting frontal EEG asymmetries in children. Development and Psychopathology. 1-12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0954579415000413
• Christou A. I., Wallis Y., Bair H., Crawford H., Frisson S., Zeegers M. & McCleery J. P. (2015). BDNFVal66Metand 5-HTTLPR genotype are each associated with visual scanning patterns of faces in young children. Frontiers in Behavioural Neuroscience, 9, 175. http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00175