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Moshe Bar
Moshe Bar is an Israeli cognitive neuroscientist and professor at Bar-Ilan University who studies memory, mind-wandering, mood and creativity.
born 1964Research on mind-wanderingHeading the Gonda Brain Research CenterThe book MindwanderingCo-founding Hedonia
- Occupation
- neuroscientist, researcher
- Education
- Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Weizmann Institute of Science, University of Southern California
Moshe Bar was born in 1964
Moshe Bar was born in 1964. He earned a bachelor's degree in engineering at Ben-Gurion University in 1988.
While serving in the Israeli Air Force, he completed a master's degree in computer science and applied mathematics at the Weizmann Institute of Science in 1994, under Shimon Ullman. He then earned a Ph.D. at the University of Southern California in 1998 and did postdoctoral research in psychology at Harvard University.
At Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital he directed the Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory and became a professor of psychiatry. In 2011 he returned to Israel to head the Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center at Bar-Ilan University, a post he left in 2019.
His research covers memory, foresight, mental load, mood and creativity, and he has worked on conscious cities, which link urban design to mental health. In 2021 he co-founded the startup Hedonia, which designs therapeutic mobile games against depression. In 2022 he published the popular science book Mindwandering.
Milestones in Moshe Bar's life
- 1988
Earned a bachelor's degree at Ben-Gurion University.
- 1994
Completed a master's degree at the Weizmann Institute of Science.
- 1998
Earned a Ph.D. at the University of Southern California.
- 2009
Became a professor of psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital.
- 2011
Became head of the Gonda Brain Research Center at Bar-Ilan University.
- 2019
Ended his term as head of the Gonda center.
- 2021
Co-founded the mental health startup Hedonia.
- 2022
Published the book Mindwandering.
Moshe Bar served in the military
He served 6 years in the Israeli Air Force, during which he completed his master's degree.
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