Manuel Schabus

Neurowissenschaftler, Psychologe und Psychotherapeut an der Universität Salzburg; Leiter Schlaflabor Universität Salzburg

[Manuel Schabus @ManuelSchabus]

From womb to words 🧠 👶

Our new paper suggests infant language development is shaped by a sex-specific interplay of fetal hormones and maternal postpartum mood.
@dept_psych_sbg @MichaelaReimann
https://t.co/zA9QAZInjj

[Manuel Schabus @ManuelSchabus]

New paper in J. of Sleep Research 💤
What fades while we’re awake may be protected when we sleep!
In our study, wakefulness hit weaker memories hardest — while sleep preserved weak and strong declarative memories alike.

https://t.co/SK07TWwPSw

#Sleep @dept_psych_sbg @sleep2app

[Ya-Ping Chen 陳雅苹 @YapingChen21]

SAMBA is back on 2.–3. July this year with amazing speakers:
(in alphabetical order)
Andrea E. Martin
Ayelet Landau
Bruno L. Giordano
Joachim Groß
Judit Gervain
Marzia De Lucia
Nadine Dijkstra
Richard Gao
Simon Jacob
Stefan Rampp

[Manuel Schabus @ManuelSchabus]

Honored to chair the symposium “Beyond the Lab – The Potential and Applications of Consumer-Grade Wearables in Sleep Research” at #DGSM2025 (Nov 27–29, Hannover).

We discussed how modern wearables can advance (and sometimes mislead) sleep science:

• Pavlos Topalidis – 8 wearables, 90 PSG nights
• Rob Ter Horst – quantified self with 100+ wearables
• Nicola Cellini – guidelines for scientific validation
• Alexandra Hinterberger – wearables in digital insomnia therapy

Takeaway:
Wearables offer enormous opportunities for large-scale, real-world sleep research—but only with rigorous validation and critical interpretation.

Great talks, great discussions, and an exciting outlook for the future of sleep science.

#Sleep #Wearables #DigitalHealth #DGSM2025 @TpPavlos @QuantifiedRob

[Manuel Schabus @ManuelSchabus]

Honored to give the keynote in Montréal at the Mini-Retreat on Wearable Technologies 2025.
Topic: “Sleep Beyond the Lab – Wearables & the Future of Digital Sleep Medicine.”

HRV wearables + AI + digital CBT-I 🌙📡 @sleep2app @dept_psych_sbg

[Manuel Schabus @ManuelSchabus]

Sleep isn’t just spindles + slow waves.
A new study by us (Ameen et al.) shows the aperiodic brain signal can track transitions between sleep stages in real time — even in intracranial EEG.
Big implications for sleep science.
🔗 https://t.co/CroG4wOacr @sleep2app @dept_psych_sbg

[Manuel Schabus @ManuelSchabus]

🧠New study: Hachenberger et al. (2025) analyzed ECG data from 178 people (á 15 nights) with sleep² algorithms — revealing specific sleep-stages linked to stress, mood & cognition.
Wearables+AI= new window into mental health.
👉 https://t.co/xgLzzY6ysF @dept_psych_sbg @sleep2app

[Manuel Schabus @ManuelSchabus]

New study out! 💤
Digital CBT-I + H10 sleep tracking in natural settings.

In our 10-week field study, insomnia dropped from 92 % → 67 %, with better sleep, mood & QoL (N= 95).

Unguided app-based therapy (@Sleep2_App_2) at home works. @dept_psych_sbg
🔗 https://t.co/vWNHWI8FbD

[Manuel Schabus @ManuelSchabus]

New study out! 💤
Shift workers’ sleep isn’t just about schedules; it’s shaped by psychological factors like anxiety, depression & beliefs about sleep.
Our findings pave the way for new, shift work–specific online therapy for insomnia.
🔗 https://t.co/TVOGFkthnO
@dept_psych_sbg

[Manuel Schabus @ManuelSchabus]

🧠 Our new paper is out in Psychoneuroendocrinology!

Fetal #DHEA measured from newborn hair predicts early language development — a promising new biomarker for neurodevelopment 🍼

👉 Read here: https://t.co/dgHodTQWlD

#EarlyDevelopment #Neuroendocrinology @dept_psych_sbg

[Manuel Schabus @ManuelSchabus]

Excited to share our new paper in Nature and Science of Sleep! 📄
A CBT-I based app + ECG sleep tracking improved insomnia symptoms, sleep quality & mental health in a 6-week pilot study.
👉 Open access: https://t.co/aA0xn5VkKv
@sleep2app @dept_psych_sbg @TpPavlos @EstherEigl

[Manuel Schabus @ManuelSchabus]

💤 Schlaf – das unterschätzte Superfood für Körper & Geist
Im Gespräch mit carpe diem erkläre ich, wie Schlaf unser Gedächtnis, unsere Emotionen und unsere Gesundheit beeinflusst – und was wir tun können, um besser zu schlafen.

🎧 Reinhören? https://t.co/qEYggTtVPI

@sleep2app

[Manuel Schabus @ManuelSchabus]

@F1GuyDan I loved it, What a performance of Alonso in a weaker car.,, and what a selfless team spirit!!

[Manuel Schabus @ManuelSchabus]

Honored to speak today at the Dept. of General Psychiatry & Psychotherapy, University of Tübingen.
My talk: “From Sleep Lab to App: Sleep as a Key to Mental Health – Validly Measured, Digitally Optimized”
Here with Steffen Gais.
@dept_psych_sbg @sleep2app #sleep

[Manuel Schabus @ManuelSchabus]

💤 New Publication Alert!

Our latest study in Clocks & Sleep reveals that tailored CBT significantly improves sleep quality for shift workers compared to standard approaches.

Dive into the findings here:https://t.co/ss8nVjAZHB
ShiftWork #CBT #Insomnia @dept_psych_sbg @sleep2app

[Manuel Schabus @ManuelSchabus]

🧠 New study in Current Biology!

Our brain keeps learning—even during sleep. We show that statistical learning continues into non-REM sleep, bridging wake and sleep states.

Read more here: https://t.co/7GZNQadB3X

@TpPavlos @nweisz2 @dept_psych_sbg
@CurrentBiology

[Manuel Schabus @ManuelSchabus]

@bryan_johnson
I recently came across your inspiring work in the health and longevity space—and learned that you’re using Polar. Since we’ve just launched Sleep², a high-precision sleep app I thought it might be nice to connect.

Best Manuel
Univ. Salzburg, Sleep Labs

[Bastian Barucker @BBarucker]

One of the main features of pandemic policy was the mass testing of healthy individuals without cause. I spoke to Stanford professor John Ioannidis about the usefulness of this approach. According to Ioannidis, it "ended up being misused and did cost billions of dollars." https://t.co/m9Q5ehYnnJ

[Bastian Barucker @BBarucker]

Prof. Ioannidis: "Both I and every member of my family were attacked in ways I could never have imagined.[including death threats] When we needed them most, the best epidemiologists just stepped down. Most of the people who dictated the narratives had no clue about epidemiology"https://t.co/m9Q5ehYnnJ

[Matt Walker @sleepdiplomat]

🧪Testosterone, crucial for muscle mass, bone density & libido, peaks during REM! Lack of REM sleep? 📉 Testosterone levels. Prioritize sleep for muscle and sexual health! #HormoneHealth #SleepScience

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