Student Board

Shir Genzer

Shir Genzer

Shir Genzer is a PhD student in  the Psychology Department. She completed her BSc degree in psychobiology and the Amirim Natural Sciences Program from the Hebrew University.  Her research focuses on the mechanisms that enable us to understand others’ emotions and feelings, specifically, how different information channels (visual, auditory, and semantic) contribute to cognitive and affective empathy.

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She combines behavioural, physiological, and EEG methods as well as advanced statistical methods (e.g., mixed model analysis, Bayesian modeling analysis), to analyze the empathy abilities of both neurotypical people and people with clinical conditions such as autism, ADHD and stroke patients.

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Shani_Orhof

Shani Orhof

Shani is an M.Sc. student in the Computational Positive Neuroscience Lab in the Department of Animal Sciences. She earned her B.Sc. from the Hebrew University, majoring in Biology and Cognitive Sciences. Shani employs machine learning tools to analyze the behavior of female mice, investigating the influence of personality and the reproductive cycle on social behavior.

Reema Arbid

Reema Arbid

Reema Arbid is a PhD student in the Medical Neurobiology Department. She earned her BSc degree in Biomedical Sciences in the Hebrew University and continued in direct PhD track in the field of Neurobiology.