2009 - 2010
Dr. Inbal Arnon
Starting Big - The role of multi-word phrases in language learning and processing
Dr. Noam Sagiv
Synaesthesia – a window into perception, consciousness and cognition
Yaron Shlomi
Subjective integration of probabilistic information from description and from experience
Prof. Ruben Gur
Exploring the neurobiology of emotion processing from brain activation to genomics
Prof. Donald T. Stuss
The anterior attentional system consists of several components: consistency of findings
Prof. Wolfgang Prinz
Action simulation: Exploring representational underpinnings of unseen action
Prof. Jochen Braun
Why is visual perception multi-stable?
Mr. Ido Roll
Knowing 'further' – the effect of symbolic invention tasks on the flexibility of students’ knowledge
Prof. Marcel Just
Dr. Masami Ishihara
Horizontal spatial representations of number and time
Dr. Carmel Mevorach
The intraparietal sulcus and its battle against saliency
Dr Pia Rotshtein
Different ways by which perception can be modulated
Prof. Boris Velichkovsky
From studying cognitive systems to developing cognitive technologies
2007 - 2008
Dr. Andreas Nicklisch
Dr. Tal Makovski
Maintaining spatiotemporal continuity in vision
Dr. Andreas Glöckner
Investigating intuition automatic and deliberate processes in quick decisions
Prof. Evelyn. G. Schaefer
The role of day-planning devices in prospective memory
Prof. Ralph Hertwig
Mental powers: How less can be more
Dr. David. I. Shore
Attention and perceptual grouping: Exploring the one-object cost in temporal resolution
Prof. Ronald Fisher
The relation between consistency and accuracy of eyewitness memory
Daphna Heller
Prof. Norbert Schwarz
Constructing heuristics on the spot: Malleable inferences from experimental information
Prof. Marius Usher
Modeling choice, metacognitive judgments and intuition
Minerva Lecture:
Prof. Michael Posner (May 2007)
How genes and experience shape attentional networks
2004 - 2006
Dr. Eldad Yechiam
Dr. Nurit Gronau
Prof. Dr. Hans J. Markowitsch
Brain imaging correlates of patirnts with emotion-related memory disorders
Dr. Galit Yovel
Prof. Michael Kubovy
Prolegomena to a theory of pleasure
Prof. Nachshon Meiran
Minerva Lecture:
Prof. Elizabeth F. Loftus (May 2005)
What's the Matter with Memory?
Prof. Dr. Klaus Fiedler
Pseudo-contingencies – an overlooked cognitive illusion
Ph.D. Student Jochim Hansen
The role of expectation in the ease of retrieval effect
Minerva Lecture:
Prof. Frank Rösler (March 2004)
Brain electrical correlates of memory representations
2000 - 2003
Dr. Andrea Kiesel
Parallel activity of task sets - evidence from subliminal priming in task switching
Dr. Nira Liberman
Construal level theory: Implications for construal, prediction and evaluation
Dr. Dominique Lamy
The role of bottom-up in attentional capture
Prof. Albert “Skip” Rizzo
Virtual reality application to psychology
Prof. Endel Tulving
Episodic memory: In what sense is it unique?
Dr. Nachshon Mieran, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva,Israel
Prof. David C. Plaut, Carnegie-Mellon University
How important is starting small in language acquisition?
Dr. Marlene Behrmann, Carnegie-Mellon University
Perceptual organization in visual agnosia
Prof. Endel Tulving, University of Toronto and Rotman Institute
Episodic Memory: Historical Perspective
Prof. Andries F. Sanders, Vrije Universiteit at Amsterdam
Modeling results on short-term memory
Prof. Wolfgang Schneider, University of Würzburg
Memory development: Traditional positions and recent trend
Prof. Aaron Ben-Zeev, University of Haifa
Feeling and logic: What is the human intelligence?