פרופ' מיכל בן שחר
ראשי מעבדות מחקר
טלפון
דוא"ל
michalb@mail.biu.ac.il
אתר אישי
מעבדה
תחומי מחקר
שיטות מחקר
CV
קורות חיים
Positions:
2015-16: Visiting Scholar, Stanford University (Psychology; Developmental and behavioral pediatrics)
2013: Senior lecturer with tenure, Department of English Literature and Linguistics, Bar Ilan University
2008-2012: Lecturer (tenure track), Department of English Literature and Linguistics, Bar Ilan University
2008-2014 (summers): Visiting Scholar, Stanford University
2007-2008 Research Associate, Psychology Department and Developmental and behavioral pediatrics, Stanford University
2004-2007 Postdoctoral fellow, Psychology Department, Stanford University
Education:
2005 PhD awarded by Tel Aviv University
1998 MA in Cognitive Psychology, Tel Aviv University
1992-1996 Undergraduate studies in the Interdisciplinary program for outstanding students, Tel Aviv University
Research
מחקר
We study brain systems that underlie language processing in healthy and atypical populations, by combining cognitive measurements, diffusion MRI and fMRI. The underlying premise guiding our research is that most aspects of language and reading, even fine linguistically defined processes, are achieved via elaborate processing pathways, not by a single cortical hotspot. We quantify structural properties of these pathways with dMRI and relate them to cognitive function through behavioral and fMRI measurements in individual participants.
Publications
פרסומים
2018
- M Yablonski, K Rastle, JSH Taylor, M Ben-Shachar, (2018) , Structural properties of the ventral reading pathways are associated with morphological processing in adult English readers, Cortex
- CK Dodson, KE Travis, LR Borchers, VA Marchman, M Ben‐Shachar, White matter properties associated with pre‐reading skills in 6‐year‐old children born preterm and at term (2018) Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology 60 (7), 695-702
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V Kronfeld-Duenias, O Civier, O Amir, R Ezrati-Vinacour, M Ben-Shachar (2018), White matter pathways in persistent developmental stuttering: Lessons from tractography, Journal of fluency disorders 55, 68-83
2017
- N Fingher, I Dinstein, M Ben-Shachar, S Haar, AM Dale, L Eyler, K Pierce, (2017) Toddlers later diagnosed with autism exhibit multiple structural abnormalities in temporal corpus callosum fibers, Cortex 97, 291-305
- M Yablonski, U Polat, YS Bonneh, M Ben-Shachar, (2017) Microsaccades are sensitive to word structure: A novel approach to study language processing, Scientific Reports 7 (1), 3999
- S Makov, O Sharon, N Ding, M Ben-Shachar, Y Nir, EZ Golumbic, Sleep disrupts high-level speech parsing despite significant basic auditory processing, Journal of Neuroscience, 0168-17
- V Kronfeld-Duenias, O Amir, R Ezrati-Vinacour, O Civier, M Ben-Shachar,The dorsal language pathways in stuttering: Response to commentary. Cortex; 90
- KE Travis, JN Adams, VN Kovachy, M Ben-Shachar, HM Feldman, (2017) White matter properties differ in 6-year old Readers and Pre-readers, Brain Structure and Function 222 (4), 1685-1703
- R Le, N Witthoft, M Ben-Shachar, B Wandell, (2017), The field of view available to the ventral occipito-temporal reading circuitry Journal of vision17 (4), 6-6
- CK Dodson, KE Travis, HM Feldman, M Ben-Shachar, (2017), White matter micro-structure on diffusion magnetic resonance imaging in 6-yearold children born preterm, Journal of investigative medicine 65 (1), 291-291
- CK Dodson, KE Travis, M Ben-Shachar, HM Feldman, (2017) White matter microstructure of 6-year old children born preterm and full term, NeuroImage: Clinical 16, 268-275
2016
- T Blecher, I Tal, M Ben-Shachar, (2016) White matter microstructural properties correlate with sensorimotor synchronization abilities, NeuroImage 138, 1-12
- R Le, B Wandell, M Ben-Shachar, N Witthoft, The field of view of word-responsive regions in visual cortex, Journal of Vision 16 (12), 1426-142
- Kronfeld-Duenias, V., Amir, O., Ezrati-Vinacour, R., Civier, O. and Ben-Shachar, M. (2016). Dorsal and ventral language pathways in persistent developmental stuttering. Cortex 81, 79-92.
- Blecher, T., Tal, I. and Ben-Shachar, M. (2016). White matter microstructural properties correlate with sensorimotor synchronization abilities. NeuroImage 138, 1-12.
- Yablonski, M. and Ben-Shachar, M. (2016). The Morpheme Interference Effect in Hebrew: a Generalization across the Verbal and Nominal Domains. The Mental Lexicon 11(2), 277-307.
- Kronfeld-Duenias, V., Amir, O., Ezrati-Vinacour, R., Civier, O., Ben-Shachar, M. (2016). The frontal aslant tract underlies speech fluency in persistent developmental stuttering. Brain Structure and Function 221(1), 365-381.
- KE Travis, Y Leitner, M Ben-Shachar, KW Yeom, HM Feldman, Case Series: Fractional anisotropy profiles of the cerebellar peduncles in adolescents born preterm with ventricular dilation. Journal of child neurology 31 (3), 321-327
- Halag-Milo, T., Stoppelman, N., Kronfeld-Duenias, V., Civier, O., Amir, O., Ezrati-Vinacour, R. and Ben-Shachar, M. (2016). Beyond production: Brain responses during speech perception in adults who stutter. NeuroImage: Clinical 11, 328–338.
- Travis, K.E., Ben-Shachar, M., Myall, N.J. and Feldman, H.M. (2016). Variations in the neurobiology of reading in children and adolescents born full term and preterm. NeuroImage: Clinical 11, 555-565.
2015
- Civier, O., Kronfeld-Duenias, V., Amir, O., Ezrati, R., and Ben-Shachar, M. (2015). Reduced fractional anisotropy in the anterior corpus callosum is associated with reduced speech fluency in persistent developmental stuttering. Brain and Language 143, 20-31.
- Travis, K.T., Leitner, Y., Feldman, H. and Ben-Shachar, M. (2015).Cerebellar white matter pathways are associated with reading skills in children and adolescents. Human Brain Mapping 36(4), 1536-53.
- Travis, K.E., Adams, J.N., Ben-Shachar, M. and Feldman, H.M. (2015). Decreased and Increased Anisotropy along Major Cerebral White Matter Tracts in Preterm Children and Adolescents. PLOS One 10(11), e0142860.
- Travis, K.E., Leitner, Y., Ben-Shachar, M., Yeom, K. and Feldman, H.M. (2015). Case Series: Fractional anisotropy profiles of the cerebellar peduncles in adolescents born preterm with ventricular dilation. Journal of Child Neurology 31(3), 321-7.
- Leitner, Y., Travis, K.E., Ben-Shachar, M., Yeom, K. and Feldman, H.M. (2015). Tract profiles of the cerebellar white matter pathways in children and adolescents. Cerebellum 14(6),613-623.
2014
- Ossmy, O., Ben-Shachar, M. and Mukamel, R. (2014). Decoding letter position in word reading. Cortex 59, 74-83.
- Dotan Ben-Soussan, T., Avirame, K., Glicksohn, J., Goldstein, A. and Ben-Shachar, M. (2014). Changes in cerebellar activity and interhemispheric coherence accompany improved reading performance following Quadrato motor training. Frontiers in systems neuroscience Vol. 8, Article 81.
- Stoppelman, N., Harpaz, T. and Ben-Shachar, M. (2013). Do not throw out the baby with the bath water: Choosing an effective baseline for language localization. Brain and Behavior 3(3), 211-22.
- Yeatman, J.D., Dougherty, R.F., Ben-Shachar, M. and Wandell, B.A. (2012). Dual process account of the joint development of white matter and reading skills. PNAS 109(44), E3045-53.
- Ben-Shachar, M., Dougherty, R.F., Deutsch, G.K., and Wandell, B.A. (2011). The development of cortical sensitivity to visual word forms. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 23(9):2387-99.
- Yeatman, J.D., Dougherty, R.F., Rykhlevskaia, E., Sherbondy, A.J., Deutsch, G.K., Wandell, B.A. and Ben-Shachar, M. (2011). Anatomical Properties of the Arcuate Fasciculus Predict Phonological and Reading Skills in Children. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience,
- 23(11):3304-17.
- Yeatman, J.D., Ben-Shachar, M., Glover, G.H. and Feldman, H. (2010). Individual differences in auditory sentence comprehension in children: An exploratory event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging investigation. Brain and Language 114(2):72-9.
- Andrews, J.S., Ben-Shachar, M., Yeatman, J.D., Flom, L.L., Luna, B., Feldman, H.M. (2010). Reading performance correlates with white-matter properties in preterm and term children. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology 52(6): 94-100.
- Tsang, J., Dougherty, R.F., Deutsch, G.K., Wandell, B.A. and Ben-Shachar, M. (2009). Frontoparietal white matter diffusion properties predict mental arithmetic skills in children. PNAS, 106(52):22546-51.
- Yeatman, J.D., Ben-Shachar, M. and Feldman, H. (2009). Using Diffusion Tensor Imaging and Fiber Tracking to Characterize Diffuse Perinatal White Matter Injury: A Case Report. Journal of Child Neurology 24(7):795-800.
- Rauschecker, A.M., Deutsch, G.K., Ben-Shachar, M., Schwartzman, A., Dougherty, R.F. (2009). Reading impairment in a patient with missing arcuate fasciculus. Neuropsychologia 47(1):180-94.
- Sherbondy, A. J., Dougherty, R. F., Ben-Shachar, M., Napel, S., &
- Wandell, B. A. (2008). ConTrack: Finding the most likely pathways between brain regions using diffusion tractography. Journal of Vision8(9): 1-16.
- Kipervasser, S., Palti, D., Neufeld, M.Y., Ben Shachar, M., Andelman, F., Fried, I., Korczyn, A.D., Hendler, T. (2008). Possible remote functional reorganization in left temporal lobe epilepsy. Acta Neurologica Scandinavica, 117(5):324-31.
- Ben-Shachar, M., Dougherty, R.F., Deutsch, G.K., and Wandell, B.A. (2007). Contrast responsivity in MT+ correlates with phonological awareness and reading measures in children. NeuroImage 37(4):1396-1406.
- Ben-Shachar, M., Dougherty, R. F. and Wandell, B. A. (2007). White matter pathways in reading. Current Opinions in Neurobiology 17: 258-270.
- Ben-Shachar, M., Dougherty, R. F., Deutsch, G. K., and Wandell, B. A. (2007). Differential sensitivity to words and shapes in ventral
- occipito-temporal cortex. Cerebral Cortex 17, 1604-11.
- Dougherty, R.F., Ben-Shachar, M., Deutsch, D.K., Hernandez, A., Fox, G.R. and Wandell, B.A. (2007). Temporal callosal pathway diffusivity predicts phonological skills in children. PNAS 104, 8556-61.
- Palti, D., Ben-Shachar, M., Hendler, T. And Hadar, U. (2007). The cortical correlates of grammatical category differences: An fMRI study of nouns and verbs. Human Brain Mapping 28, 303-14.
- Dougherty, R.F., Ben-Shachar, M., Deutsch, G., Potanina, P., Bammer, R., and Wandell, B.A. (2005). Occipital-Callosal pathways in children: Validation and atlas development. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1064, 98-112.
- Dougherty, R. F., Ben-Shachar, M., Bammer, R., Brewer, A. A. and Wandell, B. A. (2005). Functional organization of human occipital-callosal fiber tracts. PNAS 102, 7350-7355.
- Ben-Shachar, M., Palti, D. and Grodzinsky, Y. (2004). Neural correlates of syntactic movement: Converging evidence from two
- fMRI experiments. NeuroImage 21, 1320-1336.
- Ben-Shachar, M., Hendler, T., Kahn, I., Ben-Bashat, D. and Grodzinsky, Y. (2003). The neural reality of syntactic transformations – evidence from fMRI. Psychological Science 14(5), 433-440.
תאריך עדכון אחרון : 09/11/2022
