My work focuses on Spatial Cognition and on Multi-sensory integration and perception as part of a wider passion for Naturalistic Neuroscience -  understanding how complex and natural human behavior is reflected and processed in the brain, and how understanding these neural correlates can translate to understanding, aiding and improving human behavior.

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My current PostDoc is focused on human representation of space and spatial memory via human ECoG/iEEG, bridging the gap between the human results from behavior and fMRI to the literature and models of spatial cognition from electrophysiology in animal-models. Another key component of my work is the use of Virtual and Augmented Reality paradigms and tools which enable complex behavior while acquiring neural data and offer the ability to create fascinating scenarios which would be difficult, and in the case of some manipulations even physically impossible, to construct in the real world.

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My PhD in the Amedi lab focused on Sensory Substitution and it's use for both practical visual rehabilitation and for neuroscience and cognitive research.

I originally joined the Amedi lab with a CS background and spent several years developing new Sensory Substitution devices (EyeMusic, EyeCane etc.) and performing behavioral experiments with them.

My current focus is on using these tools for neuroimaging (fMRI), exploring the way our brain metamodally recruits regions on a task-based organization (rather than a sensory-based one) and exploring questions of spatial cognition using Virtual-reality and game paradigms within an fMRI scanner.

 

Other academic interests include Digital Humanities and algorithms for the analysis of ancient texts.

I am also very active in Science Communication  in communities ranging from elemantary schools through religious institutions to Sci-Fi conventions.