Pediatric Neuropsychology and Rehabilitative Psychology

Dr. Neta Yitzhak
Dr. Neta Yitzhak

Rehabilitation Psychologist, ALYN Hospital and ALYN PARC PI

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Rehabilitation processes following physical injury or function difficulties in childhood requires mental resources of both the child and the family. In many cases, children and their families have to deal with physical modifications, pain, and changes in daily routine. Some of them also struggle with emotional and behavioral reactions, such as stress, anxiety and somatization. My research focuses on the psychological factors of children and parent that enhance psychological well-being, reduce maladaptive coping style and symptoms, and improve rehabilitation outcomes.

 

 

Divi Fenster
Divi Fenster

Is the research coordinator for this team.  She has interdisciplinary interests and abilities and a passion for the meeting between medicine and society.

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Yitzhak, N., Pertzov, Y., Guy, N., & Aviezer, H. (2022). Many ways to see your feelings: Successful facial expression recognition occurs with diverse patterns of fixation distributions. Emotion.‏ 22(5), 844–860.
Yitzhak, N., Pertzov, Y., Guy, N., & Aviezer, H. (2022). Many ways to see your feelings: Successful facial expression recognition occurs with diverse patterns of fixation distributions. Emotion.‏ 22(5), 844–860.
Yitzhak, N., Pertzov, Y., & Aviezer, H. (2021). The elusive link between eye‐movement patterns and facial expression recognition. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, e12621.‏
Yitzhak, N., Pertzov, Y., & Aviezer, H. (2021). The elusive link between eye‐movement patterns and facial expression recognition. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, e12621.‏
Yitzhak, N., Gurevich, T., Inbar, N., Lecker, M., Atias, D., Avramovich, H., & Aviezer, H. (2020). Recognition of emotion from subtle and non-stereotypical dynamic facial expressions in Huntington's disease. Cortex, 126, 343-354.
Yitzhak, N., Gurevich, T., Inbar, N., Lecker, M., Atias, D., Avramovich, H., & Aviezer, H. (2020). Recognition of emotion from subtle and non-stereotypical dynamic facial expressions in Huntington's disease. Cortex, 126, 343-354.
Yitzhak, N., Gilaie-Dotan, S., & Aviezer, H. (2018). The contribution of facial dynamics to subtle expression recognition in typical viewers and developmental visual agnosia. Neuropsychologia, 117, 26-35.
Yitzhak, N., Gilaie-Dotan, S., & Aviezer, H. (2018). The contribution of facial dynamics to subtle expression recognition in typical viewers and developmental visual agnosia. Neuropsychologia, 117, 26-35.
Yitzhak, N., Giladi, N., Gurevich, T., Messinger, D. S., Prince, E. B., Martin, K., & Aviezer, H. (2017). Gently does it: Humans outperform a software classifier in recognizing subtle, nonstereotypical facial expressions. Emotion, 17(8), 1187.‏
Yitzhak, N., Giladi, N., Gurevich, T., Messinger, D. S., Prince, E. B., Martin, K., & Aviezer, H. (2017). Gently does it: Humans outperform a software classifier in recognizing subtle, nonstereotypical facial expressions. Emotion, 17(8), 1187.‏
Yaari, M., Yitzhak, N., Harel, A., Friedlander, E., Bar-Oz, B., Eventov-Friedman, S., Mankuta, D., Gamliel, I. & Yirmiya, N. (2016). Stability of early risk assessment for autism spectrum disorder in preterm infants. Autism, 20(7), 856-867.
Yaari, M., Yitzhak, N., Harel, A., Friedlander, E., Bar-Oz, B., Eventov-Friedman, S., Mankuta, D., Gamliel, I. & Yirmiya, N. (2016). Stability of early risk assessment for autism spectrum disorder in preterm infants. Autism, 20(7), 856-867.
Yitzhak, N., Harel, A., Yaari, M., Friedlander, E., & Yirmiya, N. (2015). The Mullen scales of early learning: ceiling effects among preschool children. European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 1-14
Yitzhak, N., Harel, A., Yaari, M., Friedlander, E., & Yirmiya, N. (2015). The Mullen scales of early learning: ceiling effects among preschool children. European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 1-14
• Yitzhak, N., Pertzov, Y. & Aviezer, H. (2018, February). Individual Differences in Facial Expression Scanning Patterns: More than Meets the Eye? Israeli Society for Cognitive Psychology Conference (ISCOP), Akko, Israel.
• Yitzhak, N., Pertzov, Y. & Aviezer, H. (2018, February). Individual Differences in Facial Expression Scanning Patterns: More than Meets the Eye? Israeli Society for Cognitive Psychology Conference (ISCOP), Akko, Israel.
• Yitzhak. N. (2020, February). Motor Functioning and Emotion Recognition in Huntington’s Disease. The annual conference of the Neuropsychological Society in Israel, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
• Yitzhak. N. (2020, February). Motor Functioning and Emotion Recognition in Huntington’s Disease. The annual conference of the Neuropsychological Society in Israel, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
• Yitzhak, N. & Aviezer, H. (2015, February). Less is More: A New Set of Subtle and Dynamic Facial Expressions. Israeli Society for Cognitive Psychology Conference (ISCOP), Akko, Israel.
• Yitzhak, N. & Aviezer, H. (2015, February). Less is More: A New Set of Subtle and Dynamic Facial Expressions. Israeli Society for Cognitive Psychology Conference (ISCOP), Akko, Israel.
• Gilaie-Dotan, S., Herald, S., Yitzhak, N., Aviezer, H., & Duchaine, B. (2019, May). Impairment in facial expression perception but normal biological motion perception in a patient with a lesion to right posterior STS. Annual meeting of the Vision Science Society (VSS), Florida, USA.
• Gilaie-Dotan, S., Herald, S., Yitzhak, N., Aviezer, H., & Duchaine, B. (2019, May). Impairment in facial expression perception but normal biological motion perception in a patient with a lesion to right posterior STS. Annual meeting of the Vision Science Society (VSS), Florida, USA.
• Yitzhak, N. (2022, April). Is There Depressive Cognition? Inhibitory Control, Mood, Rumination & Depression symptoms in Daily Life. Joint UoM-HUJI Workshop on Advances in Cognitive Training, Jerusalem, Israel.
• Yitzhak, N. (2022, April). Is There Depressive Cognition? Inhibitory Control, Mood, Rumination & Depression symptoms in Daily Life. Joint UoM-HUJI Workshop on Advances in Cognitive Training, Jerusalem, Israel.
• Yitzhak, N. & Aviezer, H. (2017, March). Gently Does It: Humans Outperform a Software Classifier in Recognizing Subtle, Non-stereotypical Facial Expressions. International Convention of Psychological Science (ICPS), Vienna, Austria.
• Yitzhak, N. & Aviezer, H. (2017, March). Gently Does It: Humans Outperform a Software Classifier in Recognizing Subtle, Non-stereotypical Facial Expressions. International Convention of Psychological Science (ICPS), Vienna, Austria.
• Yitzhak, N. (2019, October). Less is More: Subtle Facial Expressions Emphasize Emotion Recognition Impairments in Huntington’s Disease. The Psychopathology of the Social Brain Symposium – EACLIPT (European Association of Clinical Psychology and Psychological Treatment), Dresden, Germany.
• Yitzhak, N. (2019, October). Less is More: Subtle Facial Expressions Emphasize Emotion Recognition Impairments in Huntington’s Disease. The Psychopathology of the Social Brain Symposium – EACLIPT (European Association of Clinical Psychology and Psychological Treatment), Dresden, Germany.
• Naama, K. & Yitzhak, N. (2022, November). I don't know how much you will understand but I have words for you - dyadic rehabilitation psychotherapy for children who do not speak. The Annual Conference of the Israel Psychological Association, Division of Rehabilitation Psychology, Ashdod, Israel.
• Naama, K. & Yitzhak, N. (2022, November). I don't know how much you will understand but I have words for you - dyadic rehabilitation psychotherapy for children who do not speak. The Annual Conference of the Israel Psychological Association, Division of Rehabilitation Psychology, Ashdod, Israel.
Helmsley Charitable Trust
Helmsley Charitable Trust
Neta Yitzhak, Co-principal investigator, Research in Pediatric Neuropsychology and Rehabilitative Psychology at The Helmsley Pediatric & Adolescent Rehabilitation Research Center, ALYN Hospital, funded by The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, 2021-2024.

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