Michael Gilead (PI) Michael is an Assistant Professor of psychology at Tel Aviv University. His research utilizes neuroimaging, experimental, and big-data methodologies to investigate humans’ symbolic cognition and the process of symbolic interaction. He has authored papers on topics such as mentalizing, mental simulation, language and cognition, emotion, and decision making. He is the recipient of the APS Rising Star award. |
Almog Simchon (Ph.D. student) Almog recieved a B.A. in Psychology and Interdisciplinary Studies as part of the Excellent Students’ program in Cognitive Sciences from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, and an MSc in Cognitive Neuroscience of Language from the Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language and The University of the Basque Country, Spain. His research project examines linguistic relativity in the domain of social cognition using both lab studies and big-data analyses. |
Inon Raz (Ph.D. student) Inon received a B.A. in Psychology from the Open University, and his M.A. in Social Psychology from Ben-Gurion University (Magna Cum Laude). His M.A. research focused on emotions and emotional regulation. His Ph.D. research uses behavioral and brain imaging (fMRI) methods to examine how individuals cope with the tension between their desire to know the truth and their desire to find pleasure. He is a founding partner of a company in the field of green energy. He is also a pilot and a senior skydiving instructor and a professional manager at a skydiving school. |
Yhonatan Shemesh (Ph.D. student)
My research focuses on mental models; how knowledge is represented in the mind. I am particularly interested in the interface between the human evolutionary cognitive endowment and the modern world. My Masters thesis investigated the joint contribution of ideology and personality in determining lay perceptions of the economy, In 2018, I co-authored a book on economic psychology titled How We Misunderstand Economics and Why it Matters (Routledge) |
Zohar Rotem (M.A student)
Zohar received her B.A. in psychology and cognitive science at Ben-Gurion University. She is currently an M.A. student in the social psychology and data science program. Her research project, jointly supervised with Dr. Talya Sadeh, examines the interaction between episodic memory and decision-making processes, specifically, if the use of episodic memory can improve forecasting accuracy. |
Maayan Klimenko (M.A student)
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Itamar Zan Ger (M.A student)
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Rotem Simhon (M.A student)
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Ram Orr (M.A student)
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