Yale Decision Neuroscience Lab

Levy Decision Neuroscience Lab 🧠 @YaleCMed, @WuTsaiYale, @yale_INP. Affiliated with @YalePsychology, @YaleNeuro. PI: @ifat_levy.

[Ziv Ben-Zion @ZivBenZion1]

Honored to receive the ECNP Rising Star Award 2026! 🏆

Grateful for the recognition of our work on neuroscience, stress & trauma 🧠

Thanks to my mentors, collaborators, friends & family who made this possible 🙏

See you in Munich 🇩🇪
@ecnptweets @UofHaifa @YaleMed

[Ziv Ben-Zion @ZivBenZion1]

@globesnews #40under40 🥳💪🙏
https://t.co/3T7apmBSc1

[Elsevier News @ElsevierNews]

Emotional pain, not fear, weighs heavier for individuals with #PTSD, a study in Biological Psychiatry shows, opening the door to more precise and compassionate treatment. https://t.co/KPYae7VtBc
#MentalHealth #PostTraumaticStressDisorder
@ZivBenZion1
@SOBP

[Ziv Ben-Zion @ZivBenZion1]

Grateful to @SOBP for highlighting our work on fear vs. emotional pain in PTSD, from symptom networks to neural signatures. Open access for 60 days 👇
https://t.co/EiyBxVlsxV

[Ziv Ben-Zion @ZivBenZion1]

The Two Faces of #PTSD: Fear vs. Emotional Pain. Our new research in @BiologicalPsyc1 identifies distinct clinical & neural profiles.
AI says no one reads long papers, so we made an infographic! 👇
Full Paper (for the insistents😉): https://t.co/EiyBxVkUIn

[Neuropsychopharmacology @npp_journal]

@ACNPorg @KarimIbrahim_8 @LJKolling @anahitabassir @JKhokharLab Dr. Ziv Ben-Zion is a clinical neuroscientist studying the neurocognitive mechanisms underlying stress vulnerability and resilience, aiming to develop personalized treatments for stress- and anxiety-related disorders, particularly PTSD #ACNP2026 / @ZivBenZion1

[Ziv Ben-Zion @ZivBenZion1]

🚨 New preprint alert!
Can AI agents show emotional bias like humans under stress?
🔗https://t.co/TU5lYygS4l

🤖 After exposure to traumatic text, LLMs-as-agents made less-healthy food choices, mirroring stress-driven human behavior.

@UofHaifa @researchsquare
#AI #LLM #AIEthics

[Ziv Ben-Zion @ZivBenZion1]

🎉 Exciting news!
I’ve been awarded the prestigious Beresheet Grant from the Israel Science Foundation (~₪7M) to launch my Resilience & Recovery Lab at the University of Haifa.

[Ziv Ben-Zion @ZivBenZion1]

"Emotional influence isn’t a glitch. It’s a core feature of LLMs. If we celebrate their ability to comfort or advise, we must also confront their capacity to mislead or manipulate." 🤖🧠❤️
Read more here: https://t.co/fsPIK6njGa
@Nature @UofHaifa @YaleMed @NaturePortfolio

[Ziv Ben-Zion @ZivBenZion1]

טור דעה שלי במדור הבריאות של עיתון הארץ @Haaretz @haaretzcom 📰
"מכונות שאכפת להן? מדוע חייבים להציב גבולות לצ'אטבוטים רגשיים" 🤖
https://t.co/LmKYY4Nq58
@FulbrightIL @FulbrightAssoc @UofHaifa @IBBRCHaifa @HaifaUni
@of_sagol @YaleMed @Yale

[Ziv Ben-Zion @ZivBenZion1]

📰 שמחתי להתראיין לכלכליסט @calcalist על ההשלכות האתיות והחברתיות של בינה מלאכותית רגשית, ועל הצורך במנגנוני הגנה מחייבים.

🙏תודה @maayancohen על הראיון המעמיק!

👇 לקריאה:
https://t.co/Mu6RZxUlzq

[nature @Nature]

Virtual chatbots that simulate conversations with famous actors or sci-fi characters can have real-world consequences, says Ziv Ben-Zion

https://t.co/wsRiHGM70G

[Ziv Ben-Zion @ZivBenZion1]

🌟Exciting News!🌟

📰My piece on safeguards for emotionally responsive AI was accepted in @Nature ! 🥳

Deeply honored to contribute to one of the world’s most respected scientific journals. 🙏

Publishes July 1st - stay tuned! 🗓️

#Nature #AI #Ethics @UofHaifa @YaleMed @Yale

[אוניברסיטת חיפה @Uhaifa]

אלה ימים מתוחים וכולנו מחפשים תמיכה, אך למרות הפיתוי והזמינות, אל תשתמשו בצ'אטבוטים (כמו ChatGPT) לתמיכה רגשית- ושימו לב שגם הילדים שלכם לא עושים את זה. ד"ר @ZivBenZion1 מביה"ס לבריאות הציבור מסביר כי שימוש בצ'אטבוטים לתמיכה נפשית עלול להיות מסוכן, ואף להוביל לתוצאות הרות אסון🧵

[Ziv Ben-Zion @ZivBenZion1]

Honored to bring home the 2025 Society of Biological Psychiatry #SOBP Travel Award! 🥳✈️🧠
Toronto’s meeting was a blast. Huge thanks to the @SOBP committee, my mentors & collaborators for making this possible. 🙏
@YaleMed @UofHaifa @YalePsych @Yale @WuTsaiYale @YalePsychology

[Ziv Ben-Zion @ZivBenZion1]

#SOBP2025 Come see my poster (#17) today at 5:30pm!
I am excited to share our latest findings on assessing and alleviating anxiety in large language models 🧠🤖
Stop and say hi 👋

[Ziv Ben-Zion @ZivBenZion1]

How to predict PTSD severity by brain connectivity patterns @Jerusalem_Post
📰https://t.co/WSEyFiGndH

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Check out our work in @haaretzcom 📰🧠😎

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Our research is featured in @Haaretz !🧠📰
(covered by @idoefrati1) 🙏
Grateful to my co-authors: AJ Simon, Matt Rosenblatt, @KoremNachshon, @orduek, Israel Liberzon, Arieh Shalev, @HendlerTalma, @ifat_levy, Ilan Harpaz-Rotem & @DScheinost
🔗Read here: https://t.co/rUlZ07mI97

[אוניברסיטת חיפה @Uhaifa]

האם ChatGPT נהיה רגשני? ממצאי מחקר פורץ דרך בהובלת ד"ר @ZivBenZion1 מצא כי חשיפה לסיפורים טראומטיים מעלה את רמות ה"חרדה" של ChatGPT ומשפיעה על הביצועים שלו - אך תרגולי מדיטציה ומיינדפולנס מפחיתים את ההשפעה השלילית. מה קורה פה?