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Santana, S. T. O. D.; Silva, J. C. Da; Hatano, Y.; Guerrero-Mendez, C. D.; Souza, M. L. De; Igasaki, T.; Bastos-Filho, T.; Dantas, A. F. O. De Azevedo; Falk, T. H.; Delisle-Rodriguez, D.
Cognitive Training Using a Brain-Computer Interface for θ/β Ratio Self-Regulation - Preliminary Results with Long Covid-19 Survivors Proceedings Article
In: IEEE Int. Conf. Hum.-Mach. Syst., ICHMS, pp. 646–650, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2026, ISBN: 979-833154511-6 (ISBN), (Journal Abbreviation: IEEE Int. Conf. Hum.-Mach. Syst., ICHMS).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: 'current, Behavioral research, Brain, brain computer interface, Brain mapping, cognitive impairment, Cognitive skill, Cognitive systems, Cognitive training, Computer games, COVID-19, Electroencephalography, Electrophysiology, Executive Function, Interfaces (computer), Memory functions, Neurotechnology, Personnel training, Self regulation, Sustained attention, working memory
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title = {Cognitive Training Using a Brain-Computer Interface for θ/β Ratio Self-Regulation - Preliminary Results with Long Covid-19 Survivors},
author = {S. T. O. D. Santana and J. C. Da Silva and Y. Hatano and C. D. Guerrero-Mendez and M. L. De Souza and T. Igasaki and T. Bastos-Filho and A. F. O. De Azevedo Dantas and T. H. Falk and D. Delisle-Rodriguez},
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doi = {10.1109/ICHMS69701.2026.11602366},
isbn = {979-833154511-6 (ISBN)},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-01-01},
booktitle = {IEEE Int. Conf. Hum.-Mach. Syst., ICHMS},
pages = {646–650},
publisher = {Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.},
abstract = {Long COVID-19 can generate cognitive impairments, affecting a person's attention, working memory, and executive functions. Previous studies have suggested that therapies based on neurotechnologies can be used to recover cognitive skills. This current research presents an electroencephalography brain-computer interface based serious game for sustained attention training. The system classifies attention levels while the user controls the speed of a virtual car by self-regulating the θ/β power band ratio across multiple brain locations. Pilot experiments were conducted with two COVID-19 adult survivors who experienced cognitive decline due to long COVID19 symptoms. Participants underwent 10 sessions across consecutive working days (2 sessions × week). Both participants enhanced brain wave oscillations in both frontal and central regions, reducing theta activity and simultaneously increasing beta oscillations) after the training, achieving therefore healthy brain behavior during a cognitive attention task. Furthermore, both individuals improved cognitive skills, such as attention, working memory, and executive functions. These preliminary findings are promising and motivate the further development of multichannel neurofeedback systems for cognitive training for long COVID-19 survivors. © 2026 IEEE.},
note = {Journal Abbreviation: IEEE Int. Conf. Hum.-Mach. Syst., ICHMS},
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Long COVID-19 can generate cognitive impairments, affecting a person's attention, working memory, and executive functions. Previous studies have suggested that therapies based on neurotechnologies can be used to recover cognitive skills. This current research presents an electroencephalography brain-computer interface based serious game for sustained attention training. The system classifies attention levels while the user controls the speed of a virtual car by self-regulating the θ/β power band ratio across multiple brain locations. Pilot experiments were conducted with two COVID-19 adult survivors who experienced cognitive decline due to long COVID19 symptoms. Participants underwent 10 sessions across consecutive working days (2 sessions × week). Both participants enhanced brain wave oscillations in both frontal and central regions, reducing theta activity and simultaneously increasing beta oscillations) after the training, achieving therefore healthy brain behavior during a cognitive attention task. Furthermore, both individuals improved cognitive skills, such as attention, working memory, and executive functions. These preliminary findings are promising and motivate the further development of multichannel neurofeedback systems for cognitive training for long COVID-19 survivors. © 2026 IEEE.
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Rigas, C.; Lavin, P.; Su, C. -L.; Hassan, M.; Cinalioglu, K.; Vacaflor, B.; Dikaios, E.; Goodman, A.; Ibrahim, M.; Gruber, J.; Se, J.; Sasi, N.; Nazar, R.; Bodenstein, K.; Elbaz, S.; Fajzel, H.; Berkani, S.; Hanganu, C.; Noble, H.; Looper, K.; Bouchard, S.; Seitz, D.; Kumar, S.; Beauchet, O.; Launay, C.; McDonald, E.; Khoury, B.; Ryder, A.; Battistini, B.; Fallavollita, P.; Vahia, I.; Sekhon, H.; Bukhari, S.; Rej, S.
In: BMC Psychiatry, vol. 26, no. 1, 2026, ISSN: 1471244X (ISSN).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: 80 and over, adult, aged, Anxiety, article, clinical outcome, clinician, cohort analysis, coronavirus disease 2019, COVID-19, demographics, Depression, female, Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7, Geriatric mental health, health hazard, health program, human, human experiment, Humans, informed consent, male, Mental health, Mental Health Teletherapy, mental stress, older adults, Patient Health Questionnaire 9, Perceived Stress Scale, physiological stress, prediction, Predictors of treatment response, Prospective Studies, prospective study, Psychological, psychology, SARS-CoV-2, secondary analysis, Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, Social isolation, social worker, Stress, telehealth, Telemedicine, teletherapy, Therapy, treatment response, very elderly, Volunteer-based intervention
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title = {Optimizing future Telehealth mental health programs: a secondary analysis of a prospective cohort study to identify key predictors of intervention response in the Telehealth intervention program for older adults (TIP-OA)},
author = {C. Rigas and P. Lavin and C. -L. Su and M. Hassan and K. Cinalioglu and B. Vacaflor and E. Dikaios and A. Goodman and M. Ibrahim and J. Gruber and J. Se and N. Sasi and R. Nazar and K. Bodenstein and S. Elbaz and H. Fajzel and S. Berkani and C. Hanganu and H. Noble and K. Looper and S. Bouchard and D. Seitz and S. Kumar and O. Beauchet and C. Launay and E. McDonald and B. Khoury and A. Ryder and B. Battistini and P. Fallavollita and I. Vahia and H. Sekhon and S. Bukhari and S. Rej},
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doi = {10.1186/s12888-025-07688-1},
issn = {1471244X (ISSN)},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-01-01},
journal = {BMC Psychiatry},
volume = {26},
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abstract = {Background: The Telehealth Intervention Program for Older Adults (TIP-OA) was a volunteer-based phone support program for to older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. While volunteer-based phone programs can be effective in providing mental health support, there is limited data on the predictors of response to such interventions. This study aimed to examine clinical and demographic predictors of response to the TIP-OA intervention among older adults. Methods: This secondary analysis of a prospective cohort study included 82 TIP-OA users who expressed interest in the program’s research component, met inclusion criteria, and provided informed consent. Participants completed both baseline and 8-week assessments or had 4-week data carried forward using the last observation carried forward (LOCF) method. The intervention consisted of weekly supportive phone calls over eight weeks. Baseline mental health risk level was assessed by clinicians during intake and categorized as low, medium, or high based on symptom severity within specific symptom categories. Associations between baseline risk level and changes in stress (primary outcome), depression, and anxiety (secondary outcomes) were examined. The primary outcome was measured by the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS; scores ranging from 0 (never) to 4 (very often)). Secondary outcomes were measured by the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9; scores ranging from 0 (not at all) to 3 (nearly every day)), and the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 scale (GAD-7; scores can range from 0 (not at all sure) to 3 (nearly every day)). Results: At 8 -week follow-up assessment, participants with higher baseline risk levels showed greater reductions in stress (mean difference in Perceived Stress Scale reduction by 2.13, (F(1,77) = 2.82},
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Background: The Telehealth Intervention Program for Older Adults (TIP-OA) was a volunteer-based phone support program for to older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. While volunteer-based phone programs can be effective in providing mental health support, there is limited data on the predictors of response to such interventions. This study aimed to examine clinical and demographic predictors of response to the TIP-OA intervention among older adults. Methods: This secondary analysis of a prospective cohort study included 82 TIP-OA users who expressed interest in the program’s research component, met inclusion criteria, and provided informed consent. Participants completed both baseline and 8-week assessments or had 4-week data carried forward using the last observation carried forward (LOCF) method. The intervention consisted of weekly supportive phone calls over eight weeks. Baseline mental health risk level was assessed by clinicians during intake and categorized as low, medium, or high based on symptom severity within specific symptom categories. Associations between baseline risk level and changes in stress (primary outcome), depression, and anxiety (secondary outcomes) were examined. The primary outcome was measured by the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS; scores ranging from 0 (never) to 4 (very often)). Secondary outcomes were measured by the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9; scores ranging from 0 (not at all) to 3 (nearly every day)), and the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 scale (GAD-7; scores can range from 0 (not at all sure) to 3 (nearly every day)). Results: At 8 -week follow-up assessment, participants with higher baseline risk levels showed greater reductions in stress (mean difference in Perceived Stress Scale reduction by 2.13, (F(1,77) = 2.82
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Zhu, Y.; Davoust, A.; Falk, T. H.
DeepSick: Deceiving Voice-Based Diagnostic Models with Synthetic Multilingual Pathological Speech Signals Proceedings Article
In: Conf. Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Syst. Man Cybern., pp. 69–74, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2025, ISBN: 1062922X (ISSN); 979-833153358-8 (ISBN), (Journal Abbreviation: Conf. Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Syst. Man Cybern.).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: COVID-19, Detection models, Diagnosis, Diagnostic model, Diagnostic systems, Generative model, Health assessments, Pathological conditions, Pathological speech signals, Scalable solution, Speech communication, Speech recognition, Speech synthesis, State of the art, Voice model
@inproceedings{zhuDeepSickDeceivingVoiceBased2025,
title = {DeepSick: Deceiving Voice-Based Diagnostic Models with Synthetic Multilingual Pathological Speech Signals},
author = {Y. Zhu and A. Davoust and T. H. Falk},
url = {https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105033143787?origin=resultslist},
doi = {10.1109/SMC58881.2025.11343240},
isbn = {1062922X (ISSN); 979-833153358-8 (ISBN)},
year = {2025},
date = {2025-01-01},
booktitle = {Conf. Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Syst. Man Cybern.},
pages = {69–74},
publisher = {Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.},
abstract = {Voice-based diagnostic systems offer a scalable solution for remote health assessment. However, recent advances in generative voice models may enable malicious manipulation of voice samples to simulate or conceal disease-related speech characteristics, which poses new risks to diagnostic systems. This paper investigates the vulnerability of diagnostic and detection models to such types of "deepfake"attacks. We show that it is possible to train a generative model to convert between healthy voices and pathological ones, which in turn, can successfully deceive existing diagnostic systems. Here, focus is placed on COVID-19 infection and respiratory abnormalities, but the method can be applied across different pathological conditions affecting vocal attributes. We also benchmark four state-of-the-art synthesized voice detection models on both real and generated pathological speech from three datasets. Our results show that current synthetic voice detectors, typically trained on healthy speech data, perform poorly on generated pathological samples. While fine-tuning with real pathological voices improves detection, a substantial performance gap remains. This work provides initial insights on an emerging threat to remote voice diagnostic systems that needs further work. © 2025 IEEE.},
note = {Journal Abbreviation: Conf. Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Syst. Man Cybern.},
keywords = {COVID-19, Detection models, Diagnosis, Diagnostic model, Diagnostic systems, Generative model, Health assessments, Pathological conditions, Pathological speech signals, Scalable solution, Speech communication, Speech recognition, Speech synthesis, State of the art, Voice model},
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Voice-based diagnostic systems offer a scalable solution for remote health assessment. However, recent advances in generative voice models may enable malicious manipulation of voice samples to simulate or conceal disease-related speech characteristics, which poses new risks to diagnostic systems. This paper investigates the vulnerability of diagnostic and detection models to such types of "deepfake"attacks. We show that it is possible to train a generative model to convert between healthy voices and pathological ones, which in turn, can successfully deceive existing diagnostic systems. Here, focus is placed on COVID-19 infection and respiratory abnormalities, but the method can be applied across different pathological conditions affecting vocal attributes. We also benchmark four state-of-the-art synthesized voice detection models on both real and generated pathological speech from three datasets. Our results show that current synthetic voice detectors, typically trained on healthy speech data, perform poorly on generated pathological samples. While fine-tuning with real pathological voices improves detection, a substantial performance gap remains. This work provides initial insights on an emerging threat to remote voice diagnostic systems that needs further work. © 2025 IEEE.
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Cipolletta, S.; Tomaino, S.; Bouchard, S.; Berthiaume, M.; Manzoni, G.
In: Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, vol. 31, no. 3, 2024, ISSN: 10633995 (ISSN), (Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: adult, coronavirus disease 2019, COVID-19, female, human, Humans, Italy, male, Middle Aged, online psychological interventions, pandemic, Pandemics, procedures, psychology, Psychometrics, psychometry, psychotherapist, Psychotherapists, psychotherapy, questionnaire, reproducibility, Reproducibility of Results, SARS-CoV-2, Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, Surveys and Questionnaires, Telemedicine, telepresence, Validation, videoconference, videoconferencing
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title = {Validation of the Italian Version of the Telepresence in Videoconference Scale (TVS) in a Sample of Psychologists and Psychotherapists During the COVID-19 Pandemic},
author = {S. Cipolletta and S. Tomaino and S. Bouchard and M. Berthiaume and G. Manzoni},
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abstract = {Objective: Telepresence may play a fundamental role in establishing authentic interactions and relationships in online psychological interventions and can be measured by the Telepresence in Videoconference Scale (TVS), which was validated only with patients to date. This post hoc study aimed to validate the Italian version of the TVS with mental health professionals. Method: The Italian TVS was included in an online survey, whose primary aim was to assess the experiences of Italian psychologists and psychotherapists with online interventions during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and was filled in by 296 participants (83.4% females, mean age = 42 years old). Results: Exploratory factor analysis supported the original factor structure only partially because the scale ‘Absorption’ (i.e., the feeling of losing track of time), as it was formulated, did not measure telepresence. Correlations were also explored between the TVS scales and some survey items pertaining to intimacy and emotional closeness to patients, comfort and positive as well as negative experiences with online interventions. Conclusion: The TVS may be a useful tool to measure physical and social telepresence in online interventions, both in patients and in professionals. © 2024 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.},
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Objective: Telepresence may play a fundamental role in establishing authentic interactions and relationships in online psychological interventions and can be measured by the Telepresence in Videoconference Scale (TVS), which was validated only with patients to date. This post hoc study aimed to validate the Italian version of the TVS with mental health professionals. Method: The Italian TVS was included in an online survey, whose primary aim was to assess the experiences of Italian psychologists and psychotherapists with online interventions during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and was filled in by 296 participants (83.4% females, mean age = 42 years old). Results: Exploratory factor analysis supported the original factor structure only partially because the scale ‘Absorption’ (i.e., the feeling of losing track of time), as it was formulated, did not measure telepresence. Correlations were also explored between the TVS scales and some survey items pertaining to intimacy and emotional closeness to patients, comfort and positive as well as negative experiences with online interventions. Conclusion: The TVS may be a useful tool to measure physical and social telepresence in online interventions, both in patients and in professionals. © 2024 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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Cipolletta, S.; Tomaino, S.; Bouchard, S.; Berthiaume, M.; Manzoni, G.
In: Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, vol. 31, no. 3, 2024, ISSN: 10633995 (ISSN).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: adult, coronavirus disease 2019, COVID-19, female, human, Humans, Italy, male, Middle Aged, online psychological interventions, pandemic, Pandemics, procedures, psychology, Psychometrics, psychometry, psychotherapist, Psychotherapists, psychotherapy, questionnaire, reproducibility, Reproducibility of Results, SARS-CoV-2, Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, Surveys and Questionnaires, Telemedicine, telepresence, Validation, videoconference, videoconferencing
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Objective: Telepresence may play a fundamental role in establishing authentic interactions and relationships in online psychological interventions and can be measured by the Telepresence in Videoconference Scale (TVS), which was validated only with patients to date. This post hoc study aimed to validate the Italian version of the TVS with mental health professionals. Method: The Italian TVS was included in an online survey, whose primary aim was to assess the experiences of Italian psychologists and psychotherapists with online interventions during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and was filled in by 296 participants (83.4% females, mean age = 42 years old). Results: Exploratory factor analysis supported the original factor structure only partially because the scale ‘Absorption’ (i.e., the feeling of losing track of time), as it was formulated, did not measure telepresence. Correlations were also explored between the TVS scales and some survey items pertaining to intimacy and emotional closeness to patients, comfort and positive as well as negative experiences with online interventions. Conclusion: The TVS may be a useful tool to measure physical and social telepresence in online interventions, both in patients and in professionals. © 2024 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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Cipolletta, S.; Tomaino, S.; Bouchard, S.; Berthiaume, M.; Manzoni, G.
In: Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, vol. 31, no. 3, 2024, ISSN: 10633995 (ISSN).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: adult, coronavirus disease 2019, COVID-19, female, human, Humans, Italy, male, Middle Aged, online psychological interventions, pandemic, Pandemics, procedures, psychology, Psychometrics, psychometry, psychotherapist, Psychotherapists, psychotherapy, questionnaire, reproducibility, Reproducibility of Results, SARS-CoV-2, Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, Surveys and Questionnaires, Telemedicine, telepresence, Validation, videoconference, videoconferencing
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Objective: Telepresence may play a fundamental role in establishing authentic interactions and relationships in online psychological interventions and can be measured by the Telepresence in Videoconference Scale (TVS), which was validated only with patients to date. This post hoc study aimed to validate the Italian version of the TVS with mental health professionals. Method: The Italian TVS was included in an online survey, whose primary aim was to assess the experiences of Italian psychologists and psychotherapists with online interventions during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and was filled in by 296 participants (83.4% females, mean age = 42 years old). Results: Exploratory factor analysis supported the original factor structure only partially because the scale ‘Absorption’ (i.e., the feeling of losing track of time), as it was formulated, did not measure telepresence. Correlations were also explored between the TVS scales and some survey items pertaining to intimacy and emotional closeness to patients, comfort and positive as well as negative experiences with online interventions. Conclusion: The TVS may be a useful tool to measure physical and social telepresence in online interventions, both in patients and in professionals. © 2024 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
7.
Cipolletta, S.; Tomaino, S.; Bouchard, S.; Berthiaume, M.; Manzoni, G.
In: Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, vol. 31, no. 3, 2024, ISSN: 10633995 (ISSN).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: adult, coronavirus disease 2019, COVID-19, female, human, Humans, Italy, male, Middle Aged, online psychological interventions, pandemic, Pandemics, procedures, psychology, Psychometrics, psychometry, psychotherapist, Psychotherapists, psychotherapy, questionnaire, reproducibility, Reproducibility of Results, SARS-CoV-2, Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, Surveys and Questionnaires, Telemedicine, telepresence, Validation, videoconference, videoconferencing
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Objective: Telepresence may play a fundamental role in establishing authentic interactions and relationships in online psychological interventions and can be measured by the Telepresence in Videoconference Scale (TVS), which was validated only with patients to date. This post hoc study aimed to validate the Italian version of the TVS with mental health professionals. Method: The Italian TVS was included in an online survey, whose primary aim was to assess the experiences of Italian psychologists and psychotherapists with online interventions during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and was filled in by 296 participants (83.4% females, mean age = 42 years old). Results: Exploratory factor analysis supported the original factor structure only partially because the scale ‘Absorption’ (i.e., the feeling of losing track of time), as it was formulated, did not measure telepresence. Correlations were also explored between the TVS scales and some survey items pertaining to intimacy and emotional closeness to patients, comfort and positive as well as negative experiences with online interventions. Conclusion: The TVS may be a useful tool to measure physical and social telepresence in online interventions, both in patients and in professionals. © 2024 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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Corno, G.; Villani, D.; Montigny, F.; Pierce, T.; Bouchard, S.; Molgora, S.
The role of perceived social support on pregnant women’s mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic Journal Article
In: Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, vol. 41, no. 5, pp. 488–502, 2023, ISSN: 02646838, (Publisher: Routledge).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: adult, Anxiety, article, Canada, coronavirus disease 2019, COVID-19, cross-sectional study, Depression, Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, educational status, female, human, Humans, major clinical study, Mental health, mental stress, Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, pandemic, Pandemics, postnatal depression, Pregnancy, pregnant woman, Pregnant Women, psychology, questionnaire, Satisfaction with Life Scale, Social Support, State Trait Anxiety Inventory
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9.
Azzi, S.; Gagnon, S.
Ontology-Driven Parliamentary Analytics: Analysing Political Debates on COVID-19 Impact in Canada Journal Article
In: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 14149 LNCS, pp. 89–102, 2023, ISSN: 03029743, (ISBN: 9783031398407).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: COVID-19, End-users, Knowledge graph, Knowledge graphs, Ontology, Ontology graphs, Ontology's, Parliamentary debate, Political debates, Question Answering, Semantic content, Semantic ontology, Semantics, Solid basis
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Guérette, J.; Blais, C.; Fiset, D.
The absence of fans removes the home advantage associated with penalties called by National Hockey League referees Journal Article
In: PLoS ONE, vol. 16, no. 8 August, 2021, ISSN: 19326203, (Publisher: Public Library of Science).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: article, behavior, Canada, Competitive Behavior, controlled study, coronavirus disease 2019, COVID-19, decision making, Hockey, home, human, Humans, ice hockey, pandemic, psychology, punishment, season, seasonal variation, stimulus, United States
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