Giovanna C. Del Sordo
PhD Candidate, Experimental/Cognitive Psychology
New Mexico State University
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Del Sordo, G.C., & Papesh, M.H. (under review). Only spontaneous eye movements to nothing enhance source memory. Under review at: Experimental Psychology.
Souabni, M., Del Sordo, G.C., Maso, M., Peyrel, P., Maviel, C., Vercruyssen, F., Duché, P., & Saidi, O. (2024). Energy Balance, and Dietary Intake in Young Rugby Players During a Pre-Season micro-cycle: A cluster analysis. Nutrients, 16(17), 2863. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16172863
Madson, L., Hout, M.C., & Del Sordo, G.C. (2024). Students in team-based learning classes report greater belongingness. Teaching of Psychology, 1-11. 10.1177/00986283241243089
Balvert, S.C.E.*, Del Sordo, G.C.*, & Milders, M.V. (2024). Dyadic interventions for community-dwelling people with dementia and their caregivers: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Aging Research Reviews, 94, 102258.
Sudlow, A., Galantine, P., Del Sordo, G., Raymond, J-J., Dalleau, G., Peyrot, N., & Duché, P. (2024). Influence of growth, maturation, and sex on maximal power, force, and velocity during over-ground sprinting. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 38(3), 491-500.
Saidi, O., Souabni, M., Del Sordo, G.C., Maviel, C., Peyrel, P., Maso, F., Vercruyssen, F., & Duché, P. (2024). Association between low energy availability (lea) and impaired sleep quality in young rugby players. Nutrients, 16, 609. https:// doi.org/10.3390/nu16050609
Lehmann, L. Giacomoni, M., Del Sordo, G., Raymond, J-J., Duché, P., & Margaritis, I. (2023). Energy and macronutrient intakes in young athletes : A systematic review and meta-analysis. International Journal of Sports Medicine, 45(1), 3-16. 10.1055/a-2108-5691
Saidi, O., Chatain, C., Del Sordo, G., Demaria, R., Lequin, L., Rochette, L., Larribaut, J., Gruet, M., & Duché, P. (2023). The effect of different modalities of an acute energy deficit on sleep and next morning appetitive and compensatory behavior in healthy young adults: The EDIES protocol. Nutrients, 15(8), 1962. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15081962
Saidi, O., Peyrel, P., Del Sordo, G., Brendan, G., Maso, F., Doré, E., & Duché, P. (2023). Is it wiser to train in the afternoon or the early evening to sleep better? the role of chronotype in young adolescent athletes. Sleep, zsad099. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsad099
Saidi, O., Rochette, E., Del Sordo, G., Peyrel, P., Salles, J., Doré, E., Merlin, E., Walrand, S., & Duché, P. (2022). Isocaloric diets with different protein-carbohydrate ratios: The effect on sleep, melatonin secretion and subsequent nutritional response in healthy young men. Nutrients, 14, 5299. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14245299
Saidi, O., Del Sordo, G.C., Peyrel, P., Sudlow, A., Maso, F., Walrand, S., Duché, P. (2022). Night-to-night sleep variability in adolescent rugby players compared to non-athlete matched controls. International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching, 18(2), 453-461. doi: 10.1177/17479541221084680
Lehmann, L., Saidi, O., Giacomoni, M., Del Sordo, G., Maso, F., Margaritis, I., & Duché, P. (2022). A delayed evening meal enhances sleep quality in young rugby players. International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism, 1(aop), 1-8. doi: https://doi.org/10.1123/ijsnem.2022-0014
Saidi, O., Rochette, E., Del Sordo, G., Doré, É., Merlin, É., Walrand, S., & Duché, P. (2021). Eucaloric balanced diet improved objective sleep in adolescents with obesity. Nutrients, 13(10), 3550. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13103550
Del Sordo, G.C., & Simon, D.A. Pain-dependent learning in healthy volunteers. (2021). Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 74(9), 1571-1578. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/17470218211001057
Edited Volume Chapters
Del Sordo, G.C., Papesh, M.H., & Hout, M. (under review). Eye-tracking and pupillometry. In E. Chrysikou (Ed.) Cognitive Neuroscience Methods. Springer Nature.
Other Scientific Writing
Del Sordo, G.C., & Papesh, M.H. (2024). Ouch! What is pain and why do we need it? Frontiers for Young Minds, 12(1221084). doi: 10.3389/frym.2023.1221084
Del Sordo, G.C., Moyer, E., Goode, D.A., & Hout, M. (2020). This will only hurt for a minute: How our brains plan for pain. Frontiers for Young Minds, 8(539649). doi: 10.3389/frym.2020.539649
Del Sordo, G.C. (2020). The analgesic effect of mirror visual feedback and non-painful pressure on experimentally induced pain. (Unpublished master’s thesis). New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, USA.
Professional Presentations
Del Sordo, G.C., & Papesh, M.H. (2024, November 21-14). Validating a new measure of vigilant attention. [Poster presentation]. Psychonomic Society, New York, NY, USA.
Del Sordo, G.C., & Papesh, M.H. (2024, November 21). Examining Contextual Cues in Prospective Memory using Pupillometry. [Poster presentation]. Object Perception, Attention & Memory (OPAM), New York, NY, USA.
Mathis, A.P., Del Sordo, G.C., Hout, M.C., Papesh, M.H., White, B., & Penn, R. A Closer Look at perceptual training during an anomaly search task: Target recognition and error distributions. Object Perception, Attention & Memory (OPAM), New York, NY, USA.
Balvert, S., Del Sordo, G.C., & Milders, M. (2024, October 8-10). The efficacy of dyadic interventions for community-dwelling people with dementia and their caregivers: a systematic review and meta-analysis. [Poster presentation]. 34th Alzheimer Europe Conference, Geneva, Switzerland.
Del Sordo, G.C., & Papesh, M.H. (2024, August 24-29). Understanding behavioral regulation: How the eyes reveal exploration-exploitation dynamics. [Talk presentation]. European Conference on Eye Movements (ECEM), Maynooth University, Co. Kildare, Ireland.
Papesh, M.H., Del Sordo, G.C., & Rowley, M. (2024, August 24-29). Using context to improve prospective memory: a pupillometry study. [Talk presentation]. European Conference on Eye Movements (ECEM), Maynooth University, Co. Kildare, Ireland.
Hout, M. C., Papesh, M. H., Penn, R., Mathis, A., Del Sordo, G.C., & White, B. (2024, July 30). Developing use-inspired basic research paradigms (and stimuli) for the study of medical image perception. [Talk presentation]. 2024 NM-INBRE Symposium, Las Cruces, NM, USA.
Del Sordo, G.C., Tardivo, F., & Papesh, M.H. (2023, November 16-19). Exploration vs. exploitation in a novel complex card sorting task: Evidence from pupillometry. [Poster presentation]. Psychonomic Society, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Del Sordo, G.C., & Papesh, M.H. (2023, April 13-15). Individual differences in attentional resource allocation and cognitive reserve: Evidence from pupillometry. [Poster presentation]. Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
Del Sordo, G.C., Cholley-Gomez, M., & Duché, P. (2021, October 26-29). Psychological state and living conditions during and after the COVID-19 lockdown: A longitudinal study on active vs non-active French adults. [Poster presentation]. Association des Chercheurs en Activité Physique et Sportives (ACAPS), Montpellier, France.
Del Sordo, G.C., & Simon, D.A. (2020, April 16-18). Pain-dependent learning in healthy volunteers. [Poster presentation]. Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Denver, CO, USA. (Conference canceled)
Del Sordo, G.C., & Simon, D.A. (2020, April 16-18). The analgesic effects of mirror visual feedback and non-painful pressure on experimentally induced pain. [Poster presentation]. Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Denver, CO, USA. (Conference canceled)
Del Sordo, G.C., & White, L.H (2018, April 12-14). The effect of the timing and duration of experimentally induced pain and personality on visual memory. [Poster presentation]. Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Denver, CO, USA.
Strosser, G.L., Del Sordo, G.C., Ashworth, A.J., & Aarre, S.D. (2018, April 12-14). Disgust sensitivity better predicts political ideology than disgust reappraisal. [Poster presentation]. Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Denver, CO, USA.
Strosser, G.L., Del Sordo, G.C., & Aarre, S.D. (2017, April 6-8). Critically evaluating the links between disgust, morality, and political ideology. [Poster presentation]. Rocky Mountain Psychological Association (RMPA), Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
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