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Miranda Occhionero is an Associate Professor in General Psychology at the University of Bologna's Department of Psychology "Renzo Canestrari". She leads the Psychophysiology of Dreaming and Sleep Lab, focusing on sleep stages, dreaming mechanisms, and cognitive processes like memory and consciousness. Her academic background includes a Medicine degree (University of Bologna), Neurology specialization (University of Modena), and a PhD in Experimental Psychology (University of Bologna), with research periods at the University of Toronto's Department of Psychology and Rotman Institute.
Education:
- Bachelor of Medicine, University of Bologna
- Specialization in Neurology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
- PhD in Experimental Psychology, University of Bologna
Research Interests: Her work integrates psychophysiological methods with cognitive psychology to explore sleep’s role in memory consolidation (e.g., visuospatial tasks), prospective memory deficits in insomnia/ADHD, and infantile amnesia. She investigates how sleep inertia and aging affect motor and cognitive recovery, utilizing EEG and neuroimaging techniques.
Publications: Her recent work emphasizes sleep’s impact on memory and motor function, with studies on music’s role in sleep quality and age-related cognitive changes. Themes include sleep architecture, dream content analysis, and clinical applications of sleep research.
Awards and Recognition: Invited discussant for Behavioral and Brain Sciences. Editor of a handbook on General Psychology.
Advising & Grants: No formal advisee list provided, but her lab actively engages in collaborative research projects. No grant details specified in texts.
Labs & Teams: Directs the Psychophysiology of Dreaming and Sleep Lab, exploring neural mechanisms of sleep and memory through interdisciplinary approaches.