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Jaime Kulisevsky is a leading neurologist whose research has fundamentally reshaped our understanding of non-motor symptoms in Parkinson’s disease (PD), particularly psychosis and cognitive decline. His work bridges clinical neurology with cutting-edge cognitive neuroscience, focusing on how altered sensorimotor processing drives complex hallucinations. In a landmark 2021 study, Kulisevsky pioneered a robotics-based approach to induce "presence hallucinations" in PD patients by applying conflicting sensorimotor stimulation. This work, cited over 50 times, demonstrated that these disturbing symptoms arise from dysfunction in the fronto-temporal network, offering a novel experimental model for psychosis. Beyond this, his broader contributions have illuminated the pathophysiology of PD-related dementia and impulse control disorders, with his cumulative work amassing thousands of citations. Kulisevsky’s innovative use of robotics to probe subjective experience has opened new avenues for early diagnosis and targeted therapies, establishing him as a key figure in translational movement disorders research. His findings are essential reading for anyone studying the intersection of motor and psychiatric symptoms in neurodegeneration.