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Overview

Gershon Ben-Shakhar is affiliated with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel. Their research primarily spans the fields of psychology, neuroscience, and computer science, with notable contributions in social psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and artificial intelligence.

The scientist's work focuses on several key topics, including:

  • Deception detection and forensic psychology
  • Memory processes and influences
  • Adversarial robustness in machine learning
  • Psychopathy, forensic psychiatry, and sexual offending
  • Misinformation and its impacts
  • Hate speech and cyberbullying detection
  • Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors study

Ben-Shakhar has a substantial body of publications across various venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition
  • Psychophysiology
  • Memory
  • Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition
  • Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Their recent papers cover topics related to memory detection, eye-tracking, and cognitive processes. Notable recent publications are:

  • "The promise of eye-tracking in the detection of concealed memories," 2022, Trends in Cognitive Sciences
  • "Brain-based concealed memory detection is driven mainly by orientation to salient items," 2021, Cortex
  • "A new theoretical perspective on concealed information detection," 2022, Psychophysiology
  • "The validation of online webcam-based eye-tracking: The replication of the cascade effect, the novelty preference, and the visual world paradigm," 2023, Behavior Research Methods
  • "Keep an eye on your belongings: Gaze dynamics toward familiar and unfamiliar objects," 2021, Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition

They have collaborated regularly with several coauthors, including:

  • Bruno Verschuère
  • Yoni Pertzov
  • Ine Van der Cruyssen
  • Nathalie klein Selle
  • Sera Wiechert

Ben-Shakhar's interdisciplinary work incorporates methodologies from psychology and computer science to address questions in forensic psychology and cognitive neuroscience, often exploring deception detection and memory-related processes. Their contributions include integrating eye-tracking technologies and computational methods to further understand concealed information and attentional dynamics.

Best Publications

  • Publication recommendations for electrodermal measurements.

    Don C. Fowles;Margaret J. Christie;Robert Edelberg;William W. Grings

  • The validity of psychophysiological detection of information with the Guilty Knowledge Test: a meta-analytic review.

    Gershon Ben-Shakhar;Eitan Elaad

  • Psychophysiologic assessment of aversive conditioning in posttraumatic stress disorder

    Tuvia Peri;Gershon Ben-Shakhar;Scott P Orr;Arieh Y Shalev

  • Theories and Applications in the Detection of Deception: A Psychophysiological and International Perspective

    Gershon Ben-Shakhar;John J. Furedy

  • Memory detection: theory and application of the concealed information test

    Bruno Verschuere;Gershon Ben-Shakhar;Ewout H Meijer

  • Standardization Within Individuals: A Simple Method to Neutralize Individual Differences in Skin Conductance

    Gershon Ben-Shakhar

  • Gender Differences in Multiple-Choice Tests: The Role of Differential Guessing Tendencies

    Gershon Ben-Shakhar;Yakov Sinai

  • Lying takes time: A meta-analysis on reaction time measures of deception.

    Kristina Suchotzki;Bruno Verschuere;Bram Van Bockstaele;Gershon Ben-Shakhar

  • Memory detection with the Concealed Information Test: a meta analysis of skin conductance, respiration, heart rate, and P300 data.

    Ewout H. Meijer;Ewout H. Meijer;Nathalie Klein Selle;Lotem Elber;Gershon Ben-Shakhar

  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Depression in Battered Women: The Mediating Role of Learned Helplessness

    Neta Bargai;Gershon Ben-Shakhar;Arieh Y. Shalev

  • Psychophysiological detection through the guilty knowledge technique: Effects of mental countermeasures.

    Gershon Ben-Shakhar;Karmela Dolev

  • Novelty and significance in orientation and habituation: a feature-matching approach.

    Itamar Gati;Gershon Ben-Shakhar

  • A critical review of the Control Questions Test (CQT).

    Gershon Ben-Shakhar

  • Estimating the validity of the guilty knowledge test from simulated experiments: the external validity of mock crime studies

    David Carmel;Eran Dayan;Ayelet Naveh;Ori Raveh

  • Dissociations of personally significant and task-relevant distractors inside and outside the focus of attention: a combined behavioral and psychophysiological study.

    Nurit Gronau;Asher Cohen;Gershon Ben-Shakhar

  • Reciprocity and emotions in bargaining using physiological and self-report measures

    Gershon Ben-Shakhar;Gary Bornstein;Astrid Hopfensitz;Frans van Winden

  • Effects of motivation and verbal-response type on psychophysiological detection of information.

    Eitan Elaad;Gershon Ben-Shakhar

  • A Further Study of the Dichotomization Theory in Detection of Information

    Gershon Ben-Shakhar

  • Trial by Polygraph: Reconsidering the Use of the Guilty Knowledge Technique in Court

    Gershon Ben-Shakhar;Maya Bar-Hillel;Mordechai Kremnitzer

  • Behavioral and physiological measures in the detection of concealed information.

    Nurit Gronau;Gershon Ben-Shakhar;Asher Cohen

  • Detecting concealed information from groups using a dynamic questioning approach: simultaneous skin conductance measurement and immediate feedback.

    Ewout H. Meijer;Ewout H. Meijer;Gary Bente;Gershon Ben-Shakhar;Andreas Schumacher

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruno Verschuere
Bruno Verschuere University of Amsterdam
Itamar Gati
Itamar Gati Hebrew University of Jerusalem
John J. Furedy
John J. Furedy University of Toronto
Merel Kindt
Merel Kindt University of Amsterdam
Matthias Gamer
Matthias Gamer University of Würzburg
Giorgio Ganis
Giorgio Ganis Plymouth University
Daniel Västfjäll
Daniel Västfjäll Linköping University
Geert Crombez
Geert Crombez Ghent University
John J. Skowronski
John J. Skowronski Northern Illinois University
Ulrich S. Tran
Ulrich S. Tran University of Vienna

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