Antonio Zadra, Ph.D.
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Full Professor
Department of Psychology, Université de Montréal
Psychologist (Ordre des psychologues du Québec)
514-343-6626
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Education:
Post-doctorat in Psychiatry (Université de Montréal)
Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology (McGill University)
M.Sc. in Experimental Psychology (McGill University)
Research Interests:
The pathophysiology of sleepwalking. Relationship between the content of dreams and nightmares and psychological well-being. Recurring dreams, lucid dreams, assessment and treatment of parasomnias, and REM sleep EEG.
Methodologies:
Polysomnography, spectral analysis of the EEG, collections of nocturnal dreams and dream journals.
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Laboratory's website: www.antoniozadra.com
Chosen publications:
Robert G, Zadra A. (2014) Thematic and content analysis of idiopathic nightmares and bad dreams. SLEEP, 37; 409-417.
Zadra A, Desautels A, Petit D, Montplaisir, J. (2013) Somnambulism: clinical aspects and pathophysiological hypotheses. Lancet Neurology, 12; 285-94.
Zadra A, Pilon M, & Montplaisir J. (2008) Polysomnographic diagnosis of sleepwalking: effects of sleep deprivation. Annals of Neurology, 63: 513-519.
Pesant, N., Zadra A. (2004). Working with dreams in therapy: What do we know and what should we do? Clinical Psychology Review, 24, 489-512.
Zadra, A. & Donderi D.C. (2000). Nightmares and bad dreams: Their prevalence and relation to psychological well-being. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 109, 210-219.
Publications
Desjardins ME, Carrier J, Lina JM, Fortin M, Gosselin N, Montplasir, J, Zadra A. (in press) EEG functional connectivity prior to sleepwalking: evidence of interplay between sleep and wakefulness. SLEEP.
Gauchat A, Séguin JR, McSween-Cadieux E, Zadra A. The content of recurrent dreams in young adolescents. Conscious Cogn 2015, 37, 103-111.
Labelle MA, Dang-Vu TT, Petit D, Desautels A, Montplaisir J, Zadra A. Sleep deprivation impairs inhibitory control during wakefulness in adult sleepwalkers. J Sleep Res 2015, 24(6), 658-665.
Perrault R, Carrier J, Desautels A, Montplaisir J, Zadra A. Electroencephalographic slow waves prior to sleepwalking episodes. Sleep Med 2014, 15(12), 1468-1472.
Robert G, Zadra A. Thematic and content analysis of idiopathic nightmares and bad dreams. Sleep 2014, 37(2), 409-417.
Labelle MA, Desautels A, Montplaisir J, Zadra A. Psychopathological correlates of adult sleepwalking. Sleep Medicine 2013, 14, 1348-1355.
Duval M., McDuff P, Zadra A. Nightmare frequency, nightmare distress and psychopathology in female victims of childhood maltreatment. J Nerv Ment Dis 2013, 201, 767-772.
Desautels A, Zadra A, Labelle MA, Dauvilliers Y, Petit D, Montplaisir J. Daytime somnolence in adult sleepwalkers. Sleep Med 2013, 14, 1187-1191.
Zadra A, Desautels A, Petit D, Montplaisir J. Somnanbulism: clinical aspects and pathophysiological hypotheses. Lancet Neurol 2013, 201, 767-772.
Perreault R, Carrier J, Desautels A, Montplaisir J, Zadra A. Slow-wave activity and slow oscillations in sleepwalkers and controls: effects of 38h of sleep deprivation. J Sleep Res 2013, 4, 430-433.
Zadra A. Rêves et activités mentales du sommeil. In: Les troubles du sommeil, Eds. Dauvilliers Y, Billard M. Paris, Masson, 2012, pp. 59-68.
Zadra A, Pilon M. Night terrors and somnambulism. In: Oxford Handbook of Sleep and Sleep Disorders, Eds. Morin CM, Espie CA. Oxford University Press, 2012, pp. 577-98.
Zadra A, Robert G. Dream recall frequency: Impact of prospective measures and motivational factors. Consciousness and Cognition 2012, 21, 1695-1702.
Pilon M, Desautels A, Montplaisir J, Zadra A. Auditory arousal responses and thresholds during REM and NREM sleep of sleepwalkers and controls. Sleep Med 2012, 13, 490-495.
Zadra A, Pilon M. NREM parasomnias. Handb Clin Neurol 2011, 99, 851-868.
