World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
33
Citations
8731
World Ranking
10356
National Ranking
1016

Overview

Vasudevi Reddy is affiliated with the University of Portsmouth in the United Kingdom. Their research spans various aspects of psychology, with a primary focus on social psychology, developmental and educational psychology, and cognitive neuroscience. The scholar also explores dimensions of sociology and political science as well as clinical psychology.

Their work engages deeply with topics related to action observation and synchronization, child and animal learning development, language, discourse and communication strategies, sport psychology and performance, sports analytics, as well as memory processes and misinformation and its impacts.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Vasudevi Reddy include Harry Ramsey, Matt Dicks, Lorraine Hope, Hartmut Blank, and Ewa Skopicz-Radkiewicz.

Reddy's recent published papers include these titles:

  • Playful teasing and the emergence of pretence, 2022, Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences
  • Beyond Single-Mindedness: A Figure-Ground Reversal for the Cognitive Sciences, 2023, Cognitive Science
  • The concept of culture: Introduction to spotlight series on conceptualizing culture, 2020, Applied Developmental Science
  • Maximising Grip on Deception and Disguise: Expert Sports Performance During Competitive Interactions, 2022, Sports Medicine - Open
  • Double misinformation: Effects on eyewitness remembering, 2021, Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition

Their research outputs have been published in a range of venues, including Cognitive Science, Applied Developmental Science, Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences, Sports Medicine - Open, and the Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition.

Best Publications

  • Toward a second-person neuroscience.

    Leonhard Schilbach;Bert Timmermans;Vasudevi Reddy;Alan Costall

  • How Infants Know Minds

    Vasudevi Reddy

  • Playing with others' expectations: Teasing and mucking about in the first year.

    Vasudevi Reddy

  • On being the object of attention: implications for self–other consciousness

    Vasudevi Reddy

  • Children's everyday deception and performance on false-belief tasks

    Paul E. Newton;Vasudevi Reddy;Ray Bull

  • Taking a closer look at functional play in children with autism

    Emma Williams;Vasudevi Reddy;Alan Costall

  • Sharing humour and laughter in autism and Down's syndrome.

    Vasudevi Reddy;Emma Williams;Amy Vaughan

  • Participants Don’t Need Theories: Knowing Minds in Engagement

    Vasudevi Reddy;Paul Morris

  • Teaching Three Year-Olds to Pass False Belief Tests: A Conversational Approach

    Michele Appleton;Vasudevi Reddy

  • Anticipatory Adjustments to Being Picked Up in Infancy

    Vasudevi Reddy;Gabriela Markova;Sebastian Wallot

  • Coyness in early infancy

    Vasudevi Reddy

  • Rethinking the Development of “Nonbasic” Emotions: A Critical Review of Existing Theories☆

    Riccardo Draghi-Lorenz;Vasudevi Reddy;Alan Costall

  • Communication in infancy: Mutual regulation of affect and attention

    Vasudevi Reddy;Dale Hay;Lynne Murray;Colwyn Trevarthen

  • Looking Ahead: Anticipatory Gaze and Motor Ability in Infancy

    Ettore Ambrosini;Vasudevi Reddy;Annette de Looper;Marcello Costantini

  • Consciousness in infants

    Colwyn Trevarthen;Vasudevi Reddy

  • What we learn about babies from engaging their emotions

    Vasudevi Reddy;Colwyn Trevarthen

  • Infant clowns: The interpersonal creation of humour in infancy

    Vasudevi Reddy

  • Before the ‘Third Element’: Understanding Attention to Self

    Vasudevi Reddy

  • Getting back to the rough ground: deception and 'social living'.

    Vasudevi Reddy

  • The vocal communication of different kinds of smile

    Amy Drahota;Alan Costall;Vasudevi Reddy

  • Children with Autism Experience Problems with Both Objects and People.

    Emma Williams;Alan Costall;Vasudevi Reddy

  • Developing the behavioural constellation of deprivation: Relationships, emotions, and not quite being in the present.

    Arkadiusz Białek;Vasudevi Reddy

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan Costall
Alan Costall University of Portsmouth
Colwyn Trevarthen
Colwyn Trevarthen University of Edinburgh
Vittorio Gallese
Vittorio Gallese University of Parma
Gary Bente
Gary Bente Michigan State University
Leonhard Schilbach
Leonhard Schilbach Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Lynne Murray
Lynne Murray University of Reading
Kostas A. Fanti
Kostas A. Fanti University of Cyprus
Ray Bull
Ray Bull University of Derby
Dale F. Hay
Dale F. Hay Cardiff University
Cecilia A. Essau
Cecilia A. Essau University of Roehampton

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Related Online Degrees & Career Pathways

Pursuing a degree in psychology can open doors to a wide range of rewarding careers, both online and on-campus. Many students are drawn to roles in counseling, mental health services, or specialized areas such as school or rehabilitation counseling. If you're considering becoming a mental health counselor, it's important to understand that education and licensing requirements can vary by location.

For instance, mental health counselor requirements in Fresno emphasize obtaining a master’s degree and completing supervised clinical hours. The process to how to become a mental health counselor in Garland is similar, though state and city-specific licensing exams may apply.

If you’re interested in practicing in Arizona, it’s essential to review the Gilbert mental health counselor education requirements. Likewise, mental health counselor requirements in Glendale set specific standards for coursework and practical experience.

With flexible online degrees, students can begin these career pathways from anywhere. Always be sure to check local requirements to ensure your chosen program meets state criteria for licensure.

Best Scientists Citing Vasudevi Reddy

Trending Scientists