Romain Hassan Omar

Romain is a second-year doctoral student in clinical neuropsychology (D.Psy) at the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi. Having always had neuropsychology and human physiology as fields of interest, he first completed his bachelor's degree in psychology at the Université de Montréal, and then went on to complete a master's degree in Vision Sciences at the Université de Montréal's School of Optometry. Supervised by Dr. Aarlenne Khan Aarlenne Khan, her master's thesis focused on the evaluation of cognitive and visuoperceptive abilities in Parkinson's disease, and the benefits of physical activity combined with video games on these same abilities. In addition to his current clinical internship with an adult clientele at the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Romain is also working on his doctoral thesis. Supervised by Dr. Claude Dubé, his thesis focuses on the evaluation of the different cognitive and emotional factors involved in decision-making in an ambiguous and risky context, induced by a "Gambling" task. The idea behind this research project is not only to provide a better understanding of human decision-making, but also to promote the design of effective means of identifying and managing different clinical populations that may present decision-making problems. An avid outdoorsman, in his spare time he likes to trade in his computer for a breath of fresh air.

‍