My research addresses the effect of associative neighborhoods. It focuses on defining the processing and presentation of words by examining the influence of associative neighbors on different operations in the mental lexicon.

In particular, I examine the effect of "N" (the diversity of first-association words that were produced by a group of subjects to a given word) using different priming paradigms and participants with different verbal ability.

current position: Director of International Assessment - The National Authority for Measurement and Evaluation in Education (RAMA), Ministry of Education, Israel.

email: inbalro@bgu.ac.il

Recent Publications

• Ron-Kaplan, I., & Henik, A. (2007). Verbal Ability Modulates the Associative Neighbors Effect. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 14(1), 81-87.
• Ron-Kaplan, I., & Henik, A. (Submitted). Re-evaluation of the Semantic Neighbor Effect: The Combined Influence of Prime and Target Neighbors.
• Ron-Kaplan, I., Hochman, H., Cohen Kadosh, R., & Henik, A. (submitted) The Effect of Associative Neighbors on Word Processing: an fMRI study.
• Ron-Kaplan, I., & Henik, A. The Effect of Associative Neighbors on Word Processing: Study of Individual Differences. Poster presented in the 11th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, New-York, April, 2005.
• Ron-Kaplan, I., Hochman, H., Cohen Kadosh, R., & Henik, A. The Effect of Associative Neighbors on Word Processing: an fMRI study. Poster presented in the 12th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San-Francisco, April, 2006.