Personal profile
Personal profile
Dr Vik Perez’s work focuses on the intersection of artificial intelligence, cognition, and human performance. His research and practice examine how emerging technologies reshape learning, attention, motivation, and entrepreneurial behaviour—particularly in complex and uncertain environments.
His work advances a brain-driven approach to entrepreneurship education and performance, integrating insights from neuroscience, cognitive science, and AI to better align learning and decision systems with human cognitive and emotional constraints. Rather than focusing on task automation alone, his work emphasises the design of human-centred learning and AI environments that support attention regulation, emotional resilience, and high-performance thinking.
He is the creator of Cognitive Performance Music (CPM), a neuro-algorithmic approach that applies sound as a component of cognitive and motivational regulation, and the inventor of the WNYLE Method, an award-winning brain-aligned learning framework for developing entrepreneurial mindset and performance.
He is the author of Entrepreneurship and Neuroscience: Researching Brain-Driven Entrepreneurship, which explores how advances in neuroscience inform the future of entrepreneurship education and learning systems. His current work focuses on the design of cognitively informed educational and performance environments, including experimental applications of AI that prioritise human cognitive capacity over automation efficiency.
He contributes to international research, public discourse, and policy-relevant conversations on AI, learning, and human performance, and collaborates globally on interdisciplinary initiatives at the intersection of technology, behaviour, and education.
Related documents
XJTLU Academic Joins the QS Reimagine Education Awards as Judge
Creating AI-based music to boost students entrepreneurial mindset
You are your brain! Pioneering the Use of Binaural Beats Technology to Enhance Students’ Creativity
Track Chair: AI and Entrepreneurship Education at the ICAIE Conference 2025
Education/Academic qualification
Postdoctorate in Entrepreneurship, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Award Date: 31 Dec 2018
Postdoctorate in Neuroentrepreneurship, University of Kobe, Japan
Award Date: 1 Jul 2018
PhD, Management and Industrial Engineering, University of Oulu, Finland
Award Date: 6 Oct 2017
PhD, Economics and Business Administration, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
Award Date: 14 Mar 2014
Especialization in Entrepreneurship, Cambridge University, United Kingdom
Especialization in Youth Entrepreneurship, Golda Meir International Centre, Israel
Especialization in Leaders in Development: Managing Change in a Dynamic World, Harvard University, United States
Especialization in Fundamentals of Neuroscience, Harvard University, United States
Especialization in Imaging in neuroscience: With a focus on MEG and EEG methods, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Master in Economics and Industrial Development, National University of General Sarmiento, Argentina
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Satakunta University of Applied Sciences, Finland
Especialization in Brain Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI, Japan
Especialization in Neuroscience of Learning, University of Helsinki, Finland
Master, International Political Economy and Policy Management, University of Tsukuba, Japan
European Doctoral Programme in Entrepreneurship and SMES Management, Vaxjo University (Sweden) and Autonomous University of Barcelona (Spain)
External positions
Affiliated, Jesus College, University of Oxford
Honorary Associate, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
Artist on Spotify
Founder, Global Brain-driven Entrepreneurship Network (BRANET)
Research areas
- Brain-driven Entrepreneurship
- Cognitive Performance Enhancement
- Entrepreneurship education
Person Types
- Staff
Projects
- 2 Active
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Investigating the Impact of Neurofeedback Training on Students' Working Memory and Entrepreneurial Intention: Advancing from Conventional to Brain-Driven Entrepreneurship Education
Perez, V. (PI)
1/07/25 → 30/06/28
Project: Internal Research Project
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The Innovator’s Nexus: Entrepreneurship, AI and Engineering
Wu, T. (PI), Liu, K. (Team member), Huang, W. (Team member), Lo, J. (Team member), Hai, S. (Team member), Zhang, B. (Team member), Perez, V. (Team member), Aul, V. (Team member) & Benitez Garcia, A. (Team member)
1/09/24 → 31/08/26
Project: Internal Research Project