Theses & Dissertations

Year			Student	Advisor
2026	The effect of combined transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) and transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on executive functions	MA	Cohen, Chaya	Prof. Nira Mashal Dr. Oded Meiron
2026	Processing positive versus negative words : noninvasive brain stimulation effects on implicit affective regulation and state anxiety (Hebrew)	MA	Dadush Shocher, Yuval	Prof. Nira Mashal Dr. Oded Meiron
2026	Transcranial photobiomodulation effects on resting state EEG activity in adults diagnosed with ADHD versus healthy controls (Hebrew)	MA	Yahav, Rotem	Prof. Nira Mashal Dr. Oded Meiron
2025	Homophonic and heterophonic homograph processing in a semantic suppression task : an ERP study (Hebrew)	MA	Ben-Atar, Rivka	Prof. Nira Mashal Mr. Haim Raviv
2025	Effect of tDCS over the left inferior parietal lobule region on reading comprehension in a second language (Hebrew)	MA	Gutman, Elad	Prof. Nira Mashal
2025	Creative potential of the bored brain : an EEG study	MA	Ninio, Angel Hila	Prof. Nira Mashal
2024	Exploring the impact of mindfulness practice on working memory performance and event-related EEG-activity (Hebrew)	MA	Rabin, Vanda	Prof. Nira Mashal Dr. Oded Meiron
2023	Behavioral and electrophysiological manifestations of social cognition in young adults with autism spectrum disorder compared with their neurotypical peers	PhD	Gaziel-Guttman, Meyrav	Prof. Nira Mashal
2023	Effect of transcranial direct current stimulation (TDCS) on oscillatory brain activity while performing a working memory task in young adults with ADHD (Hebrew)	MA	Keha, Chen	Prof. Nira Mashal Dr. Oded Meiron
2023	The influence of an intervention program on argumentative skills in the context of respectful discourse rules and empathy among children with and without attention deficit disorder	PhD	Koffman Talmy, Ayelet	Prof. Nira Mashal
2023	Effects of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on verbal working memory in adults with ADHD (Hebrew)	MA	Massarueh, Eman	Dr. Oded Meiron Prof. Nira Mashal
2022	Effect of exposing to a creative environment on novel metaphor generation (HEBREW)	MA	Himan Heltai, Shahar	Prof. Nira Mashal
2022	Relationship between irony, idioms and social situation comprehension among children with autism (HEBREW)	MA	Lellouche Botboll, Naama	Prof. Nira Mashal
2022	Generation of bridging and predictive inferences during reading comprehension : a brain stimulation study (HEBREW)	MA	Ohayon, Tamar	Prof. Menahem Yeari Prof. Nira Mashal
2021	Assessment of pragmatic abilities in adolescents with typical development	MA	Fussman, Shanie	Prof. Nira Mashal
2020	Effect of aerobic walk on verbal creativity and verbal fluency of adults with intellectual disability with non-specific etiology, compared to adults with typical development (HEBREW)	MA	Shapira, Dorel	Prof. Nira Mashal Prof. Hefziba Lifshitz
2020	Influence of meta-cognitive intervention on children age 5-10 tendency to spontaneous recognition of mathematical structures (HEBREW)	PhD	Sharir, Tal	Prof. Zmira Mevarech Prof. Nira Mashal
2019	Analyzing the connection between various levels of inclusion and the recognition of faces and houses among children with autism, compared to typically developing children (HEBREW)	MA	Cohen, Odeya	Dr. Or Catz Prof. Nira Mashal
2019	Cognitive functions that contribute to verbal and artistic creativity among children (HEBREW)	MA	Haimov, Michal	Prof. Nira Mashal
2019	Facial attractiveness and face perception among pre-adolescents with high-functioning ASD comparison to typically development (HEBREW)	MA	Kfir, Adva	Dr. Or Catz Prof. Nira Mashal
2018	The effect of trans-cranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on auditory verbal learning and reading comprehension of adults with learning disability (HEBREW)	PhD	Aran Ehrenreich, Yossi	Prof. Nira Mashal
2018	Enhancing irony comprehension in high-functioning autistic adolescents with an intervention (HEBREW)	MA	Arie Shunem, Mor	Prof. Nira Mashal
2018	The role of left IFG in phonological, syntactic and semantic processing of homographic words : a transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) study (HEBREW)	PhD	Raviv, Haim	Prof. Nira Mashal Prof. Orna Peleg
2017	Brain lateralization and cooperation between the hemispheres within lexical decision, among intellectually disabled within a specific etiology, and amongst those with down’s syndrome, in comparison to adults with regular development (HEBREW)	MA	Cohen, Bat-El	Prof. Hefziba Lifshitz Prof. Nira Mashal
2017	The effects of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on cognitive control in healthy participant (HEBREW)	PhD	Metzuyanim-Gorelick, Shlomit	Prof. Nira Mashal