Prof. 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 2022, he began his appointment as a tenured professor at the The Integrated Brain And Behavior Research Center at Haifa University.

Amit Regev Krugwasser is a Ph.D. neuroscience student at the Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center at Bar-Ilan University. Amit holds a B.Sc. in computer science and an M.Sc. in neuroscience. In the past, Amit worked at Microsoft's Israel Development Center. His main fields of interest are self-perception, the sense of agency, metacognition and value perception. Thesis title: “Sense of Agency and Metacognition Across Different Sensorimotor Domains”

Gadi is a PhD neuroscience student at the Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center at Bar-Ilan University. Gadi holds a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in neuroscience and has worked for several years as a research assistant at the Sagol Brain Institute at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center. Gadi’s research focuses on how the brain creates a sense of reality. His interests include psychedelic neuroscience and computational markers of consciousness. Thesis title: “Neural correlates of the Sense of Reality”

Yoni is a Ph.D. student in the Clinical Psychology program at Haifa University under the joint supervision of Prof. Danny Koren and Dr. Roy Salomon. Yoni holds a M.A. in Cognitive Science and a B.Sc. (cum-laude) in Biology and Psychology, both from Ben-Gurion University. Yoni is a guide in the NGO "Derech Lotan", that takes at-risk youth on therapeutic wilderness trips. Yoni's research focuses on early identification of schizophrenia by examining the effects of daily stressors on neurocognitive capacities associated with the Self. Thesis title: “Episodic Memory and Context”

Reina is a PhD candidate at the Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center at Bar-Ilan University. She obtained a B.Sc. in Psychology and M.Sc. in Cognitive Neuroscience (both Cum Laude) from the University of Amsterdam. During the first internship of her research master she investigated sleep stability using EEG at the Sleep and Memory Lab at the University of Amsterdam. During the second internship she investigated the conscious state-dependency of neural markers of conscious access using EEG at the Consciousness and Cognition Lab at the University of Cambridge. Reina’s main interests include reality and consciousness. Thesis title: ‘Multivariate classification of neural time series data decodes conscious states but not conscious access’.

Ophir Netzer is a Ph.D. neuroscience student at the University of Haifa. Ophir holds a B.A. in Cognitive Sciences and Economics and an M.A. in Cognitive and Brain Sciences from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. As part of her M.A. project, she investigated sensory substitution and novel sensory experiences. Her main fields of interest are perception and consciousness in the context of sense of agency and perception of the self.

Niva is an M.A. student in the Clinical Psychology program at Bar-Ilan University. She holds a B.A. in Psychology and in the “Amirim” program for excellence at the Hebrew University. During her B.A., she studied at Berlin School of Mind and Brain as an exchange student. Her main interest is the relationship between the minimal self, episodic memory, and reality monitoring.

Paz Bar-Tal is an M.Sc. student in Neuroscience and Psychology. Her main interest is the relationship between emotions, perceptions and the brain, and she aspires to reveal how external experiences shape this relationship. In her spare time, Paz likes to travel, play the piano and write.

Oded Hirsh is an M.Sc. neuroscience student at the Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center at Bar-Ilan University. Oded holds a B.Sc. in Cognitive science and Psychology and has worked as a research assistant at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His main interests are Embodied cognition, self-perception, metacognition, and reality monitoring and their underlying cognitive and physiological mechanisms.

Ariel is an M.A student in psychology, brain and psychopathologies in Haifa universities. He holds a B.S. in neuroscience and cognition, with a minor in art from Ben Gurgaon University and has taken relevant courses in programing at mechlelet lev. During his B.S, he worked as a lab assistant at Claude brodsky's lab, focusing on parkinson's models in mice and brain slicing. His interests are consciousness, perception, and philosophy of mind in biological and computational models.

Avraham is an M.Sc. student in Neurobiology at the University of Haifa. Avraham holds a B.A. in Psychology from the Open university. His main interests are consciousness, philosophy of the mind and interoception. In addition, he is a Breathwork guide and meditation developer.

Alex Logovinsky is the lab’s programmer and a student pursuing a Master's degree in Geographic Information Systems (GIS). With extensive programming experience, Alex has a strong command of several languages, including Python, Java, MATLAB, R, and ABAP. He also has experience in multiple areas of software development, including Java Full Stack, Python Full Stack, and DevOps, which involves the management and automation of software development processes, including deployment, testing, and monitoring. In addition to his academic pursuits, Alex has volunteered with two nonprofit organizations, BFL (Brothers for Life) and Coast Patrol.

Atalya is a B.A. student in Psychology at the University of Haifa. She works as a research assistant on the "Safe Heart" project, focusing on the MRI segment of the research. Atalya's main interests are neurology, mental health, and the underlying connections in neural networks. In her free time, Atalya enjoys spending time with her friends and family, cooking, singing, playing video games, and traveling.

Oded is a B.A. student in Psychology and Cognitive Science at the University of Haifa. He works as a research assistant on the Unreal project. Oded's primary fields of interest are the sense of reality, consciousness, and the use of psychedelics in psychological therapies. During his spare time, Oded enjoys playing the guitar, practicing yoga and meditation, cooking, and spending time outdoors.

Tzuk is a B.A. student in cognitive science and mathematics at Haifa University. He joined us after spending three years in robotics automation and developing image processing algorithms. His primary interests lie in the mathematics behind metacognition and learning, as well as understanding how past experiences influence the current cognitive state.

Or Meir is a psychology undergraduate student who works as a research assistant on the "Unreal" project, pursuing her interest in perceptual reality monitoring and the neural mechanisms underlying this process. Apart from her studies, Or finds joy in traveling, cooking, and spending time with animals.

Yael is a B.A. student in Psychology at the University of Haifa. She works as a research assistant on the Unreal projects. Her main interests include the sense of reality, perception, and the neurological aspects of mental disorders. Yael is an animal enthusiast who likes to read, travel, and spend time with family and friends in her spare time.

Yotam is a B.A. student in Psychology enrolled in the university's Honors program. He works as a research assistant on the "Sense of Agency" project. As an avid practitioner of woodworking and tabletop roleplaying games such as Dungeons and Dragons, he is interested in exploring the therapeutic applications of these activities and the interpersonal and emotional processes they may foster.

Rona recently graduated with a dual B.A. in Psychology and Cognitive Science. She is currently working as a research assistant on the Sense of Agency project. Her research interests include embodied cognition and the phenomenology of psychedelic experiences and hallucinations. In her free time, she enjoys dancing and drumming.