Biography & Research:
SARA ARLATI received MSc degree in Biomedical Engineering in 2013, and her PhD degree in Bioengineering in 2020 from Politecnico di Milano. Her PhD thesis was about virtual reality-based cognitive interventions for older adults with mild cognitive impairment. She is currently a full-time researcher at CNR-STIIMA. Her research interests mainly deal with virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) technologies and their application to the health sector; in particular, she designs and develops applications supporting neuromotor rehabilitation and cognitive training for diverse populations of users. She is also interested in the evaluation of the user-experience while using VR/AR devices. She authored 14 papers in peer-review journals and several contributions in conference proceedings.