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Congratulations to Dr. Noam Markovitch

24 May, 2023

For receiving the best doctoral award in developmental psychology from the APA organization!
Noam's doctorate deals with the understanding of children's differential sensitivity to the effects of the environment on their development. The work's contribution to developmental psychology is very significant, both in theoretical thought and methodological approaches.
Well done Noam!
Noam PhD supervisor, Prof. Ariel Knafo-Noam, has also won the award in the past

 

From acute stress to persistent post-concussion symptoms: The role of parental accommodation and child’s coping strategies

19 April, 2023

An article by PhD candidate Irit Aviv, supervised by Dr. Tammy Pilowsky Peleg and Prof. Hillel Aviezer was selected as the winner of the Eighth Annual TCN/AACN student Project Competition, from among 15 eligible manuscripts

Acute stress following mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI) is highly prevalent and associated with Persistent Post-Concussion symptoms (PPCS). However, the mechanism mediating this relationship is understudied.

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naom Markovitch

Congratulations to Dr. Noam Markovitch

24 May, 2023

For receiving the best doctoral award in developmental psychology from the APA organization!
Noam's doctorate deals with the understanding of children's differential sensitivity to the effects of the environment on their development. The work's contribution to developmental psychology is very significant, both in theoretical thought and methodological approaches.
Well done Noam!
Noam PhD supervisor, Prof. Ariel Knafo-Noam, has also won the award in the past

 

From acute stress to persistent post-concussion symptoms: The role of parental accommodation and child’s coping strategies

19 April, 2023

An article by PhD candidate Irit Aviv, supervised by Dr. Tammy Pilowsky Peleg and Prof. Hillel Aviezer was selected as the winner of the Eighth Annual TCN/AACN student Project Competition, from among 15 eligible manuscripts

Acute stress following mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI) is highly prevalent and associated with Persistent Post-Concussion symptoms (PPCS). However, the mechanism mediating this relationship is understudied.

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Congratulations to Dr. Yuval Hart

29 March, 2023

For winning the prestigious Krill Award given on behalf of the Wolf Foundation.
The Krill Prize is awarded to outstanding academic faculty members and promising researchers from research universities in Israel who have demonstrated significant research breakthroughs and who are expected to lead research and academia in Israel in the future in the fields of exact sciences, life sciences and medicine, engineering and agriculture.

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Congratulations to Dr. Yuval Hart for winning the ERC consolidator grant

1 February, 2023

Yuval won the grant for his research on the brain mechanism of creative search.
The European Research Council is a prestigious grant designed to enable researchers to fulfill their research goals as well as promote fruitful collaborations and assist in the first stages of technology commercialization.

Congratulations to Dr. Rasha Kardosh

Congratulations to Dr. Rasha Kardosh

23 January, 2023

Congratulations to Dr. Rasha Kardosh for winning the best article award from the International Social Cognition Network.

 Rasha eceived the award for the article Minority Salience and the overestimation of individuals from minority groups in perception and memory

Using performance art to promote intergroup prosociality by cultivating the belief that empathy is unlimited

Using performance art to promote intergroup prosociality by cultivating the belief that empathy is unlimited

2 January, 2023

Empathy is important for resolving intergroup conflicts. However, people tend to feel less empathy toward people who do not belong to our social group outgroup members). To overcome this tendency, Dr Yossi Hasson, Prof. Maya Tamir, Prof. Eran Halperin and others developed a new intervention synthesizing psychology and art to increase the belief that empathy is unlimited.