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Yoav Adam

Dr. Yoav Adam

02-5494831
yoav.adam@mail.huji.ac.il
Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences, The Suzanne and Charles Goodman Brain Sciences Building, Edmond J. Safra Campus, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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We are interested in the mechanistic basis for cognitive processes, focusing on the function of hippocampal circuits in learning and memory. To this end, we are developing and applying cutting-edge technology to record and control brain activity using light.
Merav Ahissar

Prof. Merav Ahissar

02-5883409
msmerava@gmail.com
Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences,The Suzanne and Charles Goodman Brain Sciences Building, Edmond J. Safra Campus, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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A cognitive neuroscience lab which studies perceptual learning, task and stimulus driven, in various populations – typically developing, individuals with dyslexia and individuals with autism.

Shir Atzil

Dr. Shir Atzil

Director of The Jerusalem Brain Community
02-5883410
shir.atzil@mail.huji.ac.il
Department of Psychology, Mount Scopus, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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Human infants are born unable to care for themselves. Their survival and development depend on their caregivers. Early social bonding with a primary caregiver is necessary for mental and physical health and is associated with greater well-being and success in adulthood. However, to date most of what we know about the neurobiological mechanisms of mother-infant bonding comes from non-human animal models. Our scientific goal is to systematically describe neurobiological mechanisms that facilitate the complex cognitive requirements needed for human social bonding.

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The emerging field of social-developmental-neuroscience is poised at a cross-road where progress depends upon integrating separate disciplines that are not traditionally associated. In particular, our research programs are strongly anchored in theory of child development, neuroscience, and emotion. Accordingly, research methods in the lab expand across advanced neuroimaging, neurochemistry, hormones and behavioral assessments of dyadic behavior and development.

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Hagai Bergman

Prof. Hagai Bergman

02-6757388
hagaibe@ekmd.huji.ac.il
Dept. Medical Neurobiology, Institute for Medical Research, IMRIC, Hebrew University School of Medicine, Jerusalem
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We are studying the complex mechanisms that underlie the experience of pain with the hope that a better understanding can lead to more successful methods of control and treatment.
Yoram Burak

Dr. Yoram Burak

02-6585837
yoram.burak@elsc.huji.ac.il
Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences,The Suzanne and Charles Goodman Brain Sciences Building, Edmond J. Safra Campus, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Yoram Burak's group investigates how neural circuits in the brain perform biologically relevant computations, such as: sensory inference, maintenance of short-term memory, and generation of motor output.

Ami Citri

Dr. Ami Citri

02-6584978
ami.citri@mail.huji.ac.il
Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences,The Suzanne and Charles Goodman Brain Sciences Building, Edmond J. Safra Campus, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Life is a steady stream of experiences, from the smallest events perceived by the senses to life-changing dramatic events. Our brain serves to select the relevant sensory information, and encode salient experiences to long-term memory, modifying our behavior in the future.

Leon Deouell

Prof. Leon Deouell

02-5881739
leon.deouell@huji.ac.il
Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences,The Suzanne and Charles Goodman Brain Sciences Building, Edmond J. Safra Campus, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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The focus of the Leon Deouell's Human Cognitive Neuroscience Lab is on the interface between automatic, non-conscious stages of information processing in the brain and conscious perception and action.
Inbal Goshen

Dr. Inbal Goshen

02-6585716
inbal.goshen@elsc.huji.ac.il
Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences,The Suzanne and Charles Goodman Brain Sciences Building, Edmond J. Safra Campus, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Edmond J.Safra Campus, The Hebrew University.
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What underlies the transition from recent to remote memory? How does local modulation of neuronal activity by glia cells directly affect plasticity and behavior?
Yosef Grodzinsky

Prof. Yosef Grodzinsky

02-675-8496
yosef.grodzinsky@mail.huji.ac.il
Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences,The Suzanne and Charles Goodman Brain Sciences Building, Edmond J. Safra Campus, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Edmond J.Safra Campus, The Hebrew University.
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We study the neural basis of natural language, its development, and breakdown subsequent to focal brain damage.
Specializations: Functional Anatomy of Language, Linguistic Theory (syntax, semantics), Language Acquisition, Aphasia,  Individual Variation

Yonatan Loewenstein

Prof. Yonatan Loewenstein

02-6585996
yonatan@huji.ac.il
Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences,The Suzanne and Charles Goodman Brain Sciences Building, Edmond J. Safra Campus, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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We are an interdisciplinary laboratory, interested in computational neuroscience and computational cognition. Research in the lab in recent years has primarily revolved around the neural mechanisms and computational principles underlying different types of learning.
Eran Meshorer

Prof. Eran Meshorer

02-6585396
meshorer@huji.ac.il
Department of Genetics, Institute of Life Sciences, Edmond J. Safra Campus, Hebrew University
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Prof. Eran Meshorer obtained his Ph.D. in Molecular Neuroscience at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and performed his postdoctoral studies at the National Cancer Institute (NIH, USA) where he studied epigenetic regulation of embryonic stem cell (ESC) neuronal differentiation.
Adi Mizrahi

Prof. Adi Mizrahi

02-6586460
mizrahi.adi@mail.huji.ac.il
Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences,The Suzanne and Charles Goodman Brain Sciences Building, Edmond J. Safra Campus, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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Our lab is interested in how the brain computes sensory information and how these computations change with the experience of the animal. We study both the structure and the function of neurons mainly in two sensory modalities – olfaction and audition. Our animal model is the mouse.