I have completed a PhD in Tel-Aviv University (School of Psychological Sciences) under the supervision of Prof. Galit Yovel. During consecutive years, I conducted postdoctoral research with Prof. Geraint Rees (University College London, UK), Prof. Moshe Bar (Bar-Ilan University, Israel) and Prof. Lionel Naccache (Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle Epinière, Paris, France). In 2017 I joined Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Center as a faculty member.
I have completed a PhD in Tel-Aviv University (School of Psychological Sciences) under the supervision of Prof. Galit Yovel. During consecutive years, I conducted postdoctoral research with Prof. Geraint Rees (University College London, UK), Prof. Moshe Bar (Bar-Ilan University, Israel) and Prof. Lionel Naccache (Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle Epinière, Paris, France). In 2017 I joined Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Center as a faculty member.
Gonda Multidisciplinary
Brain Center
Bar-Ilan University
Consciousness and awareness
Some research questions:
What are the mechanisms of unconscious processing in healthy brain?
Exploration of patients with disorder of consciousness (e.g., vegetative state)
Representative studies:
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Axelrod et al., 2015, Neural correlates of subliminal language processing, Cerebral Cortex (download)
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Axelrod et al., 2015, Exploring the unconscious using faces. Trends in Cognitive Sciences (download)
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Axelrod et al., 2017 Perceptual similarity and the neural correlates of geometrical illusions in human brain structure. Scientific Reports (download)
Self-related processing and mind-wandering
Some research questions:
What are the mechanisms of generating internal experiences (e.g., recalling events)?
The benefits of mind-wandering and more pathological consequences of mind-wandering
Representative studies:
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Axelrod et al., 2017, The default network and the combination of cognitive processes that mediate self-generated thought. Nature Human Behavior (download)
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Axelrod et al., 2015, Increasing propensity to mind wander with transcranial direct current stimulation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (download)
Intracranial recordings in humans
Multi-unit and Local field potential (LFP) activity is used to explore various cognitive functions (e.g., faces, self-related processing)
Representative study:
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Axelrod et al., 2019, Face-selective neurons in the vicinity of the human Fusiform Face Area, Neurology (link)
Brain functional connectivity
Some research directions:
How do brain dynamics change across different cognitive tasks and different conscious states?
How do brain functional mechanisms differ between healthy people and brain-impaired patients?
Face perception
Some research questions:
Is face perception is purely perceptual phenomenon?
What role frontal face-selective regions play in face perception?
Representative studies:
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Axelrod, 2016 On the domain-specificity of the visual and non-visual face-selective regions. European Journal of Neuroscience
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Axelrod & Yovel, 2015, Successful decoding of famous faces in the Fusiform Face Area. Plos One (download)
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Axelrod & Yovel, 2012, Hierarchical Processing of Face Viewpoint in Human Visual Cortex. Journal of Neuroscience (download)
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Axelrod & Yovel, 2010, External facial features modify the representation of internal facial features in the fusiform face area. Neuroimage (download)