Sylvain Moreno, PhD

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Position:

Director of the Digital Health Hub, Director of the Computational Neuroscience Research Laboratory, Associate Professor at the School of Interactive Arts and Technology

Contact:


https://computationalgeronneuroscience.iat.sfu.ca/

Affiliations:

Simon Fraser University and Digital Health Hub

Biography

Dr. Moreno is a spe­cial­ist in neu­ro­sci­en­tific tech­nolo­gies related to dig­i­tal media, reha­bil­i­ta­tion and brain fit­ness solu­tions. Over the past decade, he has devel­oped a pro­gram of research and edu­ca­tion focus­ing on inter­ac­tive media and neu­ro­science, includ­ing the devel­op­ment of inter­ac­tive computer-based sys­tems that improve cog­ni­tive func­tion by way of induced neu­ro­plas­tic­ity. Dr. Moreno has been a member of the New York Academy of Science since 2006. He is the Head of Innovation for the Neurodevnet NCE and part of the AGE-WELL NCE’s inno­va­tion team.

Projects

Pathways to flourishing

Leveraging Virtual Reality for cultivating compassion, resilience, social connectedness, and healthy habits in emerging adults facing chronic health challenges About half of youths with chronic physical conditions develop anxiety and/or depression, causing significant distress and disruption within their lives over many years. This underscores their need for well-being tools- particularly ones t...


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