Mind–Technology Interaction in the New Digital Era
A special issue of European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education (ISSN 2254-9625).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2025 | Viewed by 1010
Special Issue Editors
Interests: psychological processes in human–computer interaction; well-being in clinical and non-clinical populations; AI and computing science
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: designing blended experiences; product design; mixed reality; conceptual blending (cognitive linguistics); presence theory; human-computer interaction
Interests: HCI; VR; affective computing
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue will focus on the convergence of advanced technology and the human mind, examining the former as both a medium for psychological interventions and a tool for measuring and predicting clinical outcomes, alongside psychological variables. We aim to explore the opportunities and challenges presented by new technological frontiers such as digital interventions, virtual reality, augmented reality, and the metaverse. This issue will also cover how individual and psychological factors shape the effectiveness of these technologies and how technological tools can contribute to measuring and predicting key psychological aspects. Furthermore, studies tackling the application of new computational techniques and artificial intelligence will be of great interest.
The main topics of interest include the following:
- Relationship between psychological variables and technology, specifically exploring how attitudes towards technology, motivation, and resilience affect its use;
- Individual mechanisms and technology in psychological interventions, including factors which moderate the effectiveness of technology-mediated psychological interventions;
- Use cases, outcomes, and challenges of virtual reality, augmented reality, and the metaverse in clinical and health psychology;
- Technology for measurement and prediction, specifically focusing on new tools for assessing psychological variables and predicting clinical outcomes;
- Ethical and practical implications, including ethical considerations in the use of technology in psychology, with a focus on the limitations and opportunities of these new frontiers;
- Artificial intelligence and new computational techniques, including the applications of AI and advanced computational methods in psychological assessment and intervention;
- Well-being intervention mediated by technology, specifically the role of digital interventions in promoting mental health and well-being.
Dr. Andrea Chirico
Dr. Brian O’Keefe
Dr. Maurizio Mancini
Dr. Tommaso Palombi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- psychological process in technology
- augmented reality
- well-being
- human–computer interaction
- motivation
- behavioral change processes
- artificial intelligence
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