https://hdl.handle.net/10807/101 Wed, 22 Apr 2026 09:17:10 GMT 2026-04-22T09:17:10Z https://hdl.handle.net/10807/334166 Titolo: Extended Creativity: A Conceptual Framework for Understanding Human-AI Creative Relations Autori: Andrea Gaggioli; Sabrina Bartolotta; Andrea Ubaldi; Katusha Gerardini; Eleonora Diletta Sarcinella; Alice Chirico Abstract: Artificial Intelligence holds significant potential to enhance human creativity. However, achieving this vision requires a clearer understanding of how such enhancement can be effectively realized. Drawing on a relational and distributed cognition perspective, we identify three fundamental modes by which AI can support and shape creative processes: Support, where AI acts as a tool; Synergy, where AI and humans collaborate in complementary ways; and Symbiosis, where human and AI cognition become so integrated that they form a unified creative system. These modes are defined along two key dimensions: the level of technical autonomy exhibited by the AI system (i.e., its ability to operate independently and make decisions without human intervention), and the degree of perceived agency attributed to it (i.e., the extent to which the AI is experienced as an intentional or creative partner). We examine how each configuration influences different levels of creativity—from everyday problem-solving to paradigm-shifting innovation—and discuss the implications for ethics, research, and the design of future human-AI creative systems. Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://hdl.handle.net/10807/334166 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/10807/334165 Titolo: Real-time Emotion Regulation in Virtual Reality: An Adaptive Experience using Breathing Biofeedback Autori: Lima, Rodrigo; Chirico, Alice; Gaggioli, Andrea; Gamboa, Hugo; Badia, Sergi Bermúdez i Abstract: Virtual reality has increasingly been integrated with biofeedback systems for treating affective states such as depression and anxiety. The implementation of stress exposure therapies that adapt in real- time to individuals’ physiological signals improves patients’ ability to deal with real life stressors. This work evaluates the effect of a real-time adaptive closed-loop system using breathing rate as a biofeed- back visual cue in an immersive, nature-based restorative virtual environment. Participants were divided into two groups and exposed to a baseline condition and different stressors: two Stroop Color- Word tests and a restorative virtual reality exploration task in the Virtual Levada. Their physiological signals (electrocardiography, electrodermal activity, and respiration) were recorded and subjective stress levels were annotated . The adaptive group received biofeedback based on their breathing rate, using the field of view as a representation of their stress levels, which was adapted using rule-based changes. Results revealed significant differences in physiological responses across experimental condi- tions. Specifically, the adaptive biofeedback group reported lower levels of stress during the immersive virtual reality task compared to the Stroop tests, highlighting the restorative effect of the Virtual Levada. These findings suggest that real-time adaptive biofeedback systems, when integrated with restorative elements, enhances users’ ability to regulate their stress responses Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://hdl.handle.net/10807/334165 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/10807/334036 Titolo: Sistemi di conflitto intersecati nel Corno d’Africa: rischi di guerra regionale e ricadute globali Autori: Beatrice Nicolini Abstract: Le dinamiche conflittuali nel Corno d’Africa stanno evolvendo da crisi isolate a un sistema interconnesso d’instabilità, in cui rivalità locali e competizione geopolitica globale si sovrappongono. Il rischio crescente è quello di una guerra regionale estesa, con profonde implicazioni umanitarie e economiche su scala globale. Il Corno d’Africa sta entrando in una fase di instabilità sistemica crescente, determinata dall’intersezione tra conflitti locali e rivalità geopolitiche più ampie. Analisi recenti suggeriscono che la regione non sia più caratterizzata da crisi isolate, bensì da un sistema di conflitti interconnessi. Questo breve contributo integra le evidenze sul rischio di una nuova guerra nel nord dell’Etiopia con una valutazione più ampia dell’impatto della conflitto Iran–Stati Uniti–Israele, evidenziando come alleanze sovrapposte, interventi esterni e vulnerabilità strutturali stiano trasformando il Corno in un potenziale teatro di conflitti concatenati. Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://hdl.handle.net/10807/334036 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/10807/334025 Titolo: Il linguaggio nel ‘carcere minorile’: tra violenza e infantilizzazione Autori: Acconcia Anna Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://hdl.handle.net/10807/334025 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z