Academic rank: Assistant Professor Subject: Child Neurocognitive Development Email: antchristou@uth.gr Tel: (+30) 24210-74885 Curriculum vitae

Research interests

• Early neurocognitive mechanisms of sensitivity: neurophysiological, behavioural and genetic mechanisms of stimuli processing and later cognitive and emotional development
• Neurocognitive mechanisms of emotion regulation: early indicators of emotion regulation in early childhood
• Gene-environment interaction and resilience: mechanisms of emotional adaptation and applications to differentiated teaching.

SED courses

• Basic Principles of Child Neuropsychology
• Child and Adolescent Cognitive Functions
• Deviations of Neurocognitive Development
• Child Neuropsychological Assessment

Office hours

       Thursday 12-3pm (New Building, 2nd floor, 12B)

Representative publications

• Christou, A. I., Tsermentseli, S., & Drigas, A. (2023). The Role of Mobile Games and Environmental Factors in Improving Learning and Metacognitive Potential of Young Students. International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies (iJIM), 17(18), pp. 67–84. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijim.v17i18.42437
• Christou A. I., Miall R.C., McNab F., & Galea, J. (2016). Individual differences in explicit and implicit visuomotor learning and working memory capacity. Nature Scientific Reports, 6, 36633. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep36633
• Christou, A. I., Endo, S., Wallis, Y., Bair, H., Zeegers M. P., & McCleery J. P. (2016). Variation in serotonin 5-HTTLPR short/long genotype modulates resting frontal EEG asymmetries in children. Development and Psychopathology. 1-12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0954579415000413