Prof. Avi Karni

Affiliation Faculty / Department:
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Sagol Department of Neurobiology & Faculty of Education, the Edmond J Safra Brain Research Center for the Study of Learning Disabilities; the Integrated Center for Brain and Behavior

Academic Background:
M.D. from the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University. Neurology residency completed at the C. Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer. Ph.D. from the Department of Applied Mathematics & Computer Science, Weizmann Institute of Science (mentor: Dov Sagi). Post-doctoral Fellowship at the National Institutes of Health, USA (mentor: Leslie Ungerleider).

Research Interests:
Research in my lab addresses the neurological mechanisms of, and neuro-behavioral constraints on, human brain plasticity in learning and memory. The studies focus on skill (“how to” knowledge) acquisition processes in healthy individuals but also in individuals with developmental and acquired neurological disabilities. The main model system studied are motor skill consolidation but we also address learning and memory in relation to literacy skills and language use. I and my students are using neuro-imaging technologies combined with performance/behavior analyses.

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