Univ. 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
| 03/2025 – present | Full Professor for Clinical Neuroscience, Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Vienna, Austria. |
| 09/2022 – present | Deputy head of the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Vienna, Austria. |
| 09/2020 – 02.2025 | Associate Professor, 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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2018
Riva, F., Tschernegg, M., Chiesa, P. A., Wagner, I., Kronbichler, M., Lamm, C., & Silani, G. (2018). Age-related differences in the neural correlates of empathy for pleasant and unpleasant touch in a female sample. Neurobiology of Aging, 65, 7-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2017.12.028
Cogoni, C., Carnaghi, A., Mitrovic, A., Leder, H., Fantoni, C., & Silani, G. (2018). Understanding the mechanisms behind the sexualized-body inversion hypothesis: The role of asymmetry and attention biases. PLoS ONE, 13(4), Artikel e0193944. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0193944
Cogoni, C., Carnaghi, A., & Silani, G. (2018). Reduced empathic responses for sexually objectified women: An fMRI investigation. Cortex: journal devoted to study of the nervous system and behavior, 99, 258-272. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2017.11.020
2017
Coll, M.-P., Viding, E., Rütgen, M., Silani, G., Lamm, C., Catmur, C., & Bird, G. (2017). Are we really measuring empathy? Proposal for a new measurement framework. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews , 83, 132-139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2017.10.009
Silani, G., Hartmann, H., Hitz, H., Stepnicka, P., & Lengersdorff, L. (2017). Emotional Egocentric Bias in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Behavioral and Neurophysiological Evidence. Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/19315864.2017.1368259
Patil, I., Calò, M., Fornasier, F., Cushman, F., & Silani, G. (2017). The behavioral and neural basis of empathic blame. Scientific Reports, 7, Artikel 5200. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-05299-9
Patil, I., Calò, M., Fornasier, F., Young, L., & Silani, G. (2017). Neuroanatomical correlates of forgiving unintentional harms. Scientific Reports, 7, Artikel 45967. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep45967
Silani, G., Groessing, A., Hubinger, M., Massaccesi, C., Rosenberger, L. A., Candini, M., di Pellegrino, G., & Frassinetti, F. (2017). Regulation of Personal Space by Socio-Economical Interactions in Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorders: An fMRI Study. Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 10(S1), 174-175. https://doi.org/10.1080/19315864.2017.1368259
2016
Riva, F., Triscoli, C., Lamm, C., Carnaghi, A., & Silani, G. (2016). Emotional egocentricity bias across the life-span. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 8, Artikel 74. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2016.00074
Patil, I., Melsbach, J., Hennig-Fast, K., & Silani, G. (2016). Divergent roles of autistic and alexithymic traits in utilitarian moral judgments in adults with autism. Scientific Reports, 6, Artikel 23637. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep23637
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