I’m a PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience and a licensed Psychologist and Psychotherapist in Italy. During my PhD I had the opportunity to work in Salzburg, in the Lab for Sleep, Consciousness and cognition research and deepen my knowledge on electrophysiology, circadianity and sleep, sleep problems and consequences of bad sleep across the whole life span. I'm a lincensed Psychotherapist and I'm I’m also a trained psychologist for CBT-I (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia) in Italy and at the University of Friburg. I deliver CBT-I in individual as well as in group sessions and light therapy intervention.
Da anni mi occupo di sonno sia dal punto di vista della ricerca che clinico. Ho svolto un dottorato di ricerca in Neuroscienze Cognitive presso lo Sleep, Consciousness and Cognition Lab di Salisburgo occupandomi di sonno, circadianità e emozioni in diversi contesti (sonno/insonnia, neonati, disturbi della coscienza). Successivamente ho conseguito la specializzazione in Psicoterapeuta e mi sono poi formata all'utilizzo della terapia cognitivo comportamentale per l'insonnia CBT-I sia in Italia che presso l'università di Friburgo. Svolgo valutazioni dell'Insonnia, ed effettuando percorsi di CBT-I sia individuale che di gruppo se necessario con integrazione di luce terapia.
Wielek T, Blume C, Wislowska M, Del Giudice R, Schabus M. Decoding Brain
Responses to Names and Voices across Different Vigilance States. Sensors (Basel).
2021 May 13;21(10). pii: 3393. doi: 10.3390/s21103393. PubMed [citation] PMID:
34068077, PMCID: PMC8152754
Lang A, Ott P, Del Giudice R, Schabus M. Memory Traces Formed in Utero-Newborns'
Autonomic and Neuronal Responses to Prenatal Stimuli and the Maternal Voice.
Brain Sci. 2020 Nov 11;10(11). pii: E837. doi: 10.3390/brainsci10110837. PubMed
[citation] PMID: 33187287, PMCID: PMC7697227
Stein HC, Giordano B, Del Giudice R, Basi C, Gambini O, D'Agostino A. Pre/post
comparison study of emergency mental health visits during the COVID-19 lockdown
in Lombardy, Italy. Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2020 Nov;74(11):605-607. doi:
10.1111/pcn.13126. Epub 2020 Sep 2. No abstract available. PubMed [citation]
PMID: 32757240, PMCID: PMC7436868
Lang A, Del Giudice R, Schabus M. Sleep, Little Baby: The Calming Effects of
Prenatal Speech Exposure on Newborns' Sleep and Heartrate. Brain Sci. 2020 Aug
2;10(8). pii: E511. doi: 10.3390/brainsci10080511. PubMed [citation] PMID:
32748860, PMCID: PMC7464711
Wielek T, Del Giudice R, Lang A, Wislowska M, Ott P, Schabus M. On the
development of sleep states in the first weeks of life. PLoS One. 2019 Oct
29;14(10):e0224521. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0224521. eCollection 2019. PubMed
[citation] PMID: 31661522, PMCID: PMC6818777
Marino C, Riva V, Mornati G, Piazza C, Del Giudice R, Dionne G, Molteni M,
Cantiani C. Postnatal maternal symptoms of depression and child emotion
dysregulation: The mediation role of infant EEG alpha asymmetry. Infant Behav
Dev. 2019 Nov;57:101321. doi: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2019.04.003. Epub 2019 May 21.
PubMed [citation] PMID: 31125855
Blume C, Del Giudice R, Wislowska M, Heib DPJ, Schabus M. Standing sentinel
during human sleep: Continued evaluation of environmental stimuli in the absence
of consciousness. Neuroimage. 2018 Sep;178:638-648. doi:
10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.05.056. Epub 2018 May 31. PubMed [citation] PMID:
29859261
Wielek T, Lechinger J, Wislowska M, Blume C, Ott P, Wegenkittl S, Del Giudice R,
Heib DPJ, Mayer HA, Laureys S, Pichler G, Schabus M. Sleep in patients with
disorders of consciousness characterized by means of machine learning. PLoS One.
2018 Jan 2;13(1):e0190458. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0190458. eCollection 2018.
PubMed [citation] PMID: 29293607, PMCID: PMC5749793
Blume C, Lechinger J, Santhi N, del Giudice R, Gnjezda MT, Pichler G, Scarpatetti
M, Donis J, Michitsch G, Schabus M. Significance of circadian rhythms in severely
brain-injured patients: A clue to consciousness? Neurology. 2017 May
16;88(20):1933-1941. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000003942. Epub 2017 Apr 19. PubMed
[citation] PMID: 28424270, PMCID: PMC5444311
Wislowska M, Del Giudice R, Lechinger J, Wielek T, Heib DPJ, Pitiot A, Pichler G,
Michitsch G, Donis J, Schabus M. Night and day variations of sleep in patients
with disorders of consciousness. Sci Rep. 2017 Mar 21;7(1):266. doi:
10.1038/s41598-017-00323-4. PubMed [citation] PMID: 28325926, PMCID: PMC5428269
Del Giudice R, Blume C, Wislowska M, Wielek T, Heib DP, Schabus M. The Voice of
Anger: Oscillatory EEG Responses to Emotional Prosody. PLoS One. 2016 Jul
21;11(7):e0159429. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0159429. eCollection 2016. PubMed
[citation] PMID: 27442445, PMCID: PMC4956258
Del Giudice R, Blume C, Wislowska M, Lechinger J, Heib DPJ, Pichler G, Donis J,
Michitsch G, Gnjezda MT, Chinchilla M, Machado C, Schabus M. Can self-relevant
stimuli help assessing patients with disorders of consciousness? Conscious Cogn.
2016 Aug;44:51-60. doi: 10.1016/j.concog.2016.06.013. Epub 2016 Jun 25. PubMed
[citation] PMID: 27351782
Blume C, Del Giudice R, Lechinger J, Wislowska M, Heib DPJ, Hoedlmoser K, Schabus
M. Preferential processing of emotionally and self-relevant stimuli persists in
unconscious N2 sleep. Brain Lang. 2017 Apr;167:72-82. doi:
10.1016/j.bandl.2016.02.004. Epub 2016 Mar 30. PubMed [citation] PMID: 27039169
Blume C, Lechinger J, del Giudice R, Wislowska M, Heib DP, Schabus M. EEG
oscillations reflect the complexity of social interactions in a non-verbal social
cognition task using animated triangles. Neuropsychologia. 2015 Aug;75:330-40.
doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2015.06.009. Epub 2015 Jun 22. PubMed [citation]
PMID: 26111488
Blume C, Del Giudice R, Wislowska M, Lechinger J, Schabus M. Across the
consciousness continuum-from unresponsive wakefulness to sleep. Front Hum
Neurosci. 2015 Mar 10;9:105. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00105. eCollection 2015.
Review. PubMed [citation] PMID: 25805982, PMCID: PMC4354375
del Giudice R, Lechinger J, Wislowska M, Heib DP, Hoedlmoser K, Schabus M.
Oscillatory brain responses to own names uttered by unfamiliar and familiar
voices. Brain Res. 2014 Dec 3;1591:63-73. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2014.09.074.
Epub 2014 Oct 13. PubMed [citation] PMID: 25307136, PMCID: PMC4235780
1. Wielek T, Blume C, Wislowska M, Del Giudice R, Schabus M. Decoding Brain
Responses to Names and Voices across Different Vigilance States. Sensors (Basel).
2021 May 13;21(10). pii: 3393. doi: 10.3390/s21103393. PubMed [citation] PMID:
34068077, PMCID: PMC8152754
2. Lang A, Ott P, Del Giudice R, Schabus M. Memory Traces Formed in Utero-Newborns'
Autonomic and Neuronal Responses to Prenatal Stimuli and the Maternal Voice.
Brain Sci. 2020 Nov 11;10(11). pii: E837. doi: 10.3390/brainsci10110837. PubMed
[citation] PMID: 33187287, PMCID: PMC7697227
3. Stein HC, Giordano B, Del Giudice R, Basi C, Gambini O, D'Agostino A. Pre/post
comparison study of emergency mental health visits during the COVID-19 lockdown
in Lombardy, Italy. Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2020 Nov;74(11):605-607. doi:
10.1111/pcn.13126. Epub 2020 Sep 2. No abstract available. PubMed [citation]
PMID: 32757240, PMCID: PMC7436868
4. Lang A, Del Giudice R, Schabus M. Sleep, Little Baby: The Calming Effects of
Prenatal Speech Exposure on Newborns' Sleep and Heartrate. Brain Sci. 2020 Aug
2;10(8). pii: E511. doi: 10.3390/brainsci10080511. PubMed [citation] PMID:
32748860, PMCID: PMC7464711
5. Wielek T, Del Giudice R, Lang A, Wislowska M, Ott P, Schabus M. On the
development of sleep states in the first weeks of life. PLoS One. 2019 Oct
29;14(10):e0224521. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0224521. eCollection 2019. PubMed
[citation] PMID: 31661522, PMCID: PMC6818777
6. Marino C, Riva V, Mornati G, Piazza C, Del Giudice R, Dionne G, Molteni M,
Cantiani C. Postnatal maternal symptoms of depression and child emotion
dysregulation: The mediation role of infant EEG alpha asymmetry. Infant Behav
Dev. 2019 Nov;57:101321. doi: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2019.04.003. Epub 2019 May 21.
PubMed [citation] PMID: 31125855
7. Blume C, Del Giudice R, Wislowska M, Heib DPJ, Schabus M. Standing sentinel
during human sleep: Continued evaluation of environmental stimuli in the absence
of consciousness. Neuroimage. 2018 Sep;178:638-648. doi:
10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.05.056. Epub 2018 May 31. PubMed [citation] PMID:
29859261
8. Wielek T, Lechinger J, Wislowska M, Blume C, Ott P, Wegenkittl S, Del Giudice R,
Heib DPJ, Mayer HA, Laureys S, Pichler G, Schabus M. Sleep in patients with
disorders of consciousness characterized by means of machine learning. PLoS One.
2018 Jan 2;13(1):e0190458. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0190458. eCollection 2018.
PubMed [citation] PMID: 29293607, PMCID: PMC5749793
9. Blume C, Lechinger J, Santhi N, del Giudice R, Gnjezda MT, Pichler G, Scarpatetti
M, Donis J, Michitsch G, Schabus M. Significance of circadian rhythms in severely
brain-injured patients: A clue to consciousness? Neurology. 2017 May
16;88(20):1933-1941. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000003942. Epub 2017 Apr 19. PubMed
[citation] PMID: 28424270, PMCID: PMC5444311
10. Wislowska M, Del Giudice R, Lechinger J, Wielek T, Heib DPJ, Pitiot A, Pichler G,
Michitsch G, Donis J, Schabus M. Night and day variations of sleep in patients
with disorders of consciousness. Sci Rep. 2017 Mar 21;7(1):266. doi:
10.1038/s41598-017-00323-4. PubMed [citation] PMID: 28325926, PMCID: PMC5428269
11. Del Giudice R, Blume C, Wislowska M, Wielek T, Heib DP, Schabus M. The Voice of
Anger: Oscillatory EEG Responses to Emotional Prosody. PLoS One. 2016 Jul
21;11(7):e0159429. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0159429. eCollection 2016. PubMed
[citation] PMID: 27442445, PMCID: PMC4956258
12. Del Giudice R, Blume C, Wislowska M, Lechinger J, Heib DPJ, Pichler G, Donis J,
Michitsch G, Gnjezda MT, Chinchilla M, Machado C, Schabus M. Can self-relevant
stimuli help assessing patients with disorders of consciousness? Conscious Cogn.
2016 Aug;44:51-60. doi: 10.1016/j.concog.2016.06.013. Epub 2016 Jun 25. PubMed
[citation] PMID: 27351782
13. Blume C, Del Giudice R, Lechinger J, Wislowska M, Heib DPJ, Hoedlmoser K, Schabus
M. Preferential processing of emotionally and self-relevant stimuli persists in
unconscious N2 sleep. Brain Lang. 2017 Apr;167:72-82. doi:
10.1016/j.bandl.2016.02.004. Epub 2016 Mar 30. PubMed [citation] PMID: 27039169
14. Blume C, Lechinger J, del Giudice R, Wislowska M, Heib DP, Schabus M. EEG
oscillations reflect the complexity of social interactions in a non-verbal social
cognition task using animated triangles. Neuropsychologia. 2015 Aug;75:330-40.
doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2015.06.009. Epub 2015 Jun 22. PubMed [citation]
PMID: 26111488
15. Blume C, Del Giudice R, Wislowska M, Lechinger J, Schabus M. Across the
consciousness continuum-from unresponsive wakefulness to sleep. Front Hum
Neurosci. 2015 Mar 10;9:105. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00105. eCollection 2015.
Review. PubMed [citation] PMID: 25805982, PMCID: PMC4354375
16. del Giudice R, Lechinger J, Wislowska M, Heib DP, Hoedlmoser K, Schabus M.
Oscillatory brain responses to own names uttered by unfamiliar and familiar
voices. Brain Res. 2014 Dec 3;1591:63-73. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2014.09.074.
Epub 2014 Oct 13. PubMed [citation] PMID: 25307136, PMCID: PMC4235780