Welcome to Hillel Aviezer’s Lab!
From flirting smiles to angry scowls - Emotional expressions are part of our daily life. Most of us don’t give emotional expressions much thought, we simply express and recognize them in an effortless and rapid manner. However, following neuropsychological and neuropsychiatric disorders, emotion perception can break down with devastating consequences. How exactly do we accomplish the complex feat of emotional communication? In the Affective Neuropsychology Lab we approach this question in diverse lines of studies.
News
How do you read emotional cues?
A researcher from our lab have identified a new style in interpreting emotional cues, and she was featured on Psychology Today! Noga Ensberg-Diamant and colleagues in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General finds that how you interpret cues depends on who you are. Some people tend to rely consistently on facial expressions, while others rely more on contextual cues. You can think of this like a personality trait or a stable style of thinking about the world. Some people are “face-centric” and others are “context-centric.”
Harvest Day 2024 Conference at the Hebrew University Of Jerusalem
During the Harvest Day event, both Hillel and three of our students, Odaya, Chen and Zohar, have presented a talk and posters of their ongoing research. Moreover, congratulations to Zohar for winning second best poster of the event!
Emotions 2023 Conference at Tilburg University
Our PhD students participated in the Emotions 2023 Conference hosted by Tilburg University, contributing to discussions on the latest research and developments in emotion science. This conference serves as a leading platform for experts to share their insights and explore new directions in the study of emotions.
One question a day - do we know how to recognize an emotion?
In this podcast from 2022, Prof. Hillel Aviezer and Dror Gloverman delve into the fascinating question of whether it is possible to distinguish between shouts of joy and shouts of terror, while referring to research in the field of emotion perception
“The New York Times: Can You Read the Face of Victory?”
Prof. Hillel Aviezer is interviewed by Anahad O'Connor.
In this 2013 insightful article, Prof. Aviezer shares his groundbreaking research on the human ability to identify intense emotions.
The science - recognizing expressions on the face
On the Hidan website in 2012, Prof. Hillel Aviezer is interviewed by Itai Nebo, editor of the Davidson Institute website. In this article, Prof. Aviezer shares his insights regarding the recognition of facial expressions and their effect on studies of emotions
“The Academy of Laughter recognized the strange Israeli studies of the year”
The prize awarded annually to research that "first makes you laugh, then think”. Eight fresh candidates for consideration by the prize committee, Including Hillel Aviezer!
National Public Radio: "Victory Or Defeat? Emotions Aren't All In The Face"
Prof. Hillel Aviezer is interviewed by Nell Greenfieldboyce. In this 2012 interview, Prof. Aviezer discusses his research on the complexities of emotion recognition, challenging the traditional focus on facial expressions.