Professor

Prof. Ofer Golan

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    CV

    EDUCATION/TRAINING

    Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

    BA

    1990-1993  

    Psychology, Sociology and Anthropology

    Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel

    MA

    1996-2000

    Child clinical psychology

    Autism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, UK

    PhD

    2002-2006

    Thesis title: Systemising emotions: Teaching emotion recognition to people with autism using interactive multimedia

     

    A. Positions and Honors 

         

    Full Professor, Department of Psychology, Bar-Ilan University, Israel 2022-

    Honorary visiting fellow, Autism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, UK.

    9/2019-8/2021

    Editorial Board Member, Autism Research, Wiley.

    8/2019-

    A member of the Israeli Ministry of Health Psychology Council.

    6/2017-6/2019

    Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Bar-Ilan University, Israel

    2016-2022

    Certified Clinical Trainer – The Israeli Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Psychotherapy

    3/2016-

    A member of the Israeli Ministry of Health expert committee on best practice in autism.

    2015-

    Founder and consultant for two Clinical Centers (Bait Echad Tel-Aviv, Kfar-Saba) for evidence-based diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorders, the Association for Children at Risk

    5/2009 -

    Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychology, Bar-Ilan University, Israel

    10/2008-3/2016

    Certified Clinical Psychologist, Israel 7/2008-

    Lecturer (assistant professor), Department of Psychology, Bar-Ilan University, Israel

    10/2006-9/2008

    Trainee clinical psychologist – The Croft in-patient Children’s Unit, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Mental Health Trust, Cambridge.

    10/2005-10/2006

    Research Associate - Autism Research Centre, University of Cambridge

    3/2005-9/2006

    Trainee clinical psychologist - Brookside Family Consultation Clinic, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Mental Health Trust, Cambridge.

    10/2004-9/2005

    Supervision teaching at the University of Cambridge in the courses of Abnormal Psychology and Statistics

    2003-2006

    Clinical psychology intern - Department of child and adolescent psychiatry, Schneider Children's Medical Center, Petach Tikva, Israel.

    1999-2001

    Training development counselor - Israeli Defense Forces. 1995-2001

    Research officer - Israeli Defense Forces, Behavioral Sciences Department.

    1993-1995

               

                     

     

    Publications

    Journal Articles

    *Terner, M., *Israel-Yaacov, S., & Golan, O. (2024). Sex differences in autism screening: An examination of the Childhood Autism Spectrum Test–Hebrew version. Autism, 13623613241235053.

    Chan, J. K.-Y., Cheung, T. C.-K., Chan, C.-W., Fang, F., Lai, K. Y.-C., Sun, X., O’Reilly, H., Golan, O., Allison, C., Baron-Cohen, S., & Leung, P. W.-L. (2024). Enhancing emotion recognition in young autistic children with or without attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in Hong Kong using a Chinese App version of The Transporters. Autism28(4), 945-958.

    Rum, Y., Golan, O., Allison, C., Smith, P., White, S. R., & Baron-Cohen, S. (2023). Does Having a Sibling Affect Autistic People's Empathy?. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1-11.

    Golan, O., *Terner, M., *Israel-Yaacov, S., Allison, C., & Baron-Cohen, S. (2023). The Autism-Spectrum Quotient–Hebrew version: Psychometric properties of a full and a short form, adapted for DSM-5. Autism27(3), 796-807.

    *Goldfarb, Y., Golan, O., & Gal, E. (2023). A self-determination theory approach to work motivation of autistic adults: A qualitative exploratory study. Journal of autism and developmental disorders53(4), 1529-1542.

    *Sinai-Gavrilov, Y., Gev, T., Gordon, I., Mor-Snir, I., Vivanti, G., & Golan, O. (2022). Micro-Analyses Reveal Increased Parent-Child Positive Affect in Children with Poorer Adaptive Functioning Receiving the ESDM. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1-7.

    *Zadok, E., Gordon, I., *Navon, R., *Rabin, S., & Golan, O. (2021). Shifts in behavioral synchrony in response to an interaction partner’s distress in adolescents with and without ASD. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. DOI: 10.1007/s10803-021-05307-y

    Golan, O., *Haruvi-Lamdan, N., Laor N., & Horesh, D. (2021). Short report: The comorbidity between Autism Spectrum Disorder and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is mediated by brooding rumination. Autism. DOI: 10.1177/13623613211035240

    *Goldfarb, Y., Golan, O., & Gal, E. (2021). A Self-Determination Theory Approach to Work motivation of Autistic Adults: A Qualitative Exploratory Study. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. DOI: 10.1007/s10803-021-05185-4

    Gev, T., *Avital, H., *Rosenan, R., *Oliver-Aronson, L., & Golan, O. (2021). Socio emotional competence in young children with ASD during interaction with their typically developing peers. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 86, 101818.

    Rothschild‐Yakar, L., Goshen, D., Enoch‐Levy, A., Hadas, R., Gur, E., Stein, D., & Golan, O. (2021). General Mentalizing, eToM and Interpersonal Mistrust in Anorexia Nervosa: The validation of the Hebrew Version of the Cambridge Mindreading (CAM) Face‐Task. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy. DOI: 10.1002/cpp.2626

    Honisch, J.J., Mane, P., Golan, O., & Chakrabarti, B. (2021). Moving together: Keeping in time with humans and metronomes. Scientific Reports. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-88112-y

    *Goldfarb, Y., Gal, E., & Golan, O. (2021). Mental health and work-related need satisfaction of Israeli autistic employees following employment status changes caused by COVID-19. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. doi:10.1007/s10803-021-04902-3

    *Rabin, S.J., Laugeson, E.A., Mor-Snir, I., & Golan, O. (2020). An Israeli RCT of PEERS®: Intervention effectiveness and the predictive value of parental sensitivity. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. doi: 10.1080/15374416.2020.1796681.

    Dinstein, I., Arazi, A., Golan, H.M., Koller, J., Elliott, E., Gozes, I., Shulman, C., Shifman, S., Raz, R., Davidovitch, N., Gev, T., Aran, A., Stolar, O., Ben-Itzchak, E., Mor-Snir, I., Israel-Yaacov, S., Bauminger-Zviely, N., Bonneh, Y.S., Gal, E., Shamay-Tsoory, S., Zaidman Zait, A., Hadad, B.S., Gross, R., Faroy, M., … Begin, M., Gabis, L.V., Zachor, D., Menashe, I., Golan, O., & Meiri, G. (2020). The National Autism Database of Israel: a Resource for Studying Autism Risk Factors, Biomarkers, Outcome Measures, and Treatment Efficacy. Journal of Molecular Neuroscience, doi: 10.1007/s12031-020-01671-z.

    Amaral, D.G., Anagnostou, E., Bal, V.H., Barbaro, J., Barber, A.B., Canal-Bedia, R., Chambers, N., Dager, S.R., Dawson, G., Dawson-Squibb, J.J., de Vries, P.J., Dichter, G., Dissanayake, C., Divan, G., Estes, A., Fallin, D., Franz, L., Gaddour, N., Gerber, A.H., Gilbert,M., Girard, R.M., Golan, O., Green, J., Harty, M., Howard, J., …White, S.W., Whitehouse, A.J.O., WuNordahl, C., Yoshikawa, Y. (2020). COVID-19 and Autism Research: Perspectives from Around the Globe. Autism Research, 13, 844–869.

    *Sinai-Gavrilov, Y., Gev, T., Mor-Snir, I., Vivanti, G., & Golan, O. (2020). Integrating the Early Start Denver Model into Israeli community autism spectrum disorder preschools: Effectiveness and treatment response predictors. Autism, doi: 10.1177/1362361320934221. Link (open access)

    *Haruvi-Lamdan, N., Horesh, D., Zohar, S., Kraus, M., & Golan, O. (2020). Autism Spectrum Disorder and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder- An Unexplored Co-occurrence of Conditions. Autism, special issue Mental Health along the Lifespan. doi: 10.1177/1362361320912143.

    *Sinai-Gavrilov, Y., Gev, T., Mor-Snir, I., & Golan, O. (2019). Seeking Team Collaboration, Dialogue and Support: The Perceptions of Multidisciplinary Staff‑Members Working in ASD Preschools. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorder. doi: 10.1007/s10803-019-04175-x.

    *Goldfarb, Y., Gal, E., & Golan, O. (2019). A Conflict of Interests: A Motivational Perspective on Special Interests and Employment Success of Adults with ASD. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 49(9), 3915–3923.

    *Haruvi-Lamdan, N., Lebendiger, S., Golan, O., & Horesh, D. (2019). Are PTSD and autistic traits related? An examination among typically developing Israeli adults. Comprehensive Psychiatry. 89, 22-27.

    *Rabin, S.J., Bamberger, E., Mor-Snir, I., Feldman, R., & Golan, O. (2019). Parent-adolescent reciprocity in a conflictual situation predicts peer interaction in adolescents with ASD. Autism Research. 12(2), 263–273.

    *Waizbard-Bartov, E., *Yehonatan-Schori, M., & Golan, O. (2019). Personal Growth Experiences of Parents to Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 49(4), 1330–1341.

    Marchi, E., Schuller, B., Baird, A., Baron-Cohen, S., Lassalle, A., O’Rielly H.,Pigat, D., Robinson, P., Davies, I., Baltrusaitis, T., Golan, O., *Fridenson-Hayo, S., *Tal, S., Newman, S., Meir-Goren, N., Camurri, A., Piana, S., Bolte, S., Sezgin, M., Alyuz, N., Rynkiewicz, A., & Baranger, A. (2018). The ASC-Inclusion Perceptual Serious Gaming Platform for Autistic Children. IEEE Transactions on Computational Intelligence and AI in Games. doi:10.1109/TG.2018.2864640.

    *Rabin, S. J., *Israel-Yaacov, S., Laugeson, E.A., Mor-Snir, I., & Golan, O. (2018). A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Hebrew adaptation of the PEERS® intervention: Behavioral and Questionnaire-Based Outcomes. Autism Research. 11, 1187-1200.

    Lassalle, A., Pigat, D., O’Reilly, H., Berggen, S., *Fridenson-Hayo, S., *Tal, S., Elfström, S., Råde, A., Golan, O., Bölte, S., Baron-Cohen, S., & Lundqvist, D. (2018). The EU-Emotion Voice Database. Behavior Research Methods. 51(2), 493-506.

    Golan, O., Gordon, I., *Fichman, K., & Keinan, G. (2018). Specific Patterns of Emotion Recognition from Faces in Children with ASD: Results of a Cross-Modal Matching Paradigm. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 48(3), 844-852.

    *Haruvi-Lamdan, N., Horesh, D., & Golan, O. (2018). PTSD and Autism Spectrum Disorder: Co-morbidity, Gaps in Research, and Potential Shared Mechanisms. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, & Policy. 10(3), 290-299.

    Golan, O., *Shilo, H., & Omer. H. (2018). Non-violent resistance parent training for the parents of young adults with High Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of Family Therapy. 40(1), 4-24.

    Saxbe, D.E., Golan, O., *Ostfeld-Etzion, S., *Hirschler-Guttenberg, Y., Zagoory-Sharon, O., & Feldman, R. (2017). HPA Axis Linkage in Parent-Child Dyads: Effects of Parent Sex, Autism Spectrum Diagnosis, and Dyadic Relationship Behavior. Developmental Psychobiology. 59(6), 776-786.

    *Fridenson-Hayo, S., Berggren, S., Lassalle, A., *Tal, S., Pigat, D., Meir-Goren, N., O’Reilly, H., *Ben-Zur, S., Bölte, S., Baron-Cohen, S., & Golan, O. (2017). ‘Emotiplay’: a serious game for learning about emotions in children with autism: results of a cross-cultural evaluation. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 26(8), 979-992.

    *Gev, T., *Rosenan, R., & Golan, O. (2017). Unique Effects of The Transporters Animated Series and of Parental Support on Emotion Recognition Skills of Children With ASD: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial. Autism Research. 10(5), 993-1003.

    *Ben‐Yosef, D., Anaki, D., & Golan, O. (2017). Context processing in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder: How complex could it be?. Autism Research. 10(3), 520-530.

    *Fridenson-Hayo, S., Berggren, S., Lassalle, A., *Tal, S., Pigat, D., Bölte, S., Baron-Cohen, S., & Golan, O. (2016). Basic and complex emotion recognition in children with autism: cross-cultural findings. Molecular Autism, 7(1), 52. doi: 10.1186/s13229-016-0113-9.

    *Brukner, Y., Laor, N., & Golan, O. (2016). Social (Pragmatic) Communication Disorder and its relation to the Autism Spectrum: Dilemmas arising from the DSM-5 classification. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 46(8), 2821-2829.

    *Ostfeld-Etzion, S., Feldman, R., *Hirschler-Guttenberg, Y., & Golan, O. (2016), Self-Regulated compliance in preschoolers with ASD: The role of temperamental factors and parental disciplinary style. Autism – The international Journal of Research and Practice. 20(7), 868-878.

    O’Reilly, H., *Fridenson, S., Pigat, D., Berggren, S., *Tal, S., Golan, O., Bölte, S., Baron-Cohen, S.,& Lundqvist, D.(2016). The EU-Emotion Stimulus Set: a Validation Study. Behavior Research Methods. 48(2), 567-576.

    *Ostfeld Etzion, S., Golan, O., *Hirschler-Guttenberg, Y., Zagoory-Sharon, O., & Feldman, R. (2015). Neuroendocrine and behavioral response to social rupture and repair in preschoolers with autism spectrum disorders interacting with mother and father. Molecular Autism. 6:11 doi:10.1186/s13229-015-0007-2.

    Golan, O., *Sinai-Gavrilov, Y., & Baron-Cohen, S. (2015). The Cambridge Mindreading Face-Voice Battery for Children (CAM-C): Complex emotion recognition in children with and without Autism Spectrum Conditions. Molecular Autism, 6:22.  doi:10.1186/s13229-015-0018-z.

    *Hirschler-Guttenberg, Y., Feldman, R., *Ostfeld-Etzion, S., Laor, N., & Golan, O. (2015). Self- and Co-Regulation of Anger and Fear in Preschoolers with Autism Spectrum Disorders: The Role of Maternal Parenting Style and Temperament. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 45(9), 3004-3014.

    *Globerson, E., Amir, N., Kishon-Rabin, L., & Golan, O. (2015). Prosody Recognition in High Functioning Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders: From Psychoacoustics to Cognition. Autism Research, 8(2), 153-163.

    *Hirschler-Guttenberg, Y., Golan, O., *Ostfeld-Etzion, S., & Feldman, R. (2015). Mothering, Fathering, and the Regulation of Negative and Positive Emotions in High-Functioning Preschoolers with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 56(5), 530-539.

    Feldman, R., Golan, O., *Hirschler-Guttenberg, Y., *Ostfeld-Etzion, S., & Zagoory-Sharon, O. (2014). Parent-child interaction and oxytocin production in pre-schoolers with autism spectrum disorder. British Journal of Psychiatry, 205(2), 107-112.

    *Globerson, E., Amir, N., Golan, O., Kishon-Rabin, L.,& Lavidor, M. (2013). Psychoacoustic abilities as predictors of vocal emotion recognition. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 75, 1799–1810.

    Baron-Cohen, S., Golan, O., & Ashwin, E. (2012). Teaching Emotion Recognition to Children with Autism Spectrum Conditions. Educational Neuroscience, British Journal of Educational Psychology Monograph Series II, 8, 115-127.

    Baron-Cohen, S., Golan, O., Wheelwright, S., & Granader, Y. (2010). Emotion word comprehension from 4-16 years old: A developmental survey. Frontiers in Evolutionary Neuroscience, 2, 12. doi: 10.3389/fnevo.2010.00109.

    Bölte, S., Golan, O., Goodwin, M.S., & Zwaigenbaum, L. (2010). Editorial: What can innovative technologies do for Autism Spectrum Disorders? Autism: the international journal of research and practice, 14(3), 155-159.

    Gothelf, D., Steinberg, T., Golan, O., & Apter, A. (2010). Editorial: developmental psychopathology. Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences, 47(2), 93-94.

    Golan, O., Ashwin, E., Granader, Y., McClintock, S., Day, K., Leggett, V., et al. (2010). Enhancing Emotion Recognition in Children with Autism Spectrum Conditions: An Intervention Using Animated Vehicles with Real Emotional Faces. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 40(3):269-79.

    Baron-Cohen, S., Golan, O., & Ashwin, E. (2009). Can emotion recognition be taught to children with autism spectrum conditions?. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 364(1535), 3567-74.

    Baron-Cohen, S., Golan, O., & Ashwin, E. (2009) Can empathy be taught? ‘The Transporters’: animation to teach children with autism to recognise emotions. Autism Spectrum Quarterly, Winter, 15-18.

    Golan, O., Baron-Cohen, S., & Golan, Y. (2008). The ‘Reading the Mind in Films’ Task [Child Version]: Complex Emotion and Mental State Recognition in Children with and without Autism Spectrum Conditions. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 38(8), 1534-1541.

    LaCava, P. G., Golan, O., Baron-Cohen, S., & Myles, B. S. (2007). Using Assistive Technology to Teach Emotion Recognition to Students with Asperger Syndrome: A Pilot Study. Remedial and Special Education, 28(3), 174-181.

    Golan, O., Baron-Cohen, S., Hill, J. J., & Rutherford, M. D. (2007). The 'Reading the Mind in the Voice' test - Revised: A study of complex emotion recognition in adults with and without Autism Spectrum Conditions. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 37(6), 1096-1106.

    Baron-Cohen, S., Golan, O., Chapman, E., & Granader, Y. (2007). Transported to a World of Emotion. The Psychologist, 20(2), 76-77.

    Golan, O., Baron-Cohen, S., Hill, J. J., & Golan, Y. (2006). The 'Reading the Mind in Films' task: complex emotion recognition in adults with and without autism spectrum conditions. Social Neuroscience, 1(2), 111-123.

    Golan, O., Baron-Cohen, S., & Hill, J. J. (2006). The Cambridge Mindreading (CAM) Face-Voice Battery: testing complex emotion recognition in adults with and without Asperger Syndrome. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 36(2), 169-183.

    Golan, O., & Baron-Cohen, S. (2006). Systemizing empathy: Teaching adults with Asperger Syndrome and High Functioning Autism to recognize complex emotions using interactive multimedia. Development and Psychopathology, 18(2), 591-617.

     

    Book Chapters

    Fridenson-Hayo, S., Gev, T., Baron-Cohen, S., & Golan, O. (2024). Using Interactive Multi-Media Technology to Teach about Emotions. In Learners on the Autism Spectrum (pp. 210-227). Routledge.

    *Goldfarb, Y., Gal, E., & Golan, O. (2020). Motivational Perspective on Special Interests and Employment Success of Adults with ASD, In F. R. Volkmar (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders. New York, NY: Springer New York. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4614-6435-8_102435-1

    Laor, N., Nagel-Edelstein, T., Barzilay, R., & Golan, O. (2017). Israel and Autism. In F. R. Volkmar (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders (pp. 1–9). New York, NY: Springer New York. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4614-6435-8_102030-1

    Golan, O., & Baron-Cohen, S. (2014). Systemizing Emotions: Using Interactive Multimedia as a Teaching Tool. In K. Dunn-Buron & P. Wolfberg (Eds.), Learners on the Autism Spectrum: Preparing Highly Qualified Educators and Related Practitioners (2nd Ed., pp. 314-225). Kansas: Autism Asperger Publishing Company.

    Baron-Cohen, S., Golan, O., & Ashwin, E. L. (2013). Using New Technology to Teach Emotion Recognition to Children with Autism Spectrum Conditions. In Boser, K.I., Goodwin, M.S., & Wayland, S.C. (Eds.), Technology Tools for Students with Autism. Baltimore: Brookes Publishing.

    Baron-Cohen, S., Golan, O., & Ashwin, E. L. (2012). Designing Autism-Friendly Methods to Teach Emotion Recognition. In S. Della Sala & M. Anderson (Eds.), Neuroscience in Education: The good, the Bad, and the Ugly (pp. 299-311). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

    Humphrey, A., Golan, O., Wilson, B. A., & Sopena, S. (2011). Measuring Executive Function in Children with High Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders:  A Clinic Referred Case Study. In I. Roth & P. Rezaie (Eds.), Researching the Autism Spectrum: Contemporary Perspectives (pp. 347-63). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

    Golan, O., & Baron-Cohen, S. (2009). Training for Emotion Recognition in Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders. In H-C. Steinhausen & R. Gundelfinger (Eds.). Autism Spectrum Disorders: Foundations, Diagnosis, Therapy. (in German). Stuttgart, Kohlhammer Publisher.

    Baron-Cohen, S., Golan, O., Chakrabarti, B., & Belmonte, M. K. (2008). Autism spectrum conditions. In C. Sharp & P. Fonagy & I. Goodyer (Eds.), Social Cognition and Developmental Psychopathology (pp. 29-56). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

    Golan, O. & Baron-Cohen, S. (2008), Systemizing emotions: Using Interactive Multimedia as a Teaching Tool, in: Buron, K.D. & Wolfberg, P. (eds): Learners on the Autism Spectrum (pp. 234-254). Shawnee Mission, Kansas: Autism Asperger Publishing Company.

    Golan, O., & Baron-Cohen, S. (2007). Using interactive multimedia to teach adults with autism spectrum conditions to recognise emotions. In E. McGregor & N. Nunez & K. Williams & J. C. Gomez (Eds.), Autism: An Integrated View (pp. 236-259). Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing.

    Golan, O., LaCava, P. G., & Baron-Cohen, S. (2007). Assistive technology as an aid in reducing social impairments in autism spectrum conditions. In R. L. Gabriels & D. E. Hill (Eds.), Growing Up with Autism: Working with School-Age Children and Adolescents (pp. 124-142). New York: Guilford.

     

    Papers published in Technology Conference proceedings

    Schuller, B., Marchi, E., Baron-Cohen, S., Lassalle, A., O’Reilly, H., Pigat, D., Robinson, P., Davies, I., Baltrusaitis, T., Mahmoud, M., Golan, O., Friedenson, S., Tal, S., Newman, S., Meir, N., Shillo, R., Camurri, A., Piana, S., Stagliano, A., Bolte, S., Lundqvist, D., Berggren, S., Baranger, A., Sullings, N., Sezgin, M., Alyuz, N., Rynkiewicz, A., Ptaszek, K., and Ligmann, K. (2015). Recent developments and results of ASC-Inclusion: An Integrated Internet-Based Environment for Social Inclusion of Children with Autism Spectrum Conditions. In Paletta, L., Schuller, B., Robinson, P., and Sabouret, N., editors, Proceedings of the of the 3rd International Workshop on Intelligent Digital Games for Empowerment and Inclusion (IDGEI 2015) as part of the 20th ACM International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces, IUI 2015, Atlanta, GA. 9 pages.

    Marchi, E., Schuller, B., Baron-Cohen, S., Lassalle, A., O’Reilly, H., Pigat, D., Golan, O., Fridenson, S., Tal, S., Bolte, S., Berggren, S., Lundqvist, D., and Elfstrom, M. S. (2015). Voice Emotion Games: Language and Emotion in the Voice of Children with Autism Spectrum Condition. In Paletta, L., Schuller, B., Robinson, P., and Sabouret, N., editors, Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Intelligent Digital Games for Empowerment and Inclusion (IDGEI 2015) as part of the 20th ACM International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces, IUI 2015, Atlanta, GA. 9 pages. 

    Schuller, B., Marchi, E., Baron-Cohen, S., O’Reilly, H., Robinson, P., Davies, I., Golan, O., Friedenson, S., Tal, S., Newman, S., Meir, N., Shillo, R., Camurri, A., Piana, S., Bolte, S., Lundqvist, D., Berggren, S., Baranger, A., and Sullings, N. (2013). ASC-Inclusion: Interactive Emotion Games for Social Inclusion of Children with Autism Spectrum Conditions. Proceedings 1st International Workshop on Intelligent Digital Games for Empowerment and Inclusion (IDGEI 2013) held in conjunction with the 8th Foundations of Digital Games 2013 (FDG), Chania, Greece. ACM, SASDG. 8 pages.

    Marchi, E., Batliner, A., Schuller, B., Fridenzon, S., Tal, S., and Golan, O. (2012). Speech, Emotion, Age, Language, Task, and Typicality: Trying to Disentangle Performance and Feature Relevance. Proceedings First International Workshop on Wide Spectrum Social Signal Processing (WSP 2012), held in conjunction with the ASE/IEEE International Conference on Social Computing (SocialCom 2012), Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ASE/IEEE. 8 pages. 

    Marchi, E., Schuller, B., Batliner, A., Fridenzon, S., Tal, S., and Golan, O. (2012). Emotion in the Speech of Children with Autism Spectrum Conditions: Prosody and Everything Else. In Proceedings 3rd Workshop on Child, Computer and Interaction (WOCCI), Satellite Event of INTERSPEECH 2012, Portland, OR. ISCA. 8 pages. 

    Multimedia

    1. Baron-Cohen, S., Golan, O., Wheelwright, S., & Hill, J. J. (2004). Mind Reading: the interactive guide to emotions. London: Jessica Kingsley Limited.

    2. Baron-Cohen, S., Golan, O., Lever, N., Harcup, C., Bason, P., & Drori, J. (2006). The Transporters. London: Crown.

    3. The ASC-Inclusion team. (2015). Emotiplay: Emotion Games.

    Papers Presented at Scientific Conferences

    Golan, O., Baron-Cohen, S., & Hill J.J. (September 2003), Recognition of complex emotions in faces & voices among adults with Asperger Syndrome, poster presented at the ‘About Faces’ symposium, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ.

    Golan, O., & Baron-Cohen, S. (November 2003),Teaching adults with AS to recognize emotions, paper presented at the Scotish Autism Research Symposium, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.

    Golan, O., Baron-Cohen, S., (May 2004), Systemizing empathy: Teaching adults with AS to recognize emotions, paper presented at the International Meeting For Autism Research (IMFAR), Sacramento, CA.

    Golan, O., Baron-Cohen, S., (June 2004), Systemizing empathy: Teaching adults with AS to recognize emotions, paper presented at the 35th annual meeting of the Society for Psychotherapy Research, Rome, Italy.

    Ashwin, C., Golan, O., & Baron-Cohen, S., (September 2004), Face processing in autism: Neuroimaging and intervention, paper presented at the European Science Foundation workshop - Social Communication and the Face, Cambridge, UK.

    Golan, O., Baron-Cohen, S., (May 2005), Teaching children with asperger syndrome and high functioning autism  to recognize emotions using interactive multimedia, paper presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research, Boston, MA.

    Golan, O., (May 2006), Systemising empathy – the Mindreading project, paper presented at ‘Disciplines in dialogue: Psychology, Music Therapy and Autism Spectrum’, Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities, Cambridge, UK.

    Golan, O., (June 2006), Can computers teach individuals with autism spectrum conditions to recognize emotions?, paper presented at the 4th annual Symposium on applications of virtual reality and associated technologies to rehabilitation and special education, Haifa University, Israel.

    Golan, O. (September 2006), Emotion recognition and autism, paper presented at the First Cambridge Autism Research Conference, Cambridge University, UK.

    Golan, O. (December 2006), Teaching individuals with autism spectrum conditions to recognize emotions using interactive multimedia, paper presented at the Internationl Symposium on Intervention for Autistic Disorders, Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität, Fankfurt, Germany.

    Golan, O., Baron-Cohen, S., Chapman, E., & Granader, Y. (May 2007), Facilitating emotional understanding and face processing in young children with autism spectrum conditions, using animations of vehicles with faces. Paper presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR), Seattle, WA.

    Golan, O. & LaCava, P., (August 2007), Using Interactive Multimedia to Teach Emotion Recognition to Children with Autism Spectrum Conditions: Cross Cultural and Cross Methodological Perspectives. Paper presented at the 8th International Congress, Autism-Europe, Oslo, Norway.

    Golan, O., Baron-Cohen, S., Ashwin, E., Day, K., McClintock, S., Leggett, V. (March 2008), Facilitating emotional understanding and face-processing in young children with autism spectrum conditions using animations of vehicles with faces. Poster presented at the British Psychological Society Annual conference, Dublin, Ireland.

    Golan, O., (February, 2009). Screening Israeli Adults for ASC A preliminary evaluation of the Hebrew version of the Autism spectrum Quotient (AQ-Heb). Paper presented at the Batsheva de Rothschild workshop for inter-disciplinary research on “Autism: from biology to behavior”, Zichron Yaakov, Israel.

    Golan, O., Gold, R., & Fridenzon, S., (May, 2009).The Hebrew Version of the Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ-Heb) as a Screening Instrument for Adults with Autism Spectrum Conditions. Poster presented at the International Meeting For Autism Research (IMFAR), Chicago, Il.

    Globerson, E., Lavidor, M., Golan, O., Kishon-Rabin, L., & Amir, N. (May, 2010). Psychoacoustic abilities as predictors of vocal emotion recognition. Paper presented at Speech Prosody, Chicago, Il.

    Yehonatan, M., & Golan, O. (May, 2010). Personal Growth Aspects in the Experience of Parenting a Child On the Autistic Spectrum. Poster presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR), Philadelphia, Pa.

    Fisher, I., Omer, H., Golan O., & Shilo, H. (May, 2010). Parental Experience of Caring for Young Adults with Asperger Syndrome. Poster presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR), Philadelphia, Pa.

    Shilo, H., Golan, O., & Omer. H. (May, 2011). Evaluation of the "Dependence Trap" Intervention Protocol for Parents of Young Adults with High Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders. Poster presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR), San-Diego, Ca.

    Yannay-Shani, A., & Golan, O. (May, 2011). Autonomy, Dependency, and the Attainment of Developmental Tasks In the Third Decade of Life Among Young Adults with High Functioning Autism Spectrum Conditions. Poster presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR), San-Diego, Ca.

    Globerson, E., Amir, N., Lavidor, M., Kishon-Rabin, L., & Golan, O. (May, 2011). Vocal Emotion Recognition in Autism Spectrum Disorders: When Psychoacoustics Meet Cognition. Poster presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR), San-Diego, Ca.

    Hirschler-Guttenberg, Y., Golan, O., Ostfeld-Etzion, S., & Feldman, R. (May, 2012) Emotion Regulation of Preschoolers with ASD During Dyadic Interaction with Mother and Father: Behavioral and Physiological Markers. Poster presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR), Toronto, Canada.

    Marchi, E., Batliner, A., Schuller, B., Fridenzon, S., Tal, S., and Golan, O. (2012). Speech, Emotion, Age, Language, Task, and Typicality: Trying to Disentangle Performance and Feature Relevance. Proceedings First International Workshop on Wide Spectrum Social Signal Processing (WSP 2012).

    Marchi, E., Schuller, B., Batliner, A., Fridenzon, S., Tal, S., and Golan, O. (2012). Emotion in the Speech of Children with Autism Spectrum Conditions: Prosody and Everything Else. In Proceedings 3rd Workshop on Child, Computer and Interaction (WOCCI).

    Schuller, B., Fridenzon, S., Tal, S., Marchi, E., Batliner, A., and Golan, O. (2012). Learning the Acoustics of Autism-Spectrum Emotional Expressions – A Childrens Game? Proceedings of Social Signal Processing International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions.

    Ostfeld Etzion, S., Golan, O., Hirschler -Guttenberg, Y. & Feldman, R.(2013). Mother –Child Dyadic Interaction in Preschoolers with ASD: Emotion Regulation and Cortisol Levels During Positive and Negative Emotion Eliciting Situations. Poster presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR), San-Sebastian, Spain.

    Ben-Yosef, D., Anaki, D., & Golan, O. (2013). Local and Global Processing and the Effect of Context on Social and Non-Social Processing in High Functioning Adolescents with ASD. Poster presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR), San-Sebastian, Spain.

    Eran, B., Givon-Mantin, H., & Golan, O. (2013). Development of a Group Intervention Protocol for Socio-Emotional Life Skills for Adults (SELSA) with High Functioning Autism Spectrum Conditions. Poster presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR), San-Sebastian, Spain.

    Rosenan, R., Gev, T., Avital, H., & Golan, O. (2013). The Effects of Parental Intervention on Emotion Recognition of Children with ASD: Preliminary Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial. Poster presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR), San-Sebastian, Spain.

    Newman, S., Golan, O., Baron-Cohen, S., Bölte, S., Baranger, A., et al (2013). ASC-Inclusion — Interactive Software to Help Children with ASC Understand and Express Emotions. Poster presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR), San-Sebastian, Spain.

    Lundqvist, D., Berggren, S., O’Reilly, H., Fridenson, S., Tal, S., Newman, S., Golan, O., Baron-Cohen, S., & Bölte, S. (2013). Recognition and Expression of Emotions in Autism: Clinical Significance and Hierarchy of Difficulties Perceived by Parents and Experts. Poster presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR), San-Sebastian, Spain.

    Gev, T., Grinvald, I., & Golan, O. (2014). The Childhood Autism Spectrum Test (CAST) As a Screener for High-Functioning Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Poster presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research, Atlanta, Ga.

    Neman, S., Golan, O., Baron-Cohen, S., Bolte, S., Baranger, A., et al (2014). ASC-Inclusion – a Virtual Environment Teaching Children with ASC to Understand and Express Emotions. Poster presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research, Atlanta, Ga.

    Golan, O., & Israel-Yaacov, S. (2014). Adaptation and Preliminary Results of a Clinical Trial of PEERS® with Adolescents with ASD in Israel. Paper presented at the 16th World Congress of Psychiatry, Madrid, Spain. 

    Newman, S., Golan, O., Baron-Cohen, S., Bolte, S., Rynkiewicz, A., Baranger, A., Schuller, B., Robinson, P., Camurri, A., Sezgin, M., Meir-Goren, N., Tal, S., Fridenson-Hayo, S., Lassalle, A., Berggren, S., Sullings, N., Pigat, D., Ptaszek, K., Marchi, E., Piana, S., and Baltrusaitis, T. (2015). ASC-Inclusion – a Virtual World Teaching Children with ASC about Emotions. Poster presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR), Salt Lake City, Utah.

    Fridenson-Hayo, S., Berggren, S., Tal, S., Lassalle, A., Pigat, D., Bolte, S., Baron-Cohen, S., and Golan, O. (2015). Emotion Recognition in Children with and without Autism Spectrum Conditions: Cross Cultural Findings. Poster presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR), Salt Lake City, Utah.

    Gev, T., Gavrilov-Sinai, Y., Golan, O., & Mor-Snir, I. (2015). Applying The Early Start Denver Model (ESDM) in ASD preschools in Israel – a Pilot Study. Paper presented at the 16th European Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Congress, Madrid, Spain.

    Israel-Yaacov, S., & Golan, O. (2015). A Cognitive-Behavioural Parent-Mediated Social-Skills Program for Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder – Adaptation and Evaluation of PEERS® in Israel. Paper presented at the 45th Annual European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies Congress, Jerusalem, Israel.

    Gev, T., Rosenan, R., & Golan, O. (2015). Facilitating Emotion Recognition and Understanding in Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Using Animated Series: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial. Paper presented at the 45th Annual European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies Congress, Jerusalem, Israel.

    Golan, O., Gordon, I., Fichman, K., & Keinan, G. (2016). Emotion Recognition Patterns from Facial Expressions in Children with ASD: Results from a Cross-Modal Matching Paradigm. Poster presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR), Baltimore, MD.

    Gev, T., Gavrilov-Sinai, Y., Colombi, C., Mor-Snir, I., & Golan, O. (2016). Early Start Denver Model (ESDM) Informed Treatment in Israeli ASD Preschools – a Pilot Study. Poster presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR), Baltimore, MD.

    Fridenson-Hayo, S., Berggren, S., Atzmon, O., Lassalle, A., Meir-Goren, N., Tal, S., Newman, S., Baron-Cohen, S., Bölte, S., & Golan, O. (2016). Emotiplay - a Virtual Environment for Emotion Recognition and Expression Learning. Poster presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR), Baltimore, MD.

    Gev, T., Rosenan, R., & Golan, O. (2016). Evidence for Maintenance of Emotion Recognition Gains Using the Transporters Animated Series: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial. Paper presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR), Baltimore, MD.

    Tal, S., Gordon, I., Fridenson-Hayo, S., and Golan, O. (2017) Gesturing during Conversation and Free Play in Children with ASD. Poster presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR), San-Fransisco, CA.

    Sinai-Gavrilov, Y., Gev, T., Mor-Snir, I., and Golan, O. (2017). Multi-Disciplinary Team Work in Israeli ASD Preschools: What Does It Take for a Whole to be Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts? Poster presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR), San-Fransisco, CA.

    Haruvi-Lamdan, N., Lebendiger, S., Horesh, D., & Golan,O. (2017). Post-traumatic stress symptoms and autistic traits among Israeli adults. Poster presented at the International Conference on Trauma and Mental Health, Jerusalem, Israel.

    Israel-Yaacov, S., & Golan, O. (2017). The Israeli adaptation and evaluation of PEERS®: A parent-mediated social-skills program for adolescents with autism spectrum disorder. Paper presented at the 19th Congress of the South African Association of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions, Stellenbosch, South Africa.

    Horesh, D., Haruvi-Lamdan, N., Lebendiger, S., & Golan, O. (2017). The association between autistic traits and post-traumatic stress disorder: Preliminary findings among typically-developing adults in Israel. European Psychiatry, 41, S137.

    Tal, S., Gordon, I., Fridenson-Hayo., S., & Golan, O. (2018). Integrative Nonverbal Communication in Children with ASD during Conversation and Free Play. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Autism Research (INSAR), Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

    Rabin, S.J., Israel-Yaacov, S., Mor-Snir, I., & Golan, O. (2018). A Randomized Controlled Trial of PEERS in Israel: Behavioral and Questionnaire-Based Outcomes. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Autism Research (INSAR), Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

    Israel-Yaacov, S., Kanter, N., Mor-Snir, I., Laugeon, E., & Golan, O. (2018). The Cultural Adaptation and Clinical Efficacy of the PEERS® Program in Israel. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Autism Research (INSAR), Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

    Gev, T., Sinai, Y., Vivanti, G., Mor-Snir, I., & Golan, O. (2018). Integrating the Early Start Denver Model (ESDM) in ASD Preschools in Israel – Results of a Matched Controlled Study. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Autism Research (INSAR), Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

    Sinai, Y., Gev, T., Vivanti, G., Mor-Snir, I., & Golan, O. (2018). Developmental, Adaptive and Parental Characteristics of High- and Low-Responders to a Preschool-Based ESDM Intervention. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Autism Research (INSAR), Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

    Golan, O. (2018). A randomized controlled trial of the culturally-adapted PEERS® protocol in Israel: behavioral and questionnaire-based outcomes. A paper presented at the 18th World Congress of Psychiatry, Mexico-City.

    Horesh, D., Haruvi-Lamdan, N., Lebendifer, S., Puris, S., Kraus, M., & Golan, O. (2019). Are PTSD and Autism Related? an Examination Among Typically Developing Israeli Adults. Poster presented at the International Convention for Psychological Science (ICPS), Paris, France.

    Rabin, S.J., Bemberger, E., Mor-Snir, I., Feldman, R., & Golan, O. (2019). Parent-Adolescent Reciprocity in a Conflictual Situation Predicts Peer Interaction in Adolescents with ASD. Paper accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the International Society for Autism Research (INSAR), Montreal, Canada.

    Rabin, S.J., Mor-Snir, I., Laugeson, E.A., & Golan, O. (2019). The effect of Parenting Style on the Effectiveness of Parent-Mediated Social Skills Intervention for Adolescents with ASD. Paper accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the International Society for Autism Research (INSAR), Montreal, Canada.

    Zadok, E., Navon, R., Gordon, I., Golan, O. (2019). Emotion Dysregulation and Empathic Behavior among Adolescents with ASD – a Pilot Study. Poster accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the International Society for Autism Research (INSAR), Montreal, Canada.

    Israel-Yaacov, S., Shachar, N., & Golan, O. (2019). Sex differences in the sensitivity, specificity and diagnostic cutoff of the Childhood Autism Spectrum Test (CAST) in Israel. Poster accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the International Society for Autism Research (INSAR), Montreal, Canada.

    Goldfarb, Y., Golan, O., & Gal, E. (2019). Work Motivation in Adults with ASD: a Qualitative Exploratory Study. Poster accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the International Society for Autism Research (INSAR), Montreal, Canada.

    Gev, T., Saban, M., Gordon, I., & Golan, O. (2019). The Effect of “The Transporters” Intervention Program on the Expression of Empathy during Social Interaction in Children with ASD. Poster accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the International Society for Autism Research (INSAR), Montreal, Canada.

    Haruvi-Lamdan, Puris, S.A., Kraus, M., Horesh, D., & Golan, O. (2019). Exposure to Trauma and Post Traumatic Stress Symptoms among Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Poster accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the International Society for Autism Research (INSAR), Montreal, Canada.

    Golan, O., Rabin, S.J., Laugeson, E.A., & Mor-Snir, I. (2020). How does parental support promote the social communication of adolescents with ASD? A randomized controlled trial of a parent-mediated social skills intervention. Paper accepted for presentation at the Annual Conference of the Division of Clinical Psychology, East of England Branch, January 2020, Cambridge, UK.

    Courses

    Currently teaching only MA and PhD students:

    • The Autism Spectrum - Diagnosis and treatment.
    • From treatment to research and back - the road to research supported therapy
    • Clinical Practicum
    Research Interests
    • Autism: development, cognition and emotion, mental health, evidence-based diagnosis and intervention.
    • Social and emotional development: Emotion recognition, expression and regulation, empathy and social skills.
    • Parenting children, adolescents and adults with autism.
    • Parental role in psychological intervention.
    • Effectiveness of cognitive behavioral interventions (CBT) in autism.
    • Use of technology in psychological interventions.
    Grants

    2009-2010

    National Institute for Psychobiology in Israel – Young Investigator Award: The Effect of Auditory Perception and Theory of Mind on Receptive Prosodic Skills in ASD and in Typically Developed Adults

    $18,750

    2010-2012

    Association for Children at Risk: Self and parent mediated regulation of emotion among preschoolers with autism spectrum disorders (Co-PI with Prof. R. Feldman)

    $74,000

    2010-2013

    Israeli Science Foundation: Using systematic interests to improve emotion recognition and labeling in children with autism spectrum disorders

    $96,000

    2012-2014

    European Commission – FP7 Consortium grant: Integrated Internet-Based Environment for Social Inclusion of Children with Autistic Spectrum Conditions

    $302,000

    2014-2016

    Israeli Ministry of Science – Infrastructure development fund: Social functioning in typically developing children and children with developmental disabilities (Co-PI with Prof. R. Geva)

    $57,000

    2015-2019

    Israeli Science Foundation: Parent-Child Reciprocity and the Effectiveness of a Parent-Assisted Social Skills Training Program for Adolescents with ASD

    $150,000

    2019

    ISF - International Research Workshop Grant “From evidence-based to personalized treatment in ASD: the search for treatment outcome predictors”.

    $19,300

    2019-2021 Association for Children at Risk: Traumatic experiences and post traumatic symptoms in adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Underlying Cognitive, Affective, and Sensory Mechanisms. (Co-PI – Prof. Danny Horesh).                                                                                         $27,000    
    2020-2024

    Israel Science Foundation: The role of parental insightfulness in enhancing the acquisition of social skills in young children with ASD following a parent mediated intervention.                                                                                           

    $213,000
    2022-2026 Canadian Institute for Health Research: Creating an Evidence-Informed Accessible and Clinically Useful Virtual Mental Health Support Framework for School-Age Children on the Autism Spectrum (Co-PIs - Prof. Meng-Chuan Lai & Prof. Jonathan Weiss). $708,500
    Laboratory

    Senior Research Associates

    Dr. Tali Gev (publications at the lab: 20172019, 2020, 2022

    - Evaluation of The Transporters intervention program for children with ASD

    - Integration of the Early Start Denver Model intervention into ASD community nurseries.

    Current PhD students

    Sandra Israel-Yaacov (Publications at the lab: 2018 , 2023)

    -Factors that predict receiving an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnosis in children and adolescents.

    Liron Oliver-Aronson (Publications: 2021)

    The role of parental insightfulness in the acquisition of social skills in young children with ASD, following a parent-mediated intervention.

    Michael Terner (Publications: 2023)

    - Self and other's perspectives on autistic trait profiles

    Ifat Bar Ben-Shabat (Co-Supervision with Prof. Sigal Eden)

    Computer-Mediated Intervention to Enhance Emotional Competence in Children with Autism in Schools.

    Dror Koren (Co-Supervision with Prof. Tomer Shechner)

    Receiving the diagnosis "autism" as a point of intersection between socialization to an autistic identity and socialization to a gender identity in adolescence

    Keren Konkol

    Early Detection of Autism Spectrum Disorder in the first two years of life

    Current MA students

    Rona Davis 

    Lital Kohn

    Shir Nissim

    Yael Trujillo

     

    Past PhD students

    Dr. Yael Brukner-Wertman (Publications: 2016)

    A Dimensional Examination of Pragmatic Functioning and its Association with Neuropsychological Mechanisms and with Psychiatric Symptompatology.

    Dr. Shimrit Fridenson-Hayo (Publications at the lab: 2016a2016b20172018a2018b)

    Multi-Modal Emotion Recognition Skills in Children with Autism Spectrum Conditions and The Effectiveness of a Technological Intervention Program for Their Enhancement.

    Dr. Yael Goldfarb (co-supervision with Dr Eynat Gal, Haifa University) (Publications at the lab: 2019, 2021, 2023)

    Work motivation among adults diagnosed with ASD

    Prof. Eitan Globerson (Co-supervision with Prof. Michal Lavidor, Prof. Liat Kishon-Rabin, and Dr. Noam Amir) (Publications at the lab: 20132015)

    -The Effect of Auditory Perceptual Abilities and Theory of Mind on Receptive Prosodic Abilities in the General Population and the Autistic Spectrum.

    Dr. Nirit Haruvi-Lamdan (co-supervision with Prof. Danny Horesh) (Publications: 201820192020, 2021)

    Post-traumatic symptoms among adults with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder: Cognitive, and emotional mechanisms.

    Dr. Yael Hirschler-Guttenberg (Co-supervision with Prof. Ruth Feldman)  (Publications at the lab: 20142015a2015b2015c20162017)

    Emotion Regulation in Preschoolers with ASD: Regulating Positive and Negative Emotions with Mothers and Fathers

    Dr. Sharon Ostfeld-Etzion (Co-supervision with Prof. Ruth Feldman)(Publications at the lab: 20142015a2015b2015c20162017)

    Emotion Regulation in Parent Child Interactions of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders.

    Dr. Shai Rabin (Publications at the lab: 20182019)

    Parents as Mediators of Intervention and Social Functioning of Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

    Dr. Ruthie Rosenan (Publications at the lab: 2017)

    The Effects of a Designated Animation Series and Parental Support on Emotion Recognition and Understanding Among Children with High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders

    Dr. Yana Sinai-Gavrilov (Publications at the lab: (20152019, 2020, 2022)

    - Preschool-Based Intervention Models for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

    Dr. Shahar Tal (Co-supervision with Dr. Ilanit Gordon) (Publications at the lab: 2016a2016b20172018a2018b)

    Non-verbal Communication in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders.

    Dr. Ester Zadok (co-supervision with Dr Ilanit Gordon) (Publications: 2021)

    Physiological and behavioral aspects of empathy among adolescents with autism spectrum disorder 

    Past MA students

    Ifat Abadi-Peled

    Tal Alfi

    Hila Avital

    Shir Avneyon

    Anat Bakalash

    Dekel Ben-Yosef (Co-supervision with Dr David Anaki) (Publications at the lab: 2017

    Shachar Ben-Zur (publications at the lab: 2017)

    Maggy Djemal

    Neta Flor

    Hanale Gilberg

    Roni Golan

    Ilai Grinvald

    Keren Haft (Co-supervision with Dr Tamar Zliberg)

    Hila Hakim

    Dvori Klein

    Elad Kutner

    Elyasaph Lavine

    Moran Melamed

    Elisheva Miron

    Roni Navon (Publications at the lab: 2021)

    Amir Ronen

    Maya Saban

    Hila Shilo (Publications at the lab: 2016)

    Michael Terner

    Danit Turjeman

    Alma Yanai-Shani

    Gal Yedidya

    Maya Yehonatan-Schori (Publications at the lab: 2018)


    Past honors thesis undergraduates

    Noam Shachar

    Michael Terner

    Last Updated Date : 08/04/2024