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Interdisciplinary researcher and educator, specialized in sleep, sleep disorders, meditation and socio-cultural aspects.

Profile Summary

I am a research scientist specialized in sleep, sleep disorders (nightmares, parasomnias and others), meditation/contemplative practices and socio-cultural aspects of human mind and behaviour. I have 16 years of experience in academic research, manuscript and grant writing, data analysis and interpretation, and project development. In addition to psychology, neuroscience and physiology, I have studied and worked in philosophy of mind and in collaborative projects with artists and Buddhist teachers and practitioners. I have worked and taught at the University of Montreal and at McGill University, and am participating in numerous international collaborations.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Cognitive Neuroscience
• ☆ Philosophy of Mind

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Product Development

Writing Technical Writing, Copywriting, Newswriting

Research Fact Checking, Gray Literature Search, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Product Development Formulation

Work Experience

Lecturer

McGill University

January 2018 - Present

Postdoctoral Fellow

McGill University

December 2017 - Present

Postdoctoral Researcher

Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital

November 2017 - December 2018

Doctoral researcher/Research Assistant

Center for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine

March 2004 - November 2017

Lecturer

University of Montreal

January 2013 - May 2017

Education

Ph.D. (Faculty of medicine: Psychiatry & Philosophy)

Université de Montréal

September 2011 - March 2018

M.Sc. (Psychology)

Université de Montréal

September 2007 - August 2011

B.A. (Art History, Psychology, World Religions)

McGill University

September 2001 - May 2007

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Thomas Doctor and Olaf Witkowski and Elizaveta Solomonova and Bill Duane and Michael Levin(2022). Biology, Buddhism, and AI: Care as the Driver of Intelligence . Entropy. 24. (5). p. 710. {MDPI} {AG}

Elizaveta Solomonova and Claudia Picard-Deland and Iris L. Rapoport and Marie-H{\'{e}}l{\`{e}}ne Pennestri and Mysa Saad and Tetyana Kendzerska and Samuel Paul Louis Veissiere and Roger Godbout and Jodi D. Edwards and Lena Quilty and Rebecca Robillard(2021). Stuck in a lockdown: Dreams, bad dreams, nightmares, and their relationship to stress, depression and anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic . PLOS ONE. 16. (11). p. e0259040. Public Library of Science ({PLoS})

Elizaveta Solomonova, Maria Paola Lavin Gonzalez, Rim Nazar, Marouane Nassim, Helen Noble, Elena Dikaios, Marta Novak, Istvan Mucsi, Emilie Trinh, Angela Potes, et al. (2021). Do Brief Mindfulness Interventions (BMI) and Health Enhancement Programs (HEP) Improve Sleep in Patients in Hemodialysis with Depression and Anxiety? . Healthcare.

Claudia Picard-Deland and Maude Pastor and Elizaveta Solomonova and Tyna Paquette and Tore Nielsen(2020). Flying dreams stimulated by an immersive virtual reality task . Consciousness and Cognition. 83. p. 102958. Elsevier {BV}

Elizaveta Solomonova and Anna L. MacKinnon and Ian Gold and Stephanie Robins and Samantha Wunderlich and Nancy Feeley and Barbara Hayton and Eva Libman and Phyllis Zelkowitz(2020). Disordered sleep is related to delusional ideation and depression during the perinatal period . Sleep Health. 6. (2). p. 179--184. Elsevier {BV}

Elizaveta Solomonova and Simon Dub{\'{e}} and Clo{\'{e}} Blanchette-Carri{\`{e}}re and Dasha A. Sandra and Arnaud Samson-Richer and Michelle Carr and Tyna Paquette and Tore Nielsen(2020). Different Patterns of Sleep-Dependent Procedural Memory Consolidation in Vipassana Meditation Practitioners and Non-meditating Controls . Frontiers in Psychology. 10. Frontiers Media {SA}

V. Lecompte and S. Robins and L. King and E. Solomonova and N. Khan and E. Moss and C. Nagy and N. Feeley and I. Gold and B. Hayton and G. Turecki and P. Zelkowitz(2020). Examining the role of mother-child interactions and DNA methylation of the oxytocin receptor gene in understanding child controlling attachment behaviors . Attachment & Human Development. p. 1--19. Informa {UK} Limited

(2019). Sleep quality is associated with vasopressin methylation in pregnant and postpartum women with a history of psychosocial stress . Psychoneuroendocrinology.

(2018). Dream content and procedural learning in Vipassana meditators and controls . Dreaming.

Elizaveta Solomonova, Philippe Stenstrom, Emilie Schon, Alexandra Duquette, Simon Dubé, Christian O'Reilly, Tore Nielsen(2017). Sleep-dependent consolidation of face recognition and its relationship to REM sleep duration, REM density and Stage 2 sleep spindles . Journal of Sleep Research. 26. (3). p. 318--321. Wiley-Blackwell

Elizaveta Solomonova, Tore Nielsen, Michelle Carr, Cloé Blanchette-Carrière, Louis-Philippe Marquis, Gaëlle Dumel, Sarah-Hélène Julien, Claudia Picard-Deland, Tyna Paquette(2017). NREM sleep spindles are associated with dream recall . Sleep Spindles & Cortical Up States. 1. (1). p. 27--41. Akademiai Kiado Zrt.

Solomonova, E., Stenstrom, P., Schon, E., Duquette, A., Dubé, S., O'Reilly, C., Nielsen, T.(2017). Sleep-dependent consolidation of face recognition and its relationship to REM sleep duration, REM density and Stage 2 sleep spindles . Journal of Sleep Research. 26. (3). p. 318-321.

Solomonova, E., Wei, S.X.(2016). Exploring the depth of dream experience: The enactive framework and methods for neurophenomenological research . Constructivist Foundations. 11. (2). p. 407-416.

Elizaveta Solomonova, Michelle Carr, Cloé Blanchette-Carrière, Tyna Paquette, Tore Nielsen(2016). Intensified daydreams and nap dreams in frequent nightmare sufferers . Dreaming. 26. (2). p. 119--131. American Psychological Association ({APA})

Solomonova, E., Wei, S.X.(2016). Authors' response: Towards a neurophenomenology of embodied, skillful dreaming . Constructivist Foundations. 11. (2). p. 432-442.

Carr, M., Blanchette-Carrière, C., Solomonova, E., Paquette, T., Nielsen, T.(2016). Intensified daydreams and nap dreams in frequent nightmare sufferers . Dreaming. 26. (2). p. 119-131.

Elizaveta Solomonova(2015). First-person experience and yoga research: studying neural correlates of an intentional practice . Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 9. Frontiers Media {SA}

Solomonova, E.(2015). First-person experience and yoga research: Studying neural correlates of an intentional practice . Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 9. (FEB).

Solomonova, E., Stenstrom, P., Paquette, T., Nielsen, T.(2015). Different temporal patterns of memory incorporations into dreams for laboratory and virtual reality experiences: Relation to dreamed locus of control . International Journal of Dream Research. 8. (1). p. 10-26.

Elizaveta Solomonova, Kieran C. R. Fox, Tore Nielsen(2014). Methodological considerations for the neurophenomenology of dreaming: commentary on Windt's “Reporting dream experience” . Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 8. Frontiers Media {SA}

Solomonova, E., Fox, K.C.R., Nielsen, T.(2014). Methodological considerations for the neurophenomenology of dreaming: Commentary on Windt's reporting dream experience . Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 8. (MAY).

Elizaveta Solomonova, Kieran C. R. Fox, Savannah Nijeboer, G. William Domhoff, Kalina Christoff(2013). Dreaming as mind wandering: evidence from functional neuroimaging and first-person content reports . Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 7. Frontiers Media {SA}

Fox, K.C.R., Nijeboer, S., Solomonova, E., Domhoff, G.W., Christoff, K.(2013). Dreaming as mind wandering: Evidence from functional neuroimaging and first-person content reports . Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. (JUL).

Stenstrom, P., Fox, K., Solomonova, E., Nielsen, T.(2012). Mentation during sleep onset theta bursts in a trained participant: A role for NREM stage 1 sleep in memory processing? . International Journal of Dream Research. 5. (1). p. 37-46.

Elizaveta Solomonova, Tyna Paquette, Philippe Stenstrom, Tore Nielsen(2011). W-O-116 DIFFERENT 10-DAY TEMPORAL PATTERNS OF DREAMS ABOUT SLEEP LABORATORY AND VIRTUAL REALITY MAZE EXPERIENCES: ASSOCIATIONS WITH TEMPORALLY PATTERNED CHANGES IN DREAMED LOCUS OF CONTROL . Sleep Medicine. 12. p. S124. Elsevier {BV}

Solomonova, E., Frantova, E., Nielsen, T.(2011). Felt presence: The uncanny encounters with the numinous Other . AI and Society. 26. (2). p. 171-178.

Frantova, E., Solomonova, E., Sutton, T.(2011). Extra-personal awareness through the media-rich environment . AI and Society. 26. (2). p. 179-186.

Elizaveta Solomonova, Elena Frantova, Timothy Sutton(2010). Extra-personal awareness through the media-rich environment . AI & SOCIETY. 26. (2). p. 179--186. Springer Nature

Elizaveta Solomonova, Elena Frantova, Tore Nielsen(2010). Felt presence: the uncanny encounters with the numinous Other . AI & SOCIETY. 26. (2). p. 171--178. Springer Nature

Elizaveta Solomonova, Tore A. Nielsen, Tyna Paquette, Jessica Lara-Carrasco, Ani Popova, Katia Levrier(2010). REM sleep characteristics of nightmare sufferers before and after REM sleep deprivation . Sleep Medicine. 11. (2). p. 172--179. Elsevier {BV}

Elizaveta Solomonova, Tore Nielsen, Tyna Paquette, Jessica Lara-Carrasco, Roberto Colombo, Paola Lanfranchi(2010). Changes in Cardiac Variability after REM Sleep Deprivation in Recurrent Nightmares . Sleep. 33. (1). p. 113--122. Oxford University Press ({OUP})

Nielsen, T.A., Paquette, T., Solomonova, E., Lara-Carrasco, J., Popova, A., Levrier, K.(2010). REM sleep characteristics of nightmare sufferers before and after REM sleep deprivation . Sleep Medicine. 11. (2). p. 172-179.

Nielsen, T., Paquette, T., Solomonova, E., Lara-Carrasco, J., Colombo, R., Lanfranchi, P.(2010). Changes in cardiac variability after REM sleep deprivation in recurrent nightmares . Sleep. 33. (1). p. 113-122.

ELIZAVETA SOLOMONOVA, JESSICA LARA-CARRASCO, TORE A. NIELSEN, KATIA LEVRIER, ANI POPOVA(2009). Overnight emotional adaptation to negative stimuli is altered by REM sleep deprivation and is correlated with intervening dream emotions . Journal of Sleep Research. 18. (2). p. 178--187. Wiley-Blackwell

Lara-Carrasco, J., Nielsen, T.A., Solomonova, E., Levrier, K., Popova, A.(2009). Overnight emotional adaptation to negative stimuli is altered by REM sleep deprivation and is correlated with intervening dream emotions . Journal of Sleep Research. 18. (2). p. 178-187.

Elizaveta Solomonova, Tore Nielsen, Philippe Stenstrom, Valérie Simard, Elena Frantova, Don Donderi(2008). Sensed presence as a correlate of sleep paralysis distress, social anxiety and waking state social imagery . Consciousness and Cognition. 17. (1). p. 49--63. Elsevier {BV}

Solomonova, E., Nielsen, T., Stenstrom, P., Simard, V., Frantova, E., Donderi, D.(2008). Sensed presence as a correlate of sleep paralysis distress, social anxiety and waking state social imagery . Consciousness and Cognition. 17. (1). p. 49-63.

Elizaveta Solomonova, Tore Nielsen, Philippe Stenstrom, Tomoka Takeuchi, Sebastien Saucier, Jessica Lara-Carrasco, Emilie Martel(2005). Partial REM-Sleep Deprivation Increases the Dream-Like Quality of Mentation From REM Sleep and Sleep Onset . Sleep. 28. (9). p. 1083--1089. Oxford University Press ({OUP})

BOOK

Access and Mediation @book{2022, doi = {10.1515/9783110647242}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1515%2F9783110647242}, year = 2022, month = {feb}, publisher = {De Gruyter}, editor = {Maren Wehrle and Diego D'Angelo and Elizaveta Solomonova}, title = {Access and Mediation}} . De Gruyter.

Elizaveta Solomonova, Kalina Christoff, Kieran C.R. Fox(2018). Sleep Paralysis . Oxford Handbooks Online. Oxford University Press

PREPRINT

Rebecca Robillard and Mysa Saad and Jodi D. Edwards and Elizaveta Solomonova and Marie-Helene Pennestri and Alexander Daros and Samuel Paul Louis Veissiere and Lena Quilty and Karianne Dion and Ashley Nixon and Jennifer L Phillips and Raj Bhatla and Edward Spilg and Roger Godbout and Bashour Yazji and Cynda Hylton Rushton and Wendy Gifford and Mamta Gautam and Addo Boafo and Tetyana Kendzerska(2020). Social, Financial and Psychological Stress during an Emerging Pandemic: Observations from a Population Web-Based Survey in the acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic . []. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory