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Dr Ignazio Puzzo

Visiting Lecturer

School of Health & Psychological Sciences Department of Psychology

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  • +44 (0)20 7040 5060
  • ignazio.puzzo@city.ac.uk

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Dr Ignazio Puzzo City, University of London
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About

Overview

Dr. Puzzo graduated in Experimental Psychology at the University of Padua (Italy) in 2004. Then obtained a MSc in research methods (2007) and a PhD (2010) in Psychology at the University of Essex (UK).

Prior to joining City University of London as a Lecturer Dr. Puzzo held a senior clinical scientist post at Broadmoor Hospital, West London Mental Health NHS Trust from 2015 to 2018.

His current research focuses on understanding the interplay between affective, neurocognitive and social factors contributing to the development of aggressive and antisocial behaviour in children and adolescents as well as in adults mentally disordered offenders.

Qualifications

  • PhD, University of Essex, United Kingdom, Oct 2007 – Oct 2010
  • MSc Research Methods in Psychology, University of Essex, United Kingdom, Oct 2006 – Oct 2007
  • BSc in Experimental Psychology, University of Padua, Italy, Sep 2000 – Dec 2004

Employment

  • Honorary Lecturer, Brunel University London, Sep 2018 – present
  • Lecturer, City, University of London, Jul 2018 – present
  • Senior Clinical Scientist, West London Mental Health NHS Trust, Aug 2015 – Jun 2018
  • Research Fellow, University of Southampton, Jan 2014 – Jul 2015
  • Post-doctoral research assistant, University of Reading, Nov 2010 – Dec 2013

Languages

Italian (can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review).

Publications

Publications by category

Journal articles (26)

  • Rogers, J.C., Gonzalez-Madruga, K., Kohls, G., Baker, R.H., Clanton, R.L., Pauli, R. … De Brito, S.A. (2019). White Matter Microstructure in Youths With Conduct Disorder: Effects of Sex and Variation in Callous Traits. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 58(12), pp. 1184–1196. doi:10.1016/j.jaac.2019.02.019.

    [publisher’s website]

  • Prätzlich, M., Oldenhof, H., Steppan, M., Ackermann, K., Baker, R., Batchelor, M. … Stadler, C. (2019). Resting autonomic nervous system activity is unrelated to antisocial behaviour dimensions in adolescents: Cross-sectional findings from a European multi-centre study. Journal of Criminal Justice, 65, pp. 101536–101536. doi:10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2018.01.004.

    [publisher’s website]

  • Oldenhof, H., Prätzlich, M., Ackermann, K., Baker, R., Batchelor, M., Baumann, S. … Popma, A. (2019). Baseline autonomic nervous system activity in female children and adolescents with conduct disorder: Psychophysiological findings from the FemNAT-CD study. Journal of Criminal Justice, 65, pp. 101564–101564. doi:10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2018.05.011.

    [publisher’s website]

  • Puzzo, I., Sedgwick, O., Kelly, R., Greer, B., Kumari, V., Guðjónsson, G. … Young, S. (2019). Attention Problems Predict Risk of Violence and Rehabilitative Engagement in Mentally Disordered Offenders. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 10. doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00279.

    [publisher’s website]

  • González-Madruga, K., Rogers, J., Toschi, N., Riccelli, R., Smaragdi, A., Puzzo, I. … Fairchild, G. (2019). White matter microstructure of the extended limbic system in male and female youth with conduct disorder. Psychological Medicine pp. 1–10. doi:10.1017/s0033291718003951.
  • Puzzo, I., Aldridge-Waddon, L., Bush, E. and Farr, C. (2018). The relationship between ward social climate, ward sense of community and incidents of disruptive behaviour: A study of a high secure psychiatric sample. International Journal of Forensic Mental Health. doi:10.1080/14999013.2018.1532972.
  • Nqwaku, M., Draycott, S., Aldridge-Waddon, L., Bush, E.-.L., Tsirimokou, A., Jones, D. … Puzzo, I. (2018). Predictive power of the DASA-IV: Variations in rating method and timescales. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 27(6), pp. 1661–1672. doi:10.1111/inm.12464.

    [publisher’s website]

  • Cantarella, S., Hillenbrand, C., Aldridge-Waddon, L. and Puzzo, I. (2018). Preliminary Evidence on the Somatic Marker Hypothesis Applied to Investment Choices. Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Economics. doi:10.1037/npe0000097.
  • Puzzo, I., Seunarine, K., Sully, K., Darekar, A., Clark, C., Sonuga-Barke, E.J.S. … Fairchild, G. (2018). Altered White-Matter Microstructure in Conduct Disorder Is Specifically Associated with Elevated Callous-Unemotional Traits. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 46(7), pp. 1451–1466. doi:10.1007/s10802-017-0375-5.

    [publisher’s website]

  • Sidlauskaite, J., González-Madruga, K., Smaragdi, A., Riccelli, R., Puzzo, I., Batchelor, M. … Fairchild, G. (2018). Sex differences in risk-based decision making in adolescents with conduct disorder. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 27(9), pp. 1133–1142. doi:10.1007/s00787-017-1024-9.
  • Sedgwick, O., Young, S., Greer, B., Arnold, J., Parsons, A., Puzzo, I. … Kumari, V. (2018). Sensorimotor gating characteristics of violent men with comorbid psychosis and dissocial personality disorder: Relationship with antisocial traits and psychosocial deprivation. Schizophrenia Research, 198, pp. 21–27. doi:10.1016/j.schres.2017.06.045.
  • Murphy, D., Bush, E.-.L. and Puzzo, I. (2017). Incompatibilities and seclusion of patients with an autism spectrum disorder detained in high-secure psychiatric care. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities and Offending Behaviour, 8(4), pp. 188–200. doi:10.1108/jidob-05-2017-0007.

    [publisher’s website]

  • Mortlock, A.-.M., Puzzo, I., Taylor, S., Kumari, V., Young, S., Sengupta, S. … Das, M. (2017). Enrichment activities in the medical school psychiatry programme – could this be a key to engaging medical students in psychiatry? A study from a high secure forensic psychiatric UK hospital. BMC Psychiatry, 17(1). doi:10.1186/s12888-017-1236-z.

    [publisher’s website]

  • Kersten, L., Vriends, N., Steppan, M., Raschle, N.M., Praetzlich, M., Oldenhof, H. … Stadler, C. (2017). Community Violence Exposure and Conduct Problems in Children and Adolescents with Conduct Disorder and Healthy Controls. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 11. doi:10.3389/fnbeh.2017.00219.

    [publisher’s website]

  • Smaragdi, A., Cornwell, H., Toschi, N., Riccelli, R., Gonzalez-Madruga, K., Wells, A. … Fairchild, G. (2017). Sex Differences in the Relationship Between Conduct Disorder and Cortical Structure in Adolescents. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 56(8), pp. 703–712. doi:10.1016/j.jaac.2017.05.015.

    [publisher’s website]

  • Puzzo, I., Gable, D. and Cohen, A. (2017). Using the National Diabetes Audit to improve the care of diabetes in secure hospital in-patient settings in the UK. The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology, 28(3), pp. 400–411. doi:10.1080/14789949.2017.1291705.

    [publisher’s website]

  • Ayres, J., Fegan, T., Noak, J. and Puzzo, I. (2017). Measuring the organisational recovery climate in a forensic high-secure service. British Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 6(2), pp. 88–93. doi:10.12968/bjmh.2017.6.2.88.

    [publisher’s website]

  • Panasiti, M.S., Puzzo, I. and Chakrabarti, B. (2016). Autistic Traits Moderate the Impact of Reward Learning on Social Behaviour. Autism Research, 9(4), pp. 471–479. doi:10.1002/aur.1523.

    [publisher’s website]

  • Puzzo, I., Smaragdi, A., Gonzalez, K., Martin-Key, N. and Fairchild, G. (2016). Neurobiological, Neuroimaging, and Neuropsychological Studies of Children and Adolescents with Disruptive Behavior Disorders. Family Relations, 65(1), pp. 134–150. doi:10.1111/fare.12182.

    [publisher’s website]

  • Puzzo, I., Cooper, N.R., Cantarella, S., Fitzgerald, P.B. and Russo, R. (2013). The effect of rTMS over the inferior parietal lobule on EEG sensorimotor reactivity differs according to self-reported traits of autism in typically developing individuals. Brain Research, 1541, pp. 33–41. doi:10.1016/j.brainres.2013.10.016.

    [publisher’s website]

  • Cooper, N.R., Simpson, A., Till, A., Simmons, K. and Puzzo, I. (2013). Beta event-related desynchronization as an index of individual differences in processing human facial expression: further investigations of autistic traits in typically developing adults. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 7. doi:10.3389/fnhum.2013.00159.

    [publisher’s website]

  • Cooper, N.R., Puzzo, I., Pawley, A.D., Bowes-Mulligan, R.A., Kirkpatrick, E.V., Antoniou, P.A. … Kennett, S. (2012). Bridging a yawning chasm: EEG investigations into the debate concerning the role of the human mirror neuron system in contagious yawning. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, 12(2), pp. 393–405. doi:10.3758/s13415-011-0081-7.

    [publisher’s website]

  • Puzzo, I., Cooper, N.R., Cantarella, S. and Russo, R. (2011). Measuring the effects of manipulating stimulus presentation time on sensorimotor alpha and low beta reactivity during hand movement observation. NeuroImage, 57(4), pp. 1358–1363. doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.05.071.

    [publisher’s website]

  • Puzzo, I., Cooper, N.R., Vetter, P. and Russo, R. (2010). EEG activation differences in the pre-motor cortex and supplementary motor area between normal individuals with high and low traits of autism. Brain Research, 1342, pp. 104–110. doi:10.1016/j.brainres.2010.04.060.

    [publisher’s website]

  • Puzzo, I., Cooper, N.R., Vetter, P., Russo, R. and Fitzgerald, P.B. (2009). Reduced cortico-motor facilitation in a normal sample with high traits of autism. Neuroscience Letters, 467(2), pp. 173–177. doi:10.1016/j.neulet.2009.10.033.

    [publisher’s website]

  • Cooper, N.R., Puzzo, I. and Pawley, A.D. (2008). Contagious yawning: The mirror neuron system may be a candidate physiological mechanism. Medical Hypotheses, 71(6), pp. 975–976. doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2008.07.023.

    [publisher’s website]

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