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Roi was born in [[Israel]] in [[1976]]. He became interested in psychology at age 14, following his mother’s illness and early death. After absolving mandatory service in the [[Israel Defense Forces|Israel Defence Forces]], he started his studies at [[Achva College]], and received his undergraduate degree in [[Behavioural sciences|Behavioral Science]] from [[Ben-Gurion University of the Negev]] in 2002. Based on his achievements in his undergraduate studies, he received the prestigious Kreitman Foundation Doctoral Fellowship and was accepted to the direct track in [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] in [[neuropsychology]] with Prof. [[Avishai Henik]]. During his PhD degree ([[Summa Cum Laude|summa cum laude]]), he completed the European Diploma in Cognitive and Brain Sciences (EDCBS), and received training as an intern in clinical neuropsychology, at [[:he:בית חולים לוינשטיין|Beit Leowenstein Rehabilitation Center]]. He then decided to follow a research career, and [http://www.yadhanadiv.org.il/node/615/view/recipients?field_rp_first_name_value=Roi&field_rp_last_name_value=Cohen+Kadosh&date_filter%5Bvalue%5D%5Byear%5D=&date_filter%5Bvalue%5D%5Bmonth%5D=0&date_filter%5Bvalue%5D%5Bday%5D=0&date_filter%5Bvalue%5D%5Bhour%5D=0&date_filter%5Bvalue%5D%5Bminute%5D=0&date_filter%5Bvalue%5D%5Bsecond%5D=0&field_rp_search_disciplines_value_many_to_one=All received a Rothschild post-doctoral fellowship] and funding from [[Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions|European Commission]] and the [[International Brain Research Organization]] to join the [[Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience|Institute Cognitive Neuroscience]], [[University College London]] for his postdoctoral training. In 2009 he received a [[Wellcome Trust]] Career Development Fellowship to move to the University of Oxford where he established his lab.
Roi was born in [[Israel]] in [[1976]]. He became interested in psychology at age 14, following his mother’s illness and early death. After absolving mandatory service in the [[Israel Defense Forces|Israel Defence Forces]], he started his studies at [[Achva College]], and received his undergraduate degree in [[Behavioural sciences|Behavioral Science]] from [[Ben-Gurion University of the Negev]] in 2002. Based on his achievements in his undergraduate studies, he received the prestigious Kreitman Foundation Doctoral Fellowship and was accepted to the direct track in [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] in [[neuropsychology]] with Prof. [[Avishai Henik]]. During his PhD degree ([[Summa Cum Laude|summa cum laude]]), he completed the European Diploma in Cognitive and Brain Sciences (EDCBS), and received training as an intern in clinical neuropsychology, at [[:he:בית חולים לוינשטיין|Beit Leowenstein Rehabilitation Center]]. He then decided to follow a research career, and [http://www.yadhanadiv.org.il/node/615/view/recipients?field_rp_first_name_value=Roi&field_rp_last_name_value=Cohen+Kadosh&date_filter%5Bvalue%5D%5Byear%5D=&date_filter%5Bvalue%5D%5Bmonth%5D=0&date_filter%5Bvalue%5D%5Bday%5D=0&date_filter%5Bvalue%5D%5Bhour%5D=0&date_filter%5Bvalue%5D%5Bminute%5D=0&date_filter%5Bvalue%5D%5Bsecond%5D=0&field_rp_search_disciplines_value_many_to_one=All received a Rothschild post-doctoral fellowship] and funding from [[Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions|European Commission]] and the [[International Brain Research Organization]] to join the [[Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience|Institute Cognitive Neuroscience]], [[University College London]] for his postdoctoral training. In 2009 he received a [[Wellcome Trust]] Career Development Fellowship to move to the University of Oxford where he established his lab.

== Academic career ==
Cohen Kadosh was elected a [[Research fellow|Junior Research Fellow]] in Psychology at Jesus College (2011), a Hugh Price Fellow, (2014), and a [[Fellow|Senior Fellow]] (2015). In 2015 he received a Professorial Distinction Award from the University of Oxford, and was promoted to full professor.

== Academic Work ==
Cohen Kadosh main interests are the psychological and biological factors that shape learning and cognitive achievement, and how we can modulate these factors to optimize learning and cognition. To study these factors he employs different methods that range from cognitive assessment and mental [[chronometry]] to [[neuroimaging]] methods and [[Brain simulation|brain stimulation]] during cognitive learning.


=== Numerical Cognition ===
=== Numerical Cognition ===

Revision as of 09:49, 7 January 2018

Roi Cohen Kadosh
Born1976
Israel
NationalityIsrael, British
Scientific career
FieldsCognitive Neuroscience, Numerical Cognition, Cognitive enhancement
InstitutionsUniversity of Oxford
Doctoral advisorAvishai Henik
Websitewww.psy.ox.ac.uk/research/cohen-kadosh-laboratory

Roi Cohen Kadosh (last name Cohen Kadosh, Hebrew: רועי כהן קדוש, born 1976) is an Israeli-British cognitive neuroscientist notable for his work on numerical and mathematical cognition and learning and cognitive enhancement. He is a professor of Cognitive Neuroscience and the head of the Cognition, Learning, and Plasticity Group at the University of Oxford and a senior fellow in Psychology at Jesus College. He is married to the developmental cognitive neuroscientist Kathrin Cohen Kadosh.

Biography

Roi was born in Israel in 1976. He became interested in psychology at age 14, following his mother’s illness and early death. After absolving mandatory service in the Israel Defence Forces, he started his studies at Achva College, and received his undergraduate degree in Behavioral Science from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in 2002. Based on his achievements in his undergraduate studies, he received the prestigious Kreitman Foundation Doctoral Fellowship and was accepted to the direct track in PhD in neuropsychology with Prof. Avishai Henik. During his PhD degree (summa cum laude), he completed the European Diploma in Cognitive and Brain Sciences (EDCBS), and received training as an intern in clinical neuropsychology, at Beit Leowenstein Rehabilitation Center. He then decided to follow a research career, and received a Rothschild post-doctoral fellowship and funding from European Commission and the International Brain Research Organization to join the Institute Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London for his postdoctoral training. In 2009 he received a Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellowship to move to the University of Oxford where he established his lab.

Numerical Cognition

Cohen Kadosh started to work on numerical cognition under the supervision of Avishai Henik. Cohen Kadosh’s work has focused on how humans represent numbers and the psychological and biological mechanisms that support superior,[1] typical,[2][3] and impaired numerical understanding,[4] a research with implications for a wide range of fields including psychology, education, and neuroscience. His work in this field has led to significant changes in several dominant theories of numerical cognition.[5][6]

Synesthesia

Cohen Kadosh has revealed some of the cognitive and perceptual principles of synesthesia[7][8] and its neurobiological mechanisms,[9][10][11] which has implications for the field of neuroplasticity and learning. He has also suggested that the origins of synesthesia might be due to a failure in cortical specialization during infancy and childhood.[12]

Cognitive Enhancement

Cohen Kadosh has been one of the pioneers in combining cognitive training with non-invasive brain stimulation to show its impact on cognition,[13][14] learning,[15] and brain functions.[16] In the last years he has extended his work to examine the role of individual differences at the psychological[17][14][18] and biological level[9] on the impact of brain stimulation on behaviour, those allowing a better mechanistic understanding of brain stimulation and learning.

Neuroethics

Cohen Kadosh has collaborated with neuroethicists to highlight the implications of brain stimulation for cognitive enhancement[19] and shape the current regulation.[20]

Notable Awards and Recognition [1]

· In 2016 he was the recipient of the International Mind, Brain and Education Society Early Career Award.[2]

· In 2015 he received the Professorial Distinction Award from the University of Oxford.

· His book The Stimulated Brain[21] garnered at 2015 an Honorable Mention for Biomedicine & Neuroscience at the 2015 PROSE Awards from the Association of American Publishers.[3]

· In 2014 he received the Scholar Award from the James S McDonnell Foundation.[4]

· In 2014 the British Psychological Society announced that Roi Cohen Kadosh would be the recipient of the Spearman Medal.[5]

· The European Society for Cognitive Psychology awarded him at 2012 the Paul Bertelson Award.[6]

· In 2010 he was awarded the Career Development Award, from the Society for Neuroscience.[7]

· In 2009 he received The Sieratzki-Korczyn Prize for Advances in the Neurosciences.[8]

Published works

The following is a partial list of publications;

Selected Papers

  • 2015 - Linking GABA and glutamate levels to cognitive skill acquisition during development; Human Brain Mapping.[22]
  • 2014 - Cognitive enhancement or cognitive cost: Trait-specific outcomes of brain stimulation in the case of mathematics anxiety; The Journal of Neuroscience.[23]
  • 2013 - The mental cost of cognitive enhancement; The Journal of Neuroscience.[15]
  • 2013 - Long-term enhancement of brain function and cognition using cognitive training and brain stimulation; Current Biology.[16]
  • 2012 - The Neuroethics of Non-invasive Brain Stimulation; Current Biology.[19]
  • 2011 - Enhanced cortical excitability in grapheme-colour synaesthesia and its modulation; Current Biology.[10]
  • 2010 - Modulating Neuronal Activity Produces Specific and Long Lasting Changes in Numerical Competence; Current Biology.[13]
  • 2009 - Numerical Representation in the Parietal Lobes: Abstract or not Abstract?; Behavioral and Brain Sciences.[6]
  • 2007 - Notation-Dependent and -Independent Representations of Numbers in the Parietal Lobes; Neuron.[3]
  • 2007 - Virtual Dyscalculia Induced by Parietal Lobe TMS Impairs Automatic Magnitude Processing; Current Biology.[4]

Miscellaneous

  • 2014 - The Neuroscience of Mathematical Cognition and Learning. An Expert Paper produced on the request of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Paris.[24]
  • 2014 - The regulation of cognitive enhancement devices (Policy Paper).[9]

Books

  • 2015 - The Oxford Handbook of Numerical Cognition.[25]
  • 2014 - The Stimulated Brain: Cognitive Enhancement Using Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation.[21] This book won the 39th Annual PROSE Award (an honourable mention in the Biomedicine & Neuroscience category).

Media Coverage

Cohen Kadosh’s research attracts substantial interest from the public and the media. The following is a partial list;

Print and Digital Media

Radio

  • The Today Programme, BBC, Great Britain (2012).
  • BBC World Service, BBC, Great Britain (2010).

Podcast

Public performance

Television

References

  1. ^ Sella, Francesco; Sader, Elie; Lolliot, Simon; Cohen Kadosh, Roi. "Basic and advanced numerical performances relate to mathematical expertise but are fully mediated by visuospatial skills". Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition. 42 (9): 1458–1472. doi:10.1037/xlm0000249. PMC 5008436. PMID 26913930.
  2. ^ Cohen Kadosh, Roi; Henik, Avishai; Rubinsten, Orly; Mohr, Harald; Dori, Halit; van de Ven, Vincent; Zorzi, Marco; Hendler, Talma; Goebel, Rainer (2005-01-01). "Are numbers special?: The comparison systems of the human brain investigated by fMRI". Neuropsychologia. 43 (9): 1238–1248. doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2004.12.017.
  3. ^ a b Cohen Kadosh, Roi; Cohen Kadosh, Kathrin; Kaas, Amanda; Henik, Avishai; Goebel, Rainer (2007-01-18). "Notation-dependent and -independent representations of numbers in the parietal lobes". Neuron. 53 (2): 307–314. doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2006.12.025. ISSN 0896-6273. PMID 17224410.
  4. ^ a b Cohen Kadosh, Roi; Cohen Kadosh, Kathrin; Schuhmann, Teresa; Kaas, Amanda; Goebel, Rainer; Henik, Avishai; Sack, Alexander T. (2007-04-17). "Virtual Dyscalculia Induced by Parietal-Lobe TMS Impairs Automatic Magnitude Processing". Current Biology. 17 (8): 689–693. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2007.02.056.
  5. ^ Gebuis, Titia; Cohen Kadosh, Roi; Gevers, Wim (2016-11-01). "Sensory-integration system rather than approximate number system underlies numerosity processing: A critical review". Acta Psychologica. 171: 17–35. doi:10.1016/j.actpsy.2016.09.003.
  6. ^ a b Cohen Kadosh, Roi; Walsh, Vincent (2009-08-01). "Numerical representation in the parietal lobes: Abstract or not abstract?". Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 32 (3–4): 313–328. doi:10.1017/S0140525X09990938. ISSN 1469-1825.
  7. ^ Cohen Kadosh, Roi; Henik, Avishai; Walsh, Vincent (2007-10-09). "Small is bright and big is dark in synaesthesia". Current Biology. 17 (19): R834–R835. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2007.07.048.
  8. ^ Cohen Kadosh, Roi; Tzelgov, Joseph; Henik, Avishai (2008-01-01). "A synesthetic walk on the mental number line: The size effect". Cognition. 106 (1): 548–557. doi:10.1016/j.cognition.2006.12.007.
  9. ^ a b Terhune, Devin B.; Murray, Elizabeth; Near, Jamie; Stagg, Charlotte J.; Cowey, Alan; Cohen Kadosh, Roi (2015-11-01). "Phosphene Perception Relates to Visual Cortex Glutamate Levels and Covaries with Atypical Visuospatial Awareness". Cerebral Cortex. 25 (11): 4341–4350. doi:10.1093/cercor/bhv015. ISSN 1047-3211. PMC 4816785. PMID 25725043.
  10. ^ a b Terhune, Devin Blair; Tai, Sarah; Cowey, Alan; Popescu, Tudor; Cohen Kadosh, Roi (2011-12-06). "Enhanced Cortical Excitability in Grapheme-Color Synesthesia and Its Modulation". Current Biology. 21 (23): 2006–2009. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2011.10.032. PMC 3242051. PMID 22100060.
  11. ^ Cohen Kadosh, Roi; Henik, Avishai; Catena, Andres; Walsh, Vincent; Fuentes, Luis J. (2009-02-01). "Induced Cross-Modal Synaesthetic Experience Without Abnormal Neuronal Connections". Psychological Science. 20 (2): 258–265. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02286.x. ISSN 0956-7976.
  12. ^ Cohen Kadosh, Roi; Henik, Avishai; Walsh, Vincent (2009-05-01). "Synaesthesia: learned or lost?". Developmental Science. 12 (3): 484–491. doi:10.1111/j.1467-7687.2008.00798.x. ISSN 1467-7687.
  13. ^ a b Cohen Kadosh, Roi; Soskic, Sonja; Iuculano, Teresa; Kanai, Ryota; Walsh, Vincent (2010-11-23). "Modulating Neuronal Activity Produces Specific and Long-Lasting Changes in Numerical Competence". Current Biology. 20 (22): 2016–2020. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2010.10.007. PMC 2990865. PMID 21055945.
  14. ^ a b Looi, Chung Yen; Duta, Mihaela; Brem, Anna-Katharine; Huber, Stefan; Nuerk, Hans-Christoph; Cohen Kadosh, Roi (2016-02-23). "Combining brain stimulation and video game to promote long-term transfer of learning and cognitive enhancement". Scientific Reports. 6 (1). doi:10.1038/srep22003. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 4763231. PMID 26902664.
  15. ^ a b Iuculano, Teresa; Cohen Kadosh, Roi (2013-03-06). "The Mental Cost of Cognitive Enhancement". Journal of Neuroscience. 33 (10): 4482–4486. doi:10.1523/jneurosci.4927-12.2013.
  16. ^ a b "Long-Term Enhancement of Brain Function and Cognition Using Cognitive Training and Brain Stimulation". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  17. ^ Sarkar, Amar; Dowker, Ann; Cohen Kadosh, Roi (2014-12-10). "Cognitive Enhancement or Cognitive Cost: Trait-Specific Outcomes of Brain Stimulation in the Case of Mathematics Anxiety". Journal of Neuroscience. 34 (50): 16605–16610. doi:10.1523/jneurosci.3129-14.2014.
  18. ^ Santarnecchi, E.; Muller, T.; Rossi, S.; Sarkar, A.; Polizzotto, N. R.; Rossi, A.; Cohen Kadosh, Roi (2016-02-01). "Individual differences and specificity of prefrontal gamma frequency-tACS on fluid intelligence capabilities". Cortex. 75: 33–43. doi:10.1016/j.cortex.2015.11.003.
  19. ^ a b Cohen Kadosh, Roi; Levy, Neil; O'Shea, Jacinta; Shea, Nicholas; Savulescu, Julian. "The neuroethics of non-invasive brain stimulation". Current Biology. 2012, 22: R108–R111.
  20. ^ Maslen, Hannah; Douglas, Thomas; Cohen Kadosh, Roi; Levy, Neil; Savulescu, Julian (2014-03-01). "The regulation of cognitive enhancement devices: extending the medical model". Journal of Law and the Biosciences. 1 (1): 68–93. doi:10.1093/jlb/lst003. PMC 4168724. PMID 25243073.
  21. ^ a b Cohen Kadosh, Roi (2014-06-01). The Stimulated Brain: Cognitive Enhancement Using Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation. Elsevier. ISBN 9780124047129.
  22. ^ Cohen Kadosh, Kathrin; Krause, Beatrix; King, Andrew J.; Near, Jamie; Cohen Kadosh, Roi (2015-11-01). "Linking GABA and glutamate levels to cognitive skill acquisition during development". Human Brain Mapping. 36 (11): 4334–4345. doi:10.1002/hbm.22921. ISSN 1097-0193. PMC 4832309. PMID 26350618.
  23. ^ Sarkar, Amar; Dowker, Ann; Cohen Kadosh, Roi (2014-12-10). "Cognitive Enhancement or Cognitive Cost: Trait-Specific Outcomes of Brain Stimulation in the Case of Mathematics Anxiety". Journal of Neuroscience. 34 (50): 16605–16610. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3129-14.2014. ISSN 0270-6474. PMC 4261089. PMID 25505313.
  24. ^ "The Neuroscience of Mathematical Cognition and Learning - ProQuest". search.proquest.com. Retrieved 2017-04-11.
  25. ^ Cohen Kadosh, Roi; Dowker, Ann (2015-01-01). The Oxford Handbook of Numerical Cognition. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199642342.
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