- Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research
- Music Therapy and Health
- Neuroscience and Music Perception
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Infant Health and Development
- Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
- Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Media, Religion, Digital Communication
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
2019-2024
Music can reduce stress and anxiety, enhance positive mood, facilitate social bonding. However, little is known about the role of music related personal or cultural (individualistic vs. collectivistic) variables in maintaining wellbeing during times isolation as imposed by COVID-19 crisis. In an online questionnaire, administered 11 countries (Argentina, Brazil, China, Colombia, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, UK, USA, N = 5,619), participants rated relevance goals pandemic,...
Peer punishment is regarded as an important element in sustaining human cooperation for public good provision. Many behavioral experiments have shown that provision higher if norms can be enforced by peer punishment. However, these predominantly focus on single-group goods, which people to choose between their private interests and the of group. In many societal problems, are involved multilevel goods where multiple local groups nested within a larger global We study experimentally how...
Music can reduce stress and anxiety, enhance positive mood, facilitate social bonding. However, little is known about the role of music related personal or cultural (individualistic versus collectivistic) variables in maintaining wellbeing during times isolation as imposed by COVID-19 crisis. In an online questionnaire, administered 11 countries (Argentina, Brazil, China, Colombia, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, UK USA, N = 5619), participants rated relevance goals pandemic,...
The neuropeptide hormone oxytocin and the steroid testosterone have received attention as modulators of behavior in context intergroup conflict. However, to date, their interactive effect has yet be tested. Here, a double-blind placebo-control design, 204 participants (102 female participants) self-administrated or placebo completed an experimental economic game modeling Salivary (n = 192) was measured throughout task assess endogenous reactivity. As caveat, even at this sample size, our...