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Neuroscience

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108
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43299
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584
National Ranking
5

Psychology

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108
Citations
43301
World Ranking
427
National Ranking
3

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in Israel Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in Israel Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in Israel Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Psychology in Israel Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Psychology in Israel Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Psychology in Israel Leader Award

Overview

Ruth Feldman is affiliated with Reichman University in Israel, with a research focus primarily in the fields of psychology and neuroscience. Their scholarly work spans various topics related to human behavior, brain function, and emotional development.

The main fields of study include:

  • Psychology
  • Neuroscience

Within these broader disciplines, subfields prominently represented in their research are:

  • Social Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Pharmacy
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

The core research topics addressed by Ruth Feldman involve aspects of neuroendocrine regulation, child and adolescent psychosocial development, attachment dynamics, infant health, maternal mental health during and after pregnancy, and brain connectivity related to social behavior and synchronization. These topics are detailed as:

  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Infant Health and Development
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Action Observation and Synchronization
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

Ruth Feldman has contributed extensively to scientific literature, including several recent publications such as:

  • What is resilience: an affiliative neuroscience approach, 2020, World Psychiatry
  • Social Behavior as a Transdiagnostic Marker of Resilience, 2021, Annual Review of Clinical Psychology

Collaboration is a significant aspect of their work, frequently coauthoring with the following researchers:

  • Orna Zagoory-Sharon
  • Adi Ulmer-Yaniv
  • Roy Salomon
  • Karen Yirmiya
  • Jonathan Lévy

Their research has been published in a variety of journals, with multiple contributions in:

  • Psychoneuroendocrinology
  • Scientific Reports
  • Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Development and Psychopathology

Best Publications

  • Parent-infant synchrony and the construction of shared timing; physiological precursors, developmental outcomes, and risk conditions.

    Ruth Feldman

  • Evidence for a Neuroendocrinological Foundation of Human Affiliation: Plasma Oxytocin Levels Across Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period Predict Mother-Infant Bonding

    Ruth Feldman;Aron Weller;Orna Zagoory-Sharon;Ari Levine

  • Mother-infant affect synchrony as an antecedent of the emergence of self-control

    Ruth Feldman;Charles W. Greenbaum;Nurit Yirmiya

  • Comparison of skin-to-skin (Kangaroo) and traditional care: Parenting outcomes and preterm infant development

    Ruth Feldman;Arthur I Eidelman;Lea Sirota;Aron Weller

  • Maternal Depression and Anxiety Across the Postpartum Year and Infant Social Engagement, Fear Regulation, and Stress Reactivity

    Ruth Feldman;Adi Granat;Clara Pariente;Hannah Kanety

  • Oxytocin and social affiliation in humans

    Ruth Feldman

  • Measuring cortisol in human psychobiological studies.

    Ari Levine;Orna Zagoory-Sharon;Ruth Feldman;John G. Lewis

  • The Neurobiology of Human Attachments

    Ruth Feldman

  • Parent–Infant Synchrony Biological Foundations and Developmental Outcomes

    Ruth Feldman

  • Natural variations in maternal and paternal care are associated with systematic changes in oxytocin following parent–infant contact

    Ruth Feldman;Ilanit Gordon;Inna Schneiderman;Omri Weisman

  • Maternal-Preterm Skin-to-Skin Contact Enhances Child Physiologic Organization and Cognitive Control Across the First 10 Years of Life

    Ruth Feldman;Zehava Rosenthal;Arthur I. Eidelman

  • Infant-mother and infant-father synchrony: The coregulation of positive arousal.

    Ruth Feldman

  • Oxytocin and the Development of Parenting in Humans

    Ilanit Gordon;Orna Zagoory-Sharon;James F. Leckman;Ruth Feldman;Ruth Feldman

  • The plasticity of human maternal brain: longitudinal changes in brain anatomy during the early postpartum period.

    Pilyoung Kim;James F. Leckman;Linda C. Mayes;Ruth Feldman

  • Mother and infant coordinate heart rhythms through episodes of interaction synchrony.

    Ruth Feldman;Romi Magori-Cohen;Giora Galili;Magi Singer

  • Skin-to-skin contact (Kangaroo Care) accelerates autonomic and neurobehavioural maturation in preterm infants.

    Ruth Feldman;Arthur I Eidelman

  • Maternal and paternal plasma, salivary, and urinary oxytocin and parent-infant synchrony: considering stress and affiliation components of human bonding.

    Ruth Feldman;Ilanit Gordon;Orna Zagoory-Sharon

  • Breastfeeding, brain activation to own infant cry, and maternal sensitivity

    Pilyoung Kim;Pilyoung Kim;Ruth Feldman;Ruth Feldman;Linda C. Mayes;Linda C. Mayes;Virginia Eicher

  • Specifying the neurobiological basis of human attachment: brain, hormones, and behavior in synchronous and intrusive mothers.

    Shir Atzil;Talma Hendler;Talma Hendler;Ruth Feldman

  • Parental oxytocin and early caregiving jointly shape children's oxytocin response and social reciprocity

    Ruth Feldman;Ilanit Gordon;Moran Influs;Tamar Gutbir

Frequent Co-Authors

Orna Zagoory-Sharon
Orna Zagoory-Sharon Reichman University
Linda C. Mayes
Linda C. Mayes Yale University
James E. Swain
James E. Swain Stony Brook University
Aron Weller
Aron Weller Bar-Ilan University
Yaniv Kanat-Maymon
Yaniv Kanat-Maymon Reichman University
Talma Hendler
Talma Hendler Tel Aviv University
Pilyoung Kim
Pilyoung Kim University of Denver
Richard P. Ebstein
Richard P. Ebstein Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
Ofer Golan
Ofer Golan Bar-Ilan University
Kevin A. Pelphrey
Kevin A. Pelphrey University of Virginia

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