News & Updates
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Happy 2021! Tips for a fresh, productive start!
Nastasia Griffioen - 11-01-2021It's been a hell of a year, that old 2020. But now, we're starting a new one, and a new decade at that! Time for a fresh start. Here are some personal tips given by our GEMH Lab team members!
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My road to the GEMH Lab
Yannick van Dijk - 11-12-2020I met the GEMHLab on Facebook some years ago while I was still in my Sociology Bachelor. Now, I'm doing my Master's internship at GEMH Lab, and here's my experience so far!
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Out now: Nastasia as guest on the Ethical Tech podcast!
Nastasia Griffioen - 30-11-2020Little over a month ago, I was approached by Dipan Patel to talk about my work on social media and wellbeing! Now, it's out!
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Come join Isabela at her salon about self-construction through storytelling!
GEMH Lab - 23-11-2020In this online event that takes place tomorrow, Wednesday 24th of November, Isabela will lead a discussion about how we create the story of our 'self', how the tendrils of identity become intertwined through storytelling. We will think about the many processes and artefacts we use to construct the self, centuries old to the present digital moment.
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Quality Zooming
Nastasia Griffioen - 19-11-2020We’re building an app to help youth reflect on their digital tech use, and in order for us to know better what to build for our target audience and how, I set out to conduct focus groups. This is my experience so far!
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A Journey Completed! | Dr. Verheijen's Doctoral Defense "The Interplay between Video Games and Social Adjustment in Adolescence"
Geert Verheijen - 07-11-2020On October 13th, 2020 Geert Verheijen successfully defended his dissertation on the interplay between video games and social adjustment in adolescence. In this blog you can find a summary of the press releases surrounding his doctoral defence as well as a link to his dissertation.
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Unity for Humanity Summit | Merging Art and Science in the Meditative VR Game DEEP
Joanneke Weerdmeester - 02-11-2020Prof dr. Isabela Granic and Owen Harris (DEEP director) spoke at the Unity for Humanity summit about how the VR biofeedback game DEEP merges art and science to soothe players’ anxiety. Watch the 10-min video where Isabel and Owen outline the design and research of DEEP.
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Interview about DEEP research on local broadcast RN7
Joanneke Weerdmeester - 02-11-2020GEMH Lab's Joanneke Weerdmeester was interviewed by the local radio RN7 to talk about her research with DEEP
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DEEP research nominated for the Klokhuis Science Prize 2020 - VOTE NOW!
Joanneke Weerdmeester - 16-10-2020Our research on the efficacy of the game DEEP has been nominated for the Klokhuis Science prize 2020! Klokhuis is a well-known educational TV show for children in the Netherlands and the winner will be featured in one of their episodes. Votes are open until November 13th. Please vote for us!
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Emoji: Nice or noisy?
Nastasia Griffioen - 16-09-2020Every once in a while I get a text, and it has no emoji in it. And even though the text is fine, and the contents are pretty neutral, the fact that there are no emoji puts my mind in an instantaneous state of doubt — is this person mad at me?