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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Low-latitude environmental regularity sustains non-photic entrainment in blind adults, Pugliane, K., Franca, L., Leocadio-Miguel, M., Araújo, J. 21 Mar 2026
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