I’m interested in studying higher-order cognitive processes, specifically those underlying meaning-making. In this context, I have developed computational models of metaphors, studied the way synergy is formed in team-work, and developed methodologies for analyzing the way interesting concepts have been changed through history. In addition, I am interested in applying tools of Natural Language Processing for the study of cognitive and social phenomena, and in personality as a cognitive-biological concept. I have developed some of the most innovative tools for automatically understanding personality through text analysis and showed how the computer may successfully screen for depression, school shooters and other personality traits.

Yair Neuman (b. 1968) is a Full Professor at the department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and a member of the Zlotowski Center for Neuroscience, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

He received his BA in Psychology (Major) and Philosophy (Minor) and his PhD in Cognition (Hebrew Univ. 1999).