PEOPLE

SHUNIT COHEN

Research Assistant

‏I'm currently pursuing a bachelor's degree in Cognitive Science and Psychology, from The Open University of Israel.
My degree contains my main interests whom I'm pleased to learn more about in Nurit's lab.

MIMI SHWARTZ

Research Assistant

I'm pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Cognitive Science from The Open University of Israel, which I started at the age of 16. I'm passionate about the different fields of cognition and excited to learn something new every day.

DR. OKSANA ITKES

Postdoctoral Researcher

I am a Post-Doctoral researcher.

I completed my PhD at the University of Haifa, combining both cognition and affect under the supervision of Dr. Assaf Kron and Prof. Rutie Kimchi. Currently my work revolves around three main areas: top down effects on ensemble representations, affect and mental imagery.

DR. ROTEM AVITAL-COHEN

Postdoctoral Researcher

Postdoctoral fellow at the department of psychology, The Open University of Israel.
She received her PhD in Cognitive Psychology from Tel Aviv University in 2018. Her dissertation focused on top-down effects in the processing of irrelevant stimuli.
She is interested mainly in visual attention, cognitive control, and visual working memory.