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Researcher

Aleksandra Zheleva

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Awards & Distinctions

22 Results

2026

When harassment becomes 'normal' : how immersive VR shapes norm internalization

Aleksandra ZhelevaFlorence Joseph

2025

Exploring love & intimacy in social virtual realities

Janneke M. SchokkenbroekAleksandra Zheleva

Extending QoE research : addressing harassment in social VR through feminist digital ethnography

Aleksandra ZhelevaKatleen GabrielsMaria Torres Vega

How does social virtual reality shape the future of romantic and sexual relationships?

Aleksandra ZhelevaJanneke M. Schokkenbroek

Reflective realities : exploring the mechanisms of mirror dwelling in social virtual reality

Aleksandra ZhelevaAnnabel De ClercqEmma EmmerechtsDurk TalsmaKlaas Bombeke

A1 Journal Article in MEDIA PSYCHOLOGY

Reframing quality of experience in virtual reality : integrating narratives and psycho-physiological data through a critical mixed-methods lens

Aleksandra ZhelevaKlaas BombekeLieven De MarezDurk Talsma

2024

Identity in pixels : the interplay of personality, self-discrepancy, and avatar type in social virtual reality communication

Aleksandra ZhelevaEmma EmmerechtsAnnabel De ClercqKlaas BombekeDurk TalsmaLieven De Marez

Intersecting realms : a cross-disciplinary examination of VR quality of experience research

Aleksandra ZhelevaLieven De MarezDurk TalsmaKlaas Bombeke

A1 Journal Article in VIRTUAL REALITY

Kitchen horrors : unraveling the influence of multimodal stressors on user experience in virtual reality through electrodermal activity

Aleksandra ZhelevaMichal Kacper GilEdoardo PelosinDurk TalsmaLieven De MarezKlaas Bombeke

Reflective realities : the effect of avatar type and mirror dwelling on presence and avatar embodiment in social VR

Annabel De ClercqAleksandra ZhelevaEmma EmmerechtsKlaas BombekeDurk TalsmaLieven De Marez

Towards automated hesitation detection during support-system enhanced industrial assembly

Jamil JoundiJonas De BruyneAleksandra ZhelevaWouter DurnezJelle SaldienKlaas Bombeke

2023

CaliBrainVR : using psycho-physiological measures to calibrate virtual reality training

Aleksandra ZhelevaJonas De BruyneWouter DurnezSam Van De WalleSiemon VerreykenJelle DemanetKlaas Bombeke

I spy with my AI : the effects of AI-based visual cueing on human operators’ performance and cognitive load in CCTV control rooms

Jonas De BruyneJamil JoundiJessica MortonAleksandra ZhelevaNiels Van KetsGlenn Van WallendaelDurk TalsmaJelle SaldienLieven De MarezWouter Durnez et al.

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL ERGONOMICS

The impact of eye gaze on social interactions of females in social virtual reality : the mediating role of the uncanniness of avatars and the moderating role of task type

Aleksandra ZhelevaJulie HardemanWouter DurnezCharlotte VanroelenJonas De BruyneDennis Osei TutuJessica MortonJamil JoundiJelle SaldienKlaas Bombeke

A1 Journal Article in HELIYON

2022

Danger, high voltage! Using EEG and EOG measurements for cognitive overload detection in a simulated industrial context

Jessica MortonAleksandra ZhelevaBram Van AckerWouter DurnezPieter VannesteCharlotte LarmuseauJonas De BruyneAnnelies RaesFrederik CornillieJelle Saldien et al.

A1 Journal Article in APPLIED ERGONOMICS

ExperienceDNA : a framework to conduct and analyse user tests in VR

Jamil JoundiKlaas BombekeJelle SaldienWouter DurnezJonas De BruyneCharlotte VanroelenAleksandra Zheleva

Spaz! The effects of local latency on player actions in an desktop-based exergame

Wouter DurnezAleksandra ZhelevaMark ClaypoolKlaas BombekeMathias MaesJan Van LooyLieven De Marez

A1 Journal Article in IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GAMES

2021

Can you make the cut? Exploring the effect of frequency of cuts in virtual reality storytelling

Aleksandra ZhelevaJolien De LetterWouter DurnezSven RousseauxLieven De Marez

Modifying the technology acceptance model to investigate behavioural intention to use augmented reality

Aleksandra ZhelevaAnne Roos SminkPaul Hendriks VettehenPaul Ketelaar

What did you expect? Modelling quality of experience for virtual reality using the repertory grid technique

Jolien De LetterAleksandra ZhelevaMathias MaesAnissa AllLieven De MarezWouter Durnez

A2 Journal Article in QUALITY AND USER EXPERIENCE

2020

Fake people, real effects : the presence of virtual onlookers can impair performance and learning

Wouter DurnezKlaas BombekeJamil JoundiAleksandra ZhelevaEmiel CraccoFran CopmanMarcel BrassJelle SaldienLieven De Marez

Seeing is believing : the effect of video quality on quality of experience in virtual reality

Aleksandra ZhelevaWouter DurnezKlaas BombekeGlenn Van WallendaelLieven De Marez