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Saskia Nijman is a Research Fellow at the University of Groningen's Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences within the Department of Clinical Psychology and Experimental Psychopathology, specializing in virtual reality applications for psychotic disorders with emphasis on social cognition and functional improvement.
Her academic foundation includes a PhD from the University of Groningen (2023), completed with the dissertation "Virtually social: research on social cognition and virtual reality in people with a psychotic disorder", following prior doctoral work at GGZ Drenthe's Psychotic Disorders department (2016-2019).
Nijman's research program centers on Social Cognition, Psychotic Disorders, and Virtual Reality interventions, with specific expertise in Social Cognition Training, Emotion Recognition, and Social Functioning enhancement. Her methodological approach integrates Meta-Analysis with innovative VR paradigms to address cognitive deficits in psychosis.
Analysis of her publication trajectory reveals consistent focus on VR-based therapeutic development since 2023, demonstrating progression from foundational social cognition studies (DiSCoVR trial) to specialized applications for young patients (VR-SOAP protocol) and mechanistic investigations of feature binding in psychosis (2025 study), all employing rigorous randomized controlled methodologies.
Her collaborative network spans University of Groningen faculty and GGZ Drenthe clinicians, contributing significantly to UN Sustainable Development Goal 3 (Good Health and Well-being) through evidence-based psychosis interventions validated by substantial citation impact and media coverage.
