Kerstin Hödlmoser
Associate Professor
PLUS Faculty of Natural and Life Sciences
Department of Psychology
Associate Professor
PLUS Faculty of Natural and Life Sciences
Department of Psychology
Kerstin Hödlmoser is an Associate Professor at the Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Salzburg, within the Department of Psychology. Since 2002, her research has focused on sleep and cognitive performance from childhood through adulthood. In addition, she leads the two teaching modules “Healthy and Disordered Sleep” and “Sports Psychology” at the University of Salzburg.
In her three current projects funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), she addresses the following research questions: (1) “How SMART is it to go to bed with the PHONE” – this project uses electrophysiological brain measurements to investigate how smartphone use during the last two hours before bedtime affects adolescents’ sleep, memory, and emotion regulation; (2) “Sleep and memory during pregnancy” – this project examines the memory deficits often observed during pregnancy and investigates whether these are not only related to physical and hormonal changes, but also significantly influenced by changes in sleep quality; and (3) how sleep affects motor learning through motor imagery training in younger and older adults – findings from this line of research may, for example, be highly relevant for rehabilitation after stroke.
In addition to her research and teaching activities, Kerstin Hödlmoser is a clinical and health psychologist, a behavioral psychotherapist, and a sports psychologist. She places strong emphasis on translating her research into practice (e.g., the “Healthy Sleep” project in collaboration with the Austrian Health Insurance Fund, as well as various book projects for children and adolescents).
Complete list of publications and further research output can be found here
Current publications can be found below