Ceyda Sayalı, PhD

Instructor

Ceyda Sayalı is a cognitive neuroscientist focused on exploring the neurocognitive mechanisms underlying both the immediate and prolonged effects of psychedelics on clinically healthy individuals and those with medical conditions. She earned her Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degrees in Psychology and Philosophy from Koç University in Turkey and completed her Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) at Brown University researching neural mechanisms of cognitive control. Subsequently, she completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the psychopharmacology of cognitive control at Radboud University in the Netherlands. Currently, she is a full-time scientific researcher ranked as Instructor at the Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research at Johns Hopkins University. Her research uses functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) and Electroencephalography (EEG) for neuroimaging, along with Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) to investigate causal hypotheses of brain function. Ceyda's work primarily employs cognitive control frameworks to examine and conceptualize the immediate and enduring impacts of psychedelics on cognitive functions and mood.