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Micah M Murray
Founding Scientific and Academic Director, The Sense Innovation and Research Center, Lausanne and Sion, Switzerland
Bio
Dr. Micah M. Murray is a cognitive neuroscientist with a deep interest in how the brain interprets and integrates sensory experiences. With more than three decades of research across Europe and the U.S., Dr. Murray is internationally recognised for his work in multisensory integration and perceptual neuroscience.
As Professor at the University of Lausanne (UNIL) and Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), he also directs The LINE (Laboratory for Integrative Neuroscience), a multidisciplinary lab exploring brain mechanisms of sensation, perception, and learning across the lifespan in health and disease.
Meeting for Minds involvement
Dr. Murray has been a longtime supporter of Meeting for Minds and a passionate advocate for scientific collaboration that includes the voices of those with lived experience of mental illness.
Since 2015, he has contributed to co-research initiatives, and public events with Meeting for Minds across Switzerland, Australia, and beyond.
“Co-producing science with people who live with mental illness helps ground our work in real-world complexity — and reminds us that research is about people, not just data.”
Featured Research & Work
1. The LINE – Laboratory for Integrative Neuroscience
Visit Lab Website → (https://www.unil.ch/line)
2. The Sense Innovation and Research Center
Visit The Sense – https://www.the-sense.ch
Exploring how the brain builds perception through sensory inputs across the lifespan and in health and disease.
2. Key Publication: “Multisensory Processes: A Balancing Act across the Lifespan”
Read Open Access → https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tins.2016.05.003
A foundational study examining how the brain fuses signals from different senses and how this affects conscious experience.
3. Advocate for Scientific Co-production
Dr. Murray’s collaborations with Meeting for Minds continue to shape global conversations around participatory research and the ethics of neuroscience.