Rémi Thériault
Rémi Thériault obtained his B.A. in Psychology in 2016, his M.Sc. in Psychiatry, both at McGill University, Montréal, Québec, and has now started his Ph.D. in Experimental Social Psychology at Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM). He has been working within Dr. Amir Raz’s Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory for the last few years. His research has principally focused on exploring the mind-body connection through the placebo effect and the malleability of the sense of embodiment. His current graduate research focuses on psychological strategies to increase empathy and reduce intergroup prejudice, such as taking others' perspective using virtual reality technology, or loving-kindness meditation. Overall, Rémi is passionate about putting social-psychological research to use to increase people’s wellbeing and intrinsic motivation to help one another.
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