Ph.D. Students at our lab
Yael Mintz
Yael graduated from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev with a B.A. in Psychology and Economics and an M.A. in Social Psychology and Data Science. Yael is currently a second-year PhD student researching the role of information avoidance as an expression or complementary component to passive risk-taking. She has been focusing on decisions in possible gain situations and the effect of information avoidance on risk-taking. In particular, she is examining situations in which there is a desirable goal that requires the taking of certain risks and how exposure to information regarding those risks affects the decision-making in these situations. Yael is also interested in the role of information acquisition and avoidance’s ability to improve pro-environmental behavioral intentions.
Roy Rozen
Roy studies how people perceive paternalistic interventions and whether their perception is related to the utility gained from the act.
Ma'ayan Finegold
Maayan is a PhD student who graduated with a B.Sc in Cognitive and brain sciences and psychology and an MA in Social Psychology from Ben Gurion University.
Maayan's research focuses on epistemic curiosity, specifically examining how curiosity a and tendencies in knowledge acquisition influence the propensity to take passive risks. We examine whether stimulating curiosity can improve decision-making in risk contexts.
Yoram Zahavi
Yoram holds a B.Sc. in Computer Science and a Master of Business Administration (MBA), both from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology. He has vast managerial, product, and technology delivery experience in the high-tech industry.
Yoram’s studies focus on individual differences in decision-making scenarios. Specifically, he studies willful ignorance and trust signals in the context of dyadic relationships.
Noa Dagan
Noa is studying ethical decision-making, specifically focusing on understanding when people choose to adopt organizational ethical protocols and when they recommend others to do the same.
Hadar Avraham
Hadar graduated with a B.A. in Psychology and Management from Ben-Gurion University and is currently a direct track PhD student in Social Psychology. His research focuses on the social-motivational foundations of risk-taking behavior. Specifically, he studies whether taking—or reducing—risk can function as a social signal that conveys valued traits such as courage, dominance, and prestige.
