/psychiatry/taxonomy/term/509/all en /psychiatry/channels/news/dr-veissieres-featured-youtube-series-mind-field-episode-behavior-and-belief-293676 <p>In this new episode on the power of Belief from popular science TV series Mind Field, Dr. Samuel Veissière, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and co-director of the Culture, Mind, and Brain program, designs and performs an experiment to induce mystical experience in people by harnessing their trust in religious and medical symbols.</p> Wed, 23 Jan 2019 15:40:41 +0000 john.lafreniere@mcgill.ca 2759 at /psychiatry /psychiatry/channels/news/dr-veissieres-featured-nbc-article-292828 <p>Until a year and a half ago, Samuel Veissiere's smartphone was the last thing he saw before he fell asleep and the first thing that greeted him when he woke up. During the day, the device bombarded him with constant notifications — from four different email accounts as well as Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, Reddit and Twitter.</p> Fri, 21 Dec 2018 16:24:04 +0000 john.lafreniere@mcgill.ca 2749 at /psychiatry