Nele De Witte (PhD) is a researcher in the People and Well-being research group, research line Psychology and technology. Her areas of expertise include wearables and XR. She is also the scientific coordinator of LiCalab.
Nele is interested in how advances in technological applications and understanding of psychophysiological processes can enhance the prevention and treatment of mental health problems in adults and adolescents. She obtained her PhD from Ghent University and is now doing practice-based research in the field of digital mental health. Some topics she works on are wearables, AR for exposure and acceptance of online help. She is also the scientific coordinator for the living lab LiCalab and the coordinator of the Digital Mental Health course in the applied psychology programme.
De Witte, N. A. J., Buelens, F., Debard, G., Bonroy, B., Standaert, W., Tarnogol, F. & Van Daele, T. (2022) Handheld or head-mounted? An experimental comparison of the potential of augmented reality for animal phobia treatment using smartphone and HoloLens 2 . Frontiers in Virtual Reality, 4, 2673-4192. https://doi.org/10.3389/frvir.2022.1066996
Vermeylen, S., Honinx, E., Broes, S, & De Witte, N. A. J. (2022). Evaluation of a tactile breath pacer for sleep problems: a mixed method pilot study. Frontiers in Digital Health, 4. https://doi.org/10.3389/fdgth.2022.908159
Van Daele, T., Mathiasen, K., Carlbring, P., Bernaerts, S., Brugnera, A., Compare, A., … De Witte, N. A. J. (2022). Online consultations in mental healthcare: Modelling determinants of use and experience based on an international survey study at the onset of the pandemic. Internet Interventions, 30, 100571. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.invent.2022.100571
Bernaerts, S., De Witte, N. A. J., Van der Auwera, V., Bonroy, B., Muraru, L., Bamidis, P., Frantzidis, C., Kourtidou-Papadeli, C., Azevedo, N., Garatea, J., Muñoz, I., Almeida, R., Losada, R., Fung, J., Kehayia, E., Lamontagne, A., de Guise, E., Duclos, C., Higgins, J., Nadeau, S., Beaudry, L., & Konstantinidis, E. (2022). Rehabilitation Supported by Technology: Protocol for an International Cocreation and User Experience Study. JMIR Research Protocols, 11(3), e3453. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/34537
De Witte, N. A. J., Van Daele, T., Tarnogol, F., & Scheveneels, S. (2023). Terapia de exposición mediante realidad aumentada: implementación en un tratamiento combinado de fobia específica. In Marti-Noguera, J. J. & Soto-Pérez, F. (Eds.). Casos clínicos en telesalud mental (pp. 129-140). Elsevier.