By AffecTech researcher Dionne Bowie In difficult times, it is important to be understanding and kind to ourselves and others. This is self–compassion. It involves: Mindfulness: Being aware of negative thoughts and emotions. Observing these openly and without...
THREE TIPS TO ENHANCE YOUR POSITIVE EMOTIONS Positive Reminiscence Smiling Acts of kindness By AffecTech researcher Desirée Colombo AffecTech is supporting Mental Health Awareness Week 2020 May 18-24 “Acts of kindness means offering...
As the world continues to respond to the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic small acts of kindness are becoming increasingly important in our daily lives. Acts of kindness do make a tremendous difference to the mental health and wellbeing of both recipient and giver....
By Chengcheng Qu Mobile apps have huge potential to scale up the delivery of depression treatments, however, actions need to be taken for regulating such apps to protect users, especially children or adolescents. These are the findings of a recent AffecTech study [3],...
Honourable mention awards for AffecTech researchers AffecTech project is featured prominently at the prestigious CHI 2020 conference, the premier international conference of Human-Computer Interaction, with three full papers, two of which receiving Honourable...
Learning materials from all AffecTech network wide training events were initially made available via our project website. In April 2020, we have also launched a dedicated e-learning platform: https://www.affectech-elearning.com/ Via the e-learning platform, AffecTech...
