Giulio Bernardi
@giuliobernardi.bsky.social
Associate Professor at IMT School (Lucca, Italy)
Investigating experience-dependent plasticity, sleep, and dreams
PI of the Sleep, Plasticity, And Conscious Experience (SPACE) Lab
ERC-STG grant TweakDreams
Investigating experience-dependent plasticity, sleep, and dreams
PI of the Sleep, Plasticity, And Conscious Experience (SPACE) Lab
ERC-STG grant TweakDreams
Reposted by Giulio Bernardi
New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Fan Nils Yang, Jeff H. Duyn, et al:
Increased intra-thalamic and thalamo-cortical functional connections during human REM sleep: Insights from a two-night EEG-fMRI study
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
Increased intra-thalamic and thalamo-cortical functional connections during human REM sleep: Insights from a two-night EEG-fMRI study
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
November 21, 2025 at 3:54 AM
New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Fan Nils Yang, Jeff H. Duyn, et al:
Increased intra-thalamic and thalamo-cortical functional connections during human REM sleep: Insights from a two-night EEG-fMRI study
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
Increased intra-thalamic and thalamo-cortical functional connections during human REM sleep: Insights from a two-night EEG-fMRI study
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
Reposted by Giulio Bernardi
Don’t miss the final #eSleepEurope2025 track: Basic Animal on 11 December!
🎉Join us! Register now: https://ow.ly/WVZB50Xvc5M
#eSleepEurope2025 #ESRS #basicanimal
🎉Join us! Register now: https://ow.ly/WVZB50Xvc5M
#eSleepEurope2025 #ESRS #basicanimal
November 21, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Don’t miss the final #eSleepEurope2025 track: Basic Animal on 11 December!
🎉Join us! Register now: https://ow.ly/WVZB50Xvc5M
#eSleepEurope2025 #ESRS #basicanimal
🎉Join us! Register now: https://ow.ly/WVZB50Xvc5M
#eSleepEurope2025 #ESRS #basicanimal
Reposted by Giulio Bernardi
Our new paper on auditory processing in NREM sleep is online! We study how iERP and HFA responses in the temporal lobe are modulated by slow waves of sleep:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Congratulations to Sigurd Alnes for his brilliant work and to the entire team!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Congratulations to Sigurd Alnes for his brilliant work and to the entire team!
November 6, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Our new paper on auditory processing in NREM sleep is online! We study how iERP and HFA responses in the temporal lobe are modulated by slow waves of sleep:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Congratulations to Sigurd Alnes for his brilliant work and to the entire team!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Congratulations to Sigurd Alnes for his brilliant work and to the entire team!
Reposted by Giulio Bernardi
👂🧠NCC in an auditory no-report fMRI study 🧠👂
now out in @currentbiology.bsky.social @cellpress.bsky.social !
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Using inattentional deafness, we show that awareness of task-irrelevant sounds mainly activates stimulus-specific sensory brain areas.
now out in @currentbiology.bsky.social @cellpress.bsky.social !
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Using inattentional deafness, we show that awareness of task-irrelevant sounds mainly activates stimulus-specific sensory brain areas.
Neural correlates of consciousness in an auditory no-report fMRI study
Dellert et al. use functional magnetic resonance imaging and inattentional deafness
to identify the neural basis of conscious auditory perception in humans. Their results
reveal a dominant role of sti...
www.cell.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM
👂🧠NCC in an auditory no-report fMRI study 🧠👂
now out in @currentbiology.bsky.social @cellpress.bsky.social !
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Using inattentional deafness, we show that awareness of task-irrelevant sounds mainly activates stimulus-specific sensory brain areas.
now out in @currentbiology.bsky.social @cellpress.bsky.social !
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Using inattentional deafness, we show that awareness of task-irrelevant sounds mainly activates stimulus-specific sensory brain areas.
Reposted by Giulio Bernardi
Attentional failures after sleep deprivation are locked to joint neurovascular, pupil and cerebrospinal fluid flow dynamics
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Attentional failures after sleep deprivation are locked to joint neurovascular, pupil and cerebrospinal fluid flow dynamics - Nature Neuroscience
Yang et al. show that moments of failed attention we experience after sleep deprivation reflect brief ‘sleep-like’ episodes in the brain, corresponding to a brain- and body-wide event with altered bra...
www.nature.com
November 2, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Attentional failures after sleep deprivation are locked to joint neurovascular, pupil and cerebrospinal fluid flow dynamics
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Giulio Bernardi
Reposted by Giulio Bernardi
New review from the Lab: Bontempi et al., "The Effects of RBD Medications on Dream Content: A Critical Review of Evidence"
💊 "Available evidence offers only limited support for clonazepam, melatonin, and pramipexole in reducing disturbing dream content"
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
💊 "Available evidence offers only limited support for clonazepam, melatonin, and pramipexole in reducing disturbing dream content"
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The Effects of RBD Medications on Dream Content: A Critical Review of Evidence
REM sleep behavior disorder, often an early marker of α-synucleinopathies, is characterized by the loss of REM-related muscle atonia and the occurrenc…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 22, 2025 at 5:54 AM
New review from the Lab: Bontempi et al., "The Effects of RBD Medications on Dream Content: A Critical Review of Evidence"
💊 "Available evidence offers only limited support for clonazepam, melatonin, and pramipexole in reducing disturbing dream content"
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
💊 "Available evidence offers only limited support for clonazepam, melatonin, and pramipexole in reducing disturbing dream content"
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reposted by Giulio Bernardi
There is a link between dreaming and memory consolidation. In this experiment, researchers put this theory to the test by recording dreams after #REM and #NREM sleep. academic.oup.com/sleep/articl...
Incorporation of complex narratives into dreaming
Statement of Significance This study introduces a systematic approach to assessing dream incorporation by linking presleep experiences to dream content usi
academic.oup.com
October 21, 2025 at 12:47 PM
There is a link between dreaming and memory consolidation. In this experiment, researchers put this theory to the test by recording dreams after #REM and #NREM sleep. academic.oup.com/sleep/articl...
Reposted by Giulio Bernardi
Neuroscience of Dreaming
Summer School - May 4-8, 2026 - Lucca, Italy
Applications open: nodsummerschool.imtlucca.it
Summer School - May 4-8, 2026 - Lucca, Italy
Applications open: nodsummerschool.imtlucca.it
October 20, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Neuroscience of Dreaming
Summer School - May 4-8, 2026 - Lucca, Italy
Applications open: nodsummerschool.imtlucca.it
Summer School - May 4-8, 2026 - Lucca, Italy
Applications open: nodsummerschool.imtlucca.it
Reposted by Giulio Bernardi
Colombo et al., Plos Biology, "Hemispherotomy leads to persistent sleep-like slow waves in the isolated cortex of awake humans"
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
Hemispherotomy leads to persistent sleep-like slow waves in the isolated cortex of awake humans
Hemispherotomy is a neurosurgical procedure for treating refractory epilepsy by disconnecting a significant portion of the cortex. This study shows that the isolated cortex exhibits EEG patterns resem...
journals.plos.org
October 16, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Colombo et al., Plos Biology, "Hemispherotomy leads to persistent sleep-like slow waves in the isolated cortex of awake humans"
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
Reposted by Giulio Bernardi
🚨Preprint alert 🚨. Our work “Distinct cortical profiles underlie the common reportability of thought-free experiences” is available at www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1.... 🧵A thread ...
Distinct cortical profiles underlie the common reportability of thought-free experiences
Mind blanking (MB) is a mental state of seemingly no reportable thought content. The question of how we can entertain no thoughts while awake is challenging for the study of spontaneous thinking. By c...
www.biorxiv.org
October 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🚨Preprint alert 🚨. Our work “Distinct cortical profiles underlie the common reportability of thought-free experiences” is available at www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1.... 🧵A thread ...
Kort Driessen, Fabio Squarcio, Giulio Tononi, Chiara Cirelli
"Induction of cortical ON/OFF periods in awake mice fulfills sleep functions"
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
"Induction of cortical ON/OFF periods in awake mice fulfills sleep functions"
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Induction of cortical ON/OFF periods in awake mice fulfills sleep functions
Can animals obtain core benefits of sleep while remaining awake? In mammals, slow-wave sleep is characterized by synchronized neuronal activity alternating between ON and OFF periods. Slow-wave activi...
doi.org
October 9, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Kort Driessen, Fabio Squarcio, Giulio Tononi, Chiara Cirelli
"Induction of cortical ON/OFF periods in awake mice fulfills sleep functions"
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
"Induction of cortical ON/OFF periods in awake mice fulfills sleep functions"
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Reposted by Giulio Bernardi
New post in @jocnforum.bsky.social by Early Miller @earlkmiller.bsky.social: "Principles for proper peer review"
doi.org/10.21428/8e6...
doi.org/10.21428/8e6...
Principles for proper peer review
doi.org
October 6, 2025 at 9:02 PM
New post in @jocnforum.bsky.social by Early Miller @earlkmiller.bsky.social: "Principles for proper peer review"
doi.org/10.21428/8e6...
doi.org/10.21428/8e6...
Reposted by Giulio Bernardi
In our keynote lecture, we are honoured to welcome Prof. Dr. Marcello Massimini, who is addressing “Slow waves during wakefulness and the network consequences of brain injury.”
#eSleepEurope2025
#eSleepEurope2025
October 9, 2025 at 11:23 AM
In our keynote lecture, we are honoured to welcome Prof. Dr. Marcello Massimini, who is addressing “Slow waves during wakefulness and the network consequences of brain injury.”
#eSleepEurope2025
#eSleepEurope2025
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New position, new social media account. After 5 fantastic years in Tuebingen, I moved to @yale.edu and the @wutsaiyale.bsky.social this summer - which means that I’ll be recruiting PhD students and postdocs. Please help me to spread the word and see current opportunities below 👇
October 6, 2025 at 6:46 PM
New position, new social media account. After 5 fantastic years in Tuebingen, I moved to @yale.edu and the @wutsaiyale.bsky.social this summer - which means that I’ll be recruiting PhD students and postdocs. Please help me to spread the word and see current opportunities below 👇
Reposted by Giulio Bernardi
** We have up to TWO funded PhD positions available in our lab!! Apply below to find new ways to enhance memory👇 Pls retweet **
Deadline: 2nd December
1. Cross-species closed-loopTMR: tinyurl.com/bddu4tp6
2. TUS and TMR in humans:
tinyurl.com/jjws5ctj
Happy to chat to interested applicants.
Deadline: 2nd December
1. Cross-species closed-loopTMR: tinyurl.com/bddu4tp6
2. TUS and TMR in humans:
tinyurl.com/jjws5ctj
Happy to chat to interested applicants.
Enhancing memory using cross-species closed-loop Targeted Memory Reactivation | mrcbndu
tinyurl.com
October 6, 2025 at 11:51 AM
** We have up to TWO funded PhD positions available in our lab!! Apply below to find new ways to enhance memory👇 Pls retweet **
Deadline: 2nd December
1. Cross-species closed-loopTMR: tinyurl.com/bddu4tp6
2. TUS and TMR in humans:
tinyurl.com/jjws5ctj
Happy to chat to interested applicants.
Deadline: 2nd December
1. Cross-species closed-loopTMR: tinyurl.com/bddu4tp6
2. TUS and TMR in humans:
tinyurl.com/jjws5ctj
Happy to chat to interested applicants.
Reposted by Giulio Bernardi
why I’m happy to admit to my research failures, and you should too
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/173671/
The open-science movement has promoted the sharing of scientific protocols, statistical-analysis programs and data files. These efforts have…
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/173671/
The open-science movement has promoted the sharing of scientific protocols, statistical-analysis programs and data files. These efforts have…
why I’m happy to admit to my research failures, and you should too - United Kingdom News Beep
The open-science movement has promoted the sharing of scientific protocols, statistical-analysis programs and data files. These efforts have undoubtedly made
www.newsbeep.com
October 1, 2025 at 9:30 PM
why I’m happy to admit to my research failures, and you should too
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/173671/
The open-science movement has promoted the sharing of scientific protocols, statistical-analysis programs and data files. These efforts have…
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/173671/
The open-science movement has promoted the sharing of scientific protocols, statistical-analysis programs and data files. These efforts have…
Reposted by Giulio Bernardi
New paper! 🧠💤
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Led by Pauline Dodet - @dreamteamicm.bsky.social
We show that #sleep stage mixing predicts poor prognosis in #Parkinson.
Stage mixing = intrusions of wake-like activity during sleep, and vice versa. Estimated with hypnodensities extracted from PSG.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Led by Pauline Dodet - @dreamteamicm.bsky.social
We show that #sleep stage mixing predicts poor prognosis in #Parkinson.
Stage mixing = intrusions of wake-like activity during sleep, and vice versa. Estimated with hypnodensities extracted from PSG.
Sleep stage mixing is associated with poor prognosis in early Parkinson’s disease - npj Parkinson's Disease
npj Parkinson's Disease - Sleep stage mixing is associated with poor prognosis in early Parkinson’s disease
www.nature.com
September 29, 2025 at 3:51 PM
New paper! 🧠💤
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Led by Pauline Dodet - @dreamteamicm.bsky.social
We show that #sleep stage mixing predicts poor prognosis in #Parkinson.
Stage mixing = intrusions of wake-like activity during sleep, and vice versa. Estimated with hypnodensities extracted from PSG.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Led by Pauline Dodet - @dreamteamicm.bsky.social
We show that #sleep stage mixing predicts poor prognosis in #Parkinson.
Stage mixing = intrusions of wake-like activity during sleep, and vice versa. Estimated with hypnodensities extracted from PSG.
Reposted by Giulio Bernardi
The @dreamteamicm.bsky.social has launched an online survey about the things you experience when you fall asleep!
Everyone is different, so we need you to tell us!
It will take only 20 minutes, but it will mean a lot to dream researchers like us!
redcap.link/DriftingMinds
Please, share!
🧠💤
Everyone is different, so we need you to tell us!
It will take only 20 minutes, but it will mean a lot to dream researchers like us!
redcap.link/DriftingMinds
Please, share!
🧠💤
Landing Page
redcap.link
September 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The @dreamteamicm.bsky.social has launched an online survey about the things you experience when you fall asleep!
Everyone is different, so we need you to tell us!
It will take only 20 minutes, but it will mean a lot to dream researchers like us!
redcap.link/DriftingMinds
Please, share!
🧠💤
Everyone is different, so we need you to tell us!
It will take only 20 minutes, but it will mean a lot to dream researchers like us!
redcap.link/DriftingMinds
Please, share!
🧠💤
Reposted by Giulio Bernardi
🚨 New article in #NCONSC
Daily dynamics of the temporal orientations of mind wandering: chronotype matters!
academic.oup.com/nc/article/2...
#consciousness #sleep
🧠🧪💤
Daily dynamics of the temporal orientations of mind wandering: chronotype matters!
academic.oup.com/nc/article/2...
#consciousness #sleep
🧠🧪💤
Daily dynamics of the temporal orientations of mind wandering: chronotype matters!
Abstract. Theoretical accounts link mind wandering with attentional and executive processes, both of which exhibit time-of-day fluctuations influenced by c
academic.oup.com
September 28, 2025 at 1:02 PM
🚨 New article in #NCONSC
Daily dynamics of the temporal orientations of mind wandering: chronotype matters!
academic.oup.com/nc/article/2...
#consciousness #sleep
🧠🧪💤
Daily dynamics of the temporal orientations of mind wandering: chronotype matters!
academic.oup.com/nc/article/2...
#consciousness #sleep
🧠🧪💤
Reposted by Giulio Bernardi
📣 November's Abstraction seminar is all set too!
🗓️ 19 November, 11:30 - 12.30 (CEST)
📍 Bologna (in presenza) or 💻 Microsoft Teams (link: shorturl.at/xW7mF )
🎆 Join us, details in the figure!
👉 Save the date & spread the word!
✨
@abstractionerc.bsky.social
🗓️ 19 November, 11:30 - 12.30 (CEST)
📍 Bologna (in presenza) or 💻 Microsoft Teams (link: shorturl.at/xW7mF )
🎆 Join us, details in the figure!
👉 Save the date & spread the word!
✨
@abstractionerc.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 12:32 PM
📣 November's Abstraction seminar is all set too!
🗓️ 19 November, 11:30 - 12.30 (CEST)
📍 Bologna (in presenza) or 💻 Microsoft Teams (link: shorturl.at/xW7mF )
🎆 Join us, details in the figure!
👉 Save the date & spread the word!
✨
@abstractionerc.bsky.social
🗓️ 19 November, 11:30 - 12.30 (CEST)
📍 Bologna (in presenza) or 💻 Microsoft Teams (link: shorturl.at/xW7mF )
🎆 Join us, details in the figure!
👉 Save the date & spread the word!
✨
@abstractionerc.bsky.social
Reposted by Giulio Bernardi
It's that time of the year! Come join us in sunny San Sebastian for three days of neuroscience, collaboration & (ofc) a lot of fun! :)
Registration is now OPEN for BrainHack Donostia 2025!
📅 19–21 November 2025
📍 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
👉 Reserve your spot now:
brainhack-donostia.github.io/registration...
Let’s build open neuroscience together in Donostia!
#BHD2025 #BrainHack #OpenScience #Neuroscience #Donostia
📅 19–21 November 2025
📍 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
👉 Reserve your spot now:
brainhack-donostia.github.io/registration...
Let’s build open neuroscience together in Donostia!
#BHD2025 #BrainHack #OpenScience #Neuroscience #Donostia
BHD 2025 - Brainhack Donostia 2025
brainhack-donostia.github.io
September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
It's that time of the year! Come join us in sunny San Sebastian for three days of neuroscience, collaboration & (ofc) a lot of fun! :)
Reposted by Giulio Bernardi
Cannabis and sleep architecture: A systematic review and meta-analysis
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A follow-up to this SRS podcast:
sleepresearchsocietypodcast.podbean.com/e/srs-podcas...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A follow-up to this SRS podcast:
sleepresearchsocietypodcast.podbean.com/e/srs-podcas...
Cannabis and sleep architecture: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Cannabis use for sleep is increasingly prevalent, yet its effects on sleep architecture remain unclear. This systematic review and meta-analysis exami…
www.sciencedirect.com
September 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Cannabis and sleep architecture: A systematic review and meta-analysis
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A follow-up to this SRS podcast:
sleepresearchsocietypodcast.podbean.com/e/srs-podcas...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A follow-up to this SRS podcast:
sleepresearchsocietypodcast.podbean.com/e/srs-podcas...
Reposted by Giulio Bernardi
🚨 2 Postdoc openings in Neuroscience – Liège, Belgium 🚨
We are recruiting for a project on brain development & autism that includes:
⚡ Neuropixels recordings
⚡ Opto/chemo
⚡ Behavior
⚡ Neural network modeling
If you know someone, tag them or RT for visibility! 🙏
www.fens.org/careers/job-...
We are recruiting for a project on brain development & autism that includes:
⚡ Neuropixels recordings
⚡ Opto/chemo
⚡ Behavior
⚡ Neural network modeling
If you know someone, tag them or RT for visibility! 🙏
www.fens.org/careers/job-...
2 Postdoc Positions in Systems Neuroscience - Federation of European Neuroscience Societies
www.fens.org
September 17, 2025 at 9:38 AM
🚨 2 Postdoc openings in Neuroscience – Liège, Belgium 🚨
We are recruiting for a project on brain development & autism that includes:
⚡ Neuropixels recordings
⚡ Opto/chemo
⚡ Behavior
⚡ Neural network modeling
If you know someone, tag them or RT for visibility! 🙏
www.fens.org/careers/job-...
We are recruiting for a project on brain development & autism that includes:
⚡ Neuropixels recordings
⚡ Opto/chemo
⚡ Behavior
⚡ Neural network modeling
If you know someone, tag them or RT for visibility! 🙏
www.fens.org/careers/job-...