Emotions and moods often seem to make us behave irrationally. Why, then, do we have them? In new work, Emanuel Aviv and Eran Eldar expose the rationality that may lie hidden even in the most notoriously irrational of emotional states and biases. To do this, they identify three computations that emotional states mediate: computations about where we are, about what we do, and about what our future holds. These computations are primary means by which humans and animals learn and make decisions, and each of them is mediated by a distinct familiar emotion or mood.
For receiving the rank of associate professor in the Department of Psychology.
We are all happy with your happiness and wish you much success in the continuation of your fascinating research
Shir is a doctoral student in the laboratory of Prof. Anat Perry, and she was chosen to receive an award of excellence for doctoral students from the Yad Hanadiv Foundation.
Shir investigates how different information channels (visual, auditory information, or a combination of both) contribute to processes of empathy and understanding the other. She uses various tools - behavioral experiments, measuring eye movements and electrophysiology, to understand these processes in the general population, and specifically in people with ADHD and autism.
For winning the Early Career Award of the International Dyslexia Association. The award is given for research that has the potential to have a positive impact on people with dyslexia. In honor of the win, Dr. Zigelman was invited to give a lecture at the association's annual conference
The associative process by which our thoughts follow one another, has intrigued scholars and psychotherapists for decades. Yet, the question of how we can, relatively quickly, choose one association among countless possibilities remains poorly understood.
Trying to stop thinking unwanted, often repetitive thoughts is a familiar experience. However, being aware of such attempts implies that the thought has already reached consciousness. Can we preempt an unwanted thought from coming to mind in the first place?
