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Category Archives: Apps

Emotion Contagion from virtual humans

Posted on January 18th, 2024 by Marco Otte

Emotion contagion in groups via virtual representatives Emotions are known to be infectious when people meet in person. By interacting with each other, a group tends to become more similar in the emotions they express, resulting in the display of … Continue reading →

Posted in Apps, Game Cella, News, Research Spotlight, Tech Labs, Uncategorised, VRblog

Training mentalization in Virtual Reality

Posted on September 7th, 2022 by Marco Otte

For our Mentalizing project (see here) we’ve recently created a nice promotional video to tell people about the application. Enjoy!

Posted in Apps, Tech Labs, VRblog

Neurofilament Light application online

Posted on November 23rd, 2020 by Marco Otte

The Neurofilament Light (NfL) is a biomarker for axioanl damage which is an indicator for neurodegenrative diseases such as Alzheimer’s. To help doctors in diagnosing neurodegenerative diseases, the Amsterdam UMC together with other research groups gathered a large set of … Continue reading →

Posted in Apps, News, Tech Labs

Researching Online Data Platforms

Posted on September 29th, 2020 by Marco Otte

At the end of 2019 the Network Institute’s Tech Labs started collaborating with Giulia Ranzini (Communication Science). The experiment was carried out thanks to the Idea Generator grant. Our goal was to understand which of the (few) elements on dating … Continue reading →

Posted in Apps, News, Tech Labs, The Network Institute

Weston Brain Institute grant project starts in collaboration with the Tech Labs

Posted on February 14th, 2019 by Marco Otte

Professor Charlotte Teunissen and her team at the NeuroChemistry group at the VUmc, received a grant from the Weston Brain Institute to further develop a biomarker helping in the detection of a large number of neurodegenerative diseases (such as Alzheimer’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Apps, Game Cella, News, Tech Labs, The Network Institute

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