Resume

Bio

I am a PhD student working with Vincent Taschereau-Dumouchel on bridging the gap between quantitative and qualitative approaches in cognitive neuroscience and computational psychiatry. During my master's, I worked on mapping out subjective experience using a combination of psychometrics, NLP and generative AI, with a focus on accelerating mental health care research. I now aim to develop innovative applications of AI to the study of brains and consciousness.

Education

Ph.D. Psychology

Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience specialization
Université de Montréal, Fall 2024

M.Sc. Biomedical Data Science

Clinical Sciences, Computational Medicine specialization
Université de Montréal, 2022 - 2024

B.Sc. Psychology (Honors)

Université du Québec à Montréal, 2019 - 2022

Publications

Preprints

1. Manuel, S., Gagnon, J., Gosselin, F., Taschereau-Dumouchel, V. (2024). Towards a Latent Space Cartography of Subjective Experience in Mental Health. PsyArXiv. [Preprint]

Peer-reviewed articles

2. Taschereau-Dumouchel, V., Côté, M., Manuel, S., Valevicius, D., Cushing, C.A., Cortese, A., Lau, H. (2024). Interaction Between the Prefrontal and Visual Cortices Supports Subjective Fear. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. [Paper] [Preprint]

1. Berman, T., Cushing, C.A., Manuel, S., Vachon-Presseau, É., Cortese, A., Kawato, M., Woo, C.W., Wager,T., Lau, H., Roy, M., & Taschereau-Dumouchel, V. (Accepted). Modulating Subjective Pain Perception with Decoded MNI-space Neurofeedback. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. [Preprint]

Science communication articles

2. Manuel, S., (2021). « Opération Mind Control : Un historique du consentement en recherche », Journal étudiant le Psy-Curieux, https://psycurieux.ca/2021/04/07/mind-control/

1. Manuel, S., (2021). « La folie donne-t-elle naissance à la créativité ? », Journal étudiant Le Psy-Curieux, https://psycurieux.ca/2021/02/22/folie-et-creativite/

Presentations

Oral presentations

2. Manuel, S., Gosselin, F., Gagnon, J., Taschereau-Dumouchel, V. (May 24-26, 2024). Cartographier les différences individuelles dans l'expérience subjective avec l’IA pour la prédiction des symptômes psychiatriques. 46e congrès annuel de la Société Québécoise pour la Recherche en Psychologie, Drummondville, QC, Canada. [Slides]

1. Manuel, S., Gosselin, F., Gagnon, J., Taschereau-Dumouchel, V. (May 26-28, 2023). Quantifier les représentations mentales à l’aide du traitement du langage naturel. 45e congrès annuel de la Société Québécoise pour la Recherche en Psychologie, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada. [Slides]

Poster presentations

8. Manuel, S., Gosselin, F., Gagnon, J., Taschereau-Dumouchel, V. (October 1-3 2024). Towards a Latent Space Cartography of Individual Differences in Subjective Experience Using Large Language Models. Mila Workshop: NLP in the era of generative AI, cognitive sciences, and societal transformation, Montréal, QC, Canada. [Poster]

7. Manuel, S., Gosselin, F., Gagnon, J., Taschereau-Dumouchel, V. (August 6-9 2024). Towards a Latent Space Cartography of Individual Differences in Subjective Experience Using Large Language Models. Cognitive Computational Neuroscience, Boston, MA, United-States. [Poster]

6. Taschereau-Dumouchel, V., Côté, M., Manuel. S., Valevicius, D., & Lau, H. (May 17-22 2024). Information transmission between the ventral visual stream and the prefrontal cortex supports the subjective experience of fear. Vision Sciences Society, Naples, FL, United-States.

5. Taschereau-Dumouchel, V., Côté, M., Manuel. S., Valevicius, D., & Lau, H. (April 23-26 2024). Information transmission between the ventral visual stream and the prefrontal cortex supports the subjective experience of fear. Social and Affective Neuroscience Society, Toronto, ON, Canada.

4. Manuel, S., Gosselin, F., Gagnon, J., Taschereau-Dumouchel, V. (July 6-8 2023). Quantifying High-Level Representations Using Verbal Reports and Natural Language Processing. Computational Psychiatry Conference, Dublin, Ireland. [Poster]

3. Manuel, S., Gosselin, F., Gagnon, J., Taschereau-Dumouchel, V. (July 17-21 2023). Quantifying High-Level Representations Using Verbal Reports and Natural Language Processing. International Society for the Study of Individual Differences, Belfast, Northern Ireland. [Poster]

2. Manuel, S. (20-22 May 2021). L'influence de l'intéroception dans l'ancrage des concepts abstraits et concrets : une approche psycholinguistique. 44e congrès annuel de la Société Québécoise pour la Recherche en Psychologie, Mont-Tremblant, QC, Canada.

1. Manuel, S., (21 November 2021). Qu'est-ce qu'un mot concret versus un mot abstrait ? Journée scientifique du Centre de recherche en neurosciences cognitives de l’Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada. [Best poster presentation award!]