Cyberpsychology

Contact: Pedro Gamito

Interdisciplinary Work Package for 2014-2020
Focused on the evaluation and assessment of psychological well-being
Relies on technology to validate/assessment and to improve well-being (Virtual Reality, Serious Games, Pervasive Systems)

Goals

Increase cognitive functionality. Immersion of patients in virtual reality worlds that were devised to boost cognitive strategies to overcome and/or reduce disruptive behaviours and impairments (CTIP)
Social interaction. Promote social interaction and collaboration between stakeholders through the use of intelligent systems. (CTIP, SITI)
Assessment of cognitive functionality based on behavioral tasks, and behavior trackingProviding novel tools based on pervasive and mobile technology (e.g. Android smartphones) in a way that is entertaining and yet therapeutic is expected to give rise to benefits to both the individual, and society, which need assessment methodologies that go beyond regular pen and paper (CTIP, SITI)
Social interaction, bringing technology to the people. Development of pervasive computing systems/frameworks that include aspects of social interaction to quantify better more advanced social, cognitive and/or emotional paradigms, such as emotional relevance, or trust circles, in the context of networking. This theme is to be steered by elements of the R&D group SITI.