Felix Schoeller is a scientist, inventor, and entrepreneur working at the interface between neuroscience and technology. His work has been funded by Joy Ventures, the European Commission, and the French Ministry of Defense and was featured in Centre Pompidou and Ars Electronica.
Education
Ph.D. in cognitive science from the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS). Postdoctoral positions at the Gonda Brain Research Centre, MIT Media Lab, the French Institute for Health and Medical Research, and the Centre for Research and Interdisciplinarity in Paris.
Selected Publications
Schoeller F, Miller M, Salomon R and Friston KJ (2021) Trust as Extended Control: Human-Machine Interactions as Active Inference. Front. Syst. Neurosci. 15:669810.
Schoeller, F., Haar, A. J. H., Jain, A., & Maes, P. (2019). Enhancing human emotions with interoceptive technologies. Physics of Life Reviews.
Schoeller F, Bertrand P, Gerry LJ, Jain A, Horowitz AH and Zenasni F (2019) Combining Virtual Reality and Biofeedback to Foster Empathic Abilities in Front. Psychol. 9:2741.
Schoeller, F., Perlovsky, L. (2016) Aesthetic chills: Knowledge-acquisition, meaning-making and aesthetic emotions. Front. Psychol. 7:1093.
Your ideal research study
Exactly the one we are pursuing right now at IACS, combining tFUS and chills stimuli such as music, speech, films, or rituals, to devise clinical intervention and mitigate mood disorders.
What drew you to consciousness
consciousness
