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Shir Atzil

Scientist, Associate Professor of Psychology
Academia
Israel

About Shir Atzil

Shir Atzil is an Associate Professor and Director of the Bonding Neuroscience Laboratory at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Her research focuses on the neural and behavioural mechanisms that form and sustain close human bonds. With expertise in neuroscience, biology and psychology, and extensive experience working with parents, infants, and romantic partners, Professor Atzil has developed a novel theoretical framework to understand the neural and behavioural processes that underpin intimate human bonds and their developmental consequences.

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“We are designed to exist together”

What is the “social brain” and why is it central to understanding both child development and parental wellbeing?

Birth of a Parent Podcast

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Article

Growing a social brain

By Shir Atzil, Wei Gao, Isaac Fradkin & Lisa Feldman Barrett 

Article

Social and nonsocial synchrony are interrelated and romantically attractive

By M. Cohen, M. Abargil, M. Ahissar & S. Atzil

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