Professor Almor's main research areas are psycholinguistics, neuroimaging of language and language impairments. Some specific areas in which he has conducted research are the processing of anaphoric expressions in discourse, sentence production and comprehension, lexical representations and processing, and the connection between language and memory performance in aging and in patients with Alzheimer's Disease.
Biographical Profile
College
College of Arts and Sciences
Department
Psychology
Tenure Status
Tenured
International Activity
International Activities
Yes
Type of Activity
Research
Countries
Israel, Brazil
Institutional Focus Areas
Biomedical Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Health Sciences
Biomedical Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Health Sciences
Personal Focus Areas
Psychology of language, language memory and attention, neuroscience of language and memory
Professional Preparation(Education & Training)
Dates
Institution
Location
Degree
Field of Study
1990 - 1995
Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island
PhD
Cognitive Science
1993
Connectionist Models Summer School
1982 - 1987
Tel-Aviv University
Tel-Aviv, Israel
B.Sc (magna cum laude)
Mathematics and Computer Science
1980 - 1982
Israeli Defense Forces Computer College
Practical Engineer
Memberships & Professional Activities
Dates
Type
Description
Institution/Entity
Membership
Psychonomic Society
Membership
Academy of Aphasia
Positions & Appointments
Dates
Description
Institution/Entity
1980 - 1989
Computer Consultant and Systems Analyst, Israeli Navy, IBM Israel, and several other companies
1990 - 1995
Teaching Assistant and Research Assistant, Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences Department, Brown University
1995 - 1996
Research Associate, Program in Neural, Informational, and Behavioral Sciences, University of Southern California
1996 - 2002
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology and the Program in Neural, Informational, and Behavioral Sciences, University of Southern California
2002 - 2003
Research Associate Professor, Department of Psychology and the Program in Neural, Informational, and Behavioral Sciences, University of Southern California
2003
Associate Professor, Psychology Department, University of South Carolina
Recognition Awards, Honors, & Fellowships
Dates
Type
Description
Foundation/Entity
2020
Award
Michael J. Mungo Distinguished Professor of the Year Award
University of South Carolina
Award
Nominated for Golden Key Faculty Award for the Integration of Teaching and Research
Award
Nominated for Golden Key Faculty Award for the Integration of Teaching and Research
Award
Nominated for university of South Carolina Undergraduate Research Mentor Award
Award
Nominated for university of South Carolina Undergraduate Research Mentor Award
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