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Fábio Dias is a PhD student in Clinical Psychology and an assistant at Lusófona University. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Psychological Sciences from ISPA-IU and a Masters Degree in Cybertherapy & Neurocognitive Rehabilitation from Lusófona. In both research and practice, his work addresses the interconnection between psychology and technology, with a special focus on the use of extended realities (XR) and artificial intelligence (AI) in psychological assessment and intervention.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Fábio André Sousa Dias
Gender
Male

Citation names

  • Dias, F.
  • Dias, Fábio

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
EF1D-6415-7A5C
ORCID iD
0000-0002-9626-5286

Email addresses

  • fabio.dias@ulusofona.pt (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Social Sciences - Psychology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Italian Elementary (A2) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Education
Degree Classification
2021/07/01 - 2025/07/31
Ongoing
 Clinical Psychology (Doutoramento)
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Psicologia e Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2018/08/01 - 2021/03/31
Concluded
 Cybertherapy & Neurocognitive Rehabilitation (Mestrado)
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Psicologia e Ciências da Vida, Portugal
"Terapia online através de realidade virtual: Revisão sistemática e proposta de aplicação" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2018/06/27
Concluded
 Psychological Sciences (Licenciatura)
Major in Psicology
Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
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Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/09/03 - Current Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Psicologia e Ciências da Vida, Portugal
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Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2020/07/01 - 2023/09/30 Research Scholarship
UIDB/05380/2020/03
Research Fellow
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2022/01/03 - 2023/07/02 PlayersAll: agência nos média e empoderamento
EXPL/COM-OUT/0882/2021
Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Conference paper
  1. Dias, F.; gamito, pedro; Souto, Teresa. Corresponding author: Dias, F.. "Virtual reality online therapy (VROT): Development of a multipurpose application for psychological intervention". Paper presented in International Conference on Disability, Virtual Reality and Associated Technologies, Serpa, 2021.
    Published
  2. gamito, pedro; Souto, Teresa; Oliveira, Jorge; Conde, Ana Rita ; Ferreira, Maria José; Alves de Sousa, João; Aleixo, Inês; et al. "Synthetic agents: relaxing agents?". Paper presented in 13th International Conference on Disability, Virtual Reality & Associated Technologies, Serpa, 2021.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Dias, F.. "Ogre-Ler: Development of an application to promote oral language skills in children entering primary school". Paper presented in Games and Social Impact Media Research Lab – GLOW, 2021.
  2. TORRES, NUNO; Oliveira, D.; Dias, F.; Shaver, P.; Panksepp, J.. "Testing a neuro-evolutionary theory of social bonds and addiction. Methadone reduces self-reported attachment anxiety, comfort with closeness/intimacy and proximity maintenance". Paper presented in Implications of Research on the Neuroscience of Affect, Attachment, and Social Cognition Conference - London, 2013.
  3. TORRES, NUNO; Dias, F.; Oliveira, D.; Shaver, P.. "Adult attachment and caregiving in university students: Development of a portuguese version of the caregiving questionnaire.". Paper presented in The International Neuropsychoanalysis Society Congress - Athens, 2012.
  4. TORRES, NUNO; Oliveira, D.; Dias, Fábio; Shaver, P.. "Differences in attachment and caregiving between addicts in drug-free treatment, methadone users and normal Controls.". Paper presented in The International Neuropsychoanalysis Society Congress - Athens, 2012.
Journal article
  1. Gamito, Pedro; Oliveira, Jorge; Silva, Jorge; Rosa, Joana; Mendes, Maria L.R.; Dias, Ricardo; Dias, Fábio; et al. "Stress Inoculation in Police Officers Using Virtual Reality: A Controlled Study". Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking 27 4 (2024): 253-260. http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2023.0385.
    10.1089/cyber.2023.0385
  2. Oliveira, Jorge; Gamito, Pedro; Pereira, Rita; Salvador, Ágata; Bourbon-Teles, José; Dias, Fábio; Galhordas, João; Fantasia, António. "Virtual and real ATM use performance in patients with acquired brain injury and healthy controls". Virtual Reality 27 3 (2023): 2431-2440. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10055-023-00819-7.
    10.1007/s10055-023-00819-7
  3. Gamito, Pedro; Souto, Teresa; Conde, Ana Rita; Salvador, Ágata; José Ferreira, Maria; de Sousa, João Alves; Ferreira, Marco; et al. "Relaxing in virtual reality: one synthetic agent relaxes all". Virtual Reality 27 1 (2022): 439-449. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10055-022-00650-6.
    Published • 10.1007/s10055-022-00650-6
  4. Oliveira, Miguel; Gamito, Pedro; Dias, Ana Rita Conde; Souto, Maria Teresa Soares; Dias, Fábio; Alves de Sousa, João; Ricou, Miguel; Marina, Silvia. "Ethical decision-making training goes virtual". (2021): http://hdl.handle.net/10437/12461.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Dias, Fábio André Sousa. "Terapia online através de realidade virtual : revisão sistemática e proposta de aplicação". Master, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10437/11980.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2021/10/22 Outlining the technical development of a multipurpose application for Virtual Reality Online Therapy (VROT) Games and Social Impact Media Research Lab – GLOW
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias (Virtual, Portugal)
2021/09/10 Virtual reality online therapy: Development of a multipurpose application for psychological intervention 13th International Conference on Disability, Virtual Reality & Associated Technologies
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias (Serpa, Portugal)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2022 - 2022 Mini Track on Game-based Learning to Support Well-being and Mental Health Mini Track Chairs: Carla Sousa, Fábio Dias and Micaela Fonseca 16th European Conference on Games Based Learning 6-7 October 2022 (2022/10/06 - 2022/10/07)
Conference (Member of the Scientific Committee)
 Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
2020/09/09 - 2021/09/10 Local Organizing Committee Member of the International Conference on Disability, Virtual Reality and Associated Technologies. http://icdvrat2020.ulusofona.pt/ (2021/09/08 - 2021/09/10)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
2020/08/01 - 2020/10/31 Summer School /Escola de Verão: Cognição e Videojogos para a Pandemia 2020 - CVP'20 do centro de investigação HEI-Lab, 15 Scholarships https://www.fct.pt/apoios/veraocomciencia/index.phtml.pt (2020/08/08 - 2020/10/31) (2020/08/08 - 2020/10/31)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2023/06/13 - Current Association for Contextual Behavioral Science (ACBS) Student Member
2020/07/01 - Current HEI-Lab: Digital Human-Environment Interaction Lab PHD Student

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2024/02/16 - 2024/09/27 6th Congress of the Portuguese Psychologists' Association and XIII Ibero-American Congress of Psychology Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisboa

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2025/02/03 - 2025/07/19 Expanded Realities XR Videogames (Licenciatura) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Comunicação Arquitectura Artes e Tecnologias da Informação, Portugal
2024/02/15 - 2024/07/07 Experimental Research Laboratory Psychology (Licenciatura) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Psicologia e Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2024/02/19 - 2024/06/16 Expanded Realities XR Videogames (Licenciatura) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Comunicação Arquitectura Artes e Tecnologias da Informação, Portugal
2023/02/13 - 2023/07/31 Entertainment Systems Videogames (Licenciatura) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Comunicação Arquitectura Artes e Tecnologias da Informação, Portugal
2022/02/14 - 2022/06/11 Cyberpsychology and Social Networks Psychology (Licenciatura) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Psicologia e Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2021/09/27 - 2022/01/21 Statistics I Psychology (Licenciatura) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Psicologia e Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2021/09/20 - 2022/01/15 Entertainment Systems Videogames (Licenciatura) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Escola de Comunicação Arquitectura Artes e Tecnologias da Informação, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2023 Inovação na Intervenção Psicológica - Innovation Hub 2023
Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses, Portugal
2023 EMEA Best Non-Game App; 5th Prize -2023 PICO Dev Jam
PICO Immersive Pte. Ltd., United States