I am interested in the relation between the brain and behavior during development. The focus of my work is on the development of the executive aspects of attention and control, such as inhibitory control, monitoring and error-detection, and the development of number representation and mathematical skills. I employ behavioral tasks used in cognitive experimental psychology, and adapt them for studying young children. I measure behavioral responses (reaction time, accuracy, gaze direction) as well as electrophysiological measurements (Event-Related Potentials).
Some of my current projects:
* The development of error detection, from infancy to adulthood
* The development of brain representation of numerosities, from infancy to adulthood
* The development of self-regulation and temperament in children at familial risk for ADHD
Emotional regulation in kindergarten children and their mothers

A link to the updated publication list can be found at Google Scholar (please find link above, under "additional links").

BA Bar-Ilan University - Psychology and Computer Sciences
MA Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - Psychology
Advisor: Avishai Henik
Title: Competition between endogenous and exogenous orienting of visual attention
PhD Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - Psychology
Advisor: Avishai Henik
Title: The influence of attention on the Inhibition of Return (IOR) phenomenon
Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Oregon - Psychology Department Attention and Temperament Development Lab, under
the supervision of Professors Michael Posner and Mary Rothbart

AWARDS AND RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS

1987
BA – Magna Cum Laude
1992
MA – Summa Cum Laude
1994
Ministry of Science - Ben-Gurion PhD stipend
1996
Zlotowsky Center for Neuroscience - Excellence Fellowship
1996
Israel Foundations Trustees - Doctoral Dissertation Writing Stipend
1998-1999
Rothschild Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship
2000-2003
Alon Award from the Israeli Council of Higher Education
2008
Toronto Prize for Excellence in Research