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  1. Sleep and False Memory Production: The Modulating Role of Immediate Testing and Type of Retrieval

    Article • Journal of Sleep Research, March 2025, Wiley

    Gianluca Ficca

  2. Editorial: Long-term effects of COVID-19 pandemic on sleep and their relationships with mental health

    Article • Frontiers in Psychology, September 2023, Frontiers

    Gianluca Ficca

  3. False memories formation after a retention period spent asleep or awake in individuals with insomnia and good sleepers: a polysomnographic study

    Article • Journal of Sleep Research, April 2023, Wiley

    Gianluca Ficca

  4. Habitual Videogame Playing Does Not Compromise Subjective Sleep Quality and Is Associated with Improved Daytime Functioning

    Article • Brain Sciences, February 2023, MDPI AG

    Gianluca Ficca

  5. Sleep Continuity, Stability and Cyclic Organization Are Impaired in Insomniacs: A Case–Control Study

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, January 2023, MDPI AG

    Gianluca Ficca

  6. Meta‐analytic evidence that attachment insecurity is associated with less frequent experiences of discrete positive emotions

    Article • Journal of Personality, December 2022, Wiley

    Gianluca Ficca

  7. False recalls, but not false recognitions, at the DRM paradigm are increased in subjects reporting insomnia symptoms: An online study

    Article • Sleep Medicine, December 2022, Elsevier

    Gianluca Ficca

  8. Learning Monologues at Bedtime Improves Sleep Quality in Actors and Non-Actors

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, December 2021, MDPI AG

    Gianluca Ficca

  9. Sleep and psychological characteristics in habitual self-awakeners and forced awakeners

    Article • Chronobiology International, December 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Gianluca Ficca

  10. False memories formation is increased in individuals with insomnia

    Article • Journal of Sleep Research, December 2021, Wiley

    Gianluca Ficca

  11. High sleep fragmentation parallels poor subjective sleep quality during the third wave of the Covid‐19 pandemic: An actigraphic study

    Article • Journal of Sleep Research, November 2021, Wiley

    Gianluca Ficca

  12. Dissociated profiles of sleep timing and sleep quality changes across the first and second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic

    Article • Journal of Psychiatric Research, November 2021, Elsevier

    Gianluca Ficca

  13. The Effects of the COVID19-Related Lockdown Are Modulated by Age: An Italian Study in Toddlers and Pre-Schoolers

    Article • Brain Sciences, August 2021, MDPI AG

    Gianluca Ficca

  14. Changes in dream features across the first and second waves of the Covid‐19 pandemic

    Article • Journal of Sleep Research, June 2021, Wiley

    Gianluca Ficca

  15. Changes in sleep timing and subjective sleep quality during the COVID-19 lockdown in Italy and Belgium: age, gender and working status as modulating factors

    Article • Sleep Medicine, January 2021, Elsevier

    Gianluca Ficca

  16. Prevalence and Determinants of Bad Sleep Perception among Italian Children and Adolescents

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, December 2020, MDPI AG

    Gianluca Ficca

  17. Effects of different types of hand gestures in persuasive speech on receivers’ evaluations

    Article • October 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Gianluca Ficca

  18. Relationships between Dream and Previous Wake Emotions Assessed through the Italian Modified Differential Emotions Scale

    Article • Brain Sciences, September 2020, MDPI AG

    Gianluca Ficca

  19. Sleep enhances strategic thinking at the expense of basic procedural skills consolidation

    Article • Journal of Sleep Research, April 2020, Wiley

    Gianluca Ficca

  20. Sleep continuity, stability and organization in good and bad sleepers

    Article • Journal of Health Psychology, February 2020, SAGE Publications

    Gianluca Ficca

  21. Sleep changes following intensive cognitive activity

    Article • Sleep Medicine, February 2020, Elsevier

    Gianluca Ficca

  22. Psychological factors associated with self-awakening ability

    Article • Sleep Medicine, December 2019, Elsevier

    Gianluca Ficca

  23. The Role of Environmental Context in Modulating Subjective Sleepiness and Sleep Quality in the Elderly: A Comparison Between Home-Dwelling Subjects and Nursing Home Residents

    Article • Home Health Care Management & Practice, October 2019, SAGE Publications

    Gianluca Ficca

  24. The effect of complex cognitive training on subsequent night sleep

    Article • Journal of Sleep Research, October 2019, Wiley

    Gianluca Ficca

  25. The Effect of Cognitive Activity on Sleep Maintenance in a Subsequent Daytime Nap

    Article • Behavioral Sleep Medicine, January 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Gianluca Ficca

  26. Priming recognition in good sleepers and in insomniacs

    Article • Journal of Sleep Research, March 2017, Wiley

    Gianluca Ficca

  27. Schooltime subjective sleepiness and performance in Italian primary school children

    Article • Chronobiology International, May 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Gianluca Ficca

  28. Speaker’s Hand Gestures Can Modulate Receiver’s Negative Reactions to a Disagreeable Verbal Message

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Gianluca Ficca

  29. The Effect of a Daytime Nap on Priming and Recognition Tasks in Preschool Children

    Article • SLEEP, June 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Gianluca Ficca

  30. Sleep Measures Expressing ‘Functional Uncertainty' in Elderlies' Sleep

    Article • Gerontology, January 2014, Karger Publishers

    Gianluca Ficca

  31. Caveats on psychological models of sleep and memory: A compass in an overgrown scenario

    Article • Sleep Medicine Reviews, April 2013, Elsevier

    Gianluca Ficca

  32. The Effects of Pre-Sleep Learning on Sleep Continuity, Stability, and Organization in Elderly Individuals

    Article • Frontiers in Neurology, January 2012, Frontiers

    Gianluca Ficca

  33. Good and Bad Sleep in Childhood: A Questionnaire Survey amongst School Children in Southern Italy

    Article • Sleep Disorders, January 2011, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Gianluca Ficca

  34. Naps, cognition and performance

    Article • Sleep Medicine Reviews, August 2010, Elsevier

    Gianluca Ficca

  35. Diurnal variation of spontaneous eye blink rate in the elderly and its relationships with sleepiness and arousal

    Article • Neuroscience Letters, September 2009, Elsevier

    Gianluca Ficca

  36. Factors involved in sleep satisfaction in the elderly

    Article • Sleep Medicine, February 2009, Elsevier

    Gianluca Ficca

  37. Effects of different types of hand gestures in persuasive speech on receivers’ evaluations

    Article • Language and Cognitive Processes, February 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Gianluca Ficca

  38. Body movements during night sleep and their relationship with sleep stages are further modified in very old subjects

    Article • Brain Research Bulletin, January 2008, Elsevier

    Gianluca Ficca

  39. Increased spontaneous eye blink rate following prolonged wakefulness

    Article • Physiology & Behavior, January 2007, Elsevier

    Gianluca Ficca

  40. Spontaneous awakenings in preterm and term infants assessed throughout 24-h video-recordings

    Article • Early Human Development, July 2006, Elsevier

    Gianluca Ficca

  41. Body movements during night sleep in healthy elderly subjects and their relationships with sleep stages

    Article • Brain Research Bulletin, June 2004, Elsevier

    Gianluca Ficca

  42. What in sleep is for memory

    Article • Sleep Medicine, May 2004, Elsevier

    Gianluca Ficca

  43. Rapid eye movement activity before spontaneous awakening in elderly subjects

    Article • Journal of Sleep Research, February 2004, Wiley

    Gianluca Ficca

  44. Early steps of awakening process

    Article • Sleep Medicine, December 2002, Elsevier

    Gianluca Ficca

  45. Awakening from sleep

    Article • Sleep Medicine Reviews, July 2002, Elsevier

    Gianluca Ficca

  46. Awakening and Sleep–Wake Cycle Across Development

    Article • May 2002, John Benjamins

    Gianluca Ficca

  47. Awakening and sleep-wake cycle in infants

    Article • January 2002, John Benjamins

    Gianluca Ficca

  48. Awakening from infants’ sleep

    Article • January 2002, John Benjamins

    Gianluca Ficca

  49. Preterm infants prefer to be awake at night

    Article • Neuroscience Letters, October 2001, Elsevier

    Gianluca Ficca

  50. Polygraphic investigation of 24-h waking distribution in infants

    Article • Physiology & Behavior, July 2001, Elsevier

    Gianluca Ficca

  51. The organization of rapid eye movement activity during rapid eye movement sleep is further impaired in very old human subjects

    Article • Neuroscience Letters, January 2001, Elsevier

    Gianluca Ficca

  52. Morning recall of verbal material depends on prior sleep organization

    Article • Behavioural Brain Research, July 2000, Elsevier

    Gianluca Ficca

  53. Diurnal variation in spontaneous eye-blink rate

    Article • Psychiatry Research, March 2000, Elsevier

    Gianluca Ficca

  54. Sleep organization in the first year of life: Developmental trends in the quiet sleep-paradoxical sleep cycle

    Article • Journal of Sleep Research, March 2000, Wiley

    Gianluca Ficca

  55. Chapter 48 Gates to awakening in early development

    Article • January 2000, Elsevier

    Gianluca Ficca

  56. The organization of rapid eye movement activity during rapid eye movement sleep is impaired in the elderly

    Article • Neuroscience Letters, November 1999, Elsevier

    Gianluca Ficca

  57. Spontaneous awakenings from sleep in the first year of life

    Article • Early Human Development, July 1999, Elsevier

    Gianluca Ficca

  58. A 50‐Hz electromagnetic field impairs sleep

    Article • Journal of Sleep Research, March 1999, Wiley

    Gianluca Ficca

  59. Alertness-Enhancing Drugs as a Countermeasure to Fatigue in Irregular Work Hours

    Article • Chronobiology International, January 1997, Taylor & Francis

    Gianluca Ficca

  60. Effects of sleep deprivation on spontaneous eye blink rate and alpha EEG power

    Article • Biological Psychiatry, September 1995, Elsevier

    Gianluca Ficca

  61. Seasonality of mood in Italy: role of latitude and sociocultural factors

    Article • Journal of Affective Disorders, February 1995, Elsevier

    Gianluca Ficca