Giuseppe Alessio Carbone
Giuseppe Alessio Carbone, Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Uni-Mail 4ème étage, bureau M4341
RESEARCH TOPICS
- Neurophysiology of psychopathology and emotion regulation
- Attachment, parental styles, and psyschopathology
- Dissociation and clinical vulnerability
- Behavioural addictions and eating disorders
BRIEF CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
2019 – 2023 PhD in Clinical Psychology - European University of Rome, Italy
2019 – 2020 Master in Neuromarketing, Economics and Organisational Behaviour - Centro Universitario Internazionale Milano (CUI), Italy
2017 – 2018 Master's Degree in Psychology: Clinical and Cognitive Neuroscience - European University of Rome, Italy 110/110 cum laude
2014 – 2017 Bachelor's Degree in Psychological Science and Techniques - European University of Rome, Italy 110/110 cum laude
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Since 2025 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, UPCSH, University of Geneva, Switzerland
2024 – 2025 Postdoctoral Research Fellow - University of Turin, Italy: "Cognitive and affective mechanisms of vulnerability to depression: endophenotypes and risk factors (PRIN 2022)
2024 Adjunct Professor - European University of Rome, Italy: Psychobiology and psychopathology of behavioural addictions and laboratory,
2023 - 2024 Postdoctoral Research Fellow - University of Turin, Italy: Studying the inter ‐ intra‐network dynamics of the attachment systems and social cognition through electroencephalographic signal coherence analysis
2021 Research Collaboration - Roma Tre University, Italy
2019 – 2023 Teaching Assistant and Subject Expert - European University of Rome, Italy: ‐ Behavioral psychopathology (developmental, drug addiction, sexual behavior, eating disorders); ‐ Clinical and cognitive neuroscience; ‐ Psychophysiology and laboratory; ‐ Fundamentals of physiological psychology; ‐ Group and community processes and dynamics; ‐ Social psychology
PhD THESIS
Carbone, G.A., (2023). Altered EEG patterns in disorganized attachment individuals: an EEG microstates analysis study
CERTIFICATES AND AWARDS
2025 National Academic Qualification as Associate Professor (ASN): Italian National Academic Qualification as Associate Professor in Clinical Psychology
2023 Wiley top cited article 2022 - 2023 Online psychological counselling during lockdown reduces anxiety symptoms and negative affect: Insights from Italian framework"
2023 Wiley top cited article 2022 - 2023 The association of problematic use of social media and online videogames with aggression is mediated by insomnia severity: A cross‐sectional study in a sample of 18‐to 24‐year‐old individuals
1. Farina, B., Benvenuti, S. M., Ardito, R. B., Genova, F., Dell'Acqua, C., Presti, A. L., De Rossi, E., Carbone, G. A., Adenzato, M., & Imperatori, C. (2025). Depressive symptoms in individuals experiencing maternal overcontrol: The specific mediating role of brooding rumination. Personality and Individual Differences, 236, 112995.
2. Carbone, G. A., Farina, B., Presti, A. L., Adenzato, M., Imperatori, C., & Ardito, R. B. (2025). Lack of mental integration and emotion dysregulation as a possible long-term effect of dysfunctional parenting: An EEG study of functional connectivity before and after the exposure to attachment-related stimuli. Journal of Affective Disorders, 375, 222–230.
3. Imperatori, C., Allegrini, G., Lo Presti, A., Carbone, G. A., Adenzato, M., Farina, B., & Ardito, R. B. (2025). Severity of anhedonia is associated with hyper-synchronization of the salience-default mode network in non-clinical individuals: a resting state EEG connectivity study. Journal of Neural Transmission, 1–11.
4. De Rossi, E., Gómez Pérez, L. J., Cardullo, S., Carbone, G. A., Zaffaina, G. C., Farina, B., Terraneo, A., Massullo, C., Imperatori, C., & Gallimberti, L. (2025). Increased delta connectivity within brain networks as a biomarker of adherence to a rTMS-based treatment program in a sample of cocaine use disorder patients. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, jsad. 24–00441.
5. Dell’Acqua, C., Imperatori, C., Ardito, R. B., Farina, B., Adenzato, M., Carbone, G., Presti, A. L., Palomba, D., & Benvenuti, S. M. (2025). Adverse childhood experiences and internalizing symptoms: the moderating role of neural responses to threat. Neurobiology of Stress, 100740.
6. Dell'Acqua, C., Imperatori, C., Palomba, D., Ardito, R. B., Farina, B., Adenzato, M., Carbone, G. A., Presti, A. L., De Rossi, E., & Allegrini, G. (2025). Dysfunctional parenting and suicidal ideation: The moderating role of hostility. Journal of Affective Disorders, 119695.
7. Carbone, G. A., Michel, C. M., Farina, B., Adenzato, M., Ardito, R. B., Imperatori, C., & Artoni, F. (2024). Altered EEG patterns in individuals with disorganized attachment: an EEG microstates study. Brain Topography, 37(3), 420–431.
8. Romano, L., Russo, C., Carbone, G. A., Clemente, D., Imperatori, C., Fiorilli, C., & Panno, A. (2024). Adolescents' climate anxiety is related to participation in pro-environmental movements through social media usage: boys show greater associations than girls. Ecopsychology, 16(2), 158–171.
9. Filosa, M., De Rossi, E., Carbone, G. A., Farina, B., Massullo, C., Panno, A., Adenzato, M., Ardito, R. B., & Imperatori, C. (2024). Altered connectivity between the central executive network and the salience network in delusion-prone individuals: A resting state eLORETA report. Neuroscience Letters, 825, 137686.
10. Imperatori, C., Schimmenti, A., Raimondi, G., Santoro, G., De Rossi, E., Innamorati, M., Adenzato, M., Carbone, G. A., Ardito, R. B., & Farina, B. (2024). Psychometric Properties of the Detachment and Compartmentalization Inventory (DCI) in an Italian Community Sample. Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 25(4), 467–484.
11. Carbone, G. A., Imperatori, C., Adenzato, M., Presti, A. L., Farina, B., & Ardito, R. B. (2024). Is parental overcontrol a specific form of child maltreatment? Insights from a resting state EEG connectivity study. Child Abuse & Neglect, 155, 106962.
12. Carbone, G. A., Presti, A. L., Farina, B., Adenzato, M., Ardito, R. B., & Imperatori, C. (2024). Resting-state EEG microstates predict mentalizing ability as assessed by the Reading the Mind in the Eyes test. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 205, 112440.
13. Panno, A., Theodorou, A., Massullo, C., Bratman, G. N., Imperatori, C., Carbone, G. A., & Gross, J. J. (2023). The psychological impact of the COVID-19 lockdown in Italy: The moderating role of gender and emotion regulation. Health Care for Women International, 44(7-8), 885–902.
14. Imperatori, C., Barchielli, B., Corazza, O., Carbone, G. A., Prevete, E., Montaldo, S., De Rossi, E., Massullo, C., Tarsitani, L., & Ferracuti, S. (2023). The relationship between childhood trauma, pathological dissociation, and behavioral addictions in young adults: Findings from a cross-sectional study. Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 24(3), 348–361.
15. Theodorou, A., Romano, L., Bratman, G. N., Carbone, G. A., Rodelli, R., Casagrande, G., & Panno, A. (2023). Different types of virtual natural environments enhance subjective vitality through restorativeness. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 87, 101981.
16. Carbone, G. A., De Rossi, E., Prevete, E., Tarsitani, L., Corazza, O., Massullo, C., Farina, B., Pasquini, M., Taddei, I., & Biondi, M. (2023). Dissociative experiences of compartmentalization are associated with food addiction symptoms: results from a cross‐sectional report. Eating and Weight Disorders-Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity, 28(1), 28.
17. Imperatori, C., Massullo, C., De Rossi, E., Carbone, G. A., Theodorou, A., Scopelliti, M., Romano, L., Del Gatto, C., Allegrini, G., & Carrus, G. (2023). Exposure to nature is associated with decreased functional connectivity within the distress network: A resting state EEG study. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1171215.
18. Massullo, C., De Rossi, E., Carbone, G. A., Imperatori, C., Ardito, R. B., Adenzato, M., & Farina, B. (2023). Child maltreatment, abuse, and neglect: An umbrella review of their prevalence and definitions. Clinical neuropsychiatry, 20(2), 72.
19. De Rossi, E., Farina, B., Adenzato, M., Carbone, G. A., Ardito, R. B., & Imperatori, C. (2023). Parental overcontrol is associated with dysmorphic concern severity: A cross-sectional study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 343, 96–101.
20. Carbone, G. A., Zarfati, A., Nicoli, M. S., Paulis, A., Tourjansky, G., Valenti, G., Valenti, E. M., Massullo, C., Farina, B., & Imperatori, C. (2022). Online psychological counselling during lockdown reduces anxiety symptoms and negative affect: Insights from Italian framework. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 29(1), 367–372.
21. Imperatori, C., Panno, A., Carbone, G. A., Corazza, O., Taddei, I., Bernabei, L., Massullo, C., Prevete, E., Tarsitani, L., & Pasquini, M. (2022). The association between social media addiction and eating disturbances is mediated by muscle dysmorphia-related symptoms: a cross-sectional study in a sample of young adults. Eating and Weight Disorders-Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity, 27(3), 1131–1140.
22. Massullo, C., Carbone, G. A., Murillo-Rodríguez, E., Machado, S., Budde, H., Yamamoto, T., & Imperatori, C. (2022). Electroencephalography power spectra and electroencephalography functional connectivity in sleep. In Methodological Approaches for Sleep and Vigilance Research (pp. 111–134). Academic Press.
23. Carbone, G. A., Imperatori, C., Bersani, F. S., Massullo, C., Orlando, E. M., & Farina, B. (2022). Dissociative-traumatic dimension and triple network: an EEG functional connectivity study in a sample of university students. Psychopathology, 55(1), 28–36.
24. Bersani, F. S., Barchielli, B., Ferracuti, S., Panno, A., Carbone, G. A., Massullo, C., Farina, B., Corazza, O., Prevete, E., & Tarsitani, L. (2022). The association of problematic use of social media and online videogames with aggression is mediated by insomnia severity: A cross‐sectional study in a sample of 18‐to 24‐year‐old individuals. Aggressive behavior, 48(3), 348–355.
25. Massullo, C., Bersani, F. S., Carbone, G. A., Panno, A., Farina, B., Murillo-Rodríguez, E., Yamamoto, T., Machado, S., Budde, H., & Imperatori, C. (2022). Decreased resting state inter-and intra-network functional connectivity is associated with perceived stress in a sample of university students: an eLORETA study. Neuropsychobiology, 81(4), 286–295.
26. Massullo, C., Panno, A., Carbone, G. A., Della Marca, G., Farina, B., & Imperatori, C. (2022). Need for cognitive closure is associated with different intra-network functional connectivity patterns: A resting state EEG study. Social neuroscience, 17(2), 143–153.
27. Massullo, C., Imperatori, C., De Vico Fallani, F., Ardito, R. B., Adenzato, M., Palmiero, L., Carbone, G. A., & Farina, B. (2022). Decreased brain network global efficiency after attachment memories retrieval in individuals with unresolved/disorganized attachment-related state of mind. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 4725.
28. Bersani, F. S., Accinni, T., Carbone, G. A., Corazza, O., Panno, A., Prevete, E., Bernabei, L., Massullo, C., Burkauskas, J., & Tarsitani, L. (2022). Problematic use of the internet mediates the association between reduced mentalization and suicidal ideation: a cross-sectional study in young adults. Healthcare,
29. Ramella-Zampa, B., Carbone, G. A., Panno, A., Santos, M., Imperatori, C., Budde, H., Murillo-Rodriguez, E., Yamamoto, T., & Machado, S. (2022). Understanding and conceptualizing eSports among behavioural addictions: A brief overview of the literature. Emerging Trends in Drugs, Addictions, and Health, 2, 100048.
30. Theodorou, A., Panno, A., Carrus, G., Carbone, G. A., Massullo, C., & Imperatori, C. (2021). Stay home, stay safe, stay green: The role of gardening activities on mental health during the Covid-19 home confinement. Urban forestry & urban greening, 61, 127091.
31. Panno, A., Theodorou, A., Carbone, G. A., De Longis, E., Massullo, C., Cepale, G., Carrus, G., Imperatori, C., & Sanesi, G. (2021). Go greener, less risk: Access to nature is associated with lower risk taking in different domains during the COVID-19 lockdown. Sustainability, 13(19), 10807.
32. Farina, B., Massullo, C., De Rossi, E., Carbone, G.A., Serraino, R., & Imperatori, C. (2021). Psychotropic medications sales during COVID-19 outbreak in Italy changed according to the pandemic phases and related lockdowns. Public Health, 201, 75–77.
33. Massullo, C., Carbone, G. A., Farina, B., Panno, A., Capriotti, C., Giacchini, M., Machado, S., Budde, H., Murillo-Rodríguez, E., & Imperatori, C. (2020). Dysregulated brain salience within a triple network model in high trait anxiety individuals: A pilot EEG functional connectivity study. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 157, 61–69.
34. Imperatori, C., Panno, A., Giacchini, M., Massullo, C., Carbone, G. A., Clerici, M., Farina, B., & Dakanalis, A. (2020). Electroencephalographic correlates of body shape concerns: an eLORETA functional connectivity study. Cognitive Neurodynamics, 14(5), 723–729.
35. Panno, A., Carbone, G. A., Massullo, C., Farina, B., & Imperatori, C. (2020). COVID-19 related distress is associated with alcohol problems, social media and food addiction symptoms: insights from the Italian experience during the lockdown. Frontiers in psychiatry, 11, 577135.
36. Imperatori, C., Massullo, C., Carbone, G. A., Panno, A., Giacchini, M., Capriotti, C., Lucarini, E., Ramella Zampa, B., Murillo-Rodríguez, E., & Machado, S. (2020). Increased resting state triple network functional connectivity in undergraduate problematic cannabis users: A preliminary EEG coherence study. Brain Sciences, 10(3), 136.
37. Imperatori, C., Bersani, F. S., Massullo, C., Carbone, G. A., Salvati, A., Mazzi, G., Cicerale, G., Carrara, A., & Farina, B. (2020). Neurophysiological correlates of religious coping to stress: a preliminary EEG power spectra investigation. Neuroscience Letters, 728, 134956.
38. Imperatori, C., Massullo, C., Carbone, G. A., Farina, B., Colmegna, F., Riboldi, I., Giacomo, E. D., Clerici, M., & Dakanalis, A. (2020). Electroencephalographic (eeg) alterations in young women with high subclinical eating pathology levels: A quantitative eeg study. Eating and Weight Disorders-Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity, 25(6), 1631–1642.
39. Imperatori, C., Farina, B., Valenti, E. M., Di Poce, A., D'Ari, S., De Rossi, E., Murgia, C., Carbone, G. A., Massullo, C., & Della Marca, G. (2019). Is resting state frontal alpha connectivity asymmetry a useful index to assess depressive symptoms? A preliminary investigation in a sample of university students. Journal of Affective Disorders, 257, 152–159.
40. Farina, B., Della Marca, G., Maestoso, G., Amoroso, N., Valenti, E. M., Carbone, G. A., Massullo, C., Contardi, A., & Imperatori, C. (2018). The association among default mode network functional connectivity, mentalization, and psychopathology in a nonclinical sample: An eLORETA study. Psychopathology, 51(1), 16–23.
41. Imperatori, C., Della Marca, G., Amoroso, N., Maestoso, G., Valenti, E. M., Massullo, C., Carbone, G. A., Contardi, A., & Farina, B. (2017). Alpha/theta neurofeedback increases mentalization and default mode network connectivity in a non-clinical sample. Brain Topography, 30(6), 822–831.
42. Imperatori, C., Valenti, E. M., Della Marca, G., Amoroso, N., Massullo, C., Carbone, G. A., Maestoso, G., Quintiliani, M. I., Contardi, A., & Farina, B. (2017). Coping food craving with neurofeedback. Evaluation of the usefulness of alpha/theta training in a non-clinical sample. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 112, 89–97.
43. Imperatori, C., Della Marca, G., Brunetti, R., Carbone, G. A., Massullo, C., Valenti, E. M., Amoroso, N., Maestoso, G., Contardi, A., & Farina, B. (2016). Default Mode Network alterations in alexithymia: an EEG power spectra and connectivity study. Scientific Reports, 6(1), 36653.