Virtual Reality Lab - Universitat de Barcelona

● Ferrer-Garcia, M., Porras-Garcia, B., González-Ibañez, C., Gracia-Blanes, M., Vilalta-Abella, F., Pla-Sanjuanelo, J., Riva, G., Dakanalis, A., Achotegui-Loizate, J., Talarn-Caparrós, A., Ribas-Sabate, J., Andreu-Gracia, A., Díaz-Marsa, M., Monràs-Arnau, M., Serrano-Troncoso, E., Treasure, J., & Gutiérrez-Maldonado, J. (2017).
Does owning a “fatter” virtual body increase body anxiety in college students?
Annual Review of CyberTherapy and Telemedicine, 15, 147-153.

● Porras-Garcia, B., Ghita, A., Moreno, M., Ferrer-Garcia, M., Pla-Sanjuanelo, J., Bertomeu-Panisello, P., … & Gutiérrez-Maldonado, J. (2018).
Gender differences in attentional bias after owning a virtual avatar with increased weight.
Annual Review of Cybertherapy and Telemedicine.

● Ferrer-Garcia, M., Porras-Garcia, B., Moreno, M., Bertomeu, P., & Gutiérrez-Maldonado, J. (2018).
Embodiment in different size virtual bodies produces changes in women’s body image distortion and dissatisfaction.
Annual Review of Cybertherapy and Telemedicine.

● Porras Garcia, B., Ferrer Garcia, M., Olszewska, A., Yilmaz, L., González Ibañez, C., Gracia Blanes, M., … Gutiérrez Maldonado, J. (2019).
Is This My Own Body? Changing the Perceptual and Affective Body Image Experience among College Students Using a New Virtual Reality Embodiment-Based Technique.
Journal of clinical medicine, 8(7), 925. doi:10.3390/jcm8070925

● Porras-Garcia, B., Ferrer-Garcia, M., Ghita, A., Moreno, M., López-Jiménez, L., Vallvé-Romeu, A., Serrano-Troncoso, E., & Gutiérrez‐Maldonado, J. (2019).
The influence of gender and body dissatisfaction on body‐related attentional bias: An eye‐tracking and virtual reality study.
International Journal of Eating Disorders. 1– 10.

● Porras-Garcia, B., Olszewska, A., Ferrer-Garcia, M., MANZANO-TORRA, A., MONTAGUD, N., VALVERDE., Ghiţă, A., Serrano-Troncoso, E., & Gutiérrez-Maldonado, J. (December, 2019).
Assessing the influence of body-related attentional bias in the relationship between gender and body dissatisfaction. A virtual reality and eye-tracking study.
Poster presented at the European Chapter of the Academy for Eating Disorders and Annual Conference of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. London (United Kingdom).

● Castillero-Mimemza, O., Porras-Garcia, B., Ferrer-Garcia, M., Exposito-Sanz, E., Yilmaz, L., Onur-Sen, Y.,… & Gutiérrez-Maldonado, J. (December, 2019).
Assessing body-related attentional bias among women with high and low drive for thinness. A virtual reality and eye-tracking study.
Poster presented at the European Chapter of the Academy for Eating Disorders and Annual Conference of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. London (United Kingdom).

● Porras-Garcia, B., Ferrer-Garcia, M., Cañas-Bermejo, P., & Gutiérrez-Maldonado, J. (septiembre, 2019).
Relación entre ansiedad y conducta visual de evitación en un grupo de mujeres estudiantes de grado.
Poster presentado en las VII jornadas de Emociones y Bienestar, de la Sociedad Española para el estudio de la Ansiedad y el estrés (SEAS). Madrid. España.

● Ferrer-Garcia, M., Porras-Garcia, B., Ghiţă, A., Moreno, M., Vallbe-Romeu, A., López-Giménez., Tarantino, V., & Gutiérrez-Maldonado, J. (March, 2019).
Attentional bias to weight-related body parts predicts body dissatisfaction in female college students when embodying a real-size virtual body.
Oral communication presented at the International Conference of Eating Disorders (ICED-2019). New York (USA).

● Porras-Garcia, B., Ferrer-Garcia, M., Ghiţă, A., Moreno, M., Vallbe-Romeu, A., López-Giménez., & Gutiérrez-Maldonado, J. (March, 2019).
Body-related attention differences between overweight and healthy weight females after owning a larger size virtual body.
Poster presented at the International Conference of Eating Disorders (ICED-2019). New York (USA).

● Porras-Garcia, B., Ferrer-Garcia, M., Ghiţă, A., Vallbe-Romeu, A., López-Giménez L., Gutiérrez-Maldonado, J. (October, 2018).
Comparing body-related attention of males with high-vs-low body dissatisfaction levels after owning a larger size virtual body.
Poster presented at 3rd Edition of the Ph.D. Workshop, Institute of Neuroscience, University of Barcelona, Spain.

● Ghiţă, A., Vilalta-Abella, F., Porras-García, B., Monras, M., Ortega, L., Mondon, S., Teixido, L., Gual, A., Ferrer-García, M., & Gutiérrez-Maldonado, M. (October 2018).
Elicitation of alcohol craving using a Virtual Reality paradigm in patients diagnosed with Alcohol Use Disorder.
Oral presentation at the 3rd Edition of the Ph.D. Workshop, Institute of Neuroscience, University of Barcelona, Spain.

● Ferrer-Garcia, M., Porras-Garcia, B., Moreno, M., Bertomeu, P., & Gutiérrez-Maldonado, J. (June, 2018).
Embodiment in different size virtual bodies produces changes in women’s body image distortion and dissatisfaction.
Communication presented at the 23rd Annual CyberPsychology, CyberTherapy & Social Networking Conference (CYPSY23). Otawa (Canada).

● Porras-Garcia, B., Moreno, M., Ferrer-Garcia-Marta, M., Bertomeu, P., & Gutiérrez-Maldonado, J. (June, 2018).
Gender differences in attentional bias after owning a virtual avatar with an increased weight.
Communication presented at the 23rd Annual CyberPsychology, CyberTherapy & Social Networking Conference (CYPSY23). Otawa (Canada).