My area of interest is spatial attention. I am carrying out research on the different mechanisms that guide attention, and the interaction between them, especially the interaction between alertness and orienting of attention.

I am also interested in the influence of expectancy on cognitive effects such as inhibition of return.

Another field of research I am working on is the interaction between motor ability and attentional orienting.

email: shaigaba@bgu.ac.il

Recent Publications

• Gabay, S., & Henik, A., (2008). The effects of expectancy on inhibition of return. Cognition, 106, 1478-1486.
• Kofman, O., Shavit Y., Ashkenazi, S., Gabay, S., (2007). Habituation, discrimination and anxiety in transgenic mice overexpressing acetylcholinesterase. Brian Research, 1185, 170-178.
• Gabay, S., & Henik, A. (in preparation). The effect of expectancy on inhibition of return: detection vs. discrimination tasks.
• Gabay, S., & Henik, A. (in preparation). Reflexive allocation of attention and motor ability.
• Kningsbruggen, M., Gabay, S., Henik, A & Rafal, R., (submitted). Disruption of remapping of IOR after TMS stimulation of the parietal cortex.