Publications
Events
Frontiers & Reichman University: 6th talk
SOCRATES consortium will present series of talks during this and next month. In the following seminars, we will go deeply...
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Frontiers & VHIR: 5th talk
SOCRATES consortium will present series of talks during this and next month. In the following seminars, we will go deeply...
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Frontiers & UM: 4th talk
SOCRATES consortium will present series of talks during this and next month. In the following seminars, we will go deeply...
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Frontiers & VBW: 3rd talk
SOCRATES consortium will present series of talks during this and next month. In the following seminars, we will go deeply...
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Frontiers & VBW: 2nd talk
SOCRATES consortium will present series of talks during this and next month. In the following seminars, we will go deeply...
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Frontiers & VHIR: 1st talk
SOCRATES consortium will present series of talks during this and next month. In the following seminars, we will go deeply...
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Press Releases
Vall d´Hebron Press release
The researchers will develop a virtual reality system that will allow obese patients to be aware of their body, overcome...
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Maastricht University Press release
Awarded H2020 Project Kicks Off. BISS Team Members are part of a consortium granted on Interactive Technologies and Industrial Leadership...
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Newsletters
Newsletter 6: August 2023
This Newsletter is uploaded on the website on the last day of the SOCRATES project. Here, we aim to provide...
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Newsletter 5: March 2023
This Newsletter comprises both the Research and dissemination activities from the SOCRATES consortium. Continue reading
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Newsletter 4: September 2022
In the September 2022 SOCRATESVR Newsletter #4, we start with updates on the research and dissemination activities done by all...
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Newsletter 3: March 2022
Research activities In this newsletter, we start with updates on the research activities from the partners UM and VHIR. UM...
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Newsletter 2: August 2021
Progress and achievements 3rd and 4rth General Meetings Socrates had two virtual General meetings, in which all partners shared important...
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Newsletter 1: March 2021
Welcome to SocratesSocrates is an innovative project for obesity treatment that proposes virtual reality (VR) to allowpatients tackling three major...
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Scientific Publications
Early threat perception is independent of later cognitivemand behavioral control. A virtual reality-EEG-ECG study
Abstract Research on social threat has shown inf luences of various factors, such as agent characteristics, proximity, and social interaction...
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When Your Partner is Being Flirted With: The Impact of Unsolicited Attention on Perceived Partner Desirability and Mate Retention Efforts
Abstract When searching for a partner, people often rely on social cues to determine partners’ suitability, finding those who attract...
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Enhancing Hybrid Live Events with LLM-Based Virtual Humans
Abstract It is becoming increasingly easier to set up multi-user virtual reality sessions, and these can become viable alternatives to...
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Usability publication
Virtual self-conversation using motivational interviewing techniques to promote healthy eating and physical activity: A usability study Citation: Anastasiadou, D., Herrero, P.,...
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Protocol publication
Clinical efficacy of a virtual reality tool for the treatment of obesity: study protocol of a randomised controlled trial Citation: Anastasiadou, D.,...
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Congress Participations
A Deep CNN Model for Inferring 3D Human Body Shapes Using Front and Side Images
VBW presented their new approach, a model that enables the creation of a fully movable avatar that can be embodied...
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Talking to yourself to improve your health habits: The experiment with ConVRself
The qualitative results of the training on Motivational Interviewing skills received by patients with obesity were presented as an oral...
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A virtual Reality tool using embodiment and body swapping techniques for the treatment of obesity: A usability study
The first results of the usability study carried out by the VHIR team with healthy volunteers were presented as an...
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A virtual Reality tool for the treatment of obesity: Study protocol of a Randomised Controlled Trial
The protocol of the upcoming trial was presented by Dimitra Anastasiadou as an oral communication at the Global Network Event...
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A virtual Reality tool for the treatment of obesity: Study protocol of a Randomised Controlled Trial
The Socrates team of the Vall d´Hebron Hospital presented a poster with the protocol of the upcoming clinical trial at...
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