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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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Violent confrontations and supporting/opposing peace

18 July, 2021
Violent confrontations and supporting/opposing peace

People who live in conflict zones live in constant threat from the recurrence of hostilities and violent confrontations. But does this threat make people more supportive of peace-promoting policies or more opposed to them? This question has been explored by political psychologists and conflict scholars for long while. In a new paper published in Political Behavior, Oded Adomi Leshem and Eran Halperin offer a novel solution to this puzzle.