Helena Bejr‐Kasem
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Dr. Helena Bejr‐Kasem is a leading neuroscientist whose work sits at the intersection of clinical neurology, cognitive neuroscience, and robotics. Her primary research focuses on understanding the neural mechanisms of hallucinations in Parkinson’s disease (PD), particularly the phenomenon of presence hallucinations (PHs)—the unsettling feeling that someone is nearby when no one is there. In her landmark 2021 study, Dr. Bejr‐Kasem pioneered a novel robotics-based approach to experimentally induce PHs in PD patients by applying conflicting sensorimotor stimulation. This work revealed that these hallucinations depend on altered sensorimotor processing within the fronto-temporal network, providing a critical mechanistic insight into a symptom that is both distressing and a major risk factor for psychosis and dementia. With her paper already garnering 51 citations, her research has rapidly shaped the field, bridging robotics and clinical neuroscience to create reproducible models of complex neuropsychiatric symptoms. Dr. Bejr‐Kasem’s innovative methodology and findings offer a powerful new framework for understanding and potentially treating hallucinations, marking her as a rising authority in the neurobiology of Parkinson’s disease.
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