I am investigating the effects of exposure to acetylcholinesterase inhibitors in mice during different periods of postnatal and prenatal development on cognitive and emotional functions and on the effects of psychological stress on cognitive functions in humans.

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B.A. , Haifa University, Psychology , 1972-1977
M.A, Tel-Aviv University Psychology , 1979- 1982
Ph.D, University of Toronto, Psychology , 1983-1987

Former Positions

2009- Professor Department of Psychology (formerly Behavioral Sciences), Ben-Gurion University of the Negev 2001-2009 Associate Professor Department of Behavioural Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev 1995-2001 Senior Lecturer (tenured 1996) Department of Behavioural Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev 1998-9 Sabbatical – Cognitive Developmental Neurology Unit Kennedy-Krieger Institute Baltimore, MD, USA. 1994-1995 Research Scholar Section of Biochemical Psychiatry Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, Toronto, Ontario, Canada