BDLab

Behavioural Design Lab

Detail Research lines Projects Publications Collaboration Theses

Date of inception 01 January 2006

Unit: Digital health, health, well-being

The primary objective of the PSiNET (Psychology, Health and the Net) research group is to study the psychological aspects related with the use of the ICTs for health and quality of life, and also the different approaches to the use of Internet to improve knowledge and support care processes in health and illness. We work with different populations (for example, rare diseases, chronic pain, children, adolescents, elderly), from the professional and citizen viewpoints (for example, ePatient, patients' associations, ICT interventions), in different contexts (for example, sport, education) and addressing organizational and personal aspects (for example, how use of the ICTs affects cognitive processes). With a clear vocation to serve the community, PSiNET offers a psychological approach to professionals, researchers and society in general with respect to the use of ICTs in the health domain. The PSiNET Group has the Behavior Design Lab that aims to describe and understand the principles, models and techniques that favor behavior change through ICTs, both in the field of individual and public health.