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Real-Life Neuroscience: An Ecological Approach to Brain and Behavior Research by Shamay-Tsoory, Simone G., Mendelsohn, Avi

“…Owing to advances in neuroimaging technology, the past couple of decades have witnessed a surge of research on brain mechanisms that underlie human cognition…”
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A Map for Social Navigation in the Human Brain by Tavares, Rita Morais, Mendelsohn, Avi, Grossman, Yael, Williams, Christian Hamilton, Shapiro, Matthew, Trope, Yaacov, Schiller, Daniela

“…Deciphering the neural mechanisms of social behavior has propelled the growth of social neuroscience. The exact computations of the social brain, however,…”
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Increasing the complexity of isolated musical chords benefits concurrent associative memory formation by Kurzom, Nawras, Lorenzi, Ilaria, Mendelsohn, Avi

“…The effects of background music on learning and memory are inconsistent, partially due to the intrinsic complexity and diversity of music, as well as…”
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Memory-directed acupuncture as a neuromodulatory treatment for PTSD: Theory, clinical model and case studies by Assouline, Amir, Mendelsohn, Avi, Reshef, Alon

“…Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) poses an ongoing challenge to society, to health systems, and to the trauma victims themselves. Today PTSD is often…”
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Individual differences in experienced and observational decision-making illuminate interactions between reinforcement learning and declarative memory by Yifrah, Batel, Ramaty, Ayelet, Morris, Genela, Mendelsohn, Avi

“…Decision making can be shaped both by trial-and-error experiences and by memory of unique contextual information. Moreover, these types of information can be…”
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Knowledge acquisition is governed by striatal prediction errors by Pine, Alex, Sadeh, Noa, Ben-Yakov, Aya, Dudai, Yadin, Mendelsohn, Avi

“…Discrepancies between expectations and outcomes, or prediction errors, are central to trial-and-error learning based on reward and punishment, and their…”
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Between thoughts and actions: motivationally salient cues invigorate mental action in the human brain by Mendelsohn, Avi, Pine, Alex, Schiller, Daniela

“…The maintenance of goal-directed behavior relies upon a cascade of covert mental actions including motor imagery and planning. Here we investigated how cues…”
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Looking beyond the laboratory: Exploring behavioral and eye-fixation patterns in individuals with severe mental illness during a real-life supermarket task by Regev, Sivan, Josman, Naomi, Mendelsohn, Avi

“…Individuals with severe mental illnesses (SMI) often have difficulty performing daily activities that require intact executive functions, such as grocery…”
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In the eye of the beholder: internally driven uncertainty of danger recruits the amygdala and dorsomedial prefrontal cortex by Zaretsky, Michal, Mendelsohn, Avi, Mintz, Matti, Hendler, Talma

“…Interpretation of emotional context is a pivotal aspect of understanding social situations. A critical component of this process is assessment of danger levels…”
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Bihemispheric Leftward Bias in a Visuospatial Attention-Related Network by Siman-Tov, Tali, Mendelsohn, Avi, Schonberg, Tom, Avidan, Galia, Podlipsky, Ilana, Pessoa, Luiz, Gadoth, Natan, Ungerleider, Leslie G, Hendler, Talma

“…Asymmetry of spatial attention has long been described in both disease (hemispatial neglect) and healthy (pseudoneglect) states. Although right-hemisphere…”
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Signatures of Memory: Brain Coactivations during Retrieval Distinguish Correct from Incorrect Recollection by Mendelsohn, Avi, Furman, Orit, Dudai, Yadin

“…Are specific distributed coactivations in the brain during memory retrieval a signature of retrieval outcome? Here we show that this is indeed the case…”
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Weaving a story: Narrative formation over prolonged time scales engages social cognition and frontoparietal networks by Assouline, Amir, Mendelsohn, Avi

“…Forming narratives is of key importance to human experience, enabling one to render large amounts of information into relatively compacted stories for future…”
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A tradeoff between musical tension perception and declarative memory by Kurzom, Nawras, Mendelsohn, Avi

“…Successful formation of long-term declarative memory is influenced, among other things, by attention, emotion, and deviation from expectations. A unique form…”
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Regional axonal abnormalities in first episode schizophrenia: Preliminary evidence based on high b-value diffusion-weighted imaging by Mendelsohn, Avi, Strous, Rael D., Bleich, Maya, Assaf, Yaniv, Hendler, Talma

“…Connectivity has been implicated as a major source of brain abnormality in schizophrenia. The current study focused on first episode schizophrenia to identify…”
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Previously Rewarding Environments Enhance Incidental Memory Formation by Shneyer, Anatoly, Mendelsohn, Avi

“…Declarative memory performance is superior for items that were encoded in temporal proximity to reward delivery or expectancy. How reward-predicting contexts…”
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Feedback Timing Modulates Probabilistic Learning in Adults with ADHD by Gabay, Yafit, Shahbari-Khateb, Elham, Mendelsohn, Avi

“…Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has been associated primarily with executive function deficits. Emerging findings suggest, however, that…”
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The opportunity to choose enhances long-term episodic memory by Rotem-Turchinski, Nuphar, Ramaty, Ayelet, Mendelsohn, Avi

“…Episodic memory is typically studied under conditions that treat participants as passive agents. Here we sought to explore how actively engaging in ongoing…”
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Enhanced declarative memory in long-term mindfulness practitioners by Shemesh, Limor, Mendelsohn, Avi, Panitz, Daniel Yochai, Berkovich-Ohana, Aviva

“…Objectives Mindfulness meditation (MM) practice is considered to benefit physical and mental health. In particular, several studies have shown a beneficial…”
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The Episodic Engram Transformed: Time Reduces Retrieval-Related Brain Activity but Correlates It with Memory Accuracy by Furman, Orit, Mendelsohn, Avi, Dudai, Yadin

“…We took snapshots of human brain activity with fMRI during retrieval of realistic episodic memory over several months. Three groups of participants were…”
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Autobiographical memory: From experiences to brain representations by Gilboa, Asaf, Rosenbaum, R. Shayna, Mendelsohn, Avi

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