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Research interests
My field of expertise is Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. I am interested in the relation between the brain and behavior in the typical and atypical (for example, in FAS, and ADHD) development of two main abilities: 1. the executive aspects of attention and control – such as inhibitory control, monitoring, and error-detection – and their implications for the child’s self-regulation; and 2. the very early processing of numerosities, the beginning of the connection between digit symbols and their numerical meaning, and the internal mental representation of the number line. These two broad topics are also combined in some of my projects. In my lab we use a multi-method approach including behavioral responses (reaction time, accuracy, gaze direction), as well as electrophysiological measurements (event-related potentials).
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, The influence of attention on the inhibition of return (IOR) Phenomenon
1 Oct 1992 → 30 Sep 1998
Award Date: 1 Nov 1998
Master, Competition between endogenous and exogenous orienting of visual attention, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
1 Oct 1988 → 30 Sep 1992
Award Date: 1 Jun 1993
Bachelor, Bar-Ilan University
1 Oct 1983 → 30 Sep 1988
Award Date: 1 Jun 1989
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Error processing and coping with stressful real-life situations in children and their mothers
Yeshua, M. & Berger, A., 1 Jan 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: Development and Psychopathology.Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Self-Regulated Parenting: A Systematic Review of the Relations Between Effortful Control, the Big-Five, and Parenting Practices
Yeshua, M. & Berger, A., 1 Apr 2026, In: Psychological Reports. 129, 2, p. 947-980 34 p.Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Extending the model of children’s conduct problems: A cross-sectional study of the interaction of maternal temperament and character, maternal parenting practices, and their child’s effortful control
Yeshua, M., Cloninger, C. R., Zohar, A. H. & Berger, A., 1 Aug 2025, In: PLOS ONE. 20, 8 August, e0330897.Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
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Neonatal Surgency Moderates the Association Between the Home Environment and Executive Functions in Children With a Family History of ADHD
Einziger, T., Auerbach, J. G. & Berger, A., 1 Nov 2025, In: Infant and Child Development. 34, 6, e70072.Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
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Reduced Theta Inter-Trial Phase Coherence in Error Processing: A Marker of Neural Dysfunction in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Devor, T., Einziger, T., Ben-Shachar, M. S., Klein, C., Auerbach, J. G. & Berger, A., 1 Jan 2025, In: Psychophysiology. 62, 1, e14764.Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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