Un-stressed mind: Neuroscientific applications for stress management at the workplace

This contribution outlined recent strategies and technology-based training for stress management interventions (SMIs) at the workplace, dedicated to professionals at each level. Specific attention has been given to mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs), wearable brain-and-body sensing technologies, biofeedback (BF) and neurofeedback (NF) training, and virtual reality. Despite the promising evidence at the neural, psychophysiological, cognitive, and behavioral level of a neuroscientific approach combining MBI and BF/NF training, there are still limited opportunities in the application of SMIs at the workplace. Introducing valuable and intensive stress management training for professionals at the workplace, with the support of wearable technologies, may help to contain health-related complications due to stress. It may also improve the physical and psychological well-being of the workforce, with a large impact in standard welfare intervention and productivity.