Hector Taylor

Zurich · neuroscience · virtual reality

HectorTaylor

I study how altered states, immersive technology and embodied perception can change the way people infer, own and act through their bodies.

  • PhD candidateUZH / PUK Zurich
  • Body inferenceownership and action
  • Altered statespsychedelic science
  • Immersive methodsVR and chronic pain

About

Researcher and builder in Zurich.

I am a PhD candidate in the Psychedelic Research and Therapy Development group at the University Hospital of Psychiatry Zurich / University of Zurich. My work sits at the intersection of psychedelic science, virtual reality, embodiment and chronic pain.

This site is my canonical home online for research updates, project notes, writing, publications, tools and experiments as they become ready to share.

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Research

Measurement, mechanism, translation.

  • Pain and body-specific perception

    I study whether pain changes perception in a body-specific way, rather than merely making all sensory judgments noisier or more difficult.

  • Psilocybin, VR and embodied self-binding

    I use immersive VR to test how psilocybin may alter embodied self-binding, especially when visual and proprioceptive body signals conflict.

  • Embodied VR for chronic pain translation

    I am helping develop clinical translation toward chronic-pain populations, asking whether embodied VR can retune maladaptive body representation over time.

Projects

Methods, culture, tools.

Project

State x World x Task

A methodological framework for matching induced modes of consciousness with designed virtual worlds and specific therapeutic or experimental tasks. Safety and support conditions are part of the method, not an afterthought.

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