Dr. Tal Nahari

Tal Nahari holds a Bachelor’s degree in Cognitive, Brain Sciences and Psychology, a Master’s degree in Cognitive and Brain Sciences supervised by Prof. Ran Hassin, and a PhD jointly supervised by Dr. Eran Eldar and Prof. Yoni Pertzov, all from the Hebrew university of Jerusalem. Tal is interested in the ways our cognitive system interacts and prioritise different types of information to make good decisions, and the mental fluctuations that follow and precede them. Her research methodologies and tools combine behavioural and physiological measurements, as well as Bayesian modelling.

 

 

Publications

Lancry-Dayan, O. C.*, Nahari, T.*, Ben-Shakhar, G., & Pertzov, Y. (2021). Keep an eye on your belongings: Gaze dynamics toward familiar and unfamiliar objects. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition. *Equal contribution.

Nahari, T*., Lancry-Dayan, O*., Ben-Shakhar, G., & Pertzov, Y. (2019). Detecting concealed familiarity using eye movements: The role of task demands. Cognitive research: principles and implications, 4(1), 10.

Lancry-Dayan, O. C.*, Nahari, T.*, Ben-Shakhar, G., & Pertzov, Y. (2018). Do You Know Him? Gaze Dynamics Toward Familiar Faces on a Concealed Information Test. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition.‏ *Equal contribution.

Ben-Shakhar, G., & Nahari, T. (2018). The External Validity of Studies Examining the Detection of Concealed Knowledge Using the Concealed Information Test. A book chapter published in: Detecting Concealed Information and Deception: Recent Developments, Rosenfeld, 59.

Klein Selle, N., Verschuere, B., Kindt, M., Meijer, E., Nahari, T., & Ben-Shakhar, G. (2017). Memory detection: The effects of emotional stimuli. Biological Psychology, 129, 25-35.

Nahari, T., Breska, A., Elber, L., Klein Selle, N., & Ben‐Shakhar, G. (2017). The External Validity of the Concealed Information Test: The Effect of Choosing to Commit a Mock Crime. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 31(1), 81-90.

Honors and Awards
2023	Won a postdoctoral fellowship for promising women from the Hebrew University.
2023	Won the Schlomiuk prize for excellency for the PhD dissertation.
2019	Won the Azrieli fellowship, participating in the fellowship program.
2019	Won the Hebrew University president’s scholarship.
2017	Deans’ list for excellency in M.A studies.
2016	Deans’ list for excellency in M.A studies, faculty prize.
2014	Prize for social involvement from the Cognitive Sciences department.