Rotem's
Academic
Background

Rotem graduated with a BsC in psychology from the University of Toronto and an MA in social psychology from York University.

His master’s thesis modeled the contribution of affective regulation to the relationship between mindfulness and sustained attention.

Rotem earned his PhD from McMaster University, working with Dr. David Shore. His dissertation focused on a double-blind, placebo-controlled psilocybin study.

Publications

Publications

Title Year
Demography of Microdosing Community Survey2017
Microdosing Psychedelics: Personality, mental health, and creativity differences in microdosers2018
Sitting with it: an Investigation of the Relationship between Mindfulness and Boredom Mindfulness, Vigilance, and Boredom Procedure2018
Is fear in your head? A comparison of instructed and real-life expressions of emotion in the face and body.2017
Microdosing as a response to the meaning crisis2020
Social interaction context shapes emotion recognition through body language, not facial expressions2020
Psychedelic microdosing benefits and challenges: an empirical codebook2019
Semantic and affective representations of valence: Prediction of autonomic and facial responses from feelings-focused and knowledge-focused self-reports2019
Psychedelic Research and the Need for Transparency: Polishing Alice’s Looking Glass2020
Microdosing psychedelics: Demographics, practices, and psychiatric comorbidities2020
The metronome response task for measuring mind wandering: Replication attempt and extension of three studies by Seli et al2020
Microdosing psychedelics: Subjective benefits and challenges, substance testing behavior, and the relevance of intention2020
The metronome response task for measuring mind wandering: Replication attempt and extension of three studies by Seli et al2021
Social interaction context shapes emotion recognition through body language, not facial expressions.2021
Sitting with it: An investigation of the relationship between trait mindfulness and sustained attention2021
Microdosing psychedelics: Subjective benefits and challenges, substance testing behavior, and the relevance of intention2022
Microdosing as a response to the meaning crisis: a qualitative analysis2022
Manifest your desires: Psychedelics and the self-help industry2022
Set and setting in microdosing: an oft-overlooked principle2022