Marieke van Rooijonline
Short bio
Assistant prof. and data geek at the GEMH lab, dynamical modelling, personalisation, wants to put the I back into AI, news junkie, cat lover.
Top-3 games
- DEEP
- Fireboy and Watergirl
- Elder Sign
"It’s all fun and games until someone divides by zero"
About me
I am assistant professor at the Games for Emotional and Mental Health Lab and the department of Developmental Psychopathology. I have a cross-disciplinary background and received both my B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Applied Mathematics from Delft University of Technology, where I later also held my first postdoc postdoc position in Affective Computing. I received my Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology from the University of Cincinnati, OH. My research interests include nonlinear dynamical systems modelling, applied games, and behavioural and clinical change processes. My specific focus is on the analysis of in-game behaviour and physiological states towards real-time personalization of game interventions for children and adolescents with mental health problems (work that is supported by a ZonMw Off-Road grant). I am involved in many of the GEMH Lab projects and the daily supervision of several of its students.
Projects I’ve worked on
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CategoryAnxietyDate22/09/2020Study/CourseLocation
Biofeedback Videogames for Anxiety Regulation
About the projectThis project explores the potential of using biofeedback video games for anxiety regulation. Specifically, the projects aims to 1) develop and assessing the efficacy of the biofeedback game DEEP, a breath-based biofeedback video game, as an anxiety regulation tool and 2) identify possible determinants of change in biofeedback interventions for anxiety regulation.
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CategoryAnxietyDate22/09/2020Study/CourseLocation
Gaming Against Anxiety: New Methodology for Personalized Game Interventions
About the projectAnxiety disorders are among the most common psychopathologies in children. This project investigates the effects of a biofeedback virtual reality game (DEEP) on breathing and anxiety-related symptoms in anxious children and develops new algorithms to detect changes in the player’s behavior during the game. The aim is to enable game interventions that are personalized to each individual child.
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CategoryDepressionDate30/10/2017Study/CourseLocation
Social Media & Mental Health
About the projectSocial media are immensely popular, and - as it happens - a dense source of social information. In this project, we investigate what sort of information and experiences young people encounter on these social media, and how these things relate to their mental wellbeing, as well as how young people's momentary wellbeing relates to their social media behaviours.
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CategoryResilienceDate22/09/2020Study/CourseLocation
Reducing Stress Through Virtual Social Support
About the projectPeople with large social networks on average live longer, happier, less stressed lives. We can potentially leverage video games and virtual spaces to increase the experience of social support and impact daily stress and anxiety. Therefore, this project aims to show that virtual social support can lower stress, and potentially impact stress coping behaviours.
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CategoryGamingDate23/04/2018Study/CourseLocation
Control Over Automatic Action Tendencies Under Threat: A Biofeedback Training in Virtual Reality
About the projectFast and accurate decision making in threatening situations is vital for police officers on duty. However, under threat, people tend to react impulsively and lack cognitive control. 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.
My updates
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@Marieke van Rooij - 18-05-2020
RT @Gryphire: Nice big spread in the Dutch @volkskrant about @GEMH_Lab’s work and Mindlight in particular! Go @ScholtenHannes and @yoanneke…
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@Marieke van Rooij - 18-05-2020
RT @Monobanda: @yoanneke @exploreDEEP @volkskrant @GEMH_Lab Wauw! #deep was mentioned in the Dutch newspaper @volkskrant! #game #anxiety @R…
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@Marieke van Rooij - 18-05-2020
RT @yoanneke: Our research with @exploreDEEP was mentioned today in a Dutch newspaper @volkskrant as part of a bigger piece on games for an…
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@Marieke van Rooij - 21-06-2019
RT @Gryphire: Ready to rep @GEMH_Lab at @Radboud_Uni’s annual #BSIday with my poster about our newly developed approach to #socialmedia res…
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@Marieke van Rooij - 21-06-2019
RT @Gryphire: Great presentation at the @Radboud_Uni #BSIday by @GEMH_Lab’s Marlou Poppelaars about an issue transcending many studies: une…
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@Marieke van Rooij - 21-09-2018
RT @AniekWols: Thanks to everyone who attended our symposium today at #eara2018 'Promoting emotional resilience through games for emotional…
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Classic TED-talk worth watching
Marieke van Rooij - 08-09-2017Do schools kill our kids' creativity?
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Social media and young people’s mental health and wellbeing
Marieke van Rooij - 24-05-2017Report by the RSPH about the relationship between social media and young people’s mental health and wellbeing: https://www.rsph.org.uk/our-work/policy/social-media-and-young-people-s-mental-health-and-wellbeing.html
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Dungeons & Dragons as therapy?
Marieke van Rooij - 04-05-2017Check out this interesting article about using the tabletop roleplaying classic D&D to help kids improve their emotional and/or mental health.
Events View all events
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26FebruaryAbout the event
Games for Mental Health in the Lowlands
LocationKU Leuven
The symposium will be held in the renovated building 'Collegium Veteranorum'
My publications
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DEEP: A Biofeedback Virtual Reality Game for Children At-risk for Anxiety
van Rooij, M., Lobel, A., Harris, O., Smit, N., & Granic, I. (2016). CHI'16 Extended Abstracts, May 07-12, 2016, San Jose, CA, USA
Author: Marieke van Rooij
Upload date: 05-07-2016
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Marieke van Rooij on Google Scholar
Nonlinear Methods, Dynamical Systems Theory, Affective Computing, Applied Games
Author: Marieke van Rooij
Upload date: 09-22-2020
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Efficacy of a Virtual Reality Biofeedback Game (DEEP) to Reduce Anxiety and Disruptive Classroom Behavior: Single-Case Study
Bossenbroek, R., Wols, A., Weerdmeester, J., Lichtwarck-Aschoff, A., Granic, I., & van Rooij, M. (2020). JMIR Mental Health, 7(3), e16066. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/16066
Author: Aniek Wols
Upload date: 03-24-2020
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Exploring the Role of Self-efficacy in Biofeedback Video Games
Weerdmeester, J., van Rooij, M., Harris, O., Smit, N., Engels, R. C., & Granic, I. (2017, October). Exploring the role of self-efficacy in biofeedback video games. In Extended Abstracts Publication of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play (pp. 453-461). ACM.
Author: Joanneke Weerdmeester
Upload date: 10-15-2017
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DEEP: A biofeedback virtual reality game for children at-risk for anxiety
Anxiety disorders are among the most frequently diagnosed mental health problems in children, leading to potentially devastating outcomes on a personal level and high costs for society. Although evidence-based interventions are readily available, their outcomes are often disappointing and variable. In particular, existing interventions are not effective long-term nor tailored to differences in individual responsiveness. We therefore need a new approach to the prevention and treatment of anxiety in children and a commensurate scientific methodology to uncover individual profiles of change. We argue that applied games have a great deal of potential for both. The current paper presents results from a recent pilot study using a biofeedback virtual reality game (DEEP). DEEP integrates established therapeutic principles with an embodied and intuitive learning process towards improved anxiety regulation skills.
Author: Marieke van Rooij
Upload date: 10-10-2016
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An Integrative Model for the Effectiveness of Biofeedback Interventions for Anxiety Regulation: Viewpoint
Weerdmeester, J., van Rooij, M. M., Engels, R. C., & Granic, I. (2020). Journal of Medical Internet Research, 22(7), e14958.
Author: Joanneke Weerdmeester
Upload date: 07-23-2020
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Efficacy of a Virtual Reality Biofeedback Game (DEEP) to Reduce Anxiety and Disruptive Classroom Behavior: Single-Case Study
Bossenbroek, R., Wols, A., Weerdmeester, J., Lichtwarck-Aschoff, A., Granic, I., & van Rooij, M. (2020). JMIR Mental Health, 7(3), e16066. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/16066
Author: Aniek Wols
Upload date: 03-24-2020
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DEEP: A biofeedback virtual reality game for children at-risk for anxiety
Anxiety disorders are among the most frequently diagnosed mental health problems in children, leading to potentially devastating outcomes on a personal level and high costs for society. Although evidence-based interventions are readily available, their outcomes are often disappointing and variable. In particular, existing interventions are not effective long-term nor tailored to differences in individual responsiveness. We therefore need a new approach to the prevention and treatment of anxiety in children and a commensurate scientific methodology to uncover individual profiles of change. We argue that applied games have a great deal of potential for both. The current paper presents results from a recent pilot study using a biofeedback virtual reality game (DEEP). DEEP integrates established therapeutic principles with an embodied and intuitive learning process towards improved anxiety regulation skills.
Author: Marieke van Rooij
Upload date: 10-10-2016
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A Stimulated Recall Method for the Improved Assessment of Quantity and Quality of Social Media Use
Griffioen, N., Van Rooij, M., Lichtwarck-Aschoff, A., & Granic, I. (2020). A Stimulated Recall Method for the Improved Assessment of Quantity and Quality of Social Media Use. J Med Internet Res 2020;22(1):e15529.
Author: Nastasia Griffioen
Upload date: 01-28-2020
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PhD-Candidate
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Graduate
Assistant Professor at the Developmental Psychopathology Department, mainly interested in general processes and principles of clinical change; mother of two wild boys.
Assistant Professor
I am a PhD-Candidate passionate about internalizing psychopathology prevention and the use of technology and innovation for this purpose while stimulating intrinsic motivation. I love to read, cook and bake everything delicious. Working on finishing my dissertation and Two Dots (Level 2253 and counting).
PhD-Candidate
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PhD-Candidate
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Niki Smit
Game Designer & Artist
Owen Harris
Game Designer, Teacher & Human
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