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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...

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 Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy The emotion of awe is characterized by the perception of vastness and a need for accommodation, which can include a positive and/or negative valence. While a...

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...

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...

Via Medgadget Brain networks in two behaviourally-similar vegetative patients (left and middle), but one of whom imagined playing tennis (middle panel), alongside a healthy adult...