- Personal
- Education
- Academic Positions
- Fields of Research
- Honors and Academic Awards
- Sponsored Research
- List of Publications
- Selected Presentations at Scientific Conferences
Personal
Office tel.: 972-9-778-1954
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E-mail: galby@openu.ac.il
Address:
The Open University of Israel
The Dorothy de Rothschild Campus
1 University Road, P.O.B. 808
Raanana 43107 Israel
Education
| 2004 | Ph.D., Brain and Behavioral Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| 1998 | M.Sc., Neurobiology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| 1996 | B.Sc., Biology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
Academic Positions
| 2009 – | Visiting Senior Lecturer, The Open University |
| 2003 – 2009 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Pittsburgh and the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition, Pittsburgh, PA |
Fields of Research
- The effect of visual processing strategies on skilled and impaired reading
- Cross-language influences on reading in bilinguals
- The contribution of phonological and working memory to reading skill
Honors and Academic Awards
| 1998 – 2003 | Ph.D. Merit Based Scholarship, Dept. of Neurobiology, Hebrew University |
| 1996 – 1997 | M.Sc. Merit Based Scholarship, Dept. of Neurobiology, Hebrew University |
Sponsored Research
| 2005 – 2008 | NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award for postdoctoral research, Impact of native writing system on 2nd language reading (NIH F32 HD051390) |
List of Publications
Articles in Refereed Journals
Ben-Yehudah, G., & Fiez, J. A. (2008). Impact of cerebellar lesions on reading and phonological processing. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1145: 260-274.
Ben-Yehudah, G., Guediche, S., & Fiez, J. A. (2007). Cerebellar contributions to verbal working memory: beyond cognitive theory. The Cerebellum, 6(3), 193-201.
Ben-Yehudah, G., Banai, K., & Ahissar, M. (2005). Frequency and intensity discrimination in dyslexia. In: J. Syka & M. Merzenich (Eds). Plasticity and Signal Processing in the Auditory System (pp. 243-249). New York: Springer.
Ben-Yehudah, G., & Ahissar, M. (2004). Sequential spatial frequency discrimination is consistently impaired among adult dyslexics. Vision Research, 44(10): 1047-1063.
Ben-Yehudah, G., Banai, K., & Ahissar, M. (2004). Patterns of a deficit in auditory temporal processing among dyslexic adults. Neuroreport, 15(4): 627-631.
Amitay, S., Ben-Yehudah, G., Banai, K., & Ahissar, M. (2003). Reply to Visual magnocellular deficits in dyslexia . Brain, 126(9): E3.
Amitay, S., Ben-Yehudah, G., Banai, K., & Ahissar, M. (2002). Disabled readers suffer from visual and auditory impairments but not from a specific magnocellular deficit. Brain, 125(10): 2272-2285.
Ben-Yehudah, G., Sackett, E., Malchi-Ginzberg, L., & Ahissar, M. (2001). Impaired contrast sensitivity in dyslexics is specific to retain-and-compare paradigms. Brain, 124(7): 1381-1395.
Ahissar, M., Laiwand, R., Kozminsky, G., & Hochstein, S. (1998). Learning pop-out detection: building representations for conflicting target-distractor relationship. Vision Research, 38(20): 3095-3107.
Chapters in Books
Ben-Yehudah, G., & Fiez, J. A. (2007). Development of verbal working memory. In: D. Coch, K. Fischer & G. Dawson (Eds.), Human Behavior, Learning, and the Developing Brain: Typical Development. New York: The Guilford Press.
Other Publications
Guediche, S., Ben-Yehudah, G., & Fiez, J. A. (in press). Cerebellum. In: P. C. Hogan (Ed.), The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the Language Sciences.
Selected Presentations at Scientific Conferences
Ben-Yehudah G., Tricomi E & Fiez JA (2009). Exploring individual differences in hemispheric lateralization of fusiform activity during reading. Paper presented at the Israel Society for Neuroscience 18th annual meeting, Eilat, Israel. Journal of Molecular Neuroscience, 39 (Suppl 1): S17.
Ben-Yehudah G., Tricomi E & Fiez JA (2008). Exploring individual differences in lateralization of fusiform activation during reading. Cognitive Neuroscience Society 15th annual meeting in San Francisco, USA.
Ben-Yehudah G. & Fiez JA (2007). Native writing system influences second language reading. Paper presented at the 6th International Symposium on Bilingualism in Hamburg, Germany.
Ben-Yehudah G., Moore M & Fiez JA (2006). Individual differences in adult reading skill: A role for verbal working memory? Poster presented at the 47th annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society in Houston, USA.
Guediche S, Ben-Yehudah G. & Fiez JA (2006). Examining the neural basis of the phonological similarity effect in verbal working memory. Poster presented at the 14th annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society in San Francisco, USA.
Ben-Yehudah G., Stefko, S & Fiez JA (2005). Task and modality effects in verbal working memory. Poster presented at the 35th annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in Washington DC, USA.
Ben-Yehudah G. & Fiez JA (2005). Impact of cerebellar lesions on reading and verbal working memory. Poster presented at the 13th annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society in New York, USA.
Ben-Yehudah G., Banai K & Ahissar M (2003). Frequency and intensity discriminations of adults with a specific reading disability are impaired only for short inter-stimulus intervals. Poster presented at the 6th International Brain Research Organization meeting, and the satellite symposium on Plasticity of the Central Auditory System and Processing of Complex Acoustic Signals, Prague, Czech Republic.
Ben-Yehudah G. & Ahissar M (2003). Auditory temporal processing in dyslexia - a new approach. Poster presented at the mid-winter meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, Daytona Beach, Florida.
Ben-Yehudah G. & Ahissar M (2002). Visual and auditory "retain-and-compare" deficits in dyslexia. Paper presented at the Israel Society for Neuroscience meeting, Eilat, Israel.
Ben-Yehudah G. & Ahissar M (2001). A new approach to the temporal processing deficit in dyslexia. Paper presented at the Israel Society for Neuroscience meeting, Eilat, Israel. Neural Plasticity, 8: 164.
Ben-Yehudah G. & Ahissar M (2001). Temporal contrast sensitivity of reading disabled individuals is specifically impaired in retain-and-compare paradigms. Paper presented at the meeting on the Sensory Bases of Reading and Language Disorders, University of Essex, Colchester, UK.
Ben-Yehudah G., Sackett E, Malchi-Ginzberg L & Ahissar M (2000). Contrast sensitivity in dyslexia. Poster presented at the European Conference on Visual Perception, Groningen, Netherlands. Perception-Supplement, 29: 36.