Abele Michelaonline
Researcher at GEMH LabShort bio
Phd student working on a training program for Dutch Police incorporating Virtual Reality and Biofeedback.
Top-3 games
- Morrowind
- Bioshock
- Monkey Island 2
"Something"
Someone
About me
Hi! I’m a Phd student at the Behavioral Science Institute of the Radboud university in Nijmegen. My project is centered on the implementation of a training program for policemen. The aim of the training is to improve decision making under stress. It will include Virtual reality, Biofeedback, electroencephalographic (EEG) measurements and potentially also neurofeedback. My main interest is in the characterization of optimal bio markers for decision making and stress regulation, and their implementation in a feedback context.
I started academia with a bachelor of Life Sciences and Technologies at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), including a bachelor project focused on the tracing of cortico/thalamic connections in rodent brain slices. I then continued with a master in Neurosciences from the University of Geneva, where I had the opportunity to design and run several projects revolving around the modulation of attentional networks with EEG neurofeedback, both in healthy subjects and stroke patients.
Projects I’ve worked on
-
CategoryBehavior RegulationDate23/04/2018Study/CourseLocation
DUST: Decisions Under Stress Training - A Biofeedback Training in Virtual Reality for police officers
About the projectThe work of a police officer can be seen as an evolutionary paradox: in places and situations where most people would fall prey to survival instincts of self-preservation, police officers ought to act calm, with proportionality and benevolence. This is why police officers need to train control over their responses to threat as much as possible. To enable this, we develop a virtual training environment with real-time biofeedback. We combine virtual reality and biofeedback to create a personalized, realistic training experience, while honing state-of-the-art technology and psychophysical theory.
Events View all events
My publications
-
Preparing The Heart for Duty: Virtual Reality Biofeedback in an Arousing Action Game Improves in-action Voluntary Heart Rate Variability Control in Experienced Police [Doctoral Dissertation]
A. Michela (2024). Preparing The Heart for Duty: Virtual Reality Biofeedback in an Arousing Action Game Improves in-action Voluntary Heart Rate Variability Control in Experienced Police. Doctoral Thesis. Radboud University.
Author: Abele Michela
Upload date: 06-13-2024
-
Breathing Biofeedback for Police Officers in a Stressful Virtual Environment: Challenges and Opportunities
Brammer, J. C., van Peer, J. M., Michela, A., van Rooij, M. M. J. W., Oostenveld, R., Klumpers, F., Dorrestijn, W., Granic, I., & Roelofs, K. (2021). Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 586553. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.586553
Author: Jan Brammer
Upload date: 03-12-2021
-
Reducing the Noise of Reality
Michela, A., van Rooij, M. M. J. W., Klumpers, F., van Peer, J. M. J. M., Roelofs, K., & Granic, I. (2019). Psychological Inquiry, 30(4), 203–210. https://doi.org/10.1080/1047840X.2019.1693872
Author: Abele Michela
Upload date: 01-04-2020
-
Abela Michela on Google Scholar
Behavioral Science, Police Research, Neurofeedback, EEG
Author: Abele Michela
Upload date: 03-16-2025
-
Deep-Breathing Biofeedback Trainability in a Virtual-Reality Action Game: A Single-Case Design Study With Police Trainers
Michela, A., van Peer, J. M., Brammer, J. C., Nies, A., van Rooij, M. M. J. W., Oostenveld, R., Dorrestijn, W., Smit, A. S., Roelofs, K., Klumpers, F., & Granic, I. (2022). Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 29. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.806163
Author: Abele Michela
Upload date: 02-10-2022
Worked together with
Professor and Chair of the Developmental Psychopathology department in the Behavioural Science Institute; writer; voracious podcast consumer; mother of two upstanding little gamers
Professor at McMaster's University & Co-founder of PlayNice Interactive
I help really cool people craft really cool experiences that leave a real impact on the world. I can confidently bridge the gap between high level design and technical implementation, and I believe building trust is the key to any team success.
Founder of Koontz Interactive
Game developer, VR-guru, mocap artist, animator, video editor, and all-round problem solver. Avid gamer, movie lover and knowledge sponge.
Multimedia Designer at Radboud University
I work with clients to design ecosystems, adapt bleeding edge research and develop end-to-end strategies that help improve the lives of their patients, practitioners and users.
CEO and Co-founder of PlayNice Interactive
Jan Brammer
Brains, bytes, and bikes.
PhD-Candidate
Karin Roelofs
Professor of Experimental Psychopathology at the Behavioural Science Institute (BSI) and chair of the PI-group “Affective Neuroscience” at the Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging (DCCN), Radboud University. Director of the EPAN Lab (www.epanlab.nl)
Professor
Jacobien van Peer
My research focuses on motivational processes, specifically emotional information processing and action tendencies, and the neurobiological and brain mechanisms underlying these processes and their role in psychopathology and maladaptive behaviour.
Assistant Professor