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| Vincenzo NataleSummaryAffiliation: University of Bologna Country: Italy Publications
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Circadian motor asymmetries in humansVincenzo Natale
Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat 5, 40127 Bologna, Italy
Neurosci Lett 320:102-4. 2002..The results are suggestive of a different circadian activation between the two hemispheres and are discussed in relation to models of circadian regulation of sleep/wake cycle...- Mood seasonality: a cross-sectional study of subjects aged between 10 and 25 yearsLorenzo Tonetti
Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Italy
J Affect Disord 97:155-60. 2007..In two cross sectional surveys, we examined the role of age and gender on seasonal sensitivity in subjects aged 10 to 25 years... - Season of birth modulates mood seasonality in humansVincenzo Natale
Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat 5 40127 Bologna, Italy
Psychiatry Res 153:199-201. 2007..We found that subjects born during spring or summer months had significantly higher Global Seasonality scores than those born during autumn or winter months... - Circadian motor asymmetries before and after prolonged wakefulness in humansVincenzo Natale
Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat 5, 40127 Bologna, Italy
Neurosci Lett 423:216-8. 2007..The results provide the evidence that circadian motor asymmetries do not seem to express homeostatic processes... - Are seasonality of mood and eveningness closely associated?Vincenzo Natale
Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat 5, I 40127 Bologna, Italy
Psychiatry Res 136:51-60. 2005..Caution should be exercised in ascribing eveningness as a risk factor in SAD since other underestimated factors, including social-cultural conditions, might be involved in the pathogenesis of mood seasonality... - Relationship between preterm birth and circadian typology in adolescenceVincenzo Natale
Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat 5, 40127 Bologna, Italy
Neurosci Lett 382:139-42. 2005..Indeed in the preterm samples no evening types were found. The results are discussed in relation to recent models of circadian regulation of the sleep-wake cycle... - Actigraphy in the assessment of insomnia: a quantitative approachVincenzo Natale
Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Sleep 32:767-71. 2009..The current study was conducted to evaluate the most efficient actigraphic parameter in the assessment of insomnia and to suggest preliminary quantitative actigraphic criteria (QAC)... - Handedness and circadian motor asymmetries in humans: preliminary findingsVincenzo Natale
Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat 5, 40127 Bologna, Italy
Physiol Behav 100:322-6. 2010..On the whole the results do not seem to support the use-dependent recovery hypothesis, and are suggestive of a different circadian phase relationship between the two hemispheres regardless of handedness... - Season of birth and morningness: comparison between the northern and southern hemispheresVincenzo Natale
Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Chronobiol Int 28:727-30. 2011.... - Season of birth, gender, and social-cultural effects on sleep timing preferences in humansVincenzo Natale
Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Sleep 32:423-6. 2009..The present study aimed to analyze season of birth effects on preferred sleep-wake cycle timing as assessed by Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire (MEQ)... - Season of birth and mood seasonality in late childhood and adolescenceLorenzo Tonetti
Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Italy
Psychiatry Res 195:66-8. 2012..The present data point out that a significant season of birth effect on mood seasonality is already present in late childhood and adolescence... - Effect of time of day on arithmetic fact retrieval in a number-matching taskMarco Fabbri
Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat, 5, 40127 Bologna, Italy
Acta Psychol (Amst) 127:485-90. 2008..m.. However, the difference of subjective alertness did not completely explain differences in interference at two testing sessions. The results could be explained with respect to the variation of working memory efficiency during the day... - Sex difference in sleep-time preference and sleep need: a cross-sectional survey among Italian pre-adolescents, adolescents, and adultsLorenzo Tonetti
Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Chronobiol Int 25:745-59. 2008..Moreover, females reported a longer ideal sleep duration than males across all age groups examined, except in over 55 yrs one... - Season of birth and sleep-timing preferences in adolescentsLorenzo Tonetti
Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Chronobiol Int 28:536-40. 2011..Agreeing with a previous study on young adults, the present data point to a significant season-of-birth effect on the two parameters of the sleep-timing preferences in adolescents... - Postural control after a night without sleepMarco Fabbri
Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat, 5, Bologna 40127, Italy
Neuropsychologia 44:2520-5. 2006..On the basis of these results, the effects of sleep deprivation on cognitive performance were considered from a neuropsychological point of view... - Relationship between circadian typology and big five personality domainsLorenzo Tonetti
Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Chronobiol Int 26:337-47. 2009..Results are discussed with reference to neurobiological models of personality... - Comparison of two different actigraphs with polysomnography in healthy young subjectsLorenzo Tonetti
Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Chronobiol Int 25:145-53. 2008..Both devices underestimated SOL in comparison to PSG, but they had similar performance compared to PSG for the other sleep measures. A limit of the study is that the results can be only generalized to healthy young subjects... - Season of birth and personality in healthy young adultsLorenzo Tonetti
Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Neurosci Lett 452:185-8. 2009..The results provide no clear evidence for a season of birth effect on the big five personality traits. It is possible that circadian preference may modulate the season of birth effect on personality traits... - Single and Sequential REM sleep episodes in humans: a phylogenetic left-over?Maria José Esposito
Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat, 5, 40127 Bologna, Italy
Neurosci Lett 368:52-6. 2004.... - Circadian type and mood seasonality in adolescentsLorenzo Tonetti
Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 66:157-9. 2012..Agreeing with previous studies on young adults and adults, the present data indicate a significant relationship between eveningness and higher mood seasonality in adolescents... - Effects of circadian typology on sleep-wake behavior of air traffic controllersVincenzo Natale
Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 57:539-41. 2003..Regardless of circadian typology, the morning shift tended to reduce the amount of sleep whereas night shift produced a decrease in daily activity... - The A Theory Of Magnitude (ATOM) model in temporal perception and reproduction tasksMarco Fabbri
Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Italy
Acta Psychol (Amst) 139:111-23. 2012..Considering the temporal accuracy, the STEARC, SNARC and TiNARC effects as well as triple interaction were found. The results seem to partially confirm the ATOM model, even if differences between temporal tasks should be posited... - Effects of raloxifene on mood, sleep, libido and cognitive function in postmenopausal healthy women: a pilot studyVincenzo Natale
Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Italy
Maturitas 48:59-63. 2004..CONCLUSION: Raloxifene does not appear to adversely affect psychological function such libido, mood and memory. It may worsen attention but it reduces wakening episodes so it may thus improve sleep... - Continuity of the processing of declarative knowledge during human sleep: evidence from interrelated contents of mental sleep experiencesCarlo Cipolli
Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat 5, 40127, Bologna, Italy
Neurosci Lett 342:147-50. 2003..The accessibility of given items for transformation into MSE contents over the night makes it plausible that they are reprocessed, and thus further consolidated, during various stages and cycles of sleep... - Transcultural properties of the composite scale of morningness: the relevance of the "morning affect" factorHerve Caci
CHU de Nice, Hopital Archet 2, Service de Pediatrie, Nice, France
Chronobiol Int 22:523-40. 2005..These results indicate there are national differences in factorial structure and that cut-off scores used to categorize participants as morning- and evening-types should be established for different cultural and age groups... - Sleep Beliefs Scale (SBS) and circadian typologyAna Adan
Department of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychobiology, School of Psychology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
J Sleep Res 15:125-32. 2006.... - Gender differences in morningness-eveningness preferenceAna Adan
Department of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychobiology, University of Barcelona, Spain
Chronobiol Int 19:709-20. 2002..The MEQ items sensitive to gender differences were essentially those included in factor I and factor II. The results are discussed in relation to recent models of circadian regulation of the sleep-wake cycle...