Francesca Bruni, PhD, is a psychologist and researcher whose academic work sits at the intersection of clinical psychology, cognitive aging, and technology-assisted rehabilitation, with a distinctive background in user experience (UX) design and evaluation. She holds a PhD with doctoral research on UX assessment in healthcare virtual reality applicationd. She is affiliated with a leading Italian research institute, where her work focuses on the design, usability testing, and ecological assessment of technology-based cognitive rehabilitation tools for older populations. Her expertise spans the full lifecycle of instrument development, from heuristic evaluation and user experience testing across multiple device formats to the validation of psychometric measures, combining human-centered design principles with rigorous clinical methodology. She holds editorial responsibilities for international scientific journals in the field of emerging technologies for cognitive assessment and intervention in aging, and maintains an active peer review role across related methodological domains. Her scholarly interests center on the UX and ecological validity of digital health technologies, instrument and questionnaire design, and person-centered approaches to psychological care.