NIVA GOLDBERG – MA Student
Niva is an M.A. student in the Clinical Psychology program at Bar-Ilan University. She holds a B.A. in Psychology and in the “Amirim” program for excellence at the Hebrew University. During her B.A., she studied at Berlin School of Mind and Brain as an exchange student. Her main interest is the relationship between the minimal self,
EDEN LANDESMA- BA student
Eden is a B.A. student in Cognitive Science and a B.Sc. student in Information Systems at the University of Haifa. She participated in the Nova project, working alongside Ophir, Noah, Gal, and Michal to manage the control group. Currently, Eden works as a research assistant, collaborating with Amir and Alex on the Alice system and
SHIRA GERRU- B.A. Student
Shira is a B.A. student in Psychology at the University of Haifa. She is currently working as a research assistant on the unreal project, focusing on the EEG study. Shira’s main interest include mental health, mind- body connection and the neural underpinnings of mental disorders. In her free time, Shira enjoys traveling, cooking and spending
YAHAV AVIDAN- B.A. Student
Yahav is a B.A. student in Cognitive science and Psychology at the University of Haifa. She is currently working as a research assistant on the Unreal project, focusing on the EEG study. Her main interest lies in the relationship between consciousness and neuroscience, exploring how the brain relates to the mind and vice versa. She
TZUK POLINSKY- MA student
Tzuk is a B.A. student in cognitive science and mathematics at Haifa University. He joined us after spending three years in robotics automation and developing image processing algorithms. His primary interests lie in the mathematics behind metacognition and learning, as well as understanding how past experiences influence the current cognitive state.
YONATAN (YONI) STERN – PhD student
Yoni is a Ph.D. student in Clinical Psychology at Haifa University, co-supervised by Prof. Danny Koren and Dr. Roy Salomon, and an Azrieli Graduate Fellow. He is also a clinical psychology intern at Rambam’s psychiatry division and the ZOHAR clinic for early psychosis detection and intervention. Yoni holds an M.A. in Cognitive Science and a
PAZ BAR-TAL – MSc Student
Paz Bar-Tal is an MSc student in Neuroscience. Her main interest is the relationship between emotions, perceptions, and the brain, and she aspires to reveal how external experiences shape this relationship. In her spare time, Paz likes to travel, play the piano and write.
GADI DRORI – PhD Student
Gadi is a PhD neuroscience student at the Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center at Bar-Ilan University. Gadi holds a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in neuroscience and has worked for several years as a research assistant at the Sagol Brain Institute at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center. Gadi’s research focuses on how the brain creates a sense
AMIR HARDUF- Research Fellow | Scientific Co-Director
Dr. Amir Harduf is a research fellow at the University of Haifa. He studied neuroscience at Bar-Ilan University, where he got his Ph.D. As Scientific Co-Director, Amir collaborates closely with Prof. Salomon to shape and implement the lab’s research agenda, oversee daily operations, and mentor students. He leads efforts to develop a unified system for
MAYA PERY- PhD student
Maya Pery is a Ph.D. student in Psychology at the University of Haifa. Her research focuses on the neural and cognitive mechanisms that shape the perception of the self. She holds an M.Sc. from the Faculty of Data and Decision Sciences at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, where she specialized in Cognitive Psychology.