Dr Mario Leocadio-Miguel

Assistant Professor

School: Psychology

I am an Assistant Professor in Sleep Science at Northumbria University. My research interests include Neurobiology of Sleep, Circadian Rhythms, Mental Health and Machine Learning. I have a BSc in Physiotherapy, a MSc and a PhD in Human Physiology.

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Key Publications

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0030 Sleep Regularity Index and Light Regularity Index in Six-month-old Infants, de Silva, R., Miguel, M., Louzada, F. 19 May 2025, In: Sleep
Chronotype Profile in Children: A Systematic Review, Silva, R., Schmidt, H., dos Santos, G., Leocadio-Miguel, M., Louzada, F. 10 Nov 2025, In: Sleep and Vigilance
Consumer wearable devices for sleep measurement: ready for use in sleep research and medicine?, Elder, G., Phillips, A., Voysey, Z., Leocadio-Miguel, M., Hill, E. 10 Dec 2025, In: Advances in Clinical Neuroscience and Rehabilitation
From Movement to METs: A Validation of ActTrust® for Energy Expenditure Estimation and Physical Activity Classification in Young Adults, dos Santos Batista, E., Basilio Gomes, S., de Morais Ferreira, A., Franca, L., Fontenele Araújo, J., Mortatti, A., Leocadio-Miguel, M. 21 May 2025
Heritability of sleep architecture based on home polysomnography, Leocadio-Miguel, M., Taporoski, T., Beijamini, F., Ruiz, F., Horimoto, A., Pereira, A., Knutson, K., von Schantz, M. 1 Aug 2025, In: Journal of Sleep Research
2024 Standardization of Polysomnography Reports – A Consensus of the Brazilian Sleep Association, Palombini, L., Mello, L., Santos-Silva, R., Assis, M., Cunha, T., Drager, L., Zancanella, E., Alves, R., Bacelar, A., Bagnato, M., Balsalobre, R., Bianchini, E., Brasil, E., Coelho, F., Duarte, B., Eckeli, A., Fabbro, C., Franco, A., Genta, P., Giannasi, L., Miguel, M., Moreira, G., Naufel, M., Pereira, L., Poyares, D., Pradella-Hallinan, M., Soares, C., Soster, L., Zanini, M., Pires, G. 17 Dec 2024, In: Sleep Science
Cycling reduces the entropy of neuronal activity in the human adult cortex, Ferré, I., Corso, G., dos Santos Lima, G., Lopes, S., Leocadio-Miguel, M., França, L., Prado, T., Araújo, J. 1 Feb 2024
Cycling reduces the entropy of neuronal activity in the human adult cortex, Ferré, I., Corso, G., dos Santos Lima, G., Lopes, S., Leocadio-Miguel, M., Franca, L., Prado, T., Fontenele Araujo, J. 2 Oct 2024, In: PLoS One
Hemodialysis-induced chronodisruption and chronotype distribution in patients with chronic kidney disease, Nunes, P., Resende, C., Barros Silva, E., Piones Bastos, D., Ramires Filho, M., Leocadio-Miguel, M., Pedrazzoli, M., Sobreira-Neto, M., De Andrade, T., Góes Gitaí, L., Teles, F. Feb 2024, In: Chronobiology International
Use of sleep quality questionary and cortisol awakening response as complementary tools for the evaluation of major depression progression, Torres, L., Medeiros, Y., de Sousa, G., Vargas, H., de Menezes Galvão, A., de Almeida, R., Leocadio-Miguel, M., Lobão-Soares, B., Palhano-Fontes, F., de Araujo, D., Galvão-Coelho, N. 1 Jun 2024, In: Current Psychology