Andrea Gaggioli

Andrea Gaggioli, Ph.D. is a Research Professor of General Psychology at the Catholic University of Milan, Italy; Senior Researcher of the Interactive Communication and Ergonomics of NEw Technologies (ICE-NET) Lab. at the Catholic University of Milan, Italy, and Deputy Head Researcher at the Applied Technology for Neuro-Psychology Laboratory - ATN-P Lab., Istituto Auxologico Italiano. For over ten years, Gaggioli has investigated the potential role of pervasive technologies in promoting mental and physical wellbeing. His involvement with those research areas has led to the co-authoring of over fifty articles in refereed journals, including these papers published in Science: (i) Gaggioli A., Riva G., Working the Crowd, Science. 2008 Sep 12;321(5895):1443; (ii) Gorini A, Gaggioli A, Riva G. Virtual Worlds, Real Healing. Science. 2007 Dec 7;318(5856):1549. For his scientific work, Gaggioli has received several international acknowledgements, including the 2005 Annual Prize from the European Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine.

Publications

Positive Technology for Helping People Cope with Stress
Positive Technology for Helping People Cope with Stress
Daniela Villani, Pietro Cipresso, Andrea Gaggioli, Giuseppe Riva. © 2021. 28 pages.
The emerging convergence of new technologies and health care is offering a new approach to support effective interventions. This chapter aims to describe how Positive Technology...
Integrating Technology in Positive Psychology Practice
Integrating Technology in Positive Psychology Practice
Daniela Villani, Pietro Cipresso, Andrea Gaggioli, Giuseppe Riva. © 2016. 447 pages.
Most research on the psychological impact of computers and the Internet has focused on the negative side of technology – i.e. how the use (abuse) of interactive systems and...
Positive Technology: The Use of Technology for Improving and Sustaining Personal Change
Positive Technology: The Use of Technology for Improving and Sustaining Personal Change
Giuseppe Riva, Daniela Villani, Pietro Cipresso, Andrea Gaggioli. © 2016. 37 pages.
This chapter describes and discusses the “Positive Technology” approach: the scientific and applied approach for the use of technology in improving the quality of our personal...
Positive Technology for Helping People Cope with Stress
Positive Technology for Helping People Cope with Stress
Daniela Villani, Pietro Cipresso, Andrea Gaggioli, Giuseppe Riva. © 2016. 28 pages.
The emerging convergence of new technologies and health care is offering a new approach to support effective interventions. This chapter aims to describe how Positive Technology...
Virtual Reality as an Experiential Tool: The Role of Virtual Worlds in Psychological Interventions
Virtual Reality as an Experiential Tool: The Role of Virtual Worlds in Psychological Interventions
Alessandra Gorini, Andrea Gaggioli, Giuseppe Riva. © 2010. 20 pages.
The present chapter illustrates the past and the future of different virtual reality applications for the treatment of psychological disorders. After a brief technical...