Eamon McCrory, PhD, BA
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Professor Adjunct in the Child Study Center
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Eamon McCrory is Professor of Developmental Neuroscience and Psychopathology at UCL, Co-Director of the Developmental Risk and Resilience Unit and Co-Director of the UK Trauma Council (www.uktraumacouncil.org). He is also Director of Education and Training at the Anna Freud Centre in London and Director of the UKRI Adolescent Mental Health and Wellbeing Programme. His research uses brain imaging and psychological approaches to investigate the impact of childhood maltreatment on emotional development and mental health. The long-term aim of his work is to understand how and why mental health problems can unfold following early adversity, and how we might intervene to promote more resilient outcomes for children.
Prof McCrory established the MRes in Developmental Neuroscience and Psychopathology, offered by UCL and delivered in collaboration with the Child Study Center Yale. Students spend the first year at UCL and the second at the Center . This course is part of the broader partnership between UCL and Yale and was established in 2006 and now includes an international PhD Programme directed by Prof. Niko Steinbeis.
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Child Study Center
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- PhD
- Kings College (2004)
- PhD
- University College (2002)
- BA
- Cambridge University (1995)
Research
Overview
Prof McCrory's research primarily uses brain imaging and psychological approaches to investigate the impact of childhood maltreatment on emotional development and mental health. The long-term aim of his work is to understand how and why mental health problems can unfold following early adversity, and how we might intervene to promote more resilient outcomes for children.
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
Child Abuse; Conduct Disorder
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0000-0001-5336-5079- View Lab Website
Developmental Risk and Resilience Unit
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Essi Viding, PhD
Pasco Fearon, PhD
Helena Rutherford, PhD
Arielle Baskin-Sommers
Linda Mayes, MD
139Publications
9,349Citations
Child Abuse
Conduct Disorder
Publications
2024
Shedding Light on Antisocial Behavior Through Genetically Informed Research.
Pezzoli P, McCrory E, Viding E. Shedding Light on Antisocial Behavior Through Genetically Informed Research. Annual Review Of Psychology 2024 PMID: 39441883, DOI: 10.1146/annurev-psych-021524-043650.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricIndividuals as active co-creators of their environments: implications for prevention of inequalities
Viding E, McCrory E. Individuals as active co-creators of their environments: implications for prevention of inequalities. Oxford Open Economics 2024, 3: i749-i753. DOI: 10.1093/ooec/odad071.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricConceptsEarly adversityLatent vulnerabilityReduce inequalitiesGene-environment correlationAdaptability to adversityTargeted interventionsPattern of processingDispositional differencesPrevent inequalitiesEarly interventionContext of preventionInterventionIndividual dispositionsAdversityGenetic predispositionDevelopmental effectsCorrelational researchPreventionCo-creationActive co-creatorsIndividualsChildrenEducation domainInequalityLearning processSocial Learning and Preferences in Adolescents With Conduct Problems and Varying Levels of Callous-Unemotional Traits
Gaule A, Bevilacqua L, Molleman L, van den Bos W, van Duijvenvoorde A, Roberts R, Pease C, McCrory E, Viding E. Social Learning and Preferences in Adolescents With Conduct Problems and Varying Levels of Callous-Unemotional Traits. JAACAP Open 2024, 2: 79-89. DOI: 10.1016/j.jaacop.2023.12.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsCallous-unemotional traitsConduct problemsTD adolescentsLevels of callous-unemotional traitsLevels of CU traitsDisplay aggressive behaviorCU traitsAdolescents' CPSocial learningSocial environmentNon-socialGroup differencesAggressive behaviorCP/LCUSocial behaviorObject learningDifficulty learningEconomic gamesSocial partnersSocial preferencesCP/HCUAdolescentsSocial relationshipsResults AdolescentsSocial worldReciprocal Effects Between Negative Parenting and Children’s Callous-Unemotional Traits From Mid to Late Childhood
Pezzoli P, Pingault J, Malanchini M, Voronin I, McCrory E, Fearon P, Viding E. Reciprocal Effects Between Negative Parenting and Children’s Callous-Unemotional Traits From Mid to Late Childhood. American Journal Of Psychiatry 2024, 181: 310-321. PMID: 38476045, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.20230208.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsChild CU traitsDevelopment of CU traitsCU traitsMid-to-late childhoodNegative parentingCallous-unemotionalTwins Early Development StudyLate childhoodLongitudinal cross-lagged modelsEffects of negative parentingCallous-unemotional traitsEarly Development StudyReciprocal effectsCross-lagged modelsCross-lagged effectsFamilies of childrenTwin pairsGenetic factorsParental disciplineParental feelingsChildhoodSmall effectsTraitsEnvironmental factorsParentsHeightened response to positive facial cues as a potential marker of resilience following childhood adversity
Gerin M, Viding E, Neil L, Armbruster-Genc D, Freeman Z, Sharp M, Phillips H, McCrory E. Heightened response to positive facial cues as a potential marker of resilience following childhood adversity. European Journal Of Psychotraumatology 2024, 15: 2309783. PMID: 38318813, PMCID: PMC10849006, DOI: 10.1080/20008066.2024.2309783.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsFacial cuesMaltreatment experiencesPresence of social supportSocial supportLow symptomsAssociated with lower symptomsThreat-related cuesPositive social cuesIncreased psychiatric riskPerceived emotional intensityMarkers of resilienceChildhood maltreatment experiencesNo group differencesMental health symptomsLevels of social supportPerceived social supportAssociated with better mental healthMental health vulnerabilitiesMental health outcomesBetter mental healthExperiences of abusePerceived intensityHappy facesChildhood maltreatmentImplicit processesReduced prosocial motivation and effort in adolescents with conduct problems and callous‐unemotional traits
Gaule A, Martin P, Lockwood P, Cutler J, Apps M, Roberts R, Phillips H, Brown K, McCrory E, Viding E. Reduced prosocial motivation and effort in adolescents with conduct problems and callous‐unemotional traits. Journal Of Child Psychology And Psychiatry 2024, 65: 1061-1071. PMID: 38287126, DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.13945.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricConceptsLevels of CU traitsCallous-unemotional traitsProsocial behaviorProsocial choicesConduct problemsProsocial actsCU traitsLevels of callous-unemotional traitsPsychopathy in adulthoodCognitive-affective mechanismsReduced prosocial behaviorLow prosocial behaviorBenefit othersTD peersAntisocial behaviorCP/HCUBehavioral levelBenefit oneselfCP/LCUReduced engagementProsocial motivationAdolescentsAdolescent boysTraitsReduced exertionAtypical Interpersonal Problem-Solving and Resting-state Functional Connectivity in Adolescents with Maltreatment Experience
Gerin M, Viding E, Puetz V, Armbruster-Genc D, Rankin G, McCrory E. Atypical Interpersonal Problem-Solving and Resting-state Functional Connectivity in Adolescents with Maltreatment Experience. Current Neuropharmacology 2024, 22: 290-301. PMID: 37818587, PMCID: PMC10788892, DOI: 10.2174/1570159x22666231002145440.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsResting-state functional connectivityPosterior cingulate cortexMedial prefrontal cortexMental health symptomsMaltreatment experiencesSocial functioningLingual gyrusFunctional connectivityHealth symptomsInterpersonal problem-solving skillsRetrosplenial cortexElevated mental health symptomsDefault mode network hubInterpersonal problem solvingPoor social functioningAdverse environmental experiencesProblem-solving performanceNon-maltreated peersProblem-solving skillsExperiences of abuseSeed-based analysisNeurocognitive processingNeurocognitive functioningMental health disordersEarly adversity
2023
A systematic review of childhood maltreatment and resting state functional connectivity
Gerin M, Viding E, Herringa R, Russell J, McCrory E. A systematic review of childhood maltreatment and resting state functional connectivity. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience 2023, 64: 101322. PMID: 37952287, PMCID: PMC10665826, DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2023.101322.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsResting-state functional connectivityAnterior cingulate cortexFunctional connectivityCingulate cortexChildhood maltreatmentAltered functional connectivityState functional connectivityDorsal anterior cingulate cortexNegative psychiatric outcomesVentral anterior cingulate cortexDorsolateral prefrontal cortexRsFC alterationsAltered connectivityInclusion criteriaAmygdala connectivityNineteen studiesPsychiatric outcomesFuture symptomsSystematic reviewBrain regionsClinical disordersBrain circuitsAnterior insulaPrefrontal cortexMaltreatment exposureAn ‘embedded brain’ approach to understanding antisocial behaviour
Viding E, McCrory E, Baskin-Sommers A, De Brito S, Frick P. An ‘embedded brain’ approach to understanding antisocial behaviour. Trends In Cognitive Sciences 2023, 28: 159-171. PMID: 37718176, DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2023.08.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetric
2022
A genetically informed Registered Report on adverse childhood experiences and mental health
Baldwin J, Sallis H, Schoeler T, Taylor M, Kwong A, Tielbeek J, Barkhuizen W, Warrier V, Howe L, Danese A, McCrory E, Rijsdijk F, Larsson H, Lundström S, Karlsson R, Lichtenstein P, Munafò M, Pingault J. A genetically informed Registered Report on adverse childhood experiences and mental health. Nature Human Behaviour 2022, 7: 269-290. PMID: 36482079, PMCID: PMC7614239, DOI: 10.1038/s41562-022-01482-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsMental health problemsAdverse childhood experiencesHealth problemsElevated riskMental healthGenetic confoundingChildhood experiencesPsychiatric vulnerabilityGenetic riskHigher polygenic scoresConfoundingChildrenPrevious associationsRiskGene-environment correlationSmall increaseAssociationHealthReportPolygenic scores
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