Guixeres Provinciale, Jaime; Saiz Rodríguez, Francisco Javier; Alcañiz Raya, Mariano Luis; Cebolla, Ausias; Escobar, Patricia; Banos, Rosa; Botella, Cristina; Lison, Juan Francisco; Alvarez, Julio; Cantero, Laura; Lurbe, Empar(Graz University of Technology, Institut für Informationssysteme und Computer Medien (IICM)Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 2013)
Virtual Reality (VR) could be an interesting tool to combat obesity and sedentariness in children. During the last years a multidisciplinary research team comprised of engineers, psychologists, physiotherapists and ...
Baños, Rosa M.; Cebolla, Ausias; Zaragozá, Irene; Botella, Cristina; Alcañiz Raya, Mariano Luis(VIRTUAL REALITY MEDICAL INSTITUTE, 2009)
[EN] Childhood obesity is a significant health problem in western societies. Self-monitoring techniques, such as the use of dietary and physical activity registers, are considered to be central to cognitive-behavioral ...
[EN] Mindfulness practice consists of focusing attention in an intentional way on the experience of the present moment, including bodily sensations, thoughts or feelings, and the environment, with an attitude of acceptance ...
The psychological construct of mindfulness refers to an awareness that emerges by intentionally paying attention to the present experience in a non-judgmental or evaluative way. This particular quality of awareness has ...
Cebolla, Ausias; Herrero, Rocio; Ventura, Sara; Miragall, Marta; Bellosta-Batalla, Miguel; Llorens Rodríguez, Roberto; Baños, Rosa María(Frontiers Media SA, 2019-07-02)
[EN] Compassion-based interventions (CBIs) have been shown to be effective for increasing empathy and compassion, and reducing stress, anxiety, and depression. CBIs are based on constructive meditations where imagery ...
[EN] The Rubber Hand Illusion (RHI) is a perceptual illusion that enables integration of artificial limbs into the body representation through combined multisensory integration. Most previous studies investigating the RHI ...
Baños, Rosa M.; Escobar, Patricia; Cebolla, Ausias; Guixeres Provinciale, Jaime; Alvarez Pitti, Julio; Lisón, Juan Francisco; Botella, Cristina(Mary Ann Liebert, 2016-02-01)
This study analyzes the potential of virtual reality (VR) to enhance attentional distraction in overweight children as they experience bodily sensations during exercise. It has been suggested that one reason why obese ...