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Andrea Gaggioli is affiliated with the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on psychology, with a total of 93 publications in this main field of study. Within psychology, Gaggioli has contributed extensively to several subfields including social psychology, clinical psychology, human-computer interaction, cognitive neuroscience, and experimental and cognitive psychology.

The scientist's work addresses a variety of topics, notably:

  • Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • Creativity in Education and Neuroscience
  • Media Influence and Health
  • Aesthetic Perception and Analysis
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions

Gaggioli has published frequently in a range of venues, with the most publications in:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Cyberpsychology Behavior and Social Networking
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PLoS ONE

Their notable recent papers include:

  • Effects of COVID-19 Home Confinement on Eating Behaviour and Physical Activity: Results of the ECLB-COVID19 International Online Survey (2020), published in Nutrients
  • COVID-19 Home Confinement Negatively Impacts Social Participation and Life Satisfaction: A Worldwide Multicenter Study (2020), published in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Effects of home confinement on mental health and lifestyle behaviours during the COVID-19 outbreak: Insight from the ECLB-COVID19 multicenter study (2020), published in Biology of Sport
  • Psychological consequences of COVID-19 home confinement: The ECLB-COVID19 multicenter study (2020), published in PLoS ONE
  • Usability Issues of Clinical and Research Applications of Virtual Reality in Older People: A Systematic Review (2020), published in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Among frequent co-authors, Gaggioli has collaborated extensively with Alice Chirico, Giuseppe Riva, Pietro Cipresso, Marta Pizzolante, and Annemarie Braakman-Jansen, with the number of joint publications ranging from 13 to 48.

In terms of book publications, Gaggioli has contributed a title called Networked Flow in Creative Collaboration (2020), published by Informa.

Best Publications

  • Effects of COVID-19 Home Confinement on Eating Behaviour and Physical Activity: Results of the ECLB-COVID19 International Online Survey.

    Achraf Ammar;Michael Brach;Khaled Trabelsi;Hamdi Chtourou

  • Affective Interactions Using Virtual Reality: The Link between Presence and Emotions

    Giuseppe Riva;Fabrizia Mantovani;Claret Samantha Capideville;Alessandra Preziosa

  • Positive technology: using interactive technologies to promote positive functioning.

    Giuseppe Riva;Rosa María Baños;Cristina Botella;Brenda K. Wiederhold

  • Transforming Experience: The Potential of Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality for Enhancing Personal and Clinical Change

    Giuseppe Riva;Rosa M. Baños;Cristina Botella;Fabrizia Mantovani

  • Virtual reality training for health-care professionals.

    Fabrizia Mantovani;Gianluca Castelnuovo;Andrea Gaggioli;Giuseppe Riva

  • COVID-19 Home Confinement Negatively Impacts Social Participation and Life Satisfaction: A Worldwide Multicenter Study.

    Achraf Ammar;Achraf Ammar;Hamdi Chtourou;Omar Boukhris;Khaled Trabelsi

  • Effects of home confinement on mental health and lifestyle behaviours during the COVID-19 outbreak: Insights from the ECLB-COVID19 multicentre study

    Achraf Ammar;Achraf Ammar;Khaled Trabelsi;Michael Brach;Hamdi Chtourou

  • A second life for eHealth: prospects for the use of 3-D virtual worlds in clinical psychology.

    Alessandra Gorini;Andrea Gaggioli;Cinzia Vigna;Giuseppe Riva

  • Effectiveness of Immersive Videos in Inducing Awe: An Experimental Study.

    Alice Chirico;Pietro Cipresso;David B. Yaden;Federica Biassoni

  • The development of the Awe Experience Scale (AWE-S): A multifactorial measure for a complex emotion

    David B. Yaden;Scott Barry Kaufman;Elizabeth Hyde;Alice Chirico

  • Psychological consequences of COVID-19 home confinement: The ECLB-COVID19 multicenter study.

    Achraf Ammar;Achraf Ammar;Patrick Mueller;Patrick Mueller;Khaled Trabelsi;Hamdi Chtourou

  • Designing Awe in Virtual Reality: An Experimental Study.

    Alice Chirico;Francesco Ferrise;Lorenzo Cordella;Andrea Gaggioli

  • The present and future of positive technologies

    Cristina Botella;Giuseppe Riva;Andrea Gaggioli;Brenda K. Wiederhold

  • Virtual Reality for Research in Social Neuroscience

    Thomas D. Parsons;Andrea Gaggioli;Giuseppe Riva

  • When Virtual Feels Real: Comparing Emotional Responses and Presence in Virtual and Natural Environments.

    Alice Chirico;Andrea Gaggioli

  • Maximizing the Impact of e-Therapy and Serious Gaming: Time for a Paradigm Shift

    Theresa M. Fleming;Derek de Beurs;Yasser Khazaal;Andrea Gaggioli

  • A mobile data collection platform for mental health research

    Andrea Gaggioli;Giovanni Pioggia;Gennaro Tartarisco;Giovanni Baldus

  • The Potential of Virtual Reality for the Investigation of Awe.

    Alice Chirico;David Bryce Yaden;Giuseppe Riva;Andrea Gaggioli

  • Intergenerational Group Reminiscence: A Potentially Effective Intervention to Enhance Elderly Psychosocial Wellbeing and to Improve Children's Perception of Aging

    Andrea Gaggioli;Luca Morganti;Silvio Bonfiglio;Chiara Scaratti

  • Virtual reality and mobile phones in the treatment of generalized anxiety disorders: a phase-2 clinical trial

    Claudia Repetto;Andrea Gaggioli;Federica Pallavicini;Pietro Cipresso

  • Virtual Reality for Enhancing the Cognitive Behavioral Treatment of Obesity With Binge Eating Disorder: Randomized Controlled Study With One-Year Follow-up

    Gian Luca Cesa;Gian Mauro Manzoni;Monica Bacchetta;Gianluca Castelnuovo

Frequent Co-Authors

Giuseppe Riva
Giuseppe Riva Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Pietro Cipresso
Pietro Cipresso Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Silvia Serino
Silvia Serino University of Milano-Bicocca
Daniela Villani
Daniela Villani Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Gianluca Castelnuovo
Gianluca Castelnuovo Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Alessandra Gorini
Alessandra Gorini University of Milan
Cristina Botella
Cristina Botella Jaume I University
Brenda K. Wiederhold
Brenda K. Wiederhold Scripps Health
Enrico Molinari
Enrico Molinari Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Robbert Sanderman
Robbert Sanderman University of Groningen

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