Areas: Psychophysiology; Neuroscience

Bio. My background is in Psychology. In 2007 I received a BSc in Psychological, Cognitive, and Psychobiological Sciences from the University of Padova (Italy) followed in 2009 by an MSc in Experimental Psychology and Cognitive-Behavioural Neuroscience. It was during these years that I developed my passion for psychophysiology, working as a research assistant first at the Department of General Psychology, University of Padova, and then at the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Birmingham (UK). While continuing my research in psychophysiology, I decided to deepen my understanding of Sport and Exercise Sciences and in 2013 I completed a double MSc awarded jointly by Lund University (Sweden) and the University of Leipzig (Germany). I then had the opportunity to work as a research assistant at the Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Salzburg (Austria). I returned to the UK in 2015 to start an ESRC-funded PhD in Psychophysiology at the University of Birmingham while at the same time completing a PGCert in Advanced Research Methods and Skills. In 2018 I started a 2-year postdoctoral fellowship at the School of Sport, Exercise, and Health Sciences, Loughborough University. Since 2020 I have been a Lecturer at the School of Psychology and Sport Science, Bangor University, where I am a member of the research institutes for the Psychology of Elite Performance (IPEP) and for Applied Human Physiology (IAHP).

Research. My research uses and develops methods of computational psychophysiology to study the modulatory effect of cognitive processes (e.g., motor control, working memory, perception), psychological states (e.g., mental fatigue), and disease (e.g, hypertension) on biological systems (e.g., cortical, cardiovascular, ocular, somatic).

Teaching. I organize several modules for the Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences. I teach within a very wide area spanning psychology, biomechanics, and anatomy. I supervise undergraduate and postgraduate students. Since 2022 I have been a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).

Admin. I am the lead of the School of Psychology and Sport Science Research Colloquia. I am a reviewer in the Research Ethics and Governance Committee.

Email: g.gallicchio (at) bangor.ac.uk

Office: 303.1 in George Building, Normal Site

Student meetings: 

• Tutorial: A 15-min meeting that can be booked through this page. If you would like the meeting to last longer than 15 minutes, please book multiple contiguous sessions.

Please note that these meetings are run online using MS Teams.

Publications: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=i3h3GbMAAAAJ&hl=en

Software: https://github.com/GermanoGallicchio

Research topics for UG and PG supervision:

• Essential hypertension and cognitive processing
• Interoception, cardioception, cardiac-cortical relation
• Movement preparation, monitoring, and control
• Mental fatigue, executive functions, decision making

Current PhD supervision:

• James Hodgetts
• Thipkanlaya Jaiaue
• Liam Hardman
• Kitty Forster

bold = Module Organizer

In addition, I supervise undergraduate and postgraduate students  (e.g., Dissertations, Research Project, Sport and Exercise Science Practitioner).

Previous positions

• Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR)

Ad hoc reviewer for: