Prof. Tali Bitan  - Head of the lab

Psychology Department, Institue of Information Processing and Decision Making, University of Haifa
RESEARCH AREAS
  • Brain plasticity in training, development and rehabilitation of language skills
  • Learning and consolidation in rehabilitation of cognitive skills
  • FMRI examination of language learning and recovery
  • Reading acquisition and second language learning in adults and children
  • Effective connectivity within and between hemispheres​
 Bitan's CV​

Post-doc

DR. Eva Kimel

Sleep-associated memory consolidation of novel morphology in adults with and without dyslexia.
​The effect of input distribution on learning in adults and children.

DR. Orna Huri

Learning words in signed and spoken languages 

PH.D.

Tamara Moshon - Ph.d. student, clinical neuropsychology, Psychology department

Effect of practice variability on cognitive rehabilitation

My PhD research involves examining the effect of practice variability and practice order on cognitive training of response inhibition. We focus on understanding the mechanisms that promote generalization of training in healthy individuals and individuals who suffer from cognitive deficits resulting from traumatic brain injury.

Neta Weitzman- PH.D. student, clinical neuroPsychology, Psychology Department

The combined effect of cognitive training and fNIRS neurofeedback on consolidation processes.
I am interested in finding ways to improve and accelerate consolidation processes after cognitive training. My PhD research is about the influence of both working memory cognitive training and fNIRS neurofeedback on consolidation processes. I am examining the improvement after n-back training in healthy adults, and the influence of fNIRS neurofeedback immediately after the cognitive training on consolidation processes. 

Rabab Fadul - PHD student   clinical neuropsychology

The effect of variability and spacing on learning and consolidation of morphological inflections

OR Mizrachi - PHD student in   experimental  psychology

​The role of intrinsic functional connectivity immediately following learning in long term behavioral outcomes 

zoya hirosh - PHD student in  experimental psychology

​Language Learning in Multilinguals – the Effect of Variability in Language of Instruction

Zainab Usman - PHD student in experimental psychology

The neural mechanisms involved in the effect of variable training of inhibition: an FNIRS study
My research explores methods to enhance response inhibition and generalization abilities in healthy individuals using the go-no/go (GNG) task and functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS). It examines the impact of practice variability on response inhibition training and the potential of neurofeedback (NF) training to improve learning and consolidation processes. The findings aim to inform cognitive rehabilitation programs and clinical outcomes.

Rozan Salameh - PHD student in Experimental psychology

Morphological processing in Arabic readers with dyslexia 

M.A.

Batiah Keisar - M.A. student,  experimental psychology

The neural processing of morphology in dyslexic readers
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Tamar Shtoyerman - M.A student  in Neuropsychology

The interplay of variability and consolidation in training of response inhibition

B.A.

Former lab members

 Dr. Upasana Nathaniel - post doc 

The effect of the native language on the learning mechanisms involved in learning morphologically derived words in a second language

​Tammar Truzman - Ph.D. Department of Comunication Sciences and Disorders. ​ Speech language therapist.

Changes in brain connectivity following language rehabilitation in individuals with aphasia

I am broadly interested in brain plasticity and language rehabilitation in individuals with acquired brain damage. 
I am now a postdoc at the University of Cambridge, studying methods of automatization of brain lesion tracing in post-stoke patients as well as using machine learning techniques to predict language outcomes in post-stroke patients with aphasia.
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Daphna Ben-Zion - Ph.D. Department of Learning Disabilities.
​Speech Language Therapist.

Effects of sleep on learning and consolidation of morphological inflections in adults with Dyslexia. Behavioral and Polysomnographic analysis.

Michael Nevat - Ph.D.

Brain mechanisms involved in learning morphological inflections in an artificial language - an fMRI study. Polysomnographic data analysis.

Yael Weiss - Ph.D.,  Dept. of Learning disabilities. speech laNGUAge therapist and audiologist.

Orthographic transparency and morphological complexity in reading Hebrew words. in Dyslexic and Typical readers.

Hanin Karawani - Ph.D., Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders. Audiologist.

Auditory Training and hearing aid fitting in older adults with Age Related Hearing Loss.

Anna Markovich - M.A. student, Clincal Neuropsychology

The effect of brain synchrony in social interaction on learning a novel language

Stav Halili -  M.A.,  Communication Sciences and  Disorders. Speech language therapist

The effect of the native language on the learning mechanisms involved in learning morphologically derived words in a second language

Nofar Mizrachi - M.A.  cognitive psychology

Inter-hemispheric connectivity in reading ambiguous words

Bechor Barouch - M.A.    CLINICAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGY,   Psychology Department

Developmental changes in fMRI activation in Hebrew reading children

Qamar Daher - MA, Department of communication Sciences and Disorder. Audiologist.

Effects of sleep on learning and consolidation of morphological inflections in healthy adults.

Karin Levenberg - MA , CLINICAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGY,  Psychology Department

Effect of sleep on learning and consolidation of morphological inflections in children. 

Jasmeen Aduan - MA, Dept. of Communication Sciences and Disorders. Speech Language therapist.

Effects of variability on learning and generalization of reading in an artificial script.

Laurice Haddad - MA. Department of communication Sciences and Disorders. Speech Language Therapist.

Morphological complexity and orthographic transparency in Hebrew reading children.

Oren Levin - B.A. student Psychology 

Effects of sleep on learning and consolidation of morphological inflections in adults with Dyslexia

Kate Girsh - B.A. , Psychology, Research coordinator
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 Nashwa Khateeb - B.A. , Psychology

Our research focuses on the effects of practice variability and practice order on cognitive training of response inhibition, focusing on understanding the mechanisms that promote generalization of training. We are researching these effects in both healthy individuals and in individuals who suffer from traumatic brain injury

 Rawan Faris - B.A. , Psychology ​

The effect of distributed working memory training and prior experience on consolidation processes in healthy adults 

Leem Boulos - B.A. , Psychology department

Effects of sleep on learning and consolidation of morphological inflections in adults with Dyslexia

ALon Palzur - research   coordinator,  ​BA student, Psychology department

Effects of sleep on learning and consolidation of morphological inflections in adults with Dyslexia. 

Adi Anna Hagag - Research coordinator. M.A. Student, department of learning disabilities

Effects of sleep on learning and consolidation of morphological inflections in adults with Dyslexia

yara dakwar - BA , psychology department

Effects of sleep on learning and consolidation of morphological inflections in adults with Dyslexia.

Raghda Zoubi - BA . Psychology Department

​Effects of sleep on learning and consolidation of morphological inflections in adults with Dyslexia. 

Efrat Zada - BA Student. Psychology depatment

​Effects of sleep on learning and consolidation of morphological inflections in adults with Dyslexia. 

Donia Kharboush - B.A. student, Psychology Department

Effects of sleep on learning and consolidation of morphological inflections in adults with Dyslexia

Hananel Hazan - Ph.D. Computer Science

System Administrator.

Asaf Kaftory - MA. Psychology Department

Hemispheric asymmetries in reading ambiguous Hebrew words - an fMRI study.

Adi Meiri Leib - MA. Psychology Department

Orthography phonology and semantics in reading ambiguous Hebrew words -an fMRI study.

Adi Lifshitz - MA. Department of Learning Disabilities

Inter-hemispheric connectivity in phonological processing in children.

Osnat Goori-Mussel - MA. Psychology Department

Changes in effective connectivity underlying Repetition Suppression in visual words