Octavia Madeira

Dr. Octavia Madeira

  • Institut für Technikfolgenabschätzung und Systemanalyse (ITAS)
    Schliemannstr. 46
    10437 Berlin

Fields of work

  • Radicalization and the use of technologies
  • Virtual reality
  • Forensic psychology

Current projects

On the internet

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Scientific networks:
ResearchGate

Social networks:
LinkedIn
Twitter

Professional background

since 2021 Psychological expert in criminal and family law
2015 - 2022 Ph.D. Candidate at the Department of Biological Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy at the Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Research interest: Virtual Reality
2012 - 2015 M. Sc. Psychology (Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg)

Selected publications

Madeira, O.; Gromer, D.; Latoschik, M. E.; Pauli, P. (2021)
Effects of Acrophobic Fear and Trait Anxiety on Human Behavior in a Virtual Elevated Plus-Maze. Frontiers in Virtual Reality, 2, 19
https://doi.org/10.3389/frvir.2021.635048

Gromer, D.; Madeira, O.; Gast, P.; Nehfischer, M.; Jost, M.; Müller, M.; Mühlberger, A.; Pauli, P. (2018)
Height simulation in a virtual reality CAVE system: validity of fear responses and effects of an immersion manipulation. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 372
https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2018.00372

Publications


2022
Book Chapters
Büscher, C.; Kusche, I.; Röller, T.; Andres, F.; Gazos, A.; Hahn, J.; Ladikas, M.; Madeira, O.; Plattner, G.; Scherz, C.
Trends der zukünftigen Technologienutzung im Kontext von Extremismus und Terrorismus: erste Erkenntnisse aus dem MOTRA-Technologiemonitoring
2022. Kemmesies, Uwe; Wetzels, Peter; Austin, Beatrix; Büscher, Christian; Dessecker, Axel; Grande, Edgar; Rieger, Diana (Hg.): MOTRA-Monitor 2021, 248–281, MOTRA. doi:10.53168/isbn.978-3-9818469-4-2_2022_MOTRA 
Presentations
Madeira, O.; Plattner, G.
Metaverse - New Freedom or Breeding Ground for Extremism?
2022. 14th The Future of Terrorism and Terrorism Research : 14th Annual International Conference (2022), Coventry, United Kingdom, September 8–9, 2022 
Madeira, O.; Plattner, G.
Metaverse - neue Freiheit oder Nährboden für Extremismus?
2022. MOTRA-K (2022), Wiesbaden, Germany, September 1, 2022