Emotion, Cognition, and Immersive Technologies: Towards Adaptive Interventions for Mental Wellness

Last week, Rayna Ney from Mobiliar Lab for Analytics at ETH Zurich (ETH Zürich) gave a talk at the Media Informatics Group (LMU). Titled “Emotion, Cognition, and Immersive Technologies: Towards Adaptive Interventions for Mental Wellness,” her talk explored how we can support user mental wellbeing in contexts such as VR and how this can translate to real-world contexts such as call center workers. She envisions using physiological signals such as EEG to support users’ wellbeing by adapting the environment to the user’s needs. By understanding how customer call interactions impact mental and emotional states, she aims to develop interventions that support people in emotionally challenging contexts.