Emotional survival during pandemic. Fortunately, the COVID pandemic is gradually declining around the world, cases are diminishing, we can go out safely for shopping, travel, spare time at restaurants, bars, and theaters. Now we can leave out our confinement at home and leave behind the "home office". It seemed like an "eternity", on that time … Continue reading Emotional expression in the digital realm
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Insights into digital mental health
The arrival of the digital self: “res digitalis”
The Cartesian mind-body dualism extended to the digital realm. “Cogito, digitalis, ergo sum” The mind-body problem The mind-body problem has been one of the most fascinating problems addressed in philosophy, neurosciences, and psychology. It is about the relationship between mind and body, which elicits some important questions such as: What is it for the mind … Continue reading The arrival of the digital self: “res digitalis”
The rise of friendly social robots for our mental health
The pandemic has had a profound impact on our daily lives, particularly affecting our mental health. Social robots could help us. The impact of the pandemic on our mental health and the use of technology The pandemic has had a profound impact on our daily lives, particularly affecting our mental health. According to the World … Continue reading The rise of friendly social robots for our mental health
Making friends and close relationships with chatbots
What is a chatbot? It is an artificial intelligence (AI) program that can simulate a conversation with a person using natural language. With the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, the demand for chatbots increased to provide the users a friendly companion as well as automated customer service to get supplies during the crisis, driving an … Continue reading Making friends and close relationships with chatbots
The emergence of a Human Digital Twin
Human Digital Twin: A psychological perspective. What is a digital twin? In a nutshell, it is a “virtual” representation of a physical object or process, where its state is constantly monitored with data obtained in real time. The applications of digital twins are mainly focused on industrial-type physical devices. A hypothesis follows: Is it possible … Continue reading The emergence of a Human Digital Twin
Distorted self: How the technology is making it easy.
Psychologically, all people experience to a lesser or greater degree a distortion of our personal image, and we all experience cognitive distortions, which are the thoughts that cause us to perceive reality in an inappropriate way. This is not so bad, if it does not exceed certain limits...
Social Media and mental health
The relationship between Social Media and Mental Health is continuosly growing and supporting each other. The Social Media is undoubtely now a rich data base of unstructured information that is usefull for e-marketing , consumer insights, political and social behaviour discovery. But beyond that, social media is becoming right now a rich platform to provide … Continue reading Social Media and mental health
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