Tracks/Themes
NeuroNarratives 2025: Psychology, Stories & Digital Selves
Rewiring Minds in a Digital Age: Identity, Empathy & Healing at the Crossroads of Technology
1. Minds & Machines
- AI, Algorithms & Authenticity: Who are we when machines shape our choices?
- The Future Therapist: Human intuition + AI augmentation.
- The Mindful Algorithm: Designing technology that heals instead of harms.
- Ethics of AI in Psychological Research & Practice
2. Digital Selves & Identities
- Virtual Selves & Real Emotions: Identity in online spaces.
- Neurodiversity in the Digital Age: Inclusive psychology for evolving identities.
- Digital Childhoods: Growing up online and the psychology of Gen Alpha.
- From Reels to Real Life: The psychology of short-form attention spans.
3. Mental Health & Social Media
- Mental Health in the Age of Virality: Coping with online fame, shame & cancel culture.
- Psychology of Digital Lives: From doomscrolling to mindful tech.
- Mental Health and Social Media: Tools or traps?
- Narrative Healing in a Noisy World: Storytelling as resistance to digital overwhelm.
4. Resilience & Trauma
- Techno-Trauma & Cyber-Resilience: Mental health in the face of digital crises.
- Trauma and Resilience in Hyperconnected Cultures
- Post-Pandemic Psyches: Lessons of resilience and grief in a hybrid world.
- Eco-Anxiety & Techno-Stress: Navigating mental health in a climate-changed, tech-driven era.
5. Innovation & Healing
- Psychedelics, VR & AI: New frontiers of consciousness and therapy.
- Virtual Reality & Mental Health Interventions
- Narrative Psychology: Storytelling for healing and growth.
- Neuroplasticity, Learning & the Online Brain
6. Truth & Misinformation
- Psychology of Misinformation: Cognitive biases in an era of deepfakes & fake news.
- Empathy in the Age of AI: Can machines understand the mind?
- Humanizing AI: Teaching Machines to Care Responsibly.
- Deepfakes and Deeper Fears: The cognitive psychology of deception.
