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Latest news, views and reviews about the work of the AffecTech consortium, a unique international research project advancing state-of-the-art research into personal health technologies for affective disorders.

Sixth form students develop wearable tech at special AffecTech STEM taster event
Sixth-form students have attended a special wearables technologies workshop at Lancaster University - where they developed their own innovative wearables displays. The workshop event, presented by AffecTech researchers, was part of an annual STEM day at the...

AffecTech academics awards successes
Members of AffecTech's academic leadership team received notable awards in 2019 • Prof. Corina Sas was awarded the Digital Female Leader Award for Science from Global Digital Women • Prof. Marta Kwiatkowska was awarded the top award in computing in the UK, the BCS...

AffecTech workshop at EMBC (Engineering in Medicine and Biology) conference
Developing mental healthcare technologies, understanding self-management interactive systems for affective health and wellbeing AffecTech colleagues from the University of Pisa were proud to host an exciting workshop in Berlin this year at the prestigious EMBC...

AffecTech at CHI 2019
Spotlight on affective health research at premier HCI gathering AffecTech was pleased to have a presence at CHI 2019, the leading conference for human-computer interaction (HCI). The conference, this year held in Glasgow, celebrates innovation and excellence in...

Challenges for affective computing
AffecTech presentation in Lisbon AffecTech Early Stage Researcher (ESR) Shadi Ghiasi has given a talk at the Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisbon, exploring challenges in affective computing. The talk formed part of her secondment activity at Plux, the wireless...

AffecTech showcases innovative mental health technology
Members of the public and healthcare professionals have tried out prototypes of innovative wearables technologies for mental health being developed at Lancaster University. They were able to test the cutting-edge technologies at a special event at Lancaster’s The...

Public engagement event – learn about innovations in digital mental health
Help shape the future of innovative technologies for mental health Members of the public are invited to find out more about innovations in interactive mental health technologies as part of a first of its kind public event in Lancaster. This is a unique...

Biosignals in Sync, Breathing in Sync
Is 'breathing in synchrony' the key for a good psychotherapy outcome? Will sound feedback be the instrument that lets users accomplish it? Inspired by Prof. Koole's research presented in Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore's (UNICATT) AffecTech training event in...

Behavioural activation – a useful technique to help you address mild depression
By Chengcheng Qu Depression, as a medical disorder, is one of the major affective disorders especially in developed countries. A report from WHO has shown that, by 2012, there were more than 300 million people living with it worldwide [1]. Clinical depression...

Exploring memory interventions in depression
Lifelogging technologies as a powerful tool for enhancing psychotherapeutic interventions to address human memory weaknesses in depression By Chengcheng Qu AffecTech's poster presentation from HCI 2018, Exploring Memory Interventions in Depression through...
AffecTech is a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network funded by European Commission H2020
