THE NEWSPAPER | An app created in BCN registers the emotional state of patients with pathological gambling

“The treatment of patients with pathological gambling has an application, developed by the Bellvitge Hospital and the software firm Pasiona, in video game format with a biomeasurement sensor such as those that collect resistance values in athletes.

On the screen appears a virtually designed tropical island in which sun and storm alternate, depending on the level of anxiety of the person who is put to the test. A belt on the chest and bluetooth connection detects the heart variability and rate that betray anxiety, protagonist in addictive behavior …” Access the complete news in El Periódico online.

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