Dr. Tarik Bel-Bahar is a senior experimental psychologist who joined the Psychophysiology Laboratory in Spring 2019 as a Research Scientist. He completed his doctorate in personality and neuroscience at the University of Oregon, and has held postdoctoral positions at Anna Freud Centre/University College London, University of California San Diego, Duke University, and University of Michigan. He is interested in 1) translational applications of EEG-derived brain dynamics for enhanced assessment, treatment, and prevention of mental and physical health disorders, and 2) advanced EEG topics such as functional connectivity and single-trial metrics. His past research included affective perception, social cognition, emotion regulation, meditation, attention, and consciousness. He also has interests in neuropsychological models of religious experience, contemplation, and altered states.

Tarik.Bel-Bahar@nyspi.columbia.edu