{"id":5569,"date":"2020-09-01T17:57:49","date_gmt":"2020-09-01T16:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/cinn\/?p=5569"},"modified":"2023-12-20T19:26:22","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T19:26:22","slug":"nazanin-derakhshan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/cinn\/nazanin-derakhshan\/","title":{"rendered":"Nazanin Derakhshan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][vc_single_image source=&#8221;featured_image&#8221; img_size=&#8221;150*150&#8243; style=&#8221;vc_box_circle_2&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]Professor of Experimental Psychology and Founder of the BRiC Centre,<br \/>\nSchool of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1621884822719{margin: 0px !important;padding: 0px !important;border: 0px initial !important;}&#8221;][vc_icon icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fas fa-envelope&#8221; color=&#8221;custom&#8221; size=&#8221;xs&#8221; custom_color=&#8221;#a50454&#8243; link=&#8221;url:mailto%3An.derakhshan%40reading.ac.uk&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1621884810575{margin: 0px !important;padding: 0px !important;border: 0px initial !important;}&#8221;][vc_icon icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fas fa-globe&#8221; color=&#8221;custom&#8221; size=&#8221;xs&#8221; custom_color=&#8221;#a50454&#8243; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fbriccentre.co.uk&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1621884798279{margin: 0px !important;padding: 0px !important;border: 0px initial !important;}&#8221;][vc_icon icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fab fa-twitter&#8221; color=&#8221;custom&#8221; size=&#8221;xs&#8221; custom_color=&#8221;#a50454&#8243; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FProfNDerakshan|title:Centre%20Staff&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1621884785688{margin: 0px !important;padding: 0px !important;border: 0px initial !important;}&#8221;][vc_icon icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fab fa-github&#8221; color=&#8221;custom&#8221; size=&#8221;xs&#8221; custom_color=&#8221;#a50454&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1621884771975{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-right-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;border-left-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_icon icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fas fa-university&#8221; color=&#8221;custom&#8221; size=&#8221;xs&#8221; custom_color=&#8221;#a50454&#8243; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fresearch.reading.ac.uk%2Fcinn&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1621884747513{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-right-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;border-left-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_icon icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fab fa-linkedin&#8221; color=&#8221;custom&#8221; size=&#8221;xs&#8221; custom_color=&#8221;#a50454&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3><strong>About me<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"--fE-353\" data-automation-id=\"psScoreValue\">A big focus of my research is on understanding the neurocognitive mechanisms governing vulnerability to anxiety and depression as well as developing and examining the efficacy of interventions empowering resilience. 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