Ifat Levy PhD
Assistant Professor of Comparative Medicine and of Neurobiology
Departments & Organizations
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): Neuroscience
Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program
Comparative Medicine: Integrative Cell Signaling & Neurobiology of Metabolism (ICSNM)
Neurobiology
Research Interests
Decision-making; Value; Reward; Risk; Ambiguity; Functional MRI more...
Education
- B.S., Tel Aviv University, 1994
- L.L.B., Tel Aviv University, 1997
- Ph.D., Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2004
Selected Publications
- Tymula A, Rosenberg Belmaker LA, Roy AK, Ruderman L, Manson K, Glimcher PW, Levy I (2012) Adolescents' risk-taking behavior is driven by tolerance to ambiguity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science
- Levy I, Lazzaro SC, Rutledge RB, and Glimcher PW (2011) Choice from non-choice: Predicting consumer preferences from blood oxygenation level-dependent signals obtained during passive viewing. Journal of Neuroscience 31(1):118-125
- Levy I, Snell J, Nelson AJ, Rustichini A, and Glimcher PW (2010) Neural representation of subjective value under risk and ambiguity. Journal of Neurophysiology 103(2):1036-47
