Our Research

The lab investigates high-level cognition, both at the behavioral and the neural level. More specifically, we are interested in the following questions:

• What is consciousness, how does it come about, and what are its functions? The latter entails two additional questions; first, how deep does unconscious processing run and how it differs from conscious processing. Second, how is consciousness involved not only in information processing, but also in voluntary action.
• How does cognition affect perception? We are interested in the way our expectations and semantic knowledge affect perceptual processing and our interpretation of the world.

Ph.D. students and post-doctoral fellows

The HIGH-LEVEL COGNITION LAB is seeking highly motivated graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to lead our research of perception and high-level cognition. We focus on three main phenomena: semantic integration, conscious awareness, and cognitive effects on perception. More specifically, we ask what enables the process of judging the relations between two objects or concepts, what are the functions of consciousness and what are its neural substrates, and what are the relations between semantic knowledge and perception. To tackle these questions, we use behavioral studies and electrophysiology (EEG and intracranial recordings). Enthusiastic candidates with excellent collaboration skills and backgrounds in Psychology,

Neuroscience or Computer Sciences are welcome to contact Prof. Liad Mudrik at mudrikli@tauex.tau.ac.il. Please attach a CV.

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