Assoc. Prof Dr. Giorgia Silani
Deputy Head - Department of Clinical and Health Psychology
Head of the Research Unit for Clinical Social Neuroscience (CSN)
T: +43-1-4277-47223
E: giorgia.silani@univie.ac.at
Office: Liebiggasse 5, 1010 Wien, Room O3.47
Office hours: on appointment
Department of Clinical and Health Psychology
Liebiggasse 5
1010 Vienna
Research interests
- Neural foundations of social cognition and social emotions
- Empathy and prosocial behaviors
- Neurodiversity (e.g. autism)
- Reward processing and clinical conditions related to it (e.g. Anorexia Nervosa)
Professional experience
| 09/2022 – present | Deputy head of the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Vienna, Austria. |
| 09/2020 – present | Associate Professor and Head of the Clinical Social Neuroscience Unit (CNS unit), Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Vienna, Austria. |
| 09/2019 - 11/2019 | Collaboration of Excellence Visiting Scholar, Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati, Trieste, Italy. |
| 05/2018 – 08/2020 | Assistant Professor with tenure track and Head of the Clinical Social Neuroscience Unit (CNS unit), Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Vienna, Austria. |
| 05/2014 - 04/2018 | Senior post-doc and Head of the Clinical Social Neuroscience Unit (CNS unit), Department of Applied Psychology: Health, Development, Enhancement and Intervention, University of Vienna, Austria. |
| 08/2010 - 12/2015 | Senior Researcher (Ricercatore a Tempo Determinato) and Head of the Collective Emotions and Social Cognitive Neuroscience Lab, Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati, Trieste, Italy. |
| 02/2007 - 07/2010 | Research Fellow (“Post-doc”), Laboratory for Social and Neural Systems Research, University of Zurich, Switzerland. |
| 06/2006 - 12/2006 | Research Fellow (“Post-doc”), Wellcome Department of Imaging Neuroscience, University College London, UK. |
| 10/2004 - 05/2006 | Visiting Doctoral Student, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, UK. |
| 01/2002 - 02/2006 | Doctoral Student in Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, University of Milan-Bicocca, Milan, Italy. |
| 09/1999 - 12/2001 | Clinical neuropsychologist, Neuropsychology Laboratory, Niguarda Hospital, Milan, Italy. |
| 07/1998 - 08/1999 | Clinical neuropsychologist, Neurological Rehabilitation Department, Tradate Hospital, Varese, Italy. |
Education
| 06/2017 | Habilitation for attainment of Venia Legendi in Psychology, University of Vienna, Austria |
| 02/2006 | Ph.D. in Cognitive Neuroscience (summa cum laude), University of Milan-Bicocca, Milan, Italy. |
| 02/1998 | M.Sc. in Clinical Psychology (summa cum laude), University of Turin, Italy. |
Awards and Stipends
| December 2021 | International Social Research Prize, Lugano, CH |
| 2008 | Best Poster Award at the Italian Interdisciplinary Network on Alzheimer Disease (ITINAD) conference, Italy |
| June 2002 | Best Poster Award at the AIP (Italian Psychological Association), Italy |
Certificates
| 01/2005 | Certificate of Psychotherapist upon completion of four-year postgraduate course in psychotherapy, Institute for the Person-Centered Approach (founded by Carl Rogers), Varese, Italy. |
| 09/2003 | Certificate of Clinical Psychologist, University of Turin, Italy. |
Publications
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2022
Riva, F., Lenger, M., Kronbichler, M., Lamm, C., & Silani, G. (2022). The role of right supra-marginal gyrus and secondary somatosensory cortex in age-related differences in human emotional egocentricity. Neurobiology of Aging, 112, 102-110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2022.01.002
Stijovic, A., Forbes, P., Tomova, L., Skoluda, N., Feneberg, A. C., Piperno, G., Pronizius, E., Nater, U., Lamm, C., & Silani, G. (2022). Homeostatic regulation of energetic arousal during acute social isolation-converging evidence from the lab and the field. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/3z74g
Feneberg, A. C., Stijovic, A., Forbes, P., Lamm, C., Piperno, G., Pronizius, E., Silani, G., & Nater, U. (2022). Stress and mood regulation using music in times of COVID-19 lockdown: an ecological momentary assessment study. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/93cfa
Chiappini, E., Silani, G., & Korb, S. (2022). Anticipatory and Consummatory Responses to Touch and Food Rewards: A Protocol for Human Research. Bio-Protocol, 12(4), [e4325]. https://doi.org/10.21769/BioProtoc.4325
Hartmann, H., Lengersdorff, L., Hitz, H. H., Stepnicka, P., & Silani, G. (2022). Emotional Ego- and Altercentric Biases in High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder: Behavioral and Neurophysiological Evidence. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13, [813969]. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.813969
2021
Wenzl, M., Fuchshuber, J., Podolin-Danner, N., Silani, G., & Unterrainer, H-F. (2021). The Swedish Version of the Multidimensional Inventory for Religious/Spiritual Well-Being: First Results From Swedish Students. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 783761. [783761]. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.783761
Feneberg, A., Forbes, P., Lamm, C., Piperno, G., Pronizius, E., Silani, G., Stijovic, A., & Nater, U. M. (2021). Abstracts of the WASAD Congress 2021: an International Congress of the World Association for Stress Related and Anxiety Disorders, held on 20-22 September 2021 in Vienna, Austria. Journal of Neural Transmission, 128(11), 1772. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00702-021-02422-z
Feneberg, A. C., Forbes, P., Piperno, G., Pronizius, E., Stijovic, A., Skoluda, N., Lamm, C., Nater, U., & Silani, G. (2021). Diurnal Dynamics of Stress and Mood during Covid-19 Lockdown - An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/9rf8g
Stijovic, A., Forbes, P., Tomova, L., Skoluda, N., Feneberg, A., Piperno, G., Pronizius, E., Nater, U. M., Lamm, C., & Silani, G. (2021). Effects of social isolation on stress, mood, and motivation: evidence from laboratory and field studies: Abstracts of the WASAD Congress 2021: an International Congress of the World Association for Stress Related and Anxiety Disorders, held on 20-22 September 2021 in Vienna, Austria. JOURNAL OF NEURAL TRANSMISSION, 128, 1781. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00702-021-02422-z
Feneberg, A., Forbes, P., Lamm, C., Piperno, G., Pronizius, E., Silani, G., Stijovic, A., & Nater, U. M. (2021). Abstracts from the December 2020 Virtual Meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society. Psychosomatic Medicine, 83(7), A1-A68. https://doi.org/10.1097/PSY.0000000000000997
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