Abele Michela

Abele Michela
University of Geneva | UNIGE · Department of Fundamental Neurosciences (NEUFO)

Doctor of Philosophy

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Introduction
Current project: Training decision making under stress for police officers Methods: biofeedback, VR, neurofeedback, behavioral measurements in VR

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Publications (13)
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BACKGROUND Virtual-Reality (VR) is typically seen as an affordable and innovative tool to train first responders on technical proficiency. We investigated if the significant advantages of VR training also benefit soft skills training, an often-overlooked aspect of emergency training. OBJECTIVE Investigate the usability of VR to improve first respo...
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Adequate control over evolutionary engrained bodily stress reactions is essential to avoid23 disproportionate responses during highly arousing situations in police. This regulation can be trained24 via heart rate variability (HRV)-biofeedback, a widely used intervention aiming to improve stress25 regulation, but typically conducted under passive, l...
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It is widely recognized that police performance may be hindered by psychophysiological state changes during acute stress. To address the need for awareness and control of these physiological changes, police academies in many countries have implemented Heart-Rate Variability (HRV) biofeedback training. Despite these trainings now being widely delive...
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It is widely recognized that police performance may be hindered by psychophysiological state changes during acute stress. To address the need for awareness and control of these physiological changes, police academies in many countries have implemented Heart-Rate Variability (HRV) biofeedback training. Despite these trainings now being widely delive...
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Stroke frequently produces attentional dysfunctions including symptoms of hemispatial neglect, which is characterized by a breakdown of awareness for the contralesional hemispace. Recent studies with functional MRI (fMRI) suggest that hemineglect patients display abnormal intra- and interhemispheric functional connectivity. However, since stroke is...
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As part of the Dutch national science program “Professional Games for Professional Skills” we developed a stress-exposure biofeedback training in virtual reality (VR) for the Dutch police. We aim to reduce the acute negative impact of stress on performance, as well as long-term consequences for mental health by facilitating physiological stress reg...
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Neurofeedback (NFB) is a brain-based training method that enables users to control their own cortical oscillations using real-time feedback from the electroencephalogram (EEG). Importantly, no investigations to date have directly explored the potential impact of NFB on the brain’s key neuromodulatory systems. Our study’s objective was to assess the...
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Stroke frequently produces attentional dysfunctions including symptoms of hemispatial neglect, which is characterized by a breakdown of awareness for the contralesional hemispace. Recent studies with functional MRI (fMRI) suggest that hemineglect patients display abnormal intra- and inter- hemispheric functional connectivity. However, since stroke...
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Despite recent attempts to use electroencephalogram (EEG) neurofeedback (NFB) as a tool for rehabilitation of motor stroke, its potential for improving neurological impairments of attention—such as visuospatial neglect—remains underexplored. It is also unclear to what extent changes in cortical oscillations contribute to the pathophysiology of negl...
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Brain oscillations exhibit long-range temporal correlations (LRTCs), which reflect the regularity of their fluctuations: low values representing more random (decorrelated) while high values more persistent (correlated) dynamics. LRTCs constitute supporting evidence that the brain operates near criticality, a state where neuronal activities are bala...
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Neurofeedback (NFB) involves a brain-computer interface that enables users to self-regulate neural activity in a closed-loop. Despite recent attempt to use NFB with EEG as a tool for rehabilitation of motor stroke, its potential for improving stroke-related impairments of attention -such as visuospatial neglect- remains underexplored. It is also un...

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