Publications

Below is a list of publications from Professor Dr. Hadas Akon-Singer,  Group Leader of Neurocognition and Mental Health.

Journal Article (71)

2026
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Gozansky, E.; Weissman-Fogel, I.; Okon-Singer, H.: The involvement of attentional biases in endogenous pain inhibition and autonomic reactivity. PLoS One 21 (2), e0342113 (2026)
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Friedman-Oskar, M.; Sahar, T.; Makovski, T.; Okon-Singer, H.: Independent effects of valence and memorability in visual statistical learning. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance 52 (1), pp. 74 - 85 (2026)
2025
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Eidelman-Rothman, M.; Reuveni, O.; Keil, A.; Kritzman, L.; Freche, D.; Okon-Singer, H.; Levit-Binnun, N.: Quantifying variability in attentional shifts during target switching. Cerebral Cortex 35 (12), bhaf329 (2025)
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Cywiak, V.; Solt, I.; Givon-Benjio, N.; Fruchter, E.; Okon-Singer, H.: Cognitive biases: Potential behavioral marker for future development of postpartum depression and childbirth-related post-traumatic stress disorder. Frontiers in Psychiatry 16, 1650453 (2025)
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Friedman-Oskar, M.; Sahar, T.; Makovski, T.; Okon-Singer, H.: Emotional stimuli boost incidental learning through predictive processing. Cognition & Emotion 39 (4), pp. 858 - 875 (2025)
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Richter, T.; Shani, R.; Tal, S.; Derakshan, N.; Cohen, N.; Enock, P. M.; McNally, R. J.; Mor, N.; Daches, S.; Williams, A. D. et al.; Yiend, J.; Carlbring, P.; Kuckertz, J. M.; Yang, W.; Reinecke, A.; Beevers, C. G.; Bunnell, B. E.; Koster, E. H. W.; Zilcha-Mano, S.; Okon-Singer, H.: Machine learning meta-analysis identifies individual characteristics moderating cognitive intervention efficacy for anxiety and depression symptoms. npj digital medicine 8 (1), 65 (2025)
2024
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Ashkenazi, S.; Danan, Y.; Okon-Singer, H.: Mathematical anxiety is associated with reduced visuospatial working memory: The impact of emotional and spatial distracting information. Current Psychology 43, pp. 34947 - 34961 (2024)
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Strommer, N.; Okon-Singer, H.; Gabay, S.: The subcortical role in executive functions: Neural mechanisms of executive inhibition in the flanker task. Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience 24 (6), pp. 1023 - 1030 (2024)
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Givon-Benjio, N.; Marx, T.; Hartston, M.; Aderka, I. M.; Hadad, B.-S.; Okon-Singer, H.: The relationship between interpersonal distance preference and estimation accuracy in autism. PLoS One 19 (9), e0306536 (2024)
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Abado, E.; Aue, T.; Pourtois, G.; Okon-Singer, H.: Expectancy and attention bias to spiders: Dissecting anticipation and allocation processes using ERPs. Psychophysiology 61 (6), e14546 (2024)
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Richter, T.; Stahi, S.; Mirovsky, G.; Hel-Or, H.; Okon-Singer, H.: Disorder-specific versus transdiagnostic cognitive mechanisms in anxiety and depression: Machine-learning-based prediction of symptom severity. Journal of Affective Disorders 354, pp. 473 - 482 (2024)
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Givon-Benjio, N.; Sokolover, H.; Aderka, I. M.; Hadad, B.-S.; Okon-Singer, H.: Perception of interpersonal distance and social distancing before and during COVID-19 pandemic. Scientific Reports 14 (1), 4568 (2024)
2023
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Abado, E.; Aue, T.; Okon-Singer, H.: Spider vs. guns: Expectancy and attention biases to phylogenetic threat do not extend to ontogenetic threat. Frontiers in Psychology 14, 1232985 (2023)
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Agassi, O. D.; Hertz, U.; Shani, R.; Derakshan, N.; Wiener, A.; Okon-Singer, H.: Using clustering algorithms to examine the association between working memory training trajectories and therapeutic outcomes among psychiatric and healthy populations. Psychological Research 87 (5), pp. 1389 - 1400 (2023)
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Günther, V.; Strukova, M.; Pecher, J.; Webelhorst, C.; Engelmann, S.; Kersting, A.; Hoffmann, K.-T.; Egloff, B.; Okon-Singer, H.; Lobsien, D. et al.; Suslow, T.: Cognitive avoidance is associated with decreased brain responsiveness to threat distractors under high perceptual load. Brain Sciences 13 (4), 618 (2023)
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Abado, E.; Okon-Singer, H.; Aue, T.: Neurophysiological mechanisms underlying cognitive biases to emotional information: Latest developments and new directions. Biological Psychology 177, 108486 (2023)
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Schiller, D.; Yu, A. N.C.; Alia-Klein, N.; Becker, S.; Cromwell, H. C.; Dolcos, F.; Eslinger, P. J.; Frewen, P.; Kemp, A. H.; Pace-Schott, E. F. et al.; Raber, J.; Silton, R. L.; Stefanova, E.; Williams, J. H.G.; Abe, N.; Aghajani, M.; Albrecht, F.; Alexander, R.; Anders, S.; Aragón, O. R.; Arias, J. A.; Arzy, S.; Aue, T.; Baez, S.; Balconi, M.; Ballarini, T.; Bannister, S.; Banta, M. C.; Barrett, K. C.; Belzung, C.; Bensafi, M.; Booij, L.; Bookwala, J.; Boulanger-Bertolus, J.; Boutros, S. W.; Bräscher, A.-K.; Bruno, A.; Busatto, G.; Bylsma, L. M.; Caldwell-Harris, C.; Chan, R. C.K.; Cherbuin, N.; Chiarella, J.; Cipresso, P.; Critchley, H.; Croote, D. E.; Demaree, H. A.; Denson, T. F.; Depue, B.; Derntl, B.; Dickson, J. M.; Dolcos, S.; Drach-Zahavy, A.; Dubljević, O.; Eerola, T.; Ellingsen, D.-M.; Fairfield, B.; Ferdenzi, C.; Friedman, B. H.; Fu, C. H.Y.; Gatt, J. M.; deGelder, B.; Gendolla, G. H.E.; Gilam, G.; Goldblatt, H.; Gooding, A. E. K.; Gosseries, O.; Hamm, A. O.; Hanson, J. L.; Hendler, T.; Herbert, C.; Hofmann, S. G.; Ibanez, A.; Joffily, M.; Jovanovic, T.; Kahrilas, I. J.; Kangas, M.; Katsumi, Y.; Kensinger, E.; Kirby, L. A.J.; Koncz, R.; Koster, E. H.W.; Kozlowska, K.; Krach, S.; Kret, M. E.; Krippl, M.; Kusi-Mensah, K.; Ladouceur, C. D.; Laureys, S.; Lawrence, A.; Li, C.-s. R.; Liddell, B. J.; Lidhar, N. K.; Lowry, C. A.; Magee, K.; Marin, M.-F.; Mariotti, V.; Martin, L. J.; Marusak, H. A.; Mayer, A. V.; Merner, A. R.; Minnier, J.; Moll, J.; Morrison, R. G.; Moore, M.; Mouly, A.-M.; Mueller, S. C.; Mühlberger, A.; Murphy, N. A.; Muscatello, M. R. A.; Musser, E. D.; Newton, T. L.; Noll-Hussong, M.; Norrholm, S. D.; Northoff, G.; Nusslock, R.; Okon-Singer, H.; Olino, T. M.; Ortner, C.; Owolabi, M.; Padulo, C.; Palermo, R.; Palumbo, R.; Palumbo, S.; Papadelis, C.; Pegna, A. J.; Pellegrini, S.; Peltonen, K.; Penninx, B. W.J.H.; Pietrini, P.; Pinna, G.; Lobo, R. P.; Polnaszek, K. L.; Polyakova, M.; Rabinak, C.; HeleneRichter, S.; Richter, T.; Riva, G.; Rizzo, A.; Robinson, J. L.; Rosa, P.; Sachdev, P. S.; Sato, W.; Schroeter, M. L.; Schweizer, S.; Shiban, Y.; Siddharthan, A.; Siedlecka, E.; Smith, R. C.; Soreq, H.; Spangler, D. P.; Stern, E. R.; Styliadis, C.; Sullivan, G. B.; Swain, J. E.; Urben, S.; Van den Stock, J.; vander Kooij, M. A.; van Overveld, M.; Van Rheenen, T. E.; VanElzakker, M. B.; Ventura-Bort, C.; Verona, E.; Volk, T.; Wang, Y.; Weingast, L. T.; Weymar, M.; Williams, C.; Willis, M. L.; Yamashita, P.; Zahn, R.; Zupan, B.; Lowe, L.; Gabriela, G.; Charlotte F, H.; Leonie, L.: The human affectome. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews 158, 105450 (2023)
2022
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Givon-Benjio, N.; Okon-Singer, H.: The role of fear in hierarchical processing of fear-related stimuli. Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science 131 (7), pp. 727 - 732 (2022)
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Beinhölzl, N.; Molloy, E.; Zsido, R.; Richter, T.; Piecha, F. A.; Zheleva, G.; Scharrer, U.; Regenthal, R.; Villringer, A.; Okon-Singer, H. et al.; Sacher, J.: The attention-emotion interaction in healthy female participants on oral contraceptives during 1-week escitalopram intake. Frontiers in Neuroscience 16, 809269 (2022)
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Bar-Sella, A.; Richter, T.; Zilcha-Mano, S.; Okon-Singer, H.: How social experiences affect interpretation bias among individuals with non-clinical depression: The role of ostracism. Frontiers in Psychiatry 13, 819143 (2022)
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