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Dr Ignazio Puzzo
Senior Lecturer in Psychology
Quad North 134
- Email: ignazio.puzzo@brunel.ac.uk
- Tel: +44 (0)1895 265991
Cheang, RTS., Skjevling, M., Blakemore, AIF., Kumari, V. and Puzzo, I. (2024) 'Do you feel me? Autism, empathic accuracy and the double empathy problem'. Autism, 0 (ahead of print). pp. 1 - 13. ISSN: 1362-3613 Open Access Link
Aldridge-Waddon, L., Vanova, M., Elbers, L., Puzzo, I., Muneke, J. and Kumari, V. (2023) 'Scenario-specific aberrations of social reward processing in dimensional schizotypy and psychopathy'. Scientific Reports, 12 (1). pp. 1 - 10. ISSN: 2045-2322 Open Access Link
Puzzo, I., Aldridge-Waddon, L., Morley, E., Vacher, J., Mitchell, J., Murphy, D. and et al. (2023) 'Developing ward social climate and sense of community within a high security forensic psychiatric service: Evaluating a sense of community and social climate intervention'. The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology, 34 (1). pp. 20 - 36. ISSN: 1478-9949 Open Access Link
Perkins, D. and Puzzo, I. (2022) 'Technological assessment methods: New directions in the assessment of sexual offending and sexualised violence', in Liell, GC., Fisher, MJ. and Jones, LF. (eds.) Challenging Bias in Forensic Psychological Assessment and Testing: Theoretical and Practical Approaches to Working with Diverse Populations. London : Routledge. pp. 456 - 474. ISBN 10: 1-003-23097-0. ISBN 13: 978-1-032-13829-9.
Vanova, M., Aldridge-Waddon, L., Norbury, R., Jennings, B., Puzzo, I. and Kumari, V. (2022) 'Distinct neural signatures of schizotypy and psychopathy during visual word-nonword recognition'. Human Brain Mapping, 43 (12). pp. 3620 - 3632. ISSN: 1065-9471 Open Access Link
Puzzo, I., Aldridge-Waddon, L., Stokes, N., Rainbird, J. and Kumari, V. (2022) 'The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on forensic mental health services and clinical outcomes: A longitudinal study'. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12. pp. 1 - 12. ISSN: 1664-0640 Open Access Link
Vanova, M., Aldridge-Waddon, L., Jennings, B., Elbers, L., Puzzo, I. and Kumari, V. (2021) 'Clarifying the Roles of Schizotypy and Psychopathic Traits in Lexical Decision Performance'. Schizophrenia Research: Cognition, 27. pp. 1 - 8. ISSN: 2215-0013 Open Access Link
Murphy, D., Mitchell, J., Vacher, J., Morley, EJ. and Puzzo, I. (2021) 'Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale Full Scale IQ of Male Admissions to a High Secure Psychiatric Hospital Over Six Decades'. International Journal of Forensic Mental Health, 20 (4). pp. 386 - 397. ISSN: 1499-9013 Open Access Link
Harteveld, LM., Nederend, I., ten Harkel, ADJ., Schutte, NM., de Rooij, SR., Vrijkotte, TGM., et al. (2021) 'Maturation of the Cardiac Autonomic Nervous System Activity in Children and Adolescents'. Journal of the American Heart Association, 10 (4). pp. 1 - 22.Open Access Link
Vanova, M., Aldridge-Waddon, L., Jennings, B., Puzzo, I. and Kumari, V. (2020) 'Reading Skills Deficits in People with Mental Illness: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis'. European Psychiatry, 64 (1). pp. 1 - 28. ISSN: 0924-9338 Open Access Link
Aldridge-Waddon, L., Vanova, M., Munneke, J., Puzzo, I. and Kumari, V. (2020) 'Atypical social reward anticipation as a transdiagnostic characteristic of psychopathology: A meta-analytic review and critical evaluation of current evidence'. Clinical Psychology Review, 82. pp. 1 - 13. ISSN: 0272-7358 Open Access Link
Prätzlich, M., Oldenhof, H., Steppan, M., Ackermann, K., Baker, R., Batchelor, M., et al. (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. ISSN: 0047-2352
Oldenhof, H., Prätzlich, M., Ackermann, K., Baker, R., Batchelor, M., Baumann, S., et al. (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. ISSN: 0047-2352
Puzzo, I., Sedgwick, O., Kelly, R., Greer, B., Kumari, V., Gudjonsson, G. and et al. (2019) 'Attention Problems Predict Risk of Violence and Rehabilitative Engagement in Mentally Disordered Offenders'. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 10 (MAY). pp. 1 - 8. ISSN: 1664-0640 Open Access Link
Rogers, JC., Gonzalez-Madruga, K., Kohls, G., Baker, RH., Clanton, RL., Pauli, R., et al. (2019) 'White Matter Microstructure in Youths With Conduct Disorder: Effects of Sex and Variation in Callous Traits'. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 58 (12). pp. 1184 - 1196. ISSN: 0890-8567 Open Access Link
González-Madruga, K., Rogers, J., Toschi, N., Riccelli, R., Smaragdi, A., Puzzo, I., et al. (2019) 'White matter microstructure of the extended limbic system in male and female youth with conduct disorder'. Psychological Medicine, 50 (1). pp. 58 - 67. ISSN: 0033-2917
Puzzo, I., Seunarine, K., Sully, K., Darekar, A., Clark, C., Sonuga-Barke, EJS. and et al. (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. ISSN: 0091-0627 Open Access Link
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 Behavior: A Study of a High Secure Psychiatric Sample'. International Journal of Forensic Mental Health, 18 (2). pp. 153 - 163. ISSN: 1499-9013 Open Access Link
Nqwaku, M., Draycott, S., Aldridge-Waddon, L., Bush, EL., Tsirimokou, A., Jones, D. and et al. (2018) 'Predictive power of the DASA-IV: Variations in rating method and timescales'. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 27 (6). pp. 1661 - 1672. ISSN: 1445-8330
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, 11 (4). pp. 228 - 238. ISSN: 1937-321X
Sidlauskaite, J., González-Madruga, K., Smaragdi, A., Riccelli, R., Puzzo, I., Batchelor, M., et al. (2018) 'Sex differences in risk-based decision making in adolescents with conduct disorder'. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 27 (9). pp. 1133 - 1142. ISSN: 1018-8827 Open Access Link
Kersten, L., Vriends, N., Steppan, M., Raschle, NM., Praetzlich, M., Oldenhof, H., et al. (2017) 'Community violence exposure and conduct problems in children and adolescents with conduct disorder and healthy controls'. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 11. pp. 219. ISSN: 1662-5153
Sedgwick, O., Young, S., Greer, B., Arnold, J., Parsons, A., Puzzo, I., et al. (2017) '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. ISSN: 0920-9964 Open Access Link
Smaragdi, A., Cornwell, H., Toschi, N., Riccelli, R., Gonzalez-Madruga, K., Wells, A., et al. (2017) 'Sex Differences in the Relationship Between Conduct Disorder and Cortical Structure in Adolescents'. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 56 (8). pp. 703 - 712. ISSN: 0890-8567
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'. Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology, 28 (3). pp. 400 - 411. ISSN: 1478-9949
Mortlock, AM., Puzzo, I., Taylor, S., Kumari, V., Young, S., Sengupta, S. and et al. (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). pp. 83. ISSN: 1471-244X Open Access Link
Murphy, D., Bush, EL. 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. ISSN: 2050-8824
Panasiti, MS., Puzzo, I. and Chakrabarti, B. (2016) 'Autistic Traits Moderate the Impact of Reward Learning on Social Behaviour'. Autism Research, 9 (4). pp. 471 - 479. ISSN: 1939-3792
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. ISSN: 0197-6664
Puzzo, I., Cooper, NR., Cantarella, S., Fitzgerald, PB. 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. ISSN: 0006-8993
Cooper, NR., 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 (APR 2013). pp. 1 - xx. ISSN: 1662-5161 Open Access Link
Cooper, NR., Puzzo, I., Pawley, AD., Bowes-Mulligan, RA., Kirkpatrick, EV., Antoniou, PA. and et al. (2012) 'Bridging a yawning chasm: EEG investigations into the debate concerning the role of the human mirror neuron system in contagious yawning'. Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience, 12 (2). pp. 393 - 405. ISSN: 1530-7026
Puzzo, I., Cooper, NR., 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. ISSN: 1053-8119
Puzzo, I., Cooper, NR., 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. ISSN: 0006-8993
Puzzo, I., Cooper, NR., Vetter, P., Russo, R. and Fitzgerald, PB. (2009) 'Reduced cortico-motor facilitation in a normal sample with high traits of autism'. Neuroscience Letters, 467 (2). pp. 173 - 177. ISSN: 0304-3940
Cooper, NR., Puzzo, I. and Pawley, AD. (2008) 'Contagious yawning: The mirror neuron system may be a candidate physiological mechanism'. Medical Hypotheses, 71 (6). pp. 975 - 976. ISSN: 0306-9877