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Head of department: Prof. Omri Abend
omri.abend@mail.huji.ac.il

B.A. and Minor Studies Advisor: Dr. Nitzan Guy 
cogBAadviser@mail.huji.ac.il

M.A. Advisor: Prof. Anat Maril
anat.maril@mail.huji.ac.il

PhD Advisor: Dr. Oren Forkosh
oren.forkosh@mail.huji.ac.il

Teaching and Student Administrator: Mrs. Tatyana Aleksandrov
tatyanea@savion.huji.ac.il

Students Coordinator: Mr. Shaked Sukiennik
shaked.sukiennik@mail.huji.ac.il

Department Secretary: Mrs. Daniela Michaeli
Sun.-Thurs. 10:00-13:00, Tel: +972-2-5882760
daniellami@savion.huji.ac.il

Secretary for Administration Affairs:
Mrs. Yulia Perelman
Tel: +972-2-5883758
yuliapc@savion.huji.ac.il

Dr. Yael Bitterman

Yael Bitterman
Dr.
Yael
Bitterman
Research fields: computational neuroscience, distributed dynamics and coding in neural networks, the neural code of adaptive (and maladaptive) behavior.
yael.bitterman@mail.huji.ac.il

Selected Publications
1. J. Courtin*, Y. Bitterman*, S. Müller, J. Hinz, K.M. Hagihara, C. Müller, A. Lüthi, A neuronal mechanism for
motivational control of behavior, Science (375), 2022.
2. M. S. Fustiñana, T. Eichlisberger, T. Bouwmeester, Y. Bitterman*, A. Lüthi*, State-dependent encoding of
exploratory behaviour in the amygdala, Nature (592) 267-271, 2021.
3. S. Krabbe, E. Paradiso, S. d’Aquin, Y. Bitterman, J. Courtin, C. Xu, K. Yonehara, M. Markovic, C., Müller, T.
Eichlisberger, J. Gründemann, F. Ferraguti, A. Lüthi, Adaptive disinhibitory gating by VIP interneurons
permits associative learning, Nat Neurosci (22) 1834–1843, 2019.
4. J. Grundemann*, Y. Bitterman*, T. Lu, S. Krabbe, B.F. Grewe, M.J. Schnitzer, A. Lüthi, Amygdala
ensembles encode behavioral states, Science (364), 2019.
Featured in: A. C. Huk and E. Hart, Parsing signal and noise in the brain, Science (364) 236-237, 2019.
5. Y. Bitterman, R. Mukamel, R. Malach, I. Fried & I. Nelken, Ultra-fine frequency tuning revealed in single
neurons of human auditory cortex, Nature (451) 197-201, 2008.
Reviewed in: J.W.H Schnupp and A.J. King, Auditory Neuroscience: Neuronal Sensitivity in Humans,
Current Biology (18) R382-R385, 2008.

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