Simone Shamay‐Tsoory

This study examines how the COVID-19 pandemic altered perceptions of social touch by comparing behavioral and neural responses to social and nonsocial touch in pre- and post-pandemic groups.

The paper shows that high loneliness individuals have reduced movement synchronization ability and increased activation in the observation-execution system during synchronization.

This study investigates how perceived social isolation impairs trust and social interactions by analyzing neural and behavioral responses in lonely individuals.

The paper investigates cognitive and neural mechanisms of decision-making leading to civilian harm during intergroup conflict using simulated punishment tasks with participants from different ethnic groups.