ד"ר ליהיא פלד-אברון
קורות חיים
Positions
2023-present: Lecturer (equivalent to Assistant Professor), Department of Psychology, Bar-Ilan University, Israel.
2020-2022: Postdoctoral fellowship, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California, San-Francisco (Mentor: Prof. Joshua D. Woolley). Studying the neural correlates of social-cognitive functions in health and psychopathology (affective disorders) using pharmacological (psilocybin) and electrophysiological (EEG\ERP) methods.
2018-2020: Postdoctoral fellowship, Psychology Department, University of Haifa, Israel. (Mentors: Prof. Rachel Tomer and Dr. Roee Admon). Studying neural correlates of social-cognitive functions using pharmaco-imaging (fMRI with methylphenidate) methods in collaboration with the Technion Faculty of Medicine and Rambam medical center Haifa, Israel.
Education
2014-2018: PhD in Neuropsychology (Presidential fellowship for outstanding students, Award for excellent PhD student), Psychology Department, University of Haifa, Israel. (Mentor: Prof. Simone Shamay-Tsoory). Studied brain mechanisms underlying social cognition using electrophysiological (EEG\ERP), endocrinological (oxytocin) and stimulation (tDCS) techniques in health and psychopathology (autism).
2011-2014: M.A. in Clinical Neuropsychology (Magna cum Laude), University of Haifa, Israel.
2008-2011: B.A. in Psychology and English Literature (Magna cum Laude), The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
פירסומים
תחומי מחקר
שילוב של פסיכולוגיה קלינית ומדעי המוח – חקר קוגניציה חברתית, מגע והשפעות מוחיות של תרופות וסמים.
חשיבות האמפתיה ומגע וקשרים אינטימיים באוכלוסיות בריאות – בין אם לתינוק, במערכות יחסים רומנטיות, בין חברים ובטווח החיים.
הרתיעה ממגע במצבים פסיכולוגים שונים – לאחר פגיעה מינית, בזמן אובדנות פעילה, בדיכאון, בהפרעות אישיות, במשבר ובבדידות.
השפעה התנהגותית ומוחית של חומרים שונים על פונקציות שונות – סמים פסיכדלים, פנטניל, ריטלין, אוקסיטוצין, קנביס על זיכרון, גמישות מחשבתית, אמפתיה, יכולות חברתיות וכמובן – מגע חברתי.
הישג מחקרי
Honors, Prizes & Fellowships
2020-2022: Israel Science Foundation (ISF) Postdoctoral fellowship, 310,000NIS (~88,000$)
2020-2022: Zuckerman- CHE (Council for higher education) Postdoctoral fellowship, 80,000$
2020-2021: Fulbright Postdoctoral fellowship, 47,500$ (declined due to duplicate funding)
2020-2021: American Association of University Women (AAUW) Postdoctoral fellowship, 30,000$ (declined due to duplicate funding)
2018: Joy Ventures Grant, 150,000$.
2017: Yakir award for best PhD student in the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Haifa, 1500NIS.
Travel Grant, Ministry of Science and Technology, 10,000NIS.
Best poster Award, 2017 annual Eliahu Youdim best poster competition, The Institute of Psychobiology in Israel (NIPI), March, 1500NIS.
2016: Article Publication Award, University of Haifa.
Travel Grant, The Israeli Society of Biological Psychiatry (ISBP) 300NIS.
Travel Grant, University of Haifa.
Travel Grant, The National Institute of Psychobiology in Israel (NIPI) 500$.
2015: Travel Grant, University of Haifa.
2014: Best Poster Award, The18th annual meeting of The Israeli Society of Biological Psychiatry (ISBP), Kibutz HaGoshrim, Israel.
Excellence in Teaching Award, (Fall Semester), Center for Academic excellence, University of Haifa.
Excellence in Teaching Award, (Spring Semester) Center for Academic excellence, University of Haifa.
2013: Research Grant for excellent graduate students, University of Haifa.
2011-2016: The President's Doctoral Scholarship for outstanding students
אמצעי התקשורת
Public press publications
1. Haifa psychologists suggest why people with autism recoil at physical contact
http://www.jpost.com/HEALTH-SCIENCE/Haifa-psychologists-suggest-why-people-with-autism-recoil-at-physical-contact-499594
2. Scientists now know why people with autism don't like to be touched
https://www.fromthegrapevine.com/health/scientists-now-know-why-people-autism-dont-be-touched
3. Haifa U Study: Autism Spectrum Disorder Sufferers Show Neural Responses of Anxiety on Seeing Social Touch
4. מחקר ישראלי מצא: למה אוטיסטים נרתעים ממגע (Hebrew)
http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4980505,00.html
תאריך עדכון אחרון : 02/11/2025
