Updated: October, 2006
Born: May 25, 1942
1975 - 1976 |
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois |
1972 - 1975 |
Ph.D., Psychology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
1967 - 1970 |
M.A., Psychology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
1963 - 1966 |
B.A., Psychology and Statistics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
2003 - |
President, The Open University of Israel |
1998 (February- September) |
Visiting Professor, Department of Psychology, Brandeis University |
1995 - 1998 |
Pro-Rector, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
1992 - 1995 |
Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
1991 - | Professor of Psychology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
1991 - 1992 | Visiting Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto |
1987 - 1990 | Associate Prof. and Chair of the Psychology Dept., The Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
1986 - 1987 | Visiting Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto |
1982 - 1987 | Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychology, The Hebrew University |
1981 - 1982 | Visiting Scholar, Department of Psychology, Stanford University |
1976 - 1981 | Lecturer, Department of Psychology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
1970 - 1975 | Established and headed the University Testing Unit, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
1990 - 1992 | Israel Foundation Trustees, "Orientation Reactions to Significant and Neutral Stimuli" |
1992 - 1994 | Israel Foundation Trustees, "A feature matching theoretical approach for orientation processes: Introducing separate comparators for assessing stimulus novelty and significance" |
1992 - 1995 | Basic Research Foundation, "A feature matching theoretical approach for orientation processes" |
1995 - 1998 | The Israel Science Foundation, "Information processing underlying orienting responses and habituation processes: The effects of common and distinctive stimulus features on orienting response reinstatement and dishabituation" |
1998 - 2001 | The Israel Science Foundation, "Stimulus novelty and OR elicitation: A critical examination of a feature-matching theory" |
2002 - 2003 | Ministry of Internal Security, "Detection of information, using Event Related Potential" |
2002 - 2004 | Israel Foundation Trustees, "The effectiveness of debiasing in reducing the confirmation bias - a comparison between experts and laypersons" |
2005 - 2009 | The Israel Science Foundation, "Attentional selection in focused and divided attention tasks: A combined behavioral and psychophysiological approach" |
Books |
Ben-Shakhar, G. & Furedy, J. J. Theories and applications in the detection of deception: A psychophysiological and international perspective (New York: Springer-Verlag, 1990). |
Edited Books |
Ben-Shakhar, G. & Lieblich, A. Studies in Psychology: Festschrift in honor of S. Kugelmass. Scripta Hierosolymitana, 36 (Jerusalem: Magnes Press, 1995). |
Articles in Refereed Journals |
1. |
Ben-Shakhar, G., Lieblich, I., & Kugelmass, S. Guilty knowledge technique: Application of signal detection measures, Journal of Applied Psychology, 54 (1970), 409-413. |
2. |
Lieblich, I., Kugelmass, S., & Ben-Shakhar, G. Efficiency of GSR detection of information as a function of stimulus set size, Psychophysiology, 6 (1970), 601-608. |
3. |
Lieblich, I., Kugelmass, S., & Ben-Shakhar, G. Psychophysiological baselines as a function of race and ethnic origin, Psychophysiology, 10 (1973), 426-430. |
4. |
Kugelmass S., Lieblich, I., & Ben-Shakhar, G. Information detection through differential GSRs in Bedouins of the Israeli desert, Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 4 (1973), 481-492. |
5. |
Ben-Shakhar, G., Lieblich., I., & Kugelmass, S. Detection of information and GSR habituation: An attempt to derive detection efficiency from two habituation curves, Psychophysiology, 12 (1975), 283-288. |
6. |
Lieblich, I., Ben-Shakhar, G., & Kugelmass, S. Validity of the Guilty of Knowledge technique in a prisoners' sample, Journal of Applied Psychology, 61 (1976), 89-93. |
7. |
Ben-Shakhar, G. A further study of dichotomization theory in detection of information, Psychophysiology, 14, (1977), 408-413 (also printed in Polygraph, 1978). |
8. |
Lieblich, I., Ben-Shakhar, G., Kugelmass, S., & Cohen, Y. Decision theory approach to the problem of polygraph interrogation, Journal of Applied Psychology, 63 (1978), 489-498. |
9. |
Ben-Shakhar, G. Habituation of the orienting response to complex sequences of stimuli, Psychophysiology, 17 (1980), 524-534. |
10. |
Beller, M. & Ben-Shakhar, G. An evaluation study of the student's selection process at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Megamot, Behavioral Sciences Quarterly, 27 (1981), 22-36 (in Hebrew). |
11. |
Ben-Shakhar, G., Lieblich, I., & Kugelmass, S. Interactive effects of stimulus probability and significance on the skin conductance response, Psychophysiology, 19 (1982), 112-114. |
12. |
Ben-Shakhar, G., Dymshitz, J., & Lieblich, I. Generalization of habituation of skin conductance response to multidimensional sequences of stimuli, Psychophysiology, 19 (1982), 178-182. |
13. |
Ben-Shakhar, G. & Lieblich, I. The dichotomization theory for differential autonomic responsivity reconsidered, Psychophysiology, 19 (1982), 277-281. |
14. |
Ginton, A., Daie, N., Elaad, E., & Ben-Shakhar, G. A method for evaluating the use of the polygraph in a real life situation, Journal of Applied Psychology, 67 (1982), 131-137. |
15. |
Ben-Shakhar, G. & Lieblich, I. Similarity of auditory stimuli and generalization of skin conductance response (SCR) habituation, Physiological Psychology, 10 (1982), 331-335. |
16. |
Ben-Shakhar, G., Lieblich, I., & Bar-Hillel, M. An evaluation of a polygrapher's judgments: A review from a decision theoretic perspective, Journal of Applied Psychology, 67 (1982), 701-713. |
17. |
Tubiana, J. & Ben-Shakhar, G. Validity of personality variables in the prediction of success in military training in Israel, Personnel Psychology, 35 (1982), 349-357. |
17b. |
Tubiana, J. & Ben-Shakhar, G. An objective group questionnaire as a substitute for a personal interview in the prediction of success in military training in Israel, Megamot, Behavioral Sciences Quarterly, 30 (1987), 230-236 (in Hebrew). |
18. |
Ben-Shakhar, G. & Lieblich I. A critical evaluation of the theory and the application of the polygraph ("lie detector"), Megamot, Behavioral Sciences Quarterly, 27 (1982), 280-292 (in Hebrew). |
19. |
Beller, M. & Ben-Shakhar, G. On the fair use of psychological tests, Megamot, 28 (1983), 42-56 (in Hebrew). |
20. |
Ben-Shakhar, G. & Beller, M. An application of a decision-theoretic model to a quota-free selection problem, Journal of Applied Psychology, 68 (1983), 137-146. |
21. |
Nevo, B. & Ben-Shakhar, G. On the reliability of the Israeli matriculation examinations, Megamot, 29 (1985), 42-56 (in Hebrew). |
22. |
Ben-Shakhar, G. Standardization within individuals: A simple method to neutralize individual differences in psychophysiological responsivity, Psychophysiology, 22 (1985), 292-299. |
23. |
Gati, I., Ben-Shakhar, G., & Oren, C. The relationship between similarity judgments and psychophysiological responsivity, Acta Psychologica, 62 (1986), 123-139. |
24. |
Ben-Shakhar, G., Bar-Hillel, M., Bilu, Y., Ben-Abba, E., & Flug, A. Can graphology predict occupational success? Two empirical studies and some methodological ruminations, Journal of Applied Psychology, 71 (1986), 645-653. |
24b. |
Ben-Shakhar, G., Bar-Hillel, M., Bilu, Y., Ben-Abba, E., & Flug, A. The use of graphology for predicting occupational success, Megamot, 30 (1987), 257-275 (in Hebrew). |
25. |
Ben-Shakhar, G., Bar-Hillel, M., & Lieblich, I. Trial by polygraph: Scientific and juridical issues in lie detection, Behavioral Science and the Law, 4 (1986), 459-479. |
25b. |
Ben-Shakhar, G., Bar-Hillel, M., & Lieblich, I. The polygraph in the courtroom, Mishpatim, The Hebrew University Law Journal, 16 (1987), 269-294 (in Hebrew). |
26. |
Ben-Shakhar, G. & Gati, I. Common and distinctive features of verbal and pictorial stimuli as determinants of psychophysiological responsivity, Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 116 (1987), 91-105. |
27. |
Weiss, M., Lotan, I., Kedar, H., & Ben-Shakhar, G. Selecting candidates for a medical school: An evaluation of a selection model based on cognitive and personality predictors, Medical Education, 22 (1988), 492-497. |
28. |
Ben-Shakhar, G., Asher, T., Poznansky-Levy, A., Asherowitz, R., & Lieblich, I. Stimulus novelty and significance as determinants of electrodermal responsivity: The serial position effect, Psychophysiology, 26 (1989), 29-38. |
28b. |
Ben-Shakhar, G., Lieblich, I., Poznansky-Levy, A., Asher, T., & Asherowitz, R. Psychophysiological responsivity to significant stimuli: The need for a new theoretical approach, in K. Binyamini, A. Dolev, M. Amir, E. Cohen & I. M. Schlesinger (Eds.), Theory and application in psychology: A volume in memory of Israel Lieblich (Jerusalem: Magnes, 1990, in Hebrew), 23-39. |
29. |
Neter, E. & Ben-Shakhar, G. The predictive validity of graphological inferences: A meta-analytic approach, Personality and Individual Differences, 10 (1989), 737-745. |
30. |
Elaad, E. & Ben-Shakhar, G. Effects of motivation and verbal response type on psychophysiological detection of information, Psychophysiology, 26 (1989), 442-451. |
31. |
Rosenthal, A. & Ben-Shakhar, G. The validity of high school grades and matriculation scores for predicting academic achievement at the Hebrew University, Megamot, 32 (1990), 461-483 (in Hebrew). |
32. |
Gati, I. & Ben-Shakhar, G. Novelty and significance in orientation and habituation: A feature-matching approach, Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 119 (1990), 251-263. |
33. |
Ben-Shakhar, G. & Sinai, Y. Gender differences in multiple-choice tests: The role of differential guessing, Journal of Educational Measurement, 28 (1991), 23-35. |
34. |
Furedy, J. J. & Ben-Shakhar, G. The roles of deception, intention to deceive, and motivation to avoid detection in the psychophysiological detection of guilty knowledge, Psychophysiology, 28 (1991), 163-171. |
35. |
Elaad, E. & Ben-Shakhar, G. Effects of mental countermeasures on psychophysiological detection in the Guilty Knowledge Test, International Journal of Psychophysiology, 11 (1991), 99-108. |
36. |
Ben-Shakhar, G. Clinical judgment and decision making in CQT polygraphy: A comparison with other pseudoscientific applications in psychology, Integrative Physiological and Behavioral Science, 26 (1991), 232-240. |
37. |
Ben-Shakhar, G. & Gati, I. The effect of common versus distinctive stimulus features on electrodermal orientation to significant stimuli, Psychophysiology, 29 (1992), 306-314. |
38. |
Ben-Shakhar, G. & Beller, M. On the personal interview as a means for personnel selection and classification, Megamot, 35 (1993), 246- 259 (in Hebrew). |
39. |
Ben-Shakhar, G. The roles of stimulus novelty and significance in determining the electrodermal orienting response: Interactive vs. additive approaches, Psychophysiology, 31 (1994), 402-411. |
40. |
Elaad, E., Ginton, A., & Ben-Shakhar, G. The effects of prior expectations and outcome knowledge on polygraph examiners' decisions, Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 7 (1994), 279-292. |
41. |
Furedy, J. J., Gigliotti, F., & Ben-Shakhar, G. Electrodermal differentiation of deception: The effect of choice vs. no choice of deceptive items, International Journal of Psychophysiology, 18 (1994), 13-22. |
42. |
Ben-Shakhar, G., Gati, I., & Salamon, N. Generalization of the orienting response to significant stimuli: The roles of common and distinctive stimulus components, Psychophysiology, 32 (1995), 36-42. |
43. |
Kugelmass, S., Faber, N., Loring, J. I., Frenkel, E., Nathan, M., Mirsky, A. F., & Ben-Shakhar, G. Reanalysis of SCOR and anxiety measures in the Israeli high-risk study, Schizophrenia Bulletin, 21 (1995), 205-217. |
44. |
Shefler, G., Dasberg, H., & Ben-Shakhar, G. A randomized controlled outcome and follow-up study of Mann's time-limited psychotherapy, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 63 (1995), 585-593. |
45. |
Bachar, E., Dasberg, H., & Ben-Shakhar, G. Demandingness and belligerence in hospitalized depressed holocaust concentration camp survivors as perceived by the staff, Israeli Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences, 32 (1995), 262-267. |
46. |
Ben-Shakhar, G., Kiderman, I., & Beller, M. Comparing the utility of two procedures for admitting students to Liberal Arts: An application of decision-theoretic models, Educational and Psychological Measurement, 56 (1996), 90-107. |
47. |
Ben-Shakhar, G. & Dolev, K. Psychophysiological detection through the guilty knowledge technique: The effects of mental countermeasures, Journal of Applied Psychology, 81 (1996), 273-281. |
48. |
Gati, I., Ben-Shakhar, G., & Avni-Liberty, S. Stimulus novelty and significance in electrodermal orienting responses: The effects of adding versus deleting stimulus components, Psychophysiology, 33 (1996), 637-643. |
49. |
Ben-Shakhar, G., Frost, R., Gati, I., & Kresh, Y. Is an apple a fruit? Semantic relatedness as reflected by psychophysiological responsivity, Psychophysiology, 33 (1996), 671-679. |
50. |
Elaad, E. & Ben-Shakhar, G. Effects of item repetitions and variations on the efficiency of the Guilty Knowledge Test, Psychophysiology, 34 (1997), 587-596. |
51. |
Elaad, E., Ginton, A., & Ben-Shakhar, G. The role of prior expectations in polygraph examiners' decisions, Psychology, Crime and Law, 4 (1998), 1-16. |
52. |
Allalouf, A. & Ben-Shakhar, G. The effect of coaching on the predictive validity of scholastic aptitude tests, Journal of Educational Measurement, 35 (1998), 31-47. |
53. |
Ben-Shakhar, G., Bar-Hillel, M., Bilu, Y., & Shefler, G. Seek and ye shall find: A confirmation bias in clinical judgment, Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 11 (1998), 235-249. |
54. |
Ben-Shakhar, G., Gronau, N., & Elaad, E. Leakage of relevant information to innocent examinees in the GKT: An attempt to reduce false-positive outcomes by introducing target stimuli, Journal of Applied Psychology, 84 (1999), 651- 660. |
55. |
Saxe, L. & Ben-Shakhar, G. Admissability of polygraph tests: The application of scientific standards post-Daubert, Psychology, Public Policy and Law, 5 (1999), 203-223. |
56. |
Peri, T., Ben-Shakhar, G., Orr, S. P., & Shalev, A. Y. Psychophysiologic assessment of aversive conditioning in post-traumatic stress disorder, Biological Psychiatry, 47 (2000), 512-519. |
57. |
Ben-Shakhar, G., Gati, I., Ben-Bassat, N., & Sniper, G. Orienting response reinstatement and dishabituation: The effects of substituting, adding and deleting components of nonsignificant stimuli, Psychophysiology, 37 (2000), 102-110. |
58. |
Ben-Shakhar, G. & Sheffer, L. The relationship between the ability to divide attention and standard measures of general cognitive abilities, Intelligence, 29 (2001), 293-306. |
59. |
Brandes, B., Ben-Shakhar, G., Gilboa, A., Bonne, O., Freedman, S., & Shalev, A. Y. PTSD symptoms and cognitive performance in recent trauma survivors, Psychiatry Research, 110 (2002), 231-238. |
60. |
Ben-Shakhar, G., Bar-Hillel, M., & Kremnitzer, M. Trial by polygraph: Reconsidering the use of the guilty knowledge technique in court, Law and Human Behavior, 26 (2002), 527-541. |
61. |
Ben-Shakhar, G. & Elaad, E. Effects of questions' repetition and variation on the efficiency of the guilty knowledge test: A reexamination, Journal of Applied Psychology, 87 (2002), 972-977. |
62. |
Ben-Shakhar, G. & Gati, I. The effects of serial position and frequency of presentation of common stimulus features on orienting response reinstatement, Psychophysiology, 40 (2003), 139-145. |
63. |
Ben-Shakhar, G. & Elaad, E. The validity of psychophysiological detection of information with the Guilty Knowledge Test: A meta-analytic review, Journal of Applied Psychology, 88 (2003), 131-151. |
64. |
Gronau, N., Cohen, A., & Ben-Shakhar, G. Dissociations of personally significant and task-relevant distractors inside and outside the focus of attention: A combined behavioral and psychophysiological study, Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 132 (2003), 512-529. |
65. |
Carmel, D., Dayan, E., Naveh, A., Raveh, O., & Ben-Shakhar, G. Estimating the validity of the Guilty Knowledge Test from simulated experiments: The external validity of mock crime studies, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 9 (2003), 261-269. |
66. |
Haimovich, T. & Ben-Shakhar, G. The matriculation certificate grades (Bagrut) and the score on the Psychometric Entrance Test (PET) as predictors of graduation and attrition, Megamot, 43 (2004), 446-470 (in Hebrew). |
67. |
Gronau, N., Ben-Shakhar, G., & Cohen, A. Behavioral and physiological measures in the detection of concealed information, Journal of Applied Psychology, 90 (2005), 147-158. |
68. |
Elaad, E. & Ben-Shakhar, G. Finger pulse waveform length in the detection of concealed information, International Journal of Psychophysiology, 61 (2006), 226-234. |
69. |
Bargai, N., Ben-Shakhar, G., & Shalev, A. Posttraumatic stress disorder and depression in battered women: The mediating role of learned helplessness, Journal of Family Violence (in press). |
70. |
Gronau N., Sequerra, E., Cohen, A, & Ben-Shakhar, G. The effect of novel distractors on focused-attention tasks: A cognitive-psychophysiological approach, Psychonomic Bulletin & Review (in press). |
Short Comments in Refereed Journals |
1. |
Ben-Shakhar, G. & Lieblich, I. On statistical detection of deception: A comment on Szucko and Kleinmuntz: "Statistical versus clinical lie detection," American Psychologist, 39 (1984), 79-80. |
2. |
Ben-Shakhar, G. Correcting psychophysiological measures for individual differences in responsivity should be based on typical response parameters: A reply to Stemmler, Psychophysiology, 24 (1987), 247-249. |
3. |
Ben-Shakhar, G. & Gati, I. Experimental methodology and conceptual clarity in the study of orienting response elicitation and habituation: A reply to Furedy, Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 120 (1991), 110-111. |
4. |
Ben-Shakhar, G. & Bar-Hillel, M. Misconceptions in Martin and Terris's "Predicting Infrequent Behavior: Clarifying the Impact of False-Positive Rate," Journal of Applied Psychology, 78 (1993), 148-150. |
5. |
Furedy, J. J. & Ben-Shakhar, G. Invited reply to Honts, Psychophysiology, 30 (1993), 319-321. |
6. |
Ben-Shakhar, G. On the scientific illegitimacy of graphology as an aid in personnel decisions: A reply to Y. Vardi & E. Ben-Tovim, Psychologia, Israel Journal of Psychology, 3 (1993), 211-212 (in Hebrew). |
Chapters in Edited Books |
1. |
Ben-Shakhar, G. & Beller, M. Evaluation of the uses of the matriculation examinations for selecting students to the universities, in B. Nevo (Ed.), High school matriculation examinations (Tel-Aviv: Am Oved, 1980, in Hebrew). |
2. |
Ben-Shakhar, G., & Nevo, B. Some thoughts regarding the possibility of evaluating a national matriculation examination system, in A. Lewy & S. Kugelmass (Eds.), Decision-oriented evaluation in education (Rehovot: International Science Services, 1981). |
3. |
Ben-Shakhar, G., Bar-Hillel, & M., Flug, A. A validation study of graphological evaluations in personnel selection, in B. Nevo (Ed.), Aspects of graphology (Illinois: Charles C. Thomas, 1986), 175-191. |
4. |
Bar-Hillel, M. & Ben-Shakhar, G. The a priori case against graphology: Methodological and conceptual issues, in B. Nevo (Ed.), Aspects of graphology (Illinois: Charles C. Thomas, 1986), 263-279. |
5. |
Ben-Shakhar, G. Non conventional methods in personnel selection, in P. Herriot (Ed.), Handbook of assessment in organizations: Methods and practice for recruitment and appraisal (Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 1989), 469-485. |
6. |
Ben-Shakhar, G. Future prospects of psychophysiological detection: Replacing the CQT by the GKT, in J. R. Jennings, P. K. Ackles & M. G. H. Coles (Eds.), Advances in Psychophysiology, Vol. 4 (Jessica Kingsley Publishers Ltd., 1991), 283-289. |
7. |
Ben-Shakhar, G. Basic and applied psychophysiological research at the Hebrew University: A review with a historical perspective, in G. Ben-Shakhar & A. Lieblich (Eds.), Studies in Psychology: Festschrift in honor of S. Kugelmass. Scripta Hierosolymitana, 36 (Jerusalem: Magnes Press, 1995), 25-62. |
8. |
Ben-Shakhar, G. On the relationship between graphology and the psychological sciences: A critical review from a psychometric perspective, in G. Ceccarelli (Ed.), Psicologia e Grafologia: Quale rapporto? (Milano: FrancoAngeli, 1998, in Italian), 174-188. |
9. |
Ben-Shakhar, G. Additional comments on the scientific status of graphology: A reply to Pacifico Cristofanelli, in G. Ceccarelli (Ed.), Psicologia e Grafologia: Quale rapporto? (Milano: FrancoAngeli, 1998, in Italian), 201-203. |
10. |
Ben-Shakhar, G. A critical review of the Control Questions Test (CQT), in M. Kleiner (Ed.), Handbook of polygraph testing (Academic Press, 2002), 103-126. |
11. |
Ben-Shakhar, G. & Elaad, E. The Guilty Knowledge Test (GKT) as an application of psychophysiology: Future prospects and obstacles, in M. Kleiner (Ed.), Handbook of polygraph testing (Academic Press, 2002), 87-102. |
Abstracts and Lectures in Scientific Conferences |
1. |
Ben-Shakhar, G. "Matriculation tests as means for selecting students to the Hebrew University." A lecture presented to the Educational Committee of the Knesset, 1977 (in Hebrew). Printed in Matriculation examinations (Jerusalem: The Educational Committee of the Knesset & the Ministry of Education, 1978). |
2. |
Ben-Shakhar, G. "A comparison between the guilty knowledge and the control questions techniques for detecting relevant information." A lecture presented at a symposium on "The scientific interrogation in criminal investigation", Bar-Ilan University, 1978 (in Hebrew). |
3. |
Ben-Shakhar, G. "The role of OR habituation in autonomic information detection." Paper presented at the Eighteenth Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research, Madison, WI, September 1978, Psychophysiology, 16, 190. |
4. |
Ben-Shakhar, G. "The evaluation of the polygraph." A symposium chaired by G. Ben-Shakhar at the Annual Meeting of the Israeli Psychological Association, Tel-Aviv, 1980. |
5. |
Ben-Shakhar, G. & Lieblich, I. "A psychophysiological method for detecting cognitive categories." Paper presented at the 21st Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research. Washington, DC, 1981, Psychophysiology, 19, 306. |
6. |
Ben-Shakhar, G. & Gati, I. "Psychophysiological detection of information and stimulus similarity." Paper presented at the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research, Pacific Grove, CA, 1983, Psychophysiology, 20, 432. |
7. |
Ben-Shakhar, G., Lieblich, I., Poznansky, A., Osherowitz, R., & Nulman, B. "Dichotomization theory of OR habituation: Does it apply to neutral categories?," Psychophysiology, 22, 584. |
8. |
Ben-Shakhar, G., Saporta, K., & Kiderman, I. "How to choose between alternative testing procedures with varying degrees of predictive validities and costs? A decision theoretic analysis and empirical demonstrations." A symposium presented at the 21st International Congress of Applied Psychology, Jerusalem, 1986. |
9. |
Ben-Shakhar, G. & Gati, I. "Common and distinctive features of verbal and pictorial stimuli as determinants of psychophysiological differentiation." Paper presented at the 26th Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research, Montreal, Canada, 1986, Psychophysiology, 23, 424. |
10. |
Ben-Shakhar, G. & Gati, I. "Novelty and significance in orientation and habituation: A feature matching approach." Paper presented in the 5th International Congress of Psychophysiology, Budapest, Hungary, 1990, International Journal of Psychophysiology, 11, 12. |
11. |
Ben-Shakhar, G. "Clinical judgment and decision making in CQT Polygraphy: A comparison with other pseudoscientific applications in Psychology." Paper presented at a symposium on "Experimental psychophysiology and pseudoscientific polygraphy: Conceptual concerns, practical problems, and cultural considerations," at the 5th International Congress of Psychophysiology, Budapest, Hungary, 1990, International Journal of Psychophysiology, 11, 12. |
12. |
Ben-Shakhar, G. & Gati, I. "A comparison of common and distinctive stimulus components in determining orienting reactions." Paper presented at the 30th Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research, Boston, MA, 1990, Psychophysiology, 27, S16. |
13. |
Ben-Shakhar, G. "The GKT as a paradigm for the study of orienting reactions to significant stimuli." Paper presented at a symposium on "Experimental psychophysiological approaches to the detection and differentiation of deception" at the 31 Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research, Chicago, IL, 1991, Psychophysiology, 28, S4. |
14. |
Ben-Shakhar, G., Gati, I., & Salamon, N. "The effects of common and distinctive stimulus features on orienting response generalization." Paper presented at a symposium on "Psychophysiological detection of deception: Theories, experiments, and applications" at the Annual Meeting of the Pavlovian Society of North America, Los Angeles, CA, 1992, Integrative Physiological and Behavioral Science, 28, 295. |
15. |
Ben-Shakhar, G., Frost, R., & Gati, I. "Semantic similarity as reflected by psychophysiological responsivity." Paper presented at the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research, San Diego, CA, October 1992, Psychophysiology, 29, S5. |
16. |
Ben-Shakhar, G. "The roles of stimulus novelty and significance in determining the electrodermal orienting response: Interactive vs. additive approaches." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Pavlovian Society of North America, Morristown, NJ, 1993, Integrative Physiological and Behavioral Science, 29. |
17. |
Ben-Shakhar, G. "Comparing the utility of two selection procedures in a quota-free situation: An application of decision-theoretic models." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Israeli Psychological Association, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, October 1993 (in Hebrew). |
18. |
Peri, T., Ben-Shakhar, G., & Shalev, A. Y. "Heightened conditionability in PTSD." Paper presented at the 147th Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, Philadelphia, PA, 22-26 May 1994. |
19. |
Ben-Shakhar, G. "Confirmation bias in judgments of CQT-Polygraph examiners: Hypothetical description and preliminary results of the examiner decision-making process." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Pavlovian Society, Prague, The Czech Republic, July, 1994, Integrative Physiological and Behavioral Science, 30, 102-103. |
20. |
Ben-Shakhar, G. & Beller, M. "Comparing the utility of two procedures for admitting students to Liberal Arts: An application of decision-theoretic models." Paper presented at a symposium on the application of decision theory to practical testing problems, the Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME), San Francisco, CA, April 1995. |
21. |
Ben-Shakhar, G., Gati, I., & Avni-Liberty, S. "The effects of adding versus deleting stimulus components." Paper presented at the 35th Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research, Toronto, Canada, October 1995, Psychophysiology, 32, S18. |
22. |
Ben-Shakhar, G., Gati, I., & Benbassat, N. "Effects of substituting components of nonsignificant stimuli on reinstatement and dishabituation of the electrodermal orienting response." Paper presented at the 36th Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research, Vancouver, Canada, October 1996, Psychophysiology, 33, S22. |
23. |
Bar-Hillel, M., Ben-Shakhar, G., Bilu, Y., & Shefler, G. "Seek and ye shall find: Confirmation bias in clinical judgment." Paper presented at the 37th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Chicago, IL, November 1996, Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society, 1, 41. |
24. |
Ben-Shakhar, G. & Gati, I. "Orienting response reinstatement and dishabituation: The effects of substituting, adding and deleting components of nonsignificant stimuli." Paper presented at the 37th Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research, Cape Cod, MA, October 1997, Psychophysiology, 34, S20. |
25. |
Ben-Shakhar, G., Gronau, N., & Elaad, E. "Effects of exposure of relevant information to innocent subjects on the efficiency of the GKT: An attempt to reduce false-positive outcomes by introducing target stimuli." Paper presented at the 37th Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research, Cape Cod, MA, October 1997, Psychophysiology, 34, S20. |
26. |
Ben-Shakhar, G. "A critical review of psychophysiological detection methods: Possible applications and limitations." Paper presented at the 26th Congress of the Israeli Psychological Association, Tel Aviv, Israel, October 1997 (in Hebrew). |
27. |
Ben-Shakhar, G. "Future prospects for higher education in Israel in an era of proliferation: Critical dilemmas." Paper presented at a symposium on Higher Education in Israel and Canada, The Jerusalem Conference on Canadian Studies, Jerusalem, Israel, June 1998. |
28. |
Ben-Shakhar, G. "The Concealed Information Test (CIT) as an application of psychophysiology: Future prospects and obstacles." Paper presented at a symposium, "Towards a scientifically based forensic psychophysiology," at the 24th International Congress of Applied Psychology, San Francisco, CA, August 1998. |
29. |
Ben-Shakhar, G. "The Concealed Information Test (CIT) as an application of psychophysiology: Future prospects and obstacles." Paper presented at a symposium, "The North American Polygraph: Ethical and methodological implications for scientific and applied Psychophysiologists", The 9th World Congress of Psychophysiology, Taormina, Sicily, September 1998, International Journal of Psychophysiology, 30, 26-27. |
30. |
Ben-Shakhar, G. & Elaad, E. "Effects of questions' repetition on the efficiency of the Guilty Knowledge Test: A reexamination." Paper presented at the 39th Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research, Granada, Spain, October 1999, Psychophysiology, 36, S32. |
31. |
Ben-Shakhar, G. & Gati, I. "The effects of serial position and frequency of presentation of common stimulus features on orienting response reinstatement." Paper presented at the 39th Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research, Granada, Spain, October 1999, Psychophysiology, 36, S33. |
32. |
Ben-Shakhar, G. "Orienting responses and habituation processes in humans." Paper presented at a symposium organized and chaired by G. Ben-Shakhar at the 10th World Congress of Psychophysiology, Sydney, Australia, February 2000, International Journal of Psychophysiology, 35, 9. |
33. |
Ben-Shakhar, G. "A feature matching theory for orientation and habituation processes: Critical review and future directions." Paper presented at a symposium on "Orienting Responses and Habituation Processes in Humans," The 10th World Congress of Psychophysiology, Sydney, Australia, February 2000, International Journal of Psychophysiology, 35, 10-11. |
34. |
Ben-Simon, A. & Ben-Shakhar, G. "Cognitive aspects of partial knowledge as expressed in multiple-choice tests." Paper presented at a symposium on "Judgment and decision-making perspective on performance on multiple-choice tests," The Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, New Orleans, LA, April 2000. |
35. |
Ben-Shakhar, G. & Amihai Ben-Yaacov, V. "Effect of attentional instructions and leakage of relevant information on psychophysiological detection with the Guilty Knowledge Test." Paper presented at the 41st Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research, Montreal, Canada, October 2001, Psychophysiology, 36, S24. |
36. |
Ben-Shakhar, G. & Elaad, E. "Validity of psychophysiological detection of deception with the Guilty Knowledge Test: A meta-analytic study." Paper presented at the 41st Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research, Montreal, Canada, October 2001, Psychophysiology, 36, S24. |
37. |
Ben-Shakhar, G. & Elaad, E. "Validity of psychophysiological detection of deception with the Guilty Knowledge Test: A meta-analytic study." Paper presented at the 11th World Congress of Psychophysiology, Montreal, Canada, August 2002. |
38. |
Cohen, A., Gronau, N., & Ben-Shakhar, G. "The role of personal importance in attention capture: A combined behavioral and psychophysiological study." Paper presented at the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Orlando, FL, November 2002. |
39. |
Gronau, N., Cohen, A., & Ben-Shakhar, G. "Significance and Task-relevance: implications for the spotlight of attention." Paper presented at the 13th conference of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology (ESCOP), Granada, Spain, September 2003. |
40. |
Ben-Shakhar, G., Gronau, N., & Cohen, A. "Behavioral and physiological measures in the detection of guilty knowledge." Paper presented at the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research, Chicago, IL, October 2003, Psychophysiology, 40, S10. |
41. |
Elaad, E. & Ben-Shakhar, G. "Finger pulse waveform length in the detection of concealed information." Paper presented at the 44th Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research, Santa Fe, NM, October 2004, Psychophysiology, 41, S88. |
42. |
Elaad, E. & Ben-Shakhar, G. "Unobtrusive respiration measures for the detection of concealed information." Paper presented at the 45th Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research, Lisbon, Portugal, September 2005, Psychophysiology, 42. |
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