Man

Vadim Axelrod

Post-Doc Researcher

I am a joint postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Prof. Moshe Bar (Bar-Ilan University) and in the lab of Prof. Geraint Rees (Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London).
I have obtained my PhD in Tel-Aviv University (School of Psychological Sciences, Prof. Galit Yovel).

In my research I explore cognitive mechanisms of human consciousness (e.g., visual awareness, self-consciousness, self-referential processing), spontaneous brain activity and neural connectivity. I use a variety of methods, including fMRI, structural MRI, MEG, non-invasive brain stimulation (tDCS) and behavioral measures.

publications

V Axelrod On the domain-specificity of the visual and non-visual face-selective regions European Journal of Neuroscience, 2016 (epub ahead of print) link
V Axelrod, A.R. Teodorescu Commentary: When the brain takes a break: a model-based analysis of mind wandering Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience, 9:83, 2015 pdf
V Axelrod, G. Rees, M. Lavidor, M. Bar Increasing propensity to mind-wander with transcranial direct current stimulation Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 2015 (epub ahead of print) pdf
V. Axelrod, M. Bar, G. Rees Exploring the unconscious using faces Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 19:35-45, 2015 pdf
V. Axelrod, G. Yovel Successful decoding of famous faces in the Fusiform Face Area PLOS ONE, 2014
V. Axelrod Minimizing bugs in cognitive neuroscience programming Frontiers in psychology, 5:1435, 2014
V. Axelrod, G. Rees Conscious awareness is required for holistic face processing Consciousness and Cognition, 27:233-245, 2014
V. Axelrod, M. Bar, G. Rees, G. Yovel Neural Correlates of Subliminal Language Processing Cerebral Cortex, 2014 pdf
V. Axelrod, G. Yovel The challenge of localizing the anterior temporal face area: A possible solution. Neuroimage, 81(0), 371-380, 2013
V. Axelrod, G. Yovel Hierarchical Processing of Face Viewpoint in Human Visual Cortex. The Journal of Neuroscience, 32(7), 2442-2452, 2012
V. Axelrod, G. Yovel Nonpreferred Stimuli Modify the Representation of Faces in the Fusiform Face Area. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 23(3), 746-756, 2011
V. Axelrod, G. Yovel External facial features modify the representation of internal facial features in the fusiform face area. Neuroimage, 52(2), 720-725, 2010
V. Axelrod The Fusiform Face Area: In Quest of Holistic Face Processing. Journal of Neuroscience, 30(26), 8699-8701, 2010