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11 Facts About Adrian Raine

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Adrian Raine was born on 27 January 1954 and is a British psychologist.

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Adrian Raine is noted for his research on the neurobiological and biosocial causes of antisocial and violent behavior in children and adults.

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Adrian Raine was the first scientist to use neuroimaging to study the brains of murderers.

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Adrian Raine spent four years in two high-security prisons in England working as a prison psychologist.

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Adrian Raine was appointed lecturer in Behavioural Sciences in the Department of Psychiatry at Nottingham University in 1984 and in 1986 became director of the Mauritius Child Health Project, a continuing longitudinal study of child mental health following a group of 1795 people form Mauritius from the age of three onward.

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Adrian Raine moved to the United States in 1987 to become assistant professor in psychology at the University of Southern California.

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Adrian Raine was promoted to tenured associate professor there in 1990.

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Adrian Raine serves as the university's fourth Penn Integrates Knowledge professor.

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Adrian Raine frequently gives public lectures about his work, for example at events like TEDxVienna.

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Adrian Raine has received the Young Psychologist of the Year Award from the British Psychological Society, a Research Scientist Development Award from the National Institute of Mental Health, an Independent Scientist Award from the National Institute of Mental Health, the Joseph Zubin Memorial Award, and USC's Associate's Award for Creativity in Research.

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Adrian Raine has been a fellow of the Academy of Experimental Criminology since 2007 and of the American Psychological Society since 2011.