Cognitive
Neuroscience
The neural basis of
cognitive functions
Language
Perception
Memory
Decision making
Learning
Emotion
Consciousness
Attention
We can now study high-level cognitive
functions in the healthy human brain
Neuroimaging
The development of non-invasive
neuroimaging techniques:
o Functional MRI
o Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)
o EEG
Unique to Tel Aviv University
• Simultaneous recording of EEG-fMRI and EEG-TMS
• Studying both brain function and brain structure
• Developing new methodologies for brain imaging
• Invasive electrophysiological recordings in patients –
including single unit in humans
• A new EEG center in the school of Psychological Sciences
• We cover a great variety of cognitive functions
Cognitive Neuroscience Labs
at TAU
• Prof. Naama Friedman: Neuropsychology of Language:
developmental and acquired language disorders
• Prof. Tal Siloni: Neural and cognitive basis of language
processing: a psycholinguistic approach
• Dr. Roni Katzir: Computational linguistics. Learnability of
natural languages. Computer simulation of grammar.
• Prof. Lilach Shalev-Mevorach: Neuropsychology of
attention: cognitive and neural basis of ADHD
• Prof. Dominique Lamy: The cognitive and neural basis of
attention and consciousness
Cognitive Neuroscience Labs
at TAU
• Dr. Ricardo Tarrasch: Effects of mindfulness on cognitive
functions and dysfunctions
• Dr. Roy Mukamel: Interaction between perception and
action. Imitation and observational learning in healthy
subjects and patients with motor deficits
• Dr. Roy Luria: Mechanism for the updating and creation
of representation in working memory
• Prof. Yonatan Goshen: The cognitive and neural basis of
memory: recall and recognition
• Prof. Marius Usher: computational models of cognition:
decision making
Cognitive Neuroscience Labs
at TAU
• Prof. Talma Hendler: The neuro-behavioral dynamics of
human emotional experience and their role in the cause
and alleviation of mental disorders
• Prof. Yair Bar-Haim: The neuro-cognitive basis of anxiety
disorders.
• Prof. Yaniv Assaf: Measuring brain micro-structure and
neuroplasticity with MRI in human and rodents.
• Prof. Galit Yovel: The cognitive and neural basis of highlevel visual processing. Face and object recognition
The neural basis of
cognitive functions
 Language
 Perception
 Decision making
 Memory
 Learning
 Consciousness
 Emotion
 Attention
Center of Research Excellence in
Cognitive Sciences