Roy Salomon

Professor Roy Salomon is a Full Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Haifa. His research primarily explores perceptual consciousness and bodily-self-consciousness, utilizing advanced techniques such as virtual reality, computational models, and neuroimaging. He earned his Ph.D. in Cognitive Neuroscience from Tel Aviv University and the Weizmann Institute of Science, and completed postdoctoral training at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), focusing on bodily-self consciousness and multisensory integration.

Prof. Salomon has made significant contributions to understanding non-typical states of consciousness, such as those experienced in psychosis and under psychedelics. His research is known for its innovative approach to empirically studying the neurocognitive mechanisms underlying “big” questions like “What is the self?” or “How do we know what is real?”.

In addition to his academic achievements, Prof. Salomon is a co-founder and board member of SafeHeart, a non-profit NGO dedicated to assisting trauma survivors, particularly those affected by the large-scale terror attack during the Supernova music festival in October 2023. This tragic event provided a unique opportunity to study trauma processing under altered states of consciousness, an area where Prof. Salomon’s work is pioneering. His efforts in this field aim to offer new insights and potential therapeutic approaches for treating trauma and related mental health conditions.