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I am currently a postdoctoral fellow at the human memory lab at ELSC, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 
I study hippocampal signals associated with segmentation and encoding of real-life events using fMRI. My particular interest is in how top-down processes such as intention to rehearse modulates these signals in the hippocampus and across brain regions supporting memorization of episodic memory.

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Prior to that I complete a 3-year postdoctoral position in the Center for Computational Psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine in Mount Sinai, New York (2019-2022). During that time, I held a joint position in the labs of Prof. Daniela Schiller in the Department of Neuroscience and Prof. Xiaosi Gu, at the Center for Computational Psychiatry.

I use computational tools to study autobiographical memory via narrative-based naturalistic stimuli to investigate traumatic memories. In tandem, I use computational psychiatry tools study effects of belief and decision making, both with neuroimaging and methods of invasive brain recordings. 

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I received my MSc and PhD from the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, where I studied human olfaction under the supervision of Prof. Noam Sobel. My main project involved psychophysical, physiological and EEG paradigms to investigate the effects of respiration on human cognition.

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Reach out at oferikoo < a t > gmail  .  com

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