Roi Cohen Kadosh Explained

Roi Cohen Kadosh
Birth Place:Israel
Nationality:Israeli, British
Workplaces:University of Surrey
Doctoral Advisor:Avishai Henik
Website:Prof Roi Cohen Kadosh - University of Surrey
Field:Cognitive Neuroscience, Numerical Cognition, Cognitive enhancement

Roi Cohen Kadosh (Hebrew: רועי כהן קדוש, born 1976) is an Israeli-British cognitive neuroscientist notable for his work on numerical and mathematical cognition and learning and cognitive enhancement. He is a professor of Cognitive Neuroscience and the head of the School of Psychology at the University of Surrey.

Biography

Cohen Kadosh was born in Israel in 1976. He became interested in psychology at age 14, following his mother's illness and early death. After his mandatory service in the Israel Defence Forces, he started his studies at Achva College, and received his undergraduate degree in Behavioral Science from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in 2002.

Based on his achievements in his undergraduate studies, he received the prestigious Kreitman Foundation Doctoral Fellowship and was accepted to the direct track in PhD in neuropsychology with Prof. Avishai Henik. During his PhD degree (summa cum laude), he completed the European Diploma in Cognitive and Brain Sciences (EDCBS). He received training as an intern in clinical neuropsychology, at Beit Loewenstein Rehabilitation Center. He then decided to follow a research career and received a Rothschild post-doctoral fellowship and funding from European Commission and the International Brain Research Organization to join the Institute Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London for his postdoctoral training.

In 2009 he received a Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellowship to move to the University of Oxford where he established his lab. In 2021, he moved to the University of Surrey to take headship of the School of Psychology.[1] In 2021 he also founded Cognite Neurotechnology Ltd,[2] a start-up company that uses the findings from his studies to combine AI and neuromodulation to provide personalised, safe, and painless technology to improve cognition and learning for therapeutic or augmentation purposes.

Research

Numerical cognition

Cohen Kadosh started to work on numerical cognition under the supervision of Avishai Henik. His work has focused on how humans represent numbers and the psychological and biological mechanisms that support superior,[3] typical,[4] [5] and impaired numerical understanding,[6] a research with implications for a wide range of fields including Psychology, Education, and Neuroscience. His work in this field has led to significant changes in several dominant theories of numerical cognition.[7] [8]

Synesthesia

Cohen Kadosh has revealed some of the cognitive and perceptual principles of synesthesia[9] [10] and its neurobiological mechanisms,[11] [12] [13] which has implications for the field of neuroplasticity and learning. He has also suggested that the origins of synesthesia might be due to a failure in cortical specialization during infancy and childhood.[14]

Cognitive enhancement

Cohen Kadosh has been one of the pioneers in combining cognitive training with non-invasive brain stimulation to show its impact on cognition,[15] [16] learning,[17] and brain functions.[18] In the last years he has extended his work to examine the role of individual differences at the psychological[19] [20] and biological level on the impact of brain stimulation on behaviour, those allowing a better mechanistic understanding of brain stimulation and learning. In the last years he has extended his research to the field of attention by showing the ability to modulate sustained attention using non-invasive brain stimulation and working together with Tech Innosphere Ltd, to find a non-pharmacological, safe, and long-lasting solution for children with Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and with Cognite Neurotechnology Ltd to find effective and personalised solutions to improve attentional abilities in healthy adults.

Neuroethics

Cohen Kadosh has collaborated with neuroethicists to highlight the implications of brain stimulation for cognitive enhancement[21] and shape the current regulation.[22]

Select awards and honours

He has received more than 60 awards, grants, and honours which include:

In addition, he has contributed to the wider national and international academic community's general life through various roles and activities including advising policymakers, non-governmental agencies, and commercial companies, co-founding international scientific societies, and chairing and serving as a committee member on grant panels.

Selected works

Papers

Miscellaneous

Books

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Prof Roi Cohen Kadosh | University of Surrey .
  2. Web site: Cognite Neurotechnology .
  3. Sella. Francesco. Sader. Elie. Lolliot. Simon. Cohen Kadosh. Roi . Basic and advanced numerical performances relate to mathematical expertise but are fully mediated by visuospatial skills.. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition. 42. 9. 1458–1472. 10.1037/xlm0000249. 5008436. 26913930. 2016.
  4. Cohen Kadosh. Roi . Henik. Avishai. Rubinsten. Orly. Mohr. Harald. Dori. Halit. van de Ven. Vincent. Zorzi. Marco. Hendler. Talma. Goebel. Rainer. 1 January 2005. Are numbers special?: The comparison systems of the human brain investigated by fMRI. Neuropsychologia. 43. 9. 1238–1248. 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2004.12.017. 15949508 . 1684440 .
  5. Cohen Kadosh. Roi. Cohen Kadosh. Kathrin. Kaas. Amanda. Henik. Avishai. Goebel. Rainer. 18 January 2007. Notation-dependent and -independent representations of numbers in the parietal lobes. Neuron. 53. 2. 307–314. 10.1016/j.neuron.2006.12.025. 0896-6273. 17224410. 6072748. free.
  6. Cohen Kadosh. Roi. Cohen Kadosh. Kathrin. Schuhmann. Teresa. Kaas. Amanda. Goebel. Rainer. Henik. Avishai. Sack. Alexander T.. 17 April 2007. Virtual Dyscalculia Induced by Parietal-Lobe TMS Impairs Automatic Magnitude Processing. Current Biology. 17. 8. 689–693. 10.1016/j.cub.2007.02.056. 17379521. 18084538. free.
  7. Gebuis. Titia. Cohen Kadosh. Roi. Gevers. Wim. 1 November 2016. Sensory-integration system rather than approximate number system underlies numerosity processing: A critical review. Acta Psychologica. 171. 17–35. 10.1016/j.actpsy.2016.09.003. 27640140. 6011166 .
  8. Cohen Kadosh. Roi. Walsh. Vincent. 1 August 2009. Numerical representation in the parietal lobes: Abstract or not abstract?. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 32. 3–4. 313–328. 10.1017/S0140525X09990938. 19712504. 1469-1825.
  9. Cohen Kadosh. Roi. Henik. Avishai. Walsh. Vincent. 9 October 2007. Small is bright and big is dark in synaesthesia. Current Biology. 17. 19. R834–R835. 10.1016/j.cub.2007.07.048. 17925208. 5480738. free.
  10. Cohen Kadosh. Roi. Tzelgov. Joseph. Henik. Avishai. 1 January 2008. A synesthetic walk on the mental number line: The size effect. Cognition. 106. 1. 548–557. 10.1016/j.cognition.2006.12.007. 17275802. 8173712.
  11. Terhune. Devin B.. Devin Terhune. Murray. Elizabeth. Near. Jamie. Stagg. Charlotte J.. Charlotte Stagg. Cowey. Alan. Cohen Kadosh. Roi. 1 November 2015. Phosphene Perception Relates to Visual Cortex Glutamate Levels and Covaries with Atypical Visuospatial Awareness. Cerebral Cortex. 25. 11. 4341–4350. 10.1093/cercor/bhv015. 1047-3211. 4816785. 25725043.
  12. Terhune. Devin Blair. Tai. Sarah. Cowey. Alan. Popescu. Tudor. Cohen Kadosh. Roi. 6 December 2011. Enhanced Cortical Excitability in Grapheme-Color Synesthesia and Its Modulation. Current Biology. 21. 23. 2006–2009. 10.1016/j.cub.2011.10.032. 3242051. 22100060.
  13. Cohen Kadosh. Roi. Henik. Avishai. Catena. Andres. Walsh. Vincent. Fuentes. Luis J.. 1 February 2009. Induced Cross-Modal Synaesthetic Experience Without Abnormal Neuronal Connections. Psychological Science. en. 20. 2. 258–265. 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02286.x. 19175754. 10090057. 0956-7976.
  14. Cohen Kadosh. Roi . Henik. Avishai. Walsh. Vincent. 1 May 2009. Synaesthesia: learned or lost?. Developmental Science. en. 12. 3. 484–491. 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2008.00798.x. 19371373 . 1467-7687.
  15. Cohen Kadosh. Roi. Soskic. Sonja. Iuculano. Teresa. Kanai. Ryota. Walsh. Vincent. 23 November 2010. Modulating Neuronal Activity Produces Specific and Long-Lasting Changes in Numerical Competence. Current Biology. 20. 22. 2016–2020. 10.1016/j.cub.2010.10.007. 2990865. 21055945.
  16. Looi. Chung Yen. Duta. Mihaela. Brem. Anna-Katharine. Huber. Stefan. Nuerk. Hans-Christoph. Cohen Kadosh. Roi. 23 February 2016. Combining brain stimulation and video game to promote long-term transfer of learning and cognitive enhancement. Scientific Reports. en. 6. 1. 22003. 10.1038/srep22003. 2045-2322. 4763231. 26902664. 2016NatSR...622003L.
  17. Iuculano. Teresa. Cohen Kadosh. Roi. 6 March 2013. The Mental Cost of Cognitive Enhancement. Journal of Neuroscience. 33. 10. 4482–4486. 10.1523/jneurosci.4927-12.2013. 23467363. 3672974.
  18. Long-Term Enhancement of Brain Function and Cognition Using Cognitive Training and Brain Stimulation. Current Biology. 23. 11. 987–992. 10.1016/j.cub.2013.04.045. 23684971. 3675670. 2013. Snowball. Albert. Tachtsidis. Ilias. Popescu. Tudor. Thompson. Jacqueline. Delazer. Margarete. Zamarian. Laura. Zhu. Tingting. Cohen Kadosh. Roi.
  19. Sarkar. Amar. Dowker. Ann. Cohen Kadosh. Roi. 10 December 2014. Cognitive Enhancement or Cognitive Cost: Trait-Specific Outcomes of Brain Stimulation in the Case of Mathematics Anxiety. Journal of Neuroscience. 34. 50. 16605–16610. 10.1523/jneurosci.3129-14.2014. 25505313. 4261089.
  20. Santarnecchi. E.. Muller. T.. Rossi. S.. Sarkar. A.. Polizzotto. N. R.. Rossi. A.. Cohen Kadosh. Roi. 1 February 2016. Individual differences and specificity of prefrontal gamma frequency-tACS on fluid intelligence capabilities. Cortex. 75. 33–43. 10.1016/j.cortex.2015.11.003. 26707084. 11365/1000047 . 16744216. free.
  21. Cohen Kadosh. Roi. Levy . Neil. O'Shea . Jacinta. Shea. Nicholas. Savulescu. Julian . The neuroethics of non-invasive brain stimulation. Current Biology. 22. 4 . R108–R111. 10.1016/j.cub.2012.01.013 . 22361141. 2012. 4347660.
  22. Maslen. Hannah. Douglas. Thomas . Cohen Kadosh. Roi. Levy. Neil. Savulescu . Julian. 1 March 2014. The regulation of cognitive enhancement devices: extending the medical model. Journal of Law and the Biosciences. 1. 1. 68–93. 10.1093/jlb/lst003. 4168724 . 25243073.
  23. Web site: Adams Super Center for Brain Studies - Tel Aviv University. 2020-09-24. www.tau.ac.il.
  24. Web site: Roi Cohen Kadosh wins BPS Spearman Medal — Department of Experimental Psychology. 2020-09-24. www.psy.ox.ac.uk.
  25. Web site: 2015 Award Winners. 2020-09-24. PROSE Awards. en-US.
  26. Bueren . Nienke E. R. van . Reed . Thomas L. . Nguyen . Vu . Sheffield . James G. . Ven . Sanne H. G. van der . Osborne . Michael A. . Kroesbergen . Evelyn H. . Kadosh . Roi Cohen . 2021-09-09 . Personalized brain stimulation for effective neurointervention across participants . PLOS Computational Biology . en . 17 . 9 . e1008886 . 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008886 . 1553-7358 . 8454957 . 34499639. 2021PLSCB..17E8886V . free .
  27. Harty . Siobhán . Cohen Kadosh . Roi . September 2019 . Suboptimal Engagement of High-Level Cortical Regions Predicts Random-Noise-Related Gains in Sustained Attention . Psychological Science . 30 . 9 . 1318–1332 . 10.1177/0956797619856658 . 1467-9280 . 31322974. 198131217 .
  28. Frank . B. . Harty . S. . Kluge . A. . Cohen Kadosh . R. . November 2018 . Learning while multitasking: short and long-term benefits of brain stimulation . Ergonomics . 61 . 11 . 1454–1463 . 10.1080/00140139.2018.1563722 . 1366-5847 . 30587084. 58544113 .
  29. Santarnecchi . Emiliano . Brem . Anna-Katharine . Levenbaum . Erica . Thompson . Todd . Kadosh . Roi Cohen . Pascual-Leone . Alvaro . Enhancing cognition using transcranial electrical stimulation . Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences . August 2015 . 4 . 171–178 . 10.1016/j.cobeha.2015.06.003 . 6498849 .
  30. Cohen Kadosh. Kathrin. Krause. Beatrix . King. Andrew J. . Near. Jamie. Cohen Kadosh. Roi. 1 November 2015. Linking GABA and glutamate levels to cognitive skill acquisition during development . Human Brain Mapping. en. 36 . 11. 4334–4345. 10.1002/hbm.22921 . 1097-0193. 4832309. 26350618.
  31. Sarkar. Amar. Dowker. Ann. Cohen Kadosh. Roi. 10 December 2014. Cognitive Enhancement or Cognitive Cost: Trait-Specific Outcomes of Brain Stimulation in the Case of Mathematics Anxiety. Journal of Neuroscience. en. 34. 50. 16605–16610. 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3129-14.2014. 0270-6474. 4261089. 25505313.
  32. 10.1787/5jlwmn3ntbr7-en . . The Neuroscience of Mathematical Cognition and Learning . OECD Education Working Papers . 2016 . Looi . Chung Yen . Thompson . Jacqueline . Krause . Beatrix . Kadosh . Roi Cohen . 20.500.12799/4665 . free .
  33. http://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/downloads/briefings/Mind_Machines.pdf
  34. Book: The Oxford Handbook of Numerical Cognition. Cohen Kadosh. Roi. Dowker. Ann. 1 January 2015. Oxford University Press. 9780199642342. en.
  35. Book: Cohen Kadosh, Roi. The Stimulated Brain: Cognitive Enhancement Using Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation. 1 June 2014. Elsevier. 9780124047129. en.

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