Prof. Lilach Shalev-Mevorach
Prof. Shalev-Mevorach is the Head of the Attention Lab affiliated to the School of Education and the Sagol School of Neuroscience at Tel-Aviv University (TAU). Also, Prof. Shalev-Mevorach is the Head of the MA program in Learning Disabilities. She is a member in the Committee for Learning Innovation at TAU. Her research focuses on assessment and training of attention and cognitive control and their impact on learning in various populations. Together with her colleagues and her research group’s members she develops novel cognitive training programs and assesses their outcomes using a combination of neuropsychological, brain-imaging and psychological measures. Her basic research studies are translated to applied tools for teachers and other professionals in Israel and around the world. Currently, she leads several innovative intervention studies aimed at improving academic performance of learners in a wide age range (from kindergarten to higher education) in different social and cultural contexts (in Israel, UK, Japan, Brazil, Spain and Greece).