Madeleine J. Groom graduated from the University of Nottingham in 2000 with a BSc in Psychology and spent a year in the School of Psychology at Leeds University on a project investigating animal models of anxiety and drug addiction. Madeleine J. Groom returned to the University of Nottingham, Division of Psychiatry, in 2002 to a research post investigating cognitive risk markers for early-onset schizophrenia. Madeleine J. Groom completed a PhD in this topic in 2006, followed by a post-doc position investigating the effects of motivational incentives and stimulant medication on neural markers of response inhibition in ADHD. In 2009, Madeleine J. Groom was appointed to the current post of Lecturer in Applied Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience in the Division of Psychiatry and Applied Psychology. Madeleine J. Groom’s research aims to understand the neural basis of neurodevelopmental disorders, such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism spectrum conditions.