Christopher J. Ferguson is an American psychologist who serves as a professor and co-chair of psychology at Stetson University in Florida.
[3] In 2008, Ferguson criticized a study published by Craig A. Anderson that found a link between violent video games and aggression.
Ferguson stated, in a letter to the editor of Pediatrics, that the study suffered from "weak results" and "misleading conclusions".
[5][6] He was recently an author in several papers, including two meta-analyses, arguing that the evidence against the use of physical punishment is exaggerated, and cautioning against the potential dangers of this.
[12] In 2020, Ferguson published How Madness Shaped History: An Eccentric Array of Maniacal Rulers, Raving Narcissists, and Psychotic Visionaries, which focuses on the way madness, or personality disorders, have affected a variety of global leaders and influential people throughout human history.