Galit Yovel

Galit Yovel (hebräisch גלית יובל; * 1971) ist eine israelische Psychologin.

Sie ist Professorin an der Tel Aviv University.

Yovel wurde 2001 an der University of Chicago zum PhD bei Jerre Levy und Ken Paller promoviert. Einen Postdoc-Aufenthalt hatte sie bei Nancy Kanwisher am Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Eines ihrer Forschungsgebiete ist die Gesichtserkennung.

Schriften (Auswahl)

• G. Yovel, K. Paller, J. Levy: Putting the brain back together: Mechanisms of interhemispheric integration in face perception. In: Journal of Vision. Band 2, Nr. 7, 2002, S. 595–595.
• G. Yovel, N. Kanwisher: Face perception: domain specific, not process specific. In: Neuron. Band 44, Nr. 5, 2004, S. 889–898.
• G. Yovel, N. Kanwisher: The neural basis of the behavioral face-inversion effect. In: Current Biology. Band 15, Nr. 24, 2005, S. 2256–2262.
• N. Kanwisher, G. Yovel: The fusiform face area: a cortical region specialized for the perception of faces. In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. Band 361, Nr. 1476, 2006, S. 2109–2128.
• D. Pitcher, V. Walsh, G. Yovel, B. Duchaine: TMS evidence for the involvement of the right occipital face area in early face processing. In: Current Biology. Band 17, Nr. 18, 2007, S. 1568–1573.
• M. De Vos, J. D. Thorne, G. Yovel, S. Debener: Let's face it, from trial to trial: comparing procedures for N170 single-trial estimation. In: Neuroimage. Band 63, Nr. 3, 2012, S. 1196–1202.
• B. Duchaine, G. Yovel: A revised neural framework for face processing. In: Annual review of vision science. Band 1, Nr. 1, 2015, S. 393–416.
• M. Bernstein, G. Yovel: Two neural pathways of face processing: A critical evaluation of current models. In: Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. Band 55, 2015, S. 536–546.
• W. Freiwald, B. Duchaine, G. Yovel: Face processing systems: from neurons to real-world social perception. In: Annual review of neuroscience. Band 39, Nr. 1, 2016, S. 325–346.
• G. Yovel, A. J. O’Toole: Recognizing people in motion. In: Trends in cognitive sciences. Band 20, Nr. 5, 2016, S. 383–395.
• J. Arizpe, V. Walsh, G. Yovel, C. I. Baker: The categories, frequencies, and stability of idiosyncratic eye-movement patterns to faces. In: Vision. Res. Band 141, 2017, S. 191–203.
• N. Simhi, G. Yovel: Independent contributions of the face, body, and gait to the representation of the whole person. In: Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics. Band 83, Nr. 1, 2021, S. 199–214.
• Yovel, G. (2026): How AI can advance psychological science. British Journal of Psychology, 117, 781–784. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjop.70047.

Weblinks

• english.tau.ac.il
• Galit Yovel's Person Recognition Lab