Role
Dr Daniele Magistro is a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Physical Activity and Health and he is module lead for the undergraduate module Behaviour Change & Health. Daniele contributes to other modules on the undergraduate degree pathways with an emphasis on behaviour change, sedentary behaviour, and ageing.
Career overview
Dr Daniele Magistro completed a Bachelor Degree in Sport Sciences at the University of Torino in 2007, and went on to obtain an Master's degree in Sciences and Techniques of Adapted Physical Activity with Laude in 2010 from the same institution. In 2012 Dr Magistro completed a PhD in Psychology of Development and Education at Torino University, Doctorate School in Human Sciences, in promotion of physical and cognitive activity in older adults with a focus on the relationships among physical activity, memory, cognitive functions and ability of daily living in senior Citizens.
Before joining NTU in May 2018, Dr Magistro was awarded a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at the Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer (Tohoku University, Japan) to study holistic-based approaches to behaviour and cognitive-physical activity in older adults. Afterwards, he was successfully awarded a RCUK funded postdoctoral fellowship at Loughborough University, in the School of Sport. Dr Magistro also worked on the project “Dementia House”: a world-first demonstrator residential building on the Innovation Park, Building Research Establishment to develop a Dementia friendly house to promote and improve health, life-style and well-being of the older adults. Currently, Dr Magistro is Co-I in EPSRC-NIHR co-funded research project: I’M-ACTIVE: Intelligent Multimodal Assessment and Coaching Through Identification of Vulnerabilities in older pEople.
Research areas
Dr Magistro is a member of the Exercise and Health Research Group within Sport Science at NTU.
Dr Magistro research interests are focus on creating educational and social movement towards an active ageing society, promoting healthy lifestyles across the life span and creating the right spaces and active environments related to health and active life.
Dr Magistro had experience of conducting clinical research in health and social care settings, in long term care facilities and city hospitals with healthy people and patients affected by MCI or metabolic diseases. He had been focusing on different multi-disciplinary RCTs and longitudinal researches involving children, older adults, physical activity, and cognitive trainings based on the ecological perspective of health, always combining the needs of the research with the real needs of the population (children, elderly, patients), their life and social context.
Postgraduate Students
I welcome inquiries from prospective PhD students interested in ageing research, physical activity and cognitive psychology. Within those parameters, I am open to supervising a range of topics and issues including but not limited to those explored in my prior and ongoing research.
Sponsors and collaborators
- Loughborough University
- Tohoku University
- University of Torino
- University of Geneva
- Waseda University
- Age UK Nottingham & Nottinghamshire
Publications
RILLIANT T., D., TAKEUCHI, H., NOUCHI, R., YOKOYAMA, R., KOTOZAKI, Y., NAKAGAWA, S., HANAWA, S., SEKIGUCHI, A., IKEDA, S., SAKAKI, K., KAWATA, K.H.S., NOZAWA, T., YOKOTA, S., MAGISTRO, D. and KAWASHIMA, R., 2022. Loneliness inside of the brain: evidence from a large dataset of resting-state fMRI in young adult. Scientific Reports, 12: 7856. ISSN 2045-2322
CAMP, N., JOHNSTON, J., LEWIS, M.G.C., ZECCA, M., DI NUOVO, A., HUNTER, K. and MAGISTRO, D., 2022. Perceptions of in-home monitoring technology for activities of daily living: semistructured interview study with community-dwelling older adults. JMIR Aging, 5 (2): e33714. ISSN 2561-7605
CAMP, N., FERNANDES RAMOS, A.C., HUNTER, K., BOAT, R. and MAGISTRO, D., 2022. Differences in self-control, self-efficacy and depressive symptoms between active and inactive middle-aged and older adults after 1 year of COVID restrictions. Aging and Mental Health. ISSN 1360-7863
RAMOS, C., GIBSON, G.R., WALTON, G.E., MAGISTRO, D., KINNEAR, W. and HUNTER, K., 2022. Systematic review of the effects of exercise and physical activity on the gut microbiome of older adults. Nutrients, 14 (3): 674. ISSN 2072-6643
TAKEUCHI, H., SHIOTA, Y., YAOI, K., TAKI, Y., NOUCHI, R., YOKOYAMA, R., KOTOZAKI, Y., NAKAGAWA, S., SEKIGUCHI, A., IIZUKA, K., HANAWA, S., ARAKI, T., MIYAUCHI, C.M., SAKAKI, K., NOZAWA, T., IKEDA, S., YOKOTA, S., MAGISTRO, D., SASSA, Y. and KAWASHIMA, R., 2022. Mercury levels in hair are associated with reduced neurobehavioral performance and altered brain structures in young adults. Communications Biology, 5: 529. ISSN 2399-3642
TAKEUCHI, H., TAKI, Y., NOUCHI, R., YOKOYAMA, R., KOTOZAKI, Y., NAKAGAWA, S., SEKIGUCHI, A., IIZUKA, K., HANAWA, S., ARAKI, T., MIYAUCHI, C.M., SAKAKI, K., NOZAWA, T., IKEDA, S., YOKOTA, S., MAGISTRO, D., SASSA, Y. and KAWASHIMA, R., 2021. Lead exposure is associated with functional and microstructural changes in the healthy human brain. Communications Biology, 4 (1): 912.
SADEGHI, S., TAKEUCHI, H., SHALANI, B., TAKI, Y., NOUCHI, R., YOKOYAMA, R., KOTOZAKI, Y., NAKAGAWA, S., SEKIGUCHI, A., IIZUKA, K., HANAWA, S., ARAKI, T., MIYAUCHI, C.M., SAKAKI, K., NOZAWA, T., IKEDA, S., YOKOTA, S., MAGISTRO, D., SASSA, Y. and KAWASHIMA, R., 2021. Brain structures and activity during a working memory task associated with internet addiction tendency in young adults: a large sample study. PLoS ONE, 16 (11): e0259259.
TAKEUCHI, H., KIMURA, R., TOMITA, H., TAKI, Y., KIKUCHI, Y., ONO, C., YU, Z., MATSUDAIRA, I., NOUCHI, R., YOKOYAMA, R., KOTOZAKI, Y., NAKAGAWA, S., HANAWA, S., IIZUKA, K., SEKIGUCHI, A., ARAKI, T., MIYAUCHI, C.M., IKEDA, S., SAKAKI, K., DOS S. KAWATA, K.H., NOZAWA, T., YOKOTA, S., MAGISTRO, D., IMANISHI, T. and KAWASHIMA, R., 2021. Polygenic risk score for bipolar disorder associates with divergent thinking and brain structures in the prefrontal cortex. Human Brain Mapping. ISSN 1065-9471
NAKAGAWA, S., TAKEUCHI, H., TAKI, Y., NOUCHI, R., KOTOZAKI, Y., SHINADA, T., MARUYAMA, T., SEKIGUCHID, A., IIZUKA, K., YOKOYAMA, R., YAMAMOTO, Y., HANAWA, S., ARAKI, T., MIYAUCHI, C.M., MAGISTRO, D., SAKAKI, K., JEONG, H. and KAWASHIMA, R., 2021. Cortico-striatal-thalamic loop as a neural correlate of neuroticism in the mind-body interface. Journal of Psychosomatic Research: 110590. ISSN 0022-3999
IBNIDRIS, A., PIUMATTI, G., CARLEVARO, F., FADDA, M., MAGNO, F., MAGISTRO, D. and ALBANESE, E., 2021. Italian version of the short 10/66 dementia diagnostic schedule: a validation study. BMJ Open, 11 (6): e045867. ISSN 2044-6055
MAEDA, C.T., TAKEUCHI, H., NOUCHI, R., YOKOYAMA, R., KOTOZAKI, Y., NAKAGAWA, S., SEKIGUCHI, A., IIZUKA, K., HANAWA, S., ARAKI, T., MIYAUCHI, C.M., SAKAKI, K., NOZAWA, T., SHIGEYUKI, I., YOKOTA, S., MAGISTRO, D., SASSA, Y., TAKI, Y. and KAWASHIMA, R., 2021. Brain microstructural properties related to subjective well-being: diffusion tensor imaging analysis. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. ISSN 1749-5016
SAVAGE, M.J., HENNIS, P.J., MAGISTRO, D., DONALDSON, J., HEALY, L.C. and JAMES, R.M., 2021. Nine months into the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal study showing mental health and movement behaviours are impaired in UK students. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 (6): 2930. ISSN 1661-7827
TAKEUCHI, H., TAKI, Y., NOUCHI, R., YOKOYAMA, R., KOTOZAKI, Y., NAKAGAWA, S., SEKIGUCHI, A., IIZUKA, K., HANAWA, S., ARAKI, T., MIYAUCHI, C.M., SAKAKI, K., SASSA, Y., NOZAWA, T., IKEDA, S., YOKOTA, S., MAGISTRO, D. and KAWASHIMA, R., 2021. General intelligence is associated with working memory-related functional connectivity change: evidence from a large sample study. Brain Connectivity. ISSN 2158-0014
TAKEUCHI, H., TOMITA, H., BROWNE, R., TAKI, Y., KIKUCHI, Y., ONO, C., YU, Z., NOUCHI, R., YOKOYAMA, R., KOTOZAKI, Y., NAKAGAWA, S., SEKIGUCHI, A., IIZUKA, K., HANAWA, S., ARAKI, T., MAKOTO MIYAUCHI, C., SAKAKI, K., NOZAWA, T., IKEDA, S., YOKOTA, S., MAGISTRO, D., SASSA, Y. and KAWASHIMA, R., 2021. Sex-dependent effects of the APOE ɛ4 allele on behavioral traits and white matter structures in young adults. Cerebral Cortex, 31 (1), pp. 672-680. ISSN 1047-3211
MAGISTRO, D., CARLEVARO, F., MAGNO, F., SIMON, M., CAMP, N., KINRADE, N., ZECCA, M. and MUSELLA, G., 2021. Effects of 1 year of lifestyle intervention on institutionalized older adults. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 (14): 7612. ISSN 1661-7827
CAMP, N., LEWIS, M., HUNTER, K., JOHNSTON, J., ZECCA, M., DI NUOVO, A. and MAGISTRO, D., 2021. Technology used to recognize activities of daily living in community-dwelling older adults. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 (1): 163. ISSN 1661-7827