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ISSP World Congress
Together with other researchers from the Performance Psychology department, Dr. Sylvain Laborde was part of the 16th ISSP (International Society of Sport Psychology) World Congress in Hong Kong, China. The ISSP celebrated the 60th anniversary with content on the global past, the present and the future of science and practice in sport, exercise and perfromance psychology. Dr. Sylvain Laborde contributed with two highly attended workshops on Breathing Techniques and HRV. Thank you to all participants for your interest and questions!
PhD Defense
Carla Alfonso
has successfully completed her PhD at the Universitat Autonòma de
Barcelona, including international research stays at German Sports
University Cologne (with us at HRV LABorde 🥳) and Simon Fraser
University in Vancouver.
Her research explored how
vagally-mediated HRV (especially RMSSD), resting heart rate, and
subjective variables (SV's) can be combined to monitor training load and
optimise performance in mostly endurance athletes. She showed that
integrating physiological and psychological markers offers a more
complete, personalised understanding of training adaptation than using
single measures alone. Her work also produced practical tools such as a
training-guidance protocol, a methodological checklist for HRV & SV
research, and evaluations of wearable accuracy.
Our ARTE Documentary
We are proud to have been part of this project, and you can now watch it online!
DU OHPCo Dijon 2025
The new University Diploma "Optimisation de la Haute Performance Collective" (OHPCo) from the Université de Bourgogne focuses on mental preparation, teamwork, and collective performance in high-level sports. We are glad to have contributed to this innovative program with a lecture as part of the course series - bridging science, practice, and human performance.
SPR 2025 in Montréal
We are proud to announce our participation in the 2025 Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR), held October 15-18, 2025, in Montréal, Canada.
This annual meeting brings together researchers, clinicians, and students to share the latest advances in psychophysiology through symposia, poster sessions, plenary talks, and PE-conference workshops. Topics span a wide range, including methodologies, neurophysiological measurement techniques, signal processing, translational applications, and emerging directions in the study of interface between psychological processes and physiological systems.
Our Posters for SPR 2025
DAAD in Paris
We took part in the DAAD 2025 anniversary event in Paris, celebrating 100 years of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). The DAAD promotes international academic exchange and cooperation between Germany and the world. The event highlighted the strong ties between Germany and France - and we contributed with a Science Slam.
Congreso AECD Elche 2025
We were part of the CIAECD Conference 2025 in Elche, Spain, which is an international event bringing together researchers and professionals to discuss innovation and new approaches in sport and physical activity. We were honored to give a keynote talk presenting our latest research.Latest Content on Instagram and LinkedIn
Jente Depoorter from Ghent University visited the HRVLAB.
PhD student Caterina Salvotti presented her progress report.
Former PhD student Carla Alfonso defended her PhD. Congratulations!