Cognitive processes during sleep
The research is developed at the Psychophysiology of Sleep and
dreaming Lab of the Psycology Department of The University of
Bologna.
The principal topics are:
correlational studies between sleep and mental activity
comparison between REM and NREM mentation in relationship to the
different cortical activation
comparison between Sleep Onset and Awakening mentation
sleep effects on memory processes
modification on cognitive performances during the sleep
inertia period
Differences of mental processing in mind wandering and dreaming
Memory Psychology
Episodic memory: events recall and recollection strategies
Semantic memory: validation of questionnaire on enciclopedic
memory
Prospective memory, in particular Time-Based prospective
memory
Development on autobiographical memory and childhood amnesia
