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Anastasia  Yakunina

Anastasia Yakunina

PhD Student

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Biography

Anastasia (Ash) is a PhD student at the Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, under the supervision of Professor Katya Rubia and Dr Eileen Daly. Her research utilises fMRI to explore similarities and differences between ADHD and autism across the lifespan.

She holds a BSc in Psychology from the University of York and an MSc in Neuroscience from King’s College London, with research interests spanning psychiatric and neurodevelopmental conditions.

Research Interests

  • Autism
  • ADHD
  • Child and adolescent mental health
  • Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI)

Research Groups 

Developmental Neuroimaging

Research

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Developmental Neuroimaging

Our research uses neuroimaging, neurocognitive, and psychopharmacological methods to better understand ADHD and related child psychiatric disorders as well as normal brain development from childhood to adulthood.

Research

PONS Centre banner brain scan
Developmental Neuroimaging

Our research uses neuroimaging, neurocognitive, and psychopharmacological methods to better understand ADHD and related child psychiatric disorders as well as normal brain development from childhood to adulthood.