In the last couple of years, I and my team have been intensively working on a new research program in  Positive Technology : Transformative Experience Design. In short, the goal of this project is to  understand how virtual reality, brain-based technologies and the language of arts can support transformative experiences , that is, emotional experiences that promote deep personal change. About Transformative Experience Design As noted by  Miller and C’de Baca , there are experiences in life that are able to generate profound and long-lasting shifts in core beliefs and...

Over €4 million worth of EU funding has been awarded to the international network ‘ ENTWINE informal care ’, led by Prof. Mariët Hagedoorn and Prof. Robbert Sanderman from the department of Health Psychology at the University Medical Centre Groningen (UMCG). The grant will be used to train 15 novice researchers to study and solve questions relating to sustainable ways of providing informal...

Awe is a complex emotion composed of an appraisal of vastness and a need for accommodation. The purpose of this study was to develop a robust state measure of awe, the Awe Experience Scale...

In the last months, there has been a growing interest about  blockchain technology , the open and distributed ledger that is at the heart of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. This technology is...

We are very excited to present this new Frontiers research topic on Positive Technology Frontiers in Psychology is the #1 largest and the #2 most cited psychology journal in the world....

I have created a new project in ResearchGate for those of you who are interested to get the latest updates in PT research (including full-text access to most of our papers):...

If 2016 has been a golden year for virtual reality, there is reason to believe that the coming year may be even better. According to a recent market forecast by International Data Corporation...

The development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has taken giant steps during the last decade, to the point that for many experts, including the world-renowned astrophysics Stephen Hawking and...

Developed by Omron Corporation, FORPHEUS (Future Omron Robotics Technology for Exploring Possibility of Harmonized aUtomation with Sinic Theoretics) has officially been given the Guinness World...

Alice Chirico, David B. Yaden, Giuseppe Riva and Andrea Gaggioli Front. Psychol. , 09 November 2016 https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01766 Dipartimento di Psicologia, Università...

Via RoadToVr A recent study by Facebook IQ, in which people completed one-on-one conversations in VR, concluded that most people respond positively, and introverts in particular feel more...

Source: The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) Many new parents still think that babies should develop at their own pace, and that they shouldn't be challenged to do things...

Source: University of Warwick  The next generation of toys could be controlled by the power of the mind, thanks to research by the University of Warwick. Led by Professor Christopher...

The Potential of Virtual Reality for the Investigation of Awe Alice Chirico, David B. Yaden, Giuseppe Riva and Andrea Gaggioli Front. Psychol., 09 November 2016 |...

Science is a source of progress and the best hope for the future of mankind. With a world population reaching seven billion individuals and a growing consumption of (increasingly scarce) natural...

The Impact of Virtual Reality on Chronic Pain. PLoS One. 2016;11(12):e0167523 Authors: Jones T, Moore T, Choo J Abstract.  The treatment of chronic pain could benefit from additional...

Effects of Smart-Tablet-Based Neurofeedback Training on Cognitive Function in Children with Attention Problems J Child Neurol. 2016 May;31(6):750-60 Authors: Shin MS, Jeon H, Kim M, Hwang T,...

Front. Psychiatry, 30 September 2016 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2016.00164 Giuseppe Riva, Rosa M. Baños, Cristina Botella, Fabrizia Mantovani and Andrea Gaggioli During life, many...

has launched a new app, Moodivator, to help motivate and encourage the millions of adults who experience depression. Depression is one of the most common mental health disorders in the United...

Two good news for Positive Technology followers. 1) Our new book on Human Computer Confluence is out ! 2) It can be downloaded for free here Human-computer confluence refers to an...

In 1999, Joseph Pine and James Gilmore wrote a seminal book titled “The Experience Economy” (Harvard Business School Press, Boston, MA) that theorized the shift from a service-based economy to an...

The field of artificial intelligence (AI) has undergone a dramatic evolution in the last years. The impressive advances in this field have inspired several leaders in the scientific and...

The last decade has witnessed a tremendous advance in technological innovations. This is also thanks to the growing diffusion of open innovation platforms, which have leveraged on the explosion of...

Thanks to the pervasive diffusion of social media and the increasing affordability of smartphone and wearable sensors, psychologists can gather and analyse massive quantities of data concerning...

Predictive Technologies: Can Smart Tools Augment the Brain's Predictive Abilities?   Pezzullo, G., D'Ausilio, A., Gaggioli, A.  Frontiers in Neuroscience 10(186) · May 2016   ...

The recent debate about the issue of reproducibility in psychology lead me to question whether 21th century scientific psychology should still regard the “conventional” experimental approach as...

As many analysts predict, next-generation virtual reality technology promises to change our lives. From manufacturing to medicine, from entertainment to learning, there is no economic or...

Via Road to VR The Manus VR team demonstrate their latest experiment, utilising Valve’s laser-based Lighthouse system to track their in-development VR glove. Manus VR (previously...