Bachelor's / Master's Thesis / Research Internship
Wearable Technology, especially consumer wearables like smartwatches, play an increasing role in medical trials. They allow the longitudinal recording of various sensor data in free living conditions. This may help to gain a better understanding of...
Project
This research aims to investigate the IMU signals recorded during the Freeze of Gait events in patients with Parkinson's disease.
Freezing of gait, a common symptom of Parkinson’s disease, presents as sporadic episodes in which an individual’s feet suddenly feel stuck to the ground. Iner...
Bachelor's Thesis / Master's Thesis / Research Internship / Project
Running has become an increasingly popular way to become physically active and to support psychological health. Previous research indicates, that even individual sports like running are socially influenced. It has been shown, that ...
Master's thesis/Bachelor's thesis/Project
Background
A major issue in modern palliative medicine is the lack of objective and continuous assessment of the health status of patients. This status can be classified by measurement tools such as the Karnofsky index or ECOG (Eastern Cooperative Oncology...
Master's thesis/Bachelor's thesis/Project
Background
Patients in palliative care are often treated with opioids for pain relief. However, patients react very differently to opioid dosages. Furthermore, opioids can cause serious adverse reactions. As wrong dosages can lead to serious unwanted outco...
Bachelor's / Master's Thesis / Research Internship / Project
The aim of our research is to explore the potential of digital technologies in psychological research to better understand human psychology and behavior. Many psychological research areas still rely on “traditional” methods, such as labor...
Bachelor's / Master's Thesis / Research Internship / Project
Acute stress reliably activates, among other pathways, the sympathetic nervous system, leading to changes in heart rate (variability) (HR and HRV), respiration, pre-ejection period (PEP), and electrodermal activity (EDA). So far, these pa...
Bachelor's / Master's Thesis / Research Internship / Project
The observation of body posture and movements is a promising extension to the established biopsychological markers for stress measurement, such as self-reports, saliva, or blood samples. Body posture and movements provide additional infor...