Theresa Hauser, MSc.
Administrative Coordinator

Department of Psychology
Hellbrunner Strasse 34, 5020 Salzburg, Austria

Tel.: +43 662 8044 4240
E-Mail:

Consultation hour: by appointment only
ORCID:  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4544-7765
Research group:  Laboratory for Sleep, Cognition and Consciousness Research

Academic Experience:

• Since 2025: Academic Program Coordinator Universitätslehrgänge Psychotherapie (Verhaltenstherapie, Systemische Therapie, Integrative Therapie) an der  Paris-Lodron-Universität Salzburg
• Since 2020: Academic Program Coordinator  Propaedeutic Programme in Psychotherapy at the  Paris-Lodron-University Salzburg
• 2018-2019: Research associate at the Institute of Early Life Care at the  Paracelsus Medical Private University
• Since 2015: Research associate at the Department of Psychology /  Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience /  Laboratory for Sleep-, Cognition- and Consciousness research at the  Paris-Lodron-University Salzburg

Education:

• 2018-2020: Propedeutic Studies at the  Leopold-Franzens-University Innsbruck
• 2019: Diagnostic of attachment pattern in children at the  International Psychoanalytic University Berlin (GER) and  University of Cambridge (UK)
• 2007-2018: Study of Psychology (Bachelor and Master) at the  Paris-Lodron-University Salzburg

Research:

• „Efficacy of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia and its impact on physiology“
• „Neural and cardiovascular aspects of sleep-dependent memory consolidation“
• „Psychophysiology of attachment & mother-child-interactions“

Key publications:

• Preiß, J., Lang, A., Hauser, T., Angerer, M., Schernhardt, P., & Schabus, M. (2025). Maternal characteristics and their relation to early mother-child interaction and cognitive development in toddlers. PloS one, 20(1), e0301876.  https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0301876 
• Eigl, E. S., Hauser, T., Topalidis, P. I., & Schabus, M. (2023). On the efficacy of a CBT-I-based online program for sleep problems: a randomized controlled trial. Clocks & sleep, 5(4), 590-603.  https://doi.org/10.3390/clockssleep5040039
• Florea, C., Topalidis, P., Hauser, T., Angerer, M., Kurapov, A., Leon, C. A. B., & Schabus, M. (2021). Sleep during COVID-19 lockdown: A cross-cultural study investigating job system relevance, Biochemical Pharmacology.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bcp.2021.114463 
• Blume C., Hauser T., Gruber WR, Heib DPJ, Winkler T., & Schabus M. (2019). „How does Austria sleep?” Self-reported sleep habits and complaints. Sleep and Breathing.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11325-019-01982-5
• Ameen, M.S., Cheung, L.M., Hauser, T., Hahn, M., & Schabus, M. (2019). About the Accuracy and Problems of Consumer Devices in the Assessment of Sleep. Sensors, 19, 4160.  https://doi.org/10.3390/s19194160
• van Schalkwijk, F.J., Hauser, T., Hoedlmoser, K., Ameen, M.S., Wilhelm, F.H., Sauter, C., Klösch, G., Moser, D., Gruber, G., Anderer, P., Saletu, B., Parapatics, S., Zeitlhofer, J. & Schabus, M. (2019). Procedural memory consolidation is associated with heart rate variability and sleep spindles. Journal of Sleep Research, e12910. DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.12910