Avishai Henik
Israeli neurocognitive psychologist (born 1945) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Avishai Henik is an Israeli neurocognitive psychologist who works at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU). Henik studies voluntary and automatic (non-voluntary/reflexive) processes involved in cognitive operations. He characterizes automatic processes (in various areas of research), and clarifies their importance, the relationship between automatic and voluntary processes, and their neural underpinnings. Most of his work involves research with human participants and in recent years, he has been working with Archer fish to examine evolutionary aspects of various cognitive functions.
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Avishai Henik | |
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Born | 1945 (age 78ā79) Tel Aviv, Israel |
Awards | European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Researcher Grant |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Psychology |
Institutions | Ben-Gurion University of the Negev |
Doctoral advisor | Daniel Kahneman |
Doctoral students | Roi Cohen Kadosh |
Website | in |
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