Full Professor

Prof. Michal Lavidor

Full Professor
Telephone
Email
lavidom@mail.biu.ac.il
Office
Brain Research Building / Room 402
Reception Hours
By Appointment
    CV

    Education

     

    BA

    The Hebrew Univesuty

    Psychology and Computer Science

    1988

    MA

    Bar-Ilan

    Psychology

    1994

    PhD

    Bar-Ilan

    Psychology

    1999

     

    Master Thesis: Length effects in the two cerebral hemispheres

    Advisor: Prof. Harvey Babkoff

     

    PhD Thesis: Hemispheric processing of Language.

    Advisor: Prof. Harvey Babkoff

     

    Academic Positions

     

    Teaching positions at Bar-Ilan

     

    October 2005

    Associate Professor

    June 1999

    Doctoral Advisor

    1995

    TA

    Other

     

    2005

    Reader (Associate-Professor), 100% FT, Department of Psychology, University of Hull

    2004-2003

    Senior Lecturer, 100% FT, Department of Psychology, University of Hull

    2002-2003

    Lecturer, 100% FT, Department of Psychology, University of Hull

    2002-2005

    Honorary Research Fellow, Department of Psychology, University College London

    2000-2001

    Marie-Curie research fellow, Psychology, University of York

    2000

    Tutor to Neuropsychology, Department of Psychology, York

    1994-1999

    Statistical and research consultant, Administrative Office of Regional Colleges and Pre-Academic Training Programs, Bar-Ilan University

    1993-1994

    Research assistant (sleep project), Psychology Department, Bar-Ilan University

    1993-1999

    Quantitative research methods, Introduction to Statistics, Perception, Instructor at the Psychology department, Bar Ilan University.

    1994-1997

    Introduction to Computer Science, Cognitive Psychology, Physiological Psychology, Lecturer at Ariel College.

    1995-1998

    Data analyst and Data manager in a research and consulting company (Ergonomic Applications - ErgoPlic Ltd, Israel).

     

    Professional Postions

     

    Conferences

    Organizer of an international TMS conference in Bar Ilan, June 2007.

    Organizer of a workshop in Lyon (CNRS): Two hemispheres, one reading system (24-28 April, 2003). Funded by the British academy and the local host (the CNRS in Lyon). Papers presented at the workshop were later on published in a special issue of Brain and Language that I edited (Brain and Language, 88(3), March 2004).

     

    Public

     

    1997-1999

    Conducting and reporting polygraph research requested by a government bureau.

    1999

    A developer of a national Psychological test (research methods field)

     

    Research Interests

            מנחה מ.א. ודוקטורט

     

    • Language and decision-making
    • The differences between the two hemispheres.
    • New invasive brain stimulation
    • Reading and reading problems.
    • Cognitive empowerment
    • Spatial processing in both hemispheres
    • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation – TMS
    • Perceptual Priming
    • Temporal and numeral perception
    Research Achievement

    Congratulations for winning a grant from the German Israeli Foundation

    Last Updated Date : 25/05/2022