Curriculum Vitae
Education
2004 - Ph.D: Brain Research Center, Dept. of Neurobiology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel. Dissertation topic: Alphabetical knowledge from whole words training: effects of explicit instruction and implicit experience on learning script segmentation – Behavioral and fMRI research.
1996 - MA (Summa cum Laude): Neuropsychology, Dept of Psychology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. Thesis topic: Activating response codes of letter stimuli in the unattended visual field in patients with Extinction. 1992-1995.
1992 - BA (Magna cum Laude): Dept. of Behavioral Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel, 1989-1992
1996 - MA (Summa cum Laude): Neuropsychology, Dept of Psychology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. Thesis topic: Activating response codes of letter stimuli in the unattended visual field in patients with Extinction. 1992-1995.
1992 - BA (Magna cum Laude): Dept. of Behavioral Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel, 1989-1992
Academic Ranks and Tenure in Institutes of Higher Education
October 2006 – present: University of Haifa , Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders. Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences. Lecturer
Nov. 2003- Aug. 2006: Northwestern University, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders. Post doctoral fellow in the Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience lab, directed by James R. Booth.
Grants
2011 – ISF (PI) with Tami Katzir (PI). Compensatory morphological processing in brains of dyslexic adults. 148,200 NIS per year for 3 years.
2011 – IFT (PI). Developmental changes in the brain involved in morphological and phonological processing during reading of Hebrew words. $20,000 for 2 years.
2011 – The National Institute for Psychobiology in Israel (PI). Effects of age and sleep on learning regular and inrregular morphological rules. $25,000 per year for 2 years.
2009 – Ministry of Health feasibility study (PI) "Brain plasticity induced by auditory training and fitting of hearing aids in hearing impaired individuals" - 25,000 NIS for 1 year.
2008 – BSF start-up grant (PI) with Prof. Michael Ullman, Georgetown University (co-PI).
"The role of procedural and declarative memory systems in learning morphological inflections in a novel language: an effective connectivity fMRI study." $60,000 for 2 years.
2008 – ISF (CI) with Dr. Zohar Eviatar, Psychology dept.(PI), Dr. Orna Peleg, Maamaka (PI) and Dr. Larry Manevitch, Computer Sciences (CI). "Inter-hemispheric integration during reading comprehension: an experimental, computational, and imaging study" - $60,000 for 2 years.
2007 – Rich Foundation grant for returning scientists – $60,000.
Teaching
Brain & Language, MA
Brain Plasticity, MA
Introduction to cognitive neuroscience, BA
Neuropsychology and assessment, BA
Cognitive rehabilitation, BA
Neuroanatomy, BA
Research methods & scientific writing, BA
Research seminar, BA
Professional diplomas
1997 – Registered Psychologist, Israel Ministry of Health
2003 - Registered specialist in rehabilitation psychology, Israel Ministry of Health
Scholarly Positions and Activities outside the University
2005-present – Reviewer in professional journals:
NeuroImage, Human Brain Mapping, Developmental Science, PNAS, Brain, Ear & Hearing, Cerebral Cortex, Neurocase, Journal of Neuroscience, Brain & Language, Annals of Dyslexia, Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience.
1995-2003–Neuropsychologist in the "The neuropsychological unit for treatment and rehabilitation" Tel Aviv. Internship in Rehabilitation Psychology. Cognitive, emotional, and vocational evaluation and interventions of adults and children, following traumatic brain injury, neurological diseases and developmental deficits.
Supervision of Graduate Students
Nov. 2003- Aug. 2006: Northwestern University, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders. Post doctoral fellow in the Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience lab, directed by James R. Booth.
Grants
2011 – ISF (PI) with Tami Katzir (PI). Compensatory morphological processing in brains of dyslexic adults. 148,200 NIS per year for 3 years.
2011 – IFT (PI). Developmental changes in the brain involved in morphological and phonological processing during reading of Hebrew words. $20,000 for 2 years.
2011 – The National Institute for Psychobiology in Israel (PI). Effects of age and sleep on learning regular and inrregular morphological rules. $25,000 per year for 2 years.
2009 – Ministry of Health feasibility study (PI) "Brain plasticity induced by auditory training and fitting of hearing aids in hearing impaired individuals" - 25,000 NIS for 1 year.
2008 – BSF start-up grant (PI) with Prof. Michael Ullman, Georgetown University (co-PI).
"The role of procedural and declarative memory systems in learning morphological inflections in a novel language: an effective connectivity fMRI study." $60,000 for 2 years.
2008 – ISF (CI) with Dr. Zohar Eviatar, Psychology dept.(PI), Dr. Orna Peleg, Maamaka (PI) and Dr. Larry Manevitch, Computer Sciences (CI). "Inter-hemispheric integration during reading comprehension: an experimental, computational, and imaging study" - $60,000 for 2 years.
2007 – Rich Foundation grant for returning scientists – $60,000.
Teaching
Brain & Language, MA
Brain Plasticity, MA
Introduction to cognitive neuroscience, BA
Neuropsychology and assessment, BA
Cognitive rehabilitation, BA
Neuroanatomy, BA
Research methods & scientific writing, BA
Research seminar, BA
Professional diplomas
1997 – Registered Psychologist, Israel Ministry of Health
2003 - Registered specialist in rehabilitation psychology, Israel Ministry of Health
Scholarly Positions and Activities outside the University
2005-present – Reviewer in professional journals:
NeuroImage, Human Brain Mapping, Developmental Science, PNAS, Brain, Ear & Hearing, Cerebral Cortex, Neurocase, Journal of Neuroscience, Brain & Language, Annals of Dyslexia, Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience.
1995-2003–Neuropsychologist in the "The neuropsychological unit for treatment and rehabilitation" Tel Aviv. Internship in Rehabilitation Psychology. Cognitive, emotional, and vocational evaluation and interventions of adults and children, following traumatic brain injury, neurological diseases and developmental deficits.
Supervision of Graduate Students
StudentMichael Nevat
Yael Weiss Hanin Karawani Osnat Mussel Adi Lifshitz Einav Yehezkel Adi Morag Asaf Kaftory Adi Leib Jasmeen Aduan Laurice Haddad Qamar Daher | DegreePh.D.
Ph.D. Ph.D. M.A. M.A. M.A. M.A. M.A. M.A. M.A. M.A. M.A. | Title of ThesisProcedural and declarative memory in learning morphological rules
Role of diacritic marks in Reading Hebrew in typical & dyslexic readers– fMRI study Auditory training in hearing impaired – an fMRI study. Effective connectivity of priming processes in visual rhyming Effective connectivity in the auditory rhyming task in children Effects of morphology and diacritics of reading during development Effects of word length and diacritic on reading in children Hemispheric asymmetry in homograph reading Inter-hemispheric connectivity in homograph reading Effects of practice variability on learning to read Morphology and orthographic transparency in children Effect of sleep on learning an artificial language | Completion2009 2009 2010 2010 2011 |
