Ahissar Lab for Perceptual Learning

Behavior and neurophysiology of perceptual learning. How do we become experts with practice? How do mechanisms differ in learning deficits?

[Ahissar Lab for Perceptual Learning @AhissarLab]

This means that individuals with autism can accurately estimate environmental statistics, but their speed of updating internal priors is slower than typically developing individuals. (6/6)

[Ahissar Lab for Perceptual Learning @AhissarLab]

New paper in Autism Research😊Keren Kasten, @norijacoby, and @MeravAhissar's study delves into the difficulty individuals with autism have in synchronizing movements to external events. https://t.co/fGgJMdDBgu (1/6)

[Ahissar Lab for Perceptual Learning @AhissarLab]

This suggests that the impairment in synchronizing with external beats in individuals with autism is due to reduced online error correction rather than elevated internal noise levels. (5/6)

[Merav Ahissar @MeravAhissar]

Happy to update: our Autism Research paper published today: "Poor synchronization yet adequate tempo-keeping in adults with autism", Kasten, Jacoby &  Ahissar: ASDs' poor synchronization to external beat stems from reduced online error-correction and not higher internal noise .

[Jonathan Cannon @joncannon_neuro]

A recent paper by @neuro_gal @AhissarLab @norijacoby and others (https://t.co/M5DNLrfGjx) found that synchronization of finger-tapping to a metronome is less precise in autistic participants, and that these differences seemed to be due to reduced correction of timing errors.

[ELSC Brain @ELSCbrain]

Introducing Brainy Days Session VI: "Trends in Plasticity, Memory and Adaptive Behavior".
Speakers: @CGrienberger & @CharanRanganath.
More info here: https://t.co/WUUgI5Szzy

[ELSC Brain @ELSCbrain]

ELSC is delighted to announce that @aya_benya won an #ERCStG from the @ERC_Research for a research proposal titled “Identifying the building blocks
of memory for events”.
Read more here: https://t.co/pjEnjH9Ueg

[ELSC Brain @ELSCbrain]

We are now accepting applications for a tenure track position!
Application deadline is September 30th.
More information can be found here: https://t.co/lEpiL4z6yB

[Shir Atzil @shiratzil]

Open tenure track positions at the Department of Psychology, Hebrew University https://t.co/8xCNUkUTBx

[Ahissar Lab for Perceptual Learning @AhissarLab]

Repeated series learning revisited with a novel prediction on the reduced effect of item frequency in dyslexia, with @Eva_Kimel, Itay Lieder, and @MeravAhissar https://t.co/RigoPUD8Gc

[Maria Chait (she/her) @mariachait]

(please RT). A fully funded PhD position to work with us @UCLEarInstitute @UCLBrainScience on developing a task battery to assess individuals' listening "footprint". Email me for more info. Further details here: https://t.co/NcozAsFayP

[ELSC Brain @ELSCbrain]

#ELSCseminarseries with @Censor_Lab on the topic of "Rapid learning (and unlearning) in the human brain" will take place on Thursday, June 9th, at 14:00 IST.
Come hear the lecture at ELSC: Room 2004, Goodman bldg., Safra Campus.
https://t.co/FXsPXhVsrQ

[Weizmann Institute @WeizmannScience]

PI Positions in Molecular, Cellular or Developmental #Neuroscience at the Weizmann Institute of Science! We are welcoming outstanding applicants for #tenuretrack or #tenuredpositions. To apply >> https://t.co/6IJHqcly1f
@eran_hornstein

[Ahissar Lab for Perceptual Learning @AhissarLab]

For more information, check out the paper! https://t.co/eTPrqxlFGA

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New paper in Cerebral Cortex @OxfordJournals by Tamar Malinovitch, Philippe Albouy, @zatorrelab, and @MeravAhissar! https://t.co/eTPrqxlFGA 1/7

[Ahissar Lab for Perceptual Learning @AhissarLab]

These observations suggest that the huge task-specific enhancement of WM capacity stems from a task-specific switch to perceptual routines, implemented in perceptual regions. 6/7