https://uni-konstanz-de.zoom.us/j/96303780771
Abstract:
On October 7th, 2023, a large-scale terror attack by Hamas targeted the Supernova music festival, resulting in the deaths of over 360 attendees and the abduction of dozens to Gaza. Reports indicate that some victims were raped before being murdered or kidnapped, exposing survivors to acute, life-threatening traumatic events. Additionally, many attendees were under the influence of psychoactive substances, including MDMA, LSD, ketamine, psilocybin, and cannabis at the time of the attack. This unprecedented exposure to severe trauma in conjunction with active psychoactive substances presents a unique research opportunity. In response, Prof. Salomon co-founded SafeHeart, a nonprofit NGO dedicated to supporting festival survivors. To date, over 2,700 survivors have registered with SafeHeart, facilitating a large-scale study on trauma processing under the influence of psychedelics. This presentation will cover first results of this investigation. Prof. Roy Salomon started his academic career as a student of psychology in the “Amirim” program for excellence at the Hebrew University. He completed his Ph.D. at Tel Aviv University in cognitive neuroscience studying the neural and cognitive mechanisms of the Self, under the guidance of Prof. Dominique Lamy and Prof. Rafi Malach from the Weizmann Institute of Science. He continued to a postdoctoral fellowship at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland where he worked with Prof. Olaf Blanke on Bodily Self Consciousness. In 2016, he began his appointment as a senior lecturer at the Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center at Bar-Ilan University. The Salomon lab focuses on the cognitive and neural processes underlying the sense of “Self” and the sense of “Reality”, studying both healthy and clinical populations, as well as during psychedelic experiences. |
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