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Overview

Silvia Serino is affiliated with the University of Milano-Bicocca in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on psychology and neuroscience, with significant contributions to cognitive neuroscience, human-computer interaction, clinical psychology, psychiatry and mental health, and social psychology.

Their work covers a range of topics, including:

  • Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts
  • Spatial Cognition and Navigation
  • Action Observation and Synchronization
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions
  • Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research

Several frequent coauthors have collaborated with Silvia Serino, among them:

  • Giuseppe Riva
  • Cosimo Tuena
  • Elisa Pedroli
  • Daniele Di Lernia
  • Pietro Cipresso

Serino has published extensively in journals such as the Journal of Clinical Medicine, Virtual Reality, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), arXiv (Cornell University), and the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

Notable recent papers include:

  • Virtual Reality in the Assessment, Understanding and Treatment of Mental Health Disorders, 2020, Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • Virtual reality and 360° panorama technology: a media comparison to study changes in sense of presence, anxiety, and positive emotions, 2020, Virtual Reality
  • Virtual reality in the treatment of eating disorders, 2021, Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy
  • A Virtual Reality-Based Self-Help Intervention for Dealing with the Psychological Distress Associated with the COVID-19 Lockdown: An Effectiveness Study with a Two-Week Follow-Up, 2021, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Regenerative Virtual Therapy: The Use of Multisensory Technologies and Mindful Attention for Updating the Altered Representations of the Bodily Self, 2021, Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience

Their body of work encompasses interdisciplinary approaches involving virtual reality technologies and their psychological applications, particularly in mental health contexts.

Best Publications

  • eHealth for Patient Engagement: A Systematic Review.

    Serena Barello;Stefano Triberti;Guendalina Graffigna;Chiara Libreri

  • Egocentric and allocentric spatial reference frames in aging: A systematic review.

    Desirée Colombo;Silvia Serino;Cosimo Tuena;Elisa Pedroli

  • A Novel Technique for Improving Bodily Experience in a Non-operable Super-Super Obesity Case.

    Silvia Serino;Federica Scarpina;Anouk Keizer;Elisa Pedroli

  • Pain in the body. Altered interoception in chronic pain conditions: A systematic review.

    Daniele Di Lernia;Silvia Serino;Giuseppe Riva

  • Virtual Reality Body Swapping: A Tool for Modifying the Allocentric Memory of the Body

    Silvia Serino;Elisa Pedroli;Anouk Keizer;Stefano Triberti

  • 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

  • Experiential Virtual Scenarios With Real-Time Monitoring (Interreality) for the Management of Psychological Stress: A Block Randomized Controlled Trial

    Andrea Gaggioli;Federica Pallavicini;Luca Morganti;Silvia Serino

  • Augmented Reality: A Brand New Challenge for the Assessment and Treatment of Psychological Disorders.

    Irene Alice Chicchi Giglioli;Federica Pallavicini;Elisa Pedroli;Silvia Serino

  • Assessment and rehabilitation of neglect using virtual reality: a systematic review.

    Elisa Pedroli;Silvia Serino;Pietro Cipresso;Federica Pallavicini

  • When music “flows”. State and trait in musical performance, composition and listening: a systematic review

    Alice Chirico;Silvia Serino;Pietro Cipresso;Andrea Gaggioli

  • The role of egocentric and allocentric abilities in Alzheimer's disease: A systematic review

    Silvia Serino;Pietro Cipresso;Francesca Morganti;Giuseppe Riva

  • Embodied medicine: Mens sana in corpore virtuale sano

    Giuseppe Riva;Silvia Serino;Daniele Di Lernia;Enea Francesco Pavone

  • Is your phone so smart to affect your state? An exploratory study based on psychophysiological measures

    Pietro Cipresso;Silvia Serino;Daniela Villani;Claudia Repetto

  • Detecting early egocentric and allocentric impairments deficits in Alzheimer's disease: an experimental study with virtual reality.

    Silvia Serino;Francesca Morganti;Fabio Di Stefano;Giuseppe Riva

  • A Novel Virtual Reality-Based Training Protocol for the Enhancement of the "Mental Frame Syncing" in Individuals with Alzheimer's Disease: A Development-of-Concept Trial.

    Silvia Serino;Elisa Pedroli;Cosimo Tuena;Gianluca De Leo

  • Characteristics, usability, and users experience of a system combining cognitive and physical therapy in a virtual environment: Positive bike

    Elisa Pedroli;Luca Greci;Desirèe Colombo;Silvia Serino

  • Body-image distortion in anorexia nervosa

    Antonios Dakanalis;Santino Gaudio;Santino Gaudio;Silvia Serino;Massimo Clerici

  • Getting lost in Alzheimer's disease: a break in the mental frame syncing.

    Silvia Serino;Giuseppe Riva

  • Virtual multiple errands test (VMET): a virtual reality-based tool to detect early executive functions deficit in Parkinson’s disease

    Pietro Cipresso;Giovanni Albani;Silvia Serino;Elisa Pedroli

  • Is virtual reality always an effective stressors for exposure treatments? Some insights from a controlled trial.

    Federica Pallavicini;Pietro Cipresso;Simona Raspelli;Alessandra Grassi

  • A Social Virtual Reality-Based Application for the Physical and Cognitive Training of the Elderly at Home

    Sara Arlati;Vera Colombo;Daniele Spoladore;Luca Greci

Frequent Co-Authors

Giuseppe Riva
Giuseppe Riva Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Pietro Cipresso
Pietro Cipresso Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Andrea Gaggioli
Andrea Gaggioli Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Antonios Dakanalis
Antonios Dakanalis University of Milano-Bicocca
Stefano Triberti
Stefano Triberti University of Milan
Daniela Villani
Daniela Villani Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Rosa M. Baños
Rosa M. Baños University of Valencia
Cristina Botella
Cristina Botella Jaume I University
Gianluca Castelnuovo
Gianluca Castelnuovo Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Massimo Clerici
Massimo Clerici University of Milano-Bicocca

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