M Samad

Majed Samad, M.Eng.
Graduate Student
Multisensory Perception Lab
UCLA Psychology Department

Address:
Majed Samad
UCLA Psychology Department
7531 Franz Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1563

Phone:
(310) 866-6036

Research Interests:
Attention and awareness, multisensory binding, causal inference in perception, body and self representation, use of TMS and tDCS to establish causal roles, Bayesian statistical modeling of cognition, ‘working memory’-based theories of consciousness.

Personal Interests:
Philosophy of mind, the ‘hard problem’ of consciousness, German transcendental idealism, all forms of music, fingerstyle guitar, Buddhism and non-theistic spirituality and meditation, the intersection between scientific, philosophic, religious, and artistic knowledge.

Awards and Fellowships

2011, UCLA Distinguished University Fellowship
2011, UCLA Graduate Research Mentorship Fellowship
2010, UCLA First Class Honors Graduate