Phd in DYNAMIC AND CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY

email: giuliana.mazzoni@uniroma1.it
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building: v Marsi 78
room: 417

Prof. Giuliana Mazzoni received her doctorate degree at the University of Padova. She was postdoc at the University of Washington, USA, assistant professor (lecturer) at the University of Firenze, Associate Professor at the University of Calabria. In the year 2000 she became full professor in Italy, moved to Seton Hall University, USA, University of Plymouth (UK), e University of Hull (UK). For the academic year 2018-2019 she has been recruited as full professor at the University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy. She has published more than 150 research and theoretical papers in international scientific journals, in addition to papers in Italian scientific journals, book chapters and books in English, Italian and Spanish.
Her research interest is mostly human memory, and more specifically autobiographical memory (memory for personal events). This area has an applied side for eyewitness testimony, and for understanding the relationship between personal memories and personal identity. Specific research topics within this area are false memories, involuntary memories,
retrieval processes in adults and the elderly, individual cases with an exceptional memory. This work is run in collaboration with universities in Canada, UK, USA, Holland, Belgium, Turkey, Russia, , Spain, Peru, etc) and Italian universities.
Additional research interests concern the role of beliefs on health (placebo and nocebo effects), and the neurological markers of hypnotic suggestibility. Research in these areas is run in collaboration with universities in the US, UK, Spain, Germany, and Italy.
Her work has been of frequent interest for the media (TV, radio, journals, newspapers, websites, etc) both abroad and in Italy.