Ricardo G. Lugo

ORCID: 0000-0003-2012-5700
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Research Areas
  • Information and Cyber Security
  • Systems Engineering Methodologies and Applications
  • Team Dynamics and Performance
  • Cognitive Science and Mapping
  • Misinformation and Its Impacts
  • Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
  • Human-Automation Interaction and Safety
  • Sport Psychology and Performance
  • Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Teaching and Learning Programming
  • Educational Games and Gamification
  • Cybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies
  • Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
  • Complex Systems and Decision Making
  • Technology Assessment and Management
  • Cognitive Abilities and Testing
  • Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Psychological and Educational Research Studies
  • Crime Patterns and Interventions
  • Career Development and Diversity

Østfold University College
2021-2025

Tallinn University of Technology
2023-2024

Norwegian University of Science and Technology
2021-2023

University of Inland Norway
2017-2021

University of Central Florida
2021

In nursing, bioscience is regarded as one of the cornerstones nursing practice. However, disciplines anatomy, physiology and biochemistry are considered challenging for students failure rate high. this study we explore a blended learning teaching strategy in an course first year Bachelor students. strategy, short narrated online digital resources bioscientific terms concepts were integrated into design along with metacognitive evaluations outcomes. Results show that compared to receiving...

10.1016/j.nepr.2021.103046 article EN cc-by Nurse Education in Practice 2021-03-01

Narcissists are described as individuals with dysfunctional personality traits such lack of psychological awareness and empathy. Theories ethical behaviour assume that unethical actions trigger moral emotions guilt shame. Currently, there is a knowledge on dispositional their potential influences in narcissistic traits. The present study examined vulnerable grandiose narcissism's differences the propensity to experience shame proneness, across range personal transgressions. Guilt proneness...

10.5964/ejop.v14i1.1355 article EN cc-by Europe’s Journal of Psychology 2018-03-09

Purpose: This study seeks to understand the mediating effects of mindfulness on selfefficacy, academic performance and ability cope with pain.It further examines effect capacity pain-induced stress.Whilst there are physiological changes which occur due mindfulness, it is still not clearly understood how mechanisms behind work or whether role self-efficacy an agent may impact stress coping.Participants methods: A three-part (n=92) was conducted test relationship between well-being factors,...

10.2147/prbm.s206666 article EN cc-by-nc Psychology Research and Behavior Management 2019-07-01

Background: Cyber operations unfold at superhuman speeds where cyber defense decisions are based on human-to-human communication aiming to achieve a shared situational awareness. The recently proposed Orient, Locate, Bridge (OLB) model suggests three-phase metacognitive approach for successful of awareness good decision-making. Successful OLB execution implies applying cognitive control coordinate self-referential and externally directed processes. In the brain, this is dependent...

10.3389/fnhum.2022.1092056 article EN cc-by Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 2023-01-05

Background Cyber defense decision-making during cyber threat situations is based on human-to-human communication aiming to establish a shared situational awareness. Previous studies suggested that inefficiencies were among the biggest problems facing security operation center teams. There need for tools allow more efficient of information between individuals both in education and situations. Methods In present study, we compared how visual representation network topology traffic 3D mixed...

10.3389/fdata.2023.1042783 article EN cc-by Frontiers in Big Data 2023-01-27

Cognitive Warfare takes advantage of novel developments in technology and science to influence how target populations think act. Establishing adequate defense against requires examination modus operandi understand this emerging action space. This includes the goals methods that can be realized through technology. Recent literature suggests both human nonhuman cognition should considered as targets Warfare. There are currently no frameworks allowing for a unified way conceptualizing...

10.31234/osf.io/7c2ez_v2 preprint EN 2025-01-29

Guilt is a moral emotion that often looked upon as negative trait. However, studies show some individuals are more predisposed to think, feel and act in ethical manner because of lower threshold experience guilt. Some theories helping behaviour emphasize the evolutionary mechanisms, while other stress importance social variables. This study investigated whether guilt proneness dispositional trait can be associated with prosocial behaviour. Five hundred sixty-nine participants reported an...

10.5964/ejop.v12i2.1097 article EN cc-by Europe’s Journal of Psychology 2016-05-30

Reliance upon data networks to conduct military operations presents new challenges the competence profiles of personnel. Specifically increased demand for category cyber personnel is a direct consequence utility domain in contemporary operations, both support leadership processes and as on its own. The conflation physical domains empowers operators influence events beyond their immediate environment. Proper education training such requires insight into competencies that are specific...

10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00875 article EN cc-by Frontiers in Psychology 2019-04-24

Lessons from safety-critical sociotechnical systems, such as aviation and acute medical care, demonstrate the importance of human factor highlight crucial role efficient communication between agents. Although a large proportion fatal incidents in have been linked to failures communication, cognitive engineering provides theoretical framework mitigate risks increase performance systems not only civil sector, but also military domain. Conducting cyber operations multidomain battles presents...

10.1080/08995605.2018.1478546 article EN Military Psychology 2018-07-04

Personal resiliency refers to individual attributes that are related the process of successfully adapting environment in face adverse conditions, also known as resilience. Emotion regulation is increasingly found a core component mental health and modulate differences management emotional responses. The Resiliency Scales for Children Adolescents (RSCA; Prince-Embury, 2006, 2007) were designed systematically identify quantify personal qualities youth, includes Sense Mastery scale (MAS),...

10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00438 article EN cc-by Frontiers in Psychology 2019-03-14

In stressful situations such as the COVID-19-pandemic, unpleasant emotions are expected to increase while pleasant will likely decrease. Little is known about role cognitive appraisals, information management, and upregulating can play support emotion regulation in a pandemic. an online survey (N = 1682), we investigated predictors of changes German sample (aged 18–88 years) shortly after first restrictions were imposed. Crisis self-efficacy felt restriction joy alike. The application...

10.1371/journal.pone.0262283 article EN cc-by PLoS ONE 2022-01-07

The presented study evaluates the evidence base underpinning use of Mindfulness–Acceptance–Commitment approach (MAC) in applied sport psychology. To assess effectiveness MAC protocol on improving mindfulness and psychological flexibility, enhancing performance well-being among athletes, we used Robust Bayesian Meta-Analysis with Publication Selection Model-Averaging (RoBMAPSMA). In total, there were eleven controlled trials included meta-analysis. Results RoBMAPSMA show: a moderate...

10.1080/1612197x.2023.2180070 article EN International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology 2023-02-23

Training through simulation has shown to increase relevant and specific skills sets across a wide range of areas in nursing related professions. Increasing reciprocal relation the development self-efficacy. A study was conducted assess changes self-efficacy training for 2nd year students. Initial emotional states, pre post self-efficacy, expert ratings performance were assessed. Results show that students who displayed an as result also judged perform better by ratings. The effect on could...

10.3390/nursrep11020026 article EN cc-by Nursing Reports 2021-04-21

After the first COVID-19 case was diagnosed in Germany, various measures limiting contact between people were introduced across country. The implementation of these varied jurisdictions and potentially had a negative impact on psychological well-being many people. However, prevalence, severity, type symptoms burden has not been documented detail. In current study, we analysed self-reported German sample. dataset collected April 8th June 1st, 2020, through an online survey measuring using...

10.3389/fpsyg.2021.640518 article EN cc-by Frontiers in Psychology 2021-09-07

Hands-on and practical learning has been key to cybersecurity education training success. Cyber Defense Exercises (CDX) are a common approach training, testing, verifying technical soft skills. However, full-scale CDX implementation is also an expensive event. In order advance such exercises the next level, organizers should further focus on educational, psychological, cross-domain relationships. The paper discusses proposes multidimensional for that balances cognitive, emotional, social...

10.1177/21582440231156367 article EN cc-by SAGE Open 2023-01-01

Advancements in digitalisation with cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) allow patients opportunities for improved autonomy, quality of life, and a potential increase life expectancy. However, the digital functional practicalities CIEDs, there exists also cyber safety issues transferring wireless information. If network were to be hacked, CIED patient could experience both loss sensitive data control due an unwelcome party. Moreover, if become victim attack, which resulted serious...

10.1371/journal.pdig.0000507 article EN cc-by PLOS Digital Health 2024-05-23

Abstract Incorporating gamification elements and innovative approaches in training programs are promising for addressing cybersecurity knowledge gaps. Cybersecurity education should combine hard soft skill development when building the capacity to manage cyber incidents requiring timely communication, team collaboration, self-efficacy risk assessment incident mitigation. The paper presents a design evaluation of technology-enhanced approach CAPE which works as hybrid escape room. It combines...

10.1007/s10758-024-09769-8 article EN cc-by Technology Knowledge and Learning 2024-07-30

There is evidence that accumulated senescent cells drive age-related pathologies, but the antecedents to cellular stressors induce senescence remain poorly understood. Previous research suggests there a relationship between shorter telomere length, an antecedent senescence, and psychological stress. Existing models do not sufficiently account for specific pathways from which stress regulation converted into production of reactive oxygen species. We propose neuro-immuno-senescence integrative...

10.3389/fnins.2018.00726 article EN cc-by Frontiers in Neuroscience 2018-10-09

Vagally mediated heart rate variability (HRV) is a psychophysiological indicator of mental and physical health. Limited research suggests there reduced vagal activity resulting lower HRV in patients with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD); however little actually known about the association between symptoms depression whether mirrors symptom improvement following psychotherapy. The aim this study was to investigate antidepressant therapy, change 50 inpatients (68% females; 17–68 years)...

10.1371/journal.pone.0248686 article EN cc-by PLoS ONE 2021-03-23
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