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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Ian M. Goodyer is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields including neuroscience, psychology, and medicine, with a particular focus on cognitive neuroscience, clinical psychology, and psychiatry and mental health.

The scientist's work concentrates on functional brain connectivity studies, mental health research, schizophrenia research and treatment, and advanced neuroimaging techniques. Other main topics include neural dynamics and brain function, stress responses and cortisol, and bipolar disorder and treatment.

Recent publications by Ian M. Goodyer cover a range of subjects related to adolescent brain development and mental health. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Conservative and disruptive modes of adolescent change in human brain functional connectivity," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Influence of prior beliefs on perception in early psychosis: Effects of illness stage and hierarchical level of belief," 2020, Journal of Abnormal Psychology
  • "Childhood socio-economic disadvantage predicts reduced myelin growth across adolescence and young adulthood," 2020, Human Brain Mapping
  • "Sexually divergent development of depression-related brain networks during healthy human adolescence," 2022, Science Advances
  • "Behavioral measures of impulsivity and compulsivity in adolescents with nonsuicidal self-injury," 2021, CNS Spectrums

Ian M. Goodyer frequently collaborates with several researchers. Frequent coauthors include Peter B. Jones, Peter Fonagy, Raymond J. Dolan, Edward T. Bullmore, and Rafael Romero-García.

The scientist's work is published in diverse venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Journal of Abnormal Psychology.

Ian M. Goodyer has been recognized as a Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences in the United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • Clinical and Psychosocial Predictors of Suicide Attempts and Nonsuicidal Self-Injury in the Adolescent Depression Antidepressants and Psychotherapy Trial (ADAPT)

    Paul Wilkinson;Raphael Kelvin;Chris Roberts;Bernadka Dubicka

  • Recent life events, cortisol, dehydroepiandrosterone and the onset of major depression in high-risk adolescents.

    Ian M. Goodyer;J. Herbert;A. Tamplin;P. M. E. Altham

  • Adolescence is associated with genomically patterned consolidation of the hubs of the human brain connectome

    Kirstie J. Whitaker;Petra E. Vértes;Rafael Romero-Garcia;František Váša

  • Maternal postnatal depression and the development of depression in offspring up to 16 years of age

    Lynne Murray;Adriane Arteche;Pasco Fearon;Sarah L Halligan

  • Do corticosteroids damage the brain

    J. Herbert;I. M. Goodyer;A. B. Grossman;M. H. Hastings

  • Developmental cognitive neuroscience using latent change score models: A tutorial and applications

    Rogier Andrew Kievit;Andreas M Brandmaier;Gabriel Ziegler;Anne-Laura van Harmelen

  • Morphometric Similarity Networks Detect Microscale Cortical Organization and Predict Inter-Individual Cognitive Variation

    Jakob Seidlitz;Jakob Seidlitz;František Váša;Maxwell Shinn;Rafael Romero-Garcia

  • Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and routine specialist care with and without cognitive behaviour therapy in adolescents with major depression: randomised controlled trial

    Ian Goodyer;Bernadka Dubicka;Paul Wilkinson;Raphael Kelvin

  • Exposure to postnatal depression predicts elevated cortisol in adolescent offspring

    Sarah L Halligan;Joe Herbert;Ian M Goodyer;Lynne Murray

  • The Short Mood and Feelings Questionnaire (SMFQ): A Unidimensional Item Response Theory and Categorical Data Factor Analysis of Self-Report Ratings from a Community Sample of 7-through 11-Year-Old Children

    Carla Sharp;Ian M. Goodyer;Tim J. Croudace

  • Longitudinal investigation into childhood- and adolescence-onset depression: psychiatric outcome in early adulthood.

    Valerie Dunn;Ian M Goodyer

  • Adrenal secretion during major depression in 8- to 16-year-olds, I. Altered diurnal rhythms in salivary cortisol and dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) at presentation.

    I. M. Goodyer;J. Herbert;P. M. E. Altham;J. Pearson

  • A genomewide scan identifies two novel loci involved in specific language impairment

    D. F. Newbury;J. D. Cleak;Y. Ishikawa-Brush;A. J. Marlow

  • Adolescent Tuning of Association Cortex in Human Structural Brain Networks.

    František Váša;Jakob Seidlitz;Jakob Seidlitz;Rafael Romero-Garcia;Kirstie J Whitaker;Kirstie J Whitaker

  • Shift toward prior knowledge confers a perceptual advantage in early psychosis and psychosis-prone healthy individuals

    Christoph Teufel;Christoph Teufel;Naresh Subramaniam;Veronika Dobler;Veronika Dobler;Jesus Perez;Jesus Perez

  • Deficits in facial expression recognition in male adolescents with early-onset or adolescence-onset conduct disorder

    Graeme Fairchild;Stephanie Helena Maria Van Goozen;Andrew J. Calder;Sarah J. Stollery

  • Methylphenidate improves working memory and set-shifting in AD/HD: relationships to baseline memory capacity.

    Mitul A. Mehta;Mitul A. Mehta;Ian M. Goodyer;Barbara J. Sahakian

  • Brain structure abnormalities in early-onset and adolescent-onset conduct disorder

    Graeme Fairchild;Luca Passamonti;Georgina Hurford;Cindy C.. Hagan

  • Salivary cortisol and dehydroepiandrosterone in relation to puberty and gender

    Clare Netherton;Ian Goodyer;Alison Tamplin;Joe Herbert

  • Adolescent friendships predict later resilient functioning across psychosocial domains in a healthy community cohort

    Anne-Laura van Harmelen;Rogier Andrew Kievit;K Ioannidis;Sharon Ann Neufeld

  • Cortisol, dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), and DHEA sulfate in the cerebrospinal fluid of man: relation to blood levels and the effects of age.

    E P Guazzo;P J Kirkpatrick;I M Goodyer;H M Shiers

  • Research review: evaluating and reformulating the developmental taxonomic theory of antisocial behaviour

    Graeme Fairchild;Stephanie Helena Maria Van Goozen;Andrew J. Calder;Ian M. Goodyer

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Fonagy
Peter Fonagy University College London
Anne-Laura van Harmelen
Anne-Laura van Harmelen University of Cambridge
Jakob Seidlitz
Jakob Seidlitz University of Pennsylvania
Graeme Fairchild
Graeme Fairchild University of Bath
Barbara J. Sahakian
Barbara J. Sahakian University of Cambridge
Paul C. Fletcher
Paul C. Fletcher University of Cambridge
Graham K. Murray
Graham K. Murray University of Cambridge
Jan Stochl
Jan Stochl University of Cambridge
Lynne Murray
Lynne Murray University of Reading
Peter J. Cooper
Peter J. Cooper University of Reading

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