Dr. Gal Raz

Dr. Raz is a Senior Lecturer and has an interdisciplinary background, including f ilm and television studies, biology, culture research, and medical research. He received his B.A. in Film and Television Studies at Tel Aviv University and a B.Sc. in Biology at Tel Aviv University )magna cum laude(. He completed his M.A. at the Unit of Culture Research at Tel Aviv University )summa cum laude( on Relative Feminine Dominance in Epigenetic Inheritance Research and his Ph.D. at the Graduate School of Medicine at Tel Aviv University on Neural Markers of Cinematic Emotion Experience - The Role of interregional Coupling Dynamics. Raz performed his post-doc in the Psychology and Neuroscience Faculty at Maastricht University.

In his research, Dr. Raz seeks to actively construct bridges between art and science, theory and empirics, design and academic inquiry, and basic and applied research. He employs various neuroimaging and psychophysiological methods including functional magnetic resonance imaging, encephalography, eye tracking, and physiological measurements. His current research projects include a neuroscientific account of the cinematic device of point-of-view editing and its application in communicating with children on the autism spectrum, the development of a gamified intervention in Tourette’s Syndrome in children, augmented reality for diagnosing freezing-of-gait in Parkinson’s Disease, and a gamified virtual reality rehabilitation tool for children with cerebral palsy.