- simone.grassini@uib.no
- Phone number
- +47 55588672
- Visitor address
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Christies gate 12
5015 Bergen - Postal address
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P.O. Box 7807NO-5020 BergenNorway
Research groups
Short info
I am interested in cognitive psychology and neuroscience, human-AI interaction, and environmental cognition.
Research
I work as a professor of Psychology. My research interests include experimental psychology, environmental neuroscience, behavioral neuroscience, evolutionary psychology, and human factors & Ergonomics. I have studied how humans interact with natural and artificial environments, using various experimental methods. I am involved in several interdisciplinary projects and collaborations with researchers from different fields and countries. Contact me for prospective research collaboration and thesis supervision.
Website
Outreach
Dissemination activities/interviews in science-oriented general media (selection)
Scientific American: ‘AI Anxiety’ Is on the Rise—Here’s How to Manage It
Folk likte KI-kunst – når de trodde den var laget av mennesker
Psychology Today: Has AI Surpassed Human Creativity?
Science Norway: It’s true – a walk in the woods actually helps with anxiety and depression
Forskning.no: Bør ChatGPT og kunstig intelligens brukes i utdanning? Ja, mener forsker
Neuroscience News: Keys to Keeping Your Brain Healthy
SciTechDaily: Scientists Reveal 3 Keys to Keeping Your Brain Healthy
IEEE spectrum: ChatGPT May Be A Better Improviser Than You
MIT Technology Review: AI just beat a human test for creativity. What does that even mean?
Tech Xplore: AI may outperform most humans at creative thinking task
Dissemination activities/interviews in general media and newspapers (selection)
Daily Star: AI bots are 'better than most humans' at certain tasks, scientists claim
The Independent: Chatbots ‘able to outperform most humans at creative thinking task’
Daily Mail: AI may be able to outperform humans at creative thinking tasks, scientists say
Dissemination activities/interviews in other formats
Podcast Omega AI: L’intelligenza artificiale e’ gia’ piu’ creativa di noi?
Teaching
Publications
2025
- Hermundur Sigmundsson; Bergsveinn Ólafsson; Michael F. Steger et al. (2025). Motivation, meaning and well-being: Exploring gender differences and associations in participants from Iceland. (external link)
- Anja Møgelvang; Simone Grassini (2025). Validating the AI attitude scale (AIAS-4) and exploring attitudinal differences in a large sample of Norwegian university students. (external link)
- Simone Grassini; Sebastian Thorp; Enrico Cipriani et al. (2025). Context matters: Analyzing the factors influencing artificial intelligence acceptance across five different applications. (external link)
- Lea Katharina Dietrich; Simone Grassini (2025). Assessing ChatGPT acceptance and use in education: a comparative study among german-speaking students and teachers. (external link)
- Wiesław Talik; Elżbieta Barbara Talik; Simone Grassini (2025). Measurement invariance of the artificial intelligence attitude scale (AIAS-4): cross-cultural studies in Poland, the USA, and the UK. (external link)
- Anja Møgelvang; Enrico Cipriani; Simone Grassini (2025). Generative AI in Action: Acceptance and Use Among Higher Education Staff Pre- and Post-training. (external link)
- Simone Grassini; Sebastian Oltedal Thorp; Alexander Sævild Ree et al. (2025). Distinct predictors of positive attitudes toward artificial intelligence and general technology: big five traits, gender, and age. (external link)
- Mika Koivisto; Iida Lahnalahti; Ida Malmberg et al. (2025). Fascination moderates the effects of nature video exposure on creative thinking. (external link)
- Yasushi Suko; Reeta Kankaanpää; Simone Grassini (2025). Adulthood nature exposure and urban living are associated with climate policy support, mediated by climate change beliefs: A structural equation modeling study. (external link)
- Seydi Ahmet Satici; Sinan Okur; Fatma Betül Yilmaz et al. (2025). Psychometric properties and Turkish adaptation of the artificial intelligence attitude scale (AIAS-4): evidence for construct validity. (external link)
2022
- Mika Koivisto; Simone Grassini (2022). Mental imagery of nature induces positive psychological effects. (external link)
- Sebastian Thorp; Alexander Sævild Ree; Simone Grassini (2022). Temporal Development of Sense of Presence and Cybersickness during an Immersive VR Experience. (external link)
- Mika Koivisto; Simone Grassini (2022). Affective responses to urban but not to natural scenes depend on inter-individual differences in childhood nature exposure. (external link)
- Hermundur Sigmundsson; Benjamin Holen Dybendal; Simone Grassini (2022). Motion, relation, and passion in brain physiological and cognitive aging. (external link)
- Marta Kowal; Piotr Sorokowski; Katarzyna Pisanski et al. (2022). Predictors of enhancing human physical attractiveness: Data from 93 countries. (external link)
- Simone Grassini; Giulia Virginia Segurini; Mika Koivisto (2022). Watching Nature Videos Promotes Physiological Restoration: Evidence From the Modulation of Alpha Waves in Electroencephalography. (external link)
- Hermundur Sigmundsson; Benjamin Holen Dybendal; Jan Morten Loftesnes et al. (2022). Passion a key for success: Exploring motivational factors in football players. (external link)
- Mika Koivisto; Enni Jalava; Lina Kuusisto et al. (2022). Top-Down Processing and Nature Connectedness Predict Psychological and Physiological Effects of Nature. (external link)
- Simone Grassini (2022). The use of VR natural environments for the reduction of stress: an overview on current research and future prospective. (external link)
- Simone Grassini (2022). A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Nature Walk as an Intervention for Anxiety and Depression. (external link)
- Jose Garcia; Ekaterina Prasolova-Førland; Stian Kjeksrud et al. (2022). Using Extended Reality to Teach Protection of Civilians in Higher Military Education. (external link)
- Simone Grassini (2022). Virtual Reality Assisted Non-Pharmacological Treatments in Chronic Pain Management: A Systematic Review and Quantitative Meta-Analysis. (external link)
2021
- Simone Grassini; Mina Saghafian; Sebastian Thorp et al. (2021). User Individual Characteristics and Perceived Usability in Immersive HMD VR: A Mixed Method Explorative Study. (external link)
- Mina Saghafian; Simone Grassini; Karin Laumann et al. (2021). What Factors Contribute to the Perceived Usability of Virtual Reality Technology of Conservative Industrial Consumers. (external link)
- Simone Grassini; Karin Laumann; Ann Kristin Luzi (2021). Association of Individual Factors with Simulator Sickness and Sense of Presence in Virtual Reality Mediated by Head-Mounted Displays (HMDs). (external link)
- J.M. Loftesnes; Simone Grassini; Anna Christophersen Hagerup et al. (2021). Football: Exploring passion, grit and mindset in elite and junior players. (external link)
- Simone Grassini; Karin Laumann (2021). Immersive visual technologies and human health. (external link)
- Simone Grassini; Karin Laumann; Virginia De Martin Topranin et al. (2021). Evaluating the effect of multi-sensory stimulations on simulator sickness and sense of presence during HMD-mediated VR experience. (external link)
- Simone Grassini; Karin Laumann; Sebastian Thorp et al. (2021). Using electrophysiological measures to evaluate the sense of presence in immersive virtual environments: An event-related potential study. (external link)
2023
- Marta Kowal; Piotr Sorokowski; Bojana M. Dinić et al. (2023). Validation of the Short Version (TLS-15) of the Triangular Love Scale (TLS-45) across 37 Languages. (external link)
- Simone Grassini (2023). Shaping the Future of Education: Exploring the Potential and Consequences of AI and ChatGPT in Educational Settings. (external link)
- Simone Grassini (2023). Development and validation of the AI attitude scale (AIAS-4): a brief measure of general attitude toward artificial intelligence. (external link)
- Sebastian Thorp; Lars Morten Rimol; Simone Grassini (2023). Association of the Big Five Personality Traits with Training Effectiveness, Sense of Presence, and Cybersickness in Virtual Reality. (external link)
- Norbert Meskó; Marta Kowal; András Láng et al. (2023). Exploring Attitudes Toward “Sugar Relationships” Across 87 Countries: A Global Perspective on Exchanges of Resources for Sex and Companionship. (external link)
- Marta Kowal; Piotr Sorokowski; Bojana M. Dinić et al. (2023). Correction to: Validation of the Short Version (TLS-15) of the Triangular Love Scale (TLS-45) Across 37 Languages (Archives of Sexual Behavior, (2023), 10.1007/s10508-023-02702-7). (external link)
- Mika Koivisto; Simone Grassini (2023). Best humans still outperform artificial intelligence in a creative divergent thinking task. (external link)
2024
- Simone Grassini (2024). Computational Power and Subjective Quality of AI-Generated Outputs: The Case of Aesthetic Judgement and Positive Emotions in AI-Generated Art. (external link)
- Simone Grassini; Maren Linnea Aasen; Anja Møgelvang (2024). Understanding University Students’ Acceptance of ChatGPT: Insights from the UTAUT2 Model. (external link)
- Simone Grassini; Mika Koivisto (2024). Artificial Creativity? Evaluating AI Against Human Performance in Creative Interpretation of Visual Stimuli. (external link)
- Enrico Cipriani; Sergio Frumento; Simone Grassini et al. (2024). Do Individual Differences in Perception Affect Awareness of Climate Change?. (external link)
- Anja Møgelvang; Camilla Bjelland; Simone Grassini et al. (2024). Gender Differences in the Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence Chatbots in Higher Education: Characteristics and Consequences. (external link)
- Jose Fernando Garcia Estrada; Ekaterina Prasolova-Førland; Stian Kjeksrud et al. (2024). Military education in extended reality (XR): learning troublesome knowledge through immersive experiential application. (external link)
- Madalina Vlasceanu; Kimberly C. Doell; Joseph B. Bak Coleman et al. (2024). Addressing climate change with behavioral science: A global intervention tournament in 63 countries. (external link)
- Mika Koivisto; Simone Grassini (2024). Author Correction: Best humans still outperform artificial intelligence in a creative divergent thinking task (Scientific Reports, (2023), 13, 1, (13601), 10.1038/s41598-023-40858-3). (external link)
- Agariadne Dwinggo Samala; Elizaveta Vitalievna Sokolova; Simone Grassini et al. (2024). ChatGPT: a bibliometric analysis and visualization of emerging educational trends, challenges, and applications. (external link)
- Simone Grassini; Mika Koivisto (2024). Understanding how personality traits, experiences, and attitudes shape negative bias toward AI-generated artworks. (external link)
- Kimberly C. Doell; Boryana Todorova; Madalina Vlasceanu et al. (2024). The International Climate Psychology Collaboration: Climate change-related data collected from 63 countries. (external link)
- Mika Koivisto; Simone Grassini (2024). The restorative effects of mental imagery of nature: A study on subjective and physiological responses. (external link)
- Sebastian Thorp; Lars Morten Rimol; Simon Lervik et al. (2024). Comparative analysis of spatial ability in immersive and non-immersive virtual reality: the role of sense of presence, simulation sickness and cognitive load. (external link)
2026
- Stian Kjeksrud; Silje Alette Engdal; Leif Martin Hokstad et al. (2026). Making Hybrid War Teachable and Learnable: Combining Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality in Military Education. (external link)
- Aleksandra Sevic; Kolbjørn Kallesten Brønnick; Simone Grassini et al. (2026). Digital stress in the modern workplace: Assessment, antecedents, and consequences. (external link)
2020
- Simone Grassini; Karin Laumann (2020). Questionnaire measures and physiological correlates of presence: A systematic review. (external link)
- Simone Grassini; Karin Laumann (2020). Evaluating the use of virtual reality in work safety: a literature review. (external link)
- Simone Grassini; Pilleriin Sikka; Antti Revonsuo et al. (2020). Subjective ratings of fear are associated with frontal late positive potential asymmetry, but not with early brain activity over the occipital and centro‐parietal cortices. (external link)
- Simone Grassini; Karin Laumann (2020). Are Modern Head-Mounted Displays Sexist? A Systematic Review on Gender Differences in HMD-Mediated Virtual Reality. (external link)
- Simone Grassini; Karin Laumann; Martin Rasmussen Skogstad (2020). The Use of Virtual Reality Alone Does Not Promote Training Performance (but Sense of Presence Does). (external link)