Paranormal Brains: Can neuroscience explain the unseen?

Featuring presentations from:

Kian Godhwani

Maria Chamas

Elizaveta Solomonova

Adam Smith

Kian Godhwani

Kian is a master's student at the McGill Lab for Computational and Translational Psychiatry (McPsyt) under the supervision of Dr. David Benrimoh. Most of his time is spent trying to answer one question: What if we could predict and prevent the onset of psychosis? His thesis project is focused on building an open-world video game, Echoing Tides, that can monitor and predict psychosis risk in vulnerable populations.

Maria Chamas

Maria is pursuing a Master’s degree in Neuroscience at the Université de Montréal, focusing on characterizing sleep health and sleep patterns in deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals. Her research interests lie at the intersection of neuroscience and sleep medicine, including neuroimaging and the complex relationships between sleep, dreams, health, cognition. Through her involvement with the Dream Engineering Lab, Maria has collaborated on the study Agen