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This week we officialy celebrated the launching of our new lab together with the labs of Noga Cohen and Tali Raveh.

From right to left: Hadas Nathan Gamliel, Jasmine Sagi, Dr. Tali Raveh, Dr. Noga Cohen, Dr. Amit Yashar, Prof. Hanan Alexander (the Dean of the Faculty of Education), Michal Kogan (the architect) and Corina Hershkovich

Congratulation to Mikel for publishing his article “Mixture-modeling approach reveals global and local processes in visual crowding” in Scientific Reports!

Dr. Mikel Jimenez Presented a Poster at the 2021 ECVP

Mikel presented his poster titled “Crowding Occurs at Different Stages of Visual Processing” at the the 43rd European Conference on Visual Perception. Congratulations!

Congratulations to Bahiya Kewan for getting accepted to present her study ‘The role of transient attention on the inner-outer asymmetry of crowding’ as a poster in the 2021 VSS!

Bahiya will present her poster during the 2021 V-VSS Annual Meeting. The poster is scheduled for Sunday, May 23, 2021, 8:00 – 10:00 am EDT.

Congratulations to Bahiya Kewan on receiving a scholarship for graduating her MA studies with honors!

Bahiya received a university scholarship for an early submission of her master’s thesis and for finishing with an excellent GPA!

Congratulations to Bahiya Kewan on presenting a poster in the upcoming ISCOP

Bahiya will present a poster titled “The role of transient attention on the inner-outer asymmetry of crowding” in the upcoming ISCOP, conference, which will take place in February 24th, 2021, between 3-5pm (GMT+2).

Welcome Dr. Mikel Jimenez and Laurina Fazioli!

We are happy to welcome two new members to our team, Dr. Mikel Jimenez who will conduct his postdoc research in our lab, and Laurina Fazioli, who will conduct her PhD study in collaboration with Dr. Bat-Sheva Hadad. We all wish you good luck in your research!

Adi presented her work on crowding and eccentricity at the annual Conference on Cognition Research (ISCoP 2020) in Akko, Israel

**The seventh Conference on Cognition Research of the Israeli Society for Cognitive Psychology** *– 27.02.20*

Congratulations to Adi Shechter for receiving the Yuval Ne’eman’s award

Adi Shechter has been awarded the Yuval Ne’eman scholarship by the Israeli Ministry of Science & Technology for her Ph.D. thesis. This 3-year scholarship has been given to Adi for her study “Effort and effortlessness in the development of word recognition fluency: An experimental investigation using pupillometry”, under the supervision of Prof. David Share.

Postdoctoral and PhD Positions Available at Our Lab

Full-time postdoctoral and PhD positions are available in the Visual Cognition Lab of Dr. Amit Yashar at the University of Haifa. The postdoc position will be an initial appointment for one year with the option to renew annually for 3-4 years.

The positions involve conducting research on visual perception, attention and perceptual learning using behavioral psychophysical and computational methods. Applicants must hold a degree in a related field such as psychology, computer science, neuroscience, or vision science. Strong communication skills and a record of research productivity are necessary. The expected start date is spring or fall 2020.

Applicants should send a brief statement of interest, CV, and three references to Amit Yashar amit.yashar@edu.haifa.ac.il