Andrea Berger PhD

I am interested in the relation between the brain and behavior during development.

The focus of my work is on the development of the executive aspects of attention and control, such as inhibitory control, monitoring and error-detection, and the development of number representation and mathematical skills.

I use behavioral tasks used in cognitive experimental psychology, and adapt them for studying young children.

I measure behavioral responses (reaction time, accuracy, gaze direction) as well as electrophysiological measurements (Event-Related Potentials).

Some of my current projects:

  • Error detection in infants (an Event Related Potentials study)
  • The development of brain representation of numerosities (an Event Related Potentials study)
  • Inhibitory control in ADHD children (an Event Related Potentials study)
  • The development of self-regulation and temperament in children at familial risk for ADHD

Current Position: Senior Lecturer, Psychology Department, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Research Field: Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

email: andrea@bgu.ac.il

Sample Publications

  • Berger, A., Kofman, O., Livneh, U., & Henik, A. (2007). Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Attention and the Development of Self-Regulation. Progress in Neurobiology, 82, 256-286.
  • Auerbach, J.G ., Berger, A., Atzaba-Poria, N., Arbelle, S., Cypin, N., Friedman, A. & Landau, R. (In press). Temperament at 7, 12, and 25 months in children at familial risk for ADHD. Infant and Child Development.
  • Berger, A., Tzur, G. & Posner, M. I. (2006). Infant brains detect arithmetic errors. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), 103(33), 12649-12653.
  • Berger, A., Henik, A., & Rafal, R. (2005). Competition between endogenous and exogenous orienting of visual attention. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 134(2): 207-221.
  • Berger, A., Sadeh, M., Tzur, G., Shuper, A., Kornreich, L., Inbar, D., Cohen, I. J., Michowiz, Sh., Yaniv, I, Constantini, Sh., Kessler, Y., and Meiran, N. (2005). Task switching after cerebellar damage. Neuropsychology, 19(3), 362-370.
  • Auerbach, J. G., Aztaba-Poria, N. Berger, A. & Landau, R. (2004). Emerging developmental pathways to ADHD: Possible path markers in early infancy. Neural Plasticity, 11, 39-43.