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PI:<\/h2>\n

\"SONY<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Roy Luria<\/strong><\/p>\n

royluria@tauex.tau.ac.il<\/a><\/p>\n

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PhD Students:<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\"Yael\"<\/a>Yael Schems Maimon<\/strong><\/p>\n

yael.schems@gmail.com<\/a> <\/p>\n

I am interested in semantic learning and how it creates LTM and WM representations.<\/p>\n

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\"Reut\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Reut Peled<\/strong><\/p>\n

reutgadot@gmail.com<\/a> <\/p>\n

I study the mechanism of predictive encoding and future representations in visual working memory.<\/div>\n

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Shachar Lando<\/strong><\/div>\n
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shacharlando@mail.tau.ac.il<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

I am interested in objects and the relations within and between them.<\/p>\n

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MA Students:<\/h2>\n

\"\"<\/a>Yogev Talias<\/strong><\/p>\n

yogevtalias@gmail.com<\/a><\/div>\n

My research explores how the cognitive system prioritizes predictability over speed in certain tasks. <\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Inbal Shmuel<\/strong><\/p>\n

inbalshmuel1@mail.tau.ac.il<\/a><\/p>\n

I am investigating the accuracy of negative facial expression memory and examining Cross-Domain Associations (CDA) in visual cognition.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Alon Tel-Paz<\/strong><\/p>\n

alontp1@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n

I study the pointer system in visual working memory, and I\u2019m interested in understanding how the pointers and visual working memory interact.<\/div>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Maya Peled<\/span><\/p>\n

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Mayapeled63@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n

I study visual working memory capacity with a specific interest in the impact of sequential, gradual item presentation on encoding limits and memory replacement processes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Lab Manager:<\/h2>\n

\"\"Ayelet Ramaty<\/strong><\/p>\n

ayeletpe@post.tau.ac.il<\/a><\/p>\n

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Alumni:<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/strong>Ayala Allon<\/strong><\/p>\n

ayalaallon@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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Former PhD student at the lab, focused on the available mechanisms that provide visual working memory the means to deal with the extreme limitations in its capacity.<\/div>\n
Currently works as a Data Scientist.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Halely Balaban<\/strong>\"\"<\/strong><\/div>\n
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halely@mit.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Former PhD student at the lab. Halely studied the representations of objects in visual working memory, and how these representations are dynamically updated. Currently a postdoctoral fellow at MIT’s Brain and Cognitive Science department<\/p>\n

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\"Maya\"<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Maya Ankaoua<\/strong><\/p>\n

mayaankaoua@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Former PhD student at the lab, focused on the role of visual working memory in mental manipulations.<\/p>\n

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\"Anna\"<\/a>Anna Vaskevich<\/strong><\/p>\n

annav@mail.tau.ac.il<\/a><\/p>\n

Former PhD student at the lab, focused on the relationship between individual differences in working memory capacity and implicit learning.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Shani Friedman<\/strong><\/p>\n

shanibuch@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Former PhD student at the lab, focused on visual working memory representations.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Lee Nimni<\/strong><\/p>\n

leenimni1606@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Former MA student at the lab, studied the question of whether objects are represented as integrated objects or as single features.<\/p>\n

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\"Lior\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Lior Nemni<\/strong><\/p>\n

liornemni@mail.tau.ac.il<\/a><\/p>\n

I am interested in the ability to enhance and degrade the encoding of visual long-term memory.<\/div>\n

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\"Sharon\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Sharon Nemni<\/strong><\/p>\n

sharonnemni@mail.tau.ac.il<\/a><\/p>\n

I am interested in the interactions between representations currently held in working memory.<\/div>\n

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\"Polina\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Polina Krivykh<\/strong><\/p>\n

krivykh.polina@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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I am interested in cognitive placebo effect and interactions between visual working memory and attention. <\/div>\n
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\"\"<\/a>Dina Aronsky<\/strong><\/p>\n

aronskydina@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Former MA student at the lab. Dina studied the ability of visual working memory to switch between the updating and resetting processes based on exposure to previous stimuli.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Dana Assaf<\/strong><\/p>\n

danaassaf@mail.tau.ac.il<\/a><\/p>\n

Former MA student at the lab. Dana studied the question of whether objects are represented as integrated objects or as single features.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Hagar Cohen<\/strong><\/p>\n

hagarc@mail.tau.ac.il<\/a><\/p>\n

Former MA student at the lab. Hagar studied working memory encoding strategies.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Iris Epstein<\/strong><\/p>\n

iris@yakum.co.il<\/a><\/p>\n

Former MA student at the lab.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Aviv Hadashi<\/strong><\/p>\n

avivhadashi@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Former MA student at the lab. Aviv studied the relationship between visual working memory and emotion regulation.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Eldad Keha<\/strong><\/p>\n

yk123649@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Former MA student at the lab.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Reem Massarwha<\/strong><\/p>\n

reemawis@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Former MA student at the lab. Reem studied visual working memory in deaf people.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"\"<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kinneret Misgav<\/strong><\/p>\n

kinneretm@mail.tau.ac.il<\/a><\/p>\n

Former MA student at the lab. Kinneret studied the relationship between visual working memory and attention deficits.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"\"<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dana Mohaban<\/strong><\/p>\n

dmohaban@yahoo.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Former MA student at the lab. Dana studied the relations between visual working memory and visual attention in adults with and without ADHD.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Ilana Shinder<\/strong><\/p>\n

ilanashinder@mail.tau.ac.il<\/a><\/p>\n

Former MA student at the lab. Ilana studied the role of mind wondering in visual working memory.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Shir Szwarcberg<\/strong><\/p>\n

szwarcberg@mail.tau.ac.il<\/a><\/p>\n

Former MA student at the lab. Shir studied filtering strategies in working memory and how to improve them.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Shiri Tascesme<\/strong><\/p>\n

tascesme@mail.tau.ac.il<\/a><\/p>\n

Former MA student at the lab.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Gili Vixman<\/strong><\/p>\n

gilivixman@mail.tau.ac.il<\/a><\/p>\n

Former MA student at the lab. Gili investigated individual differences in visual working memory, and focused on the interaction between filtering and grouping.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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