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Niv Reggev ניב רגב نيڤ ريچيڤ

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Faculty @ Ben-Gurion University. Interested in stereotypes, memory, biases, and their intersection w/ cognitive neuroscience. He/him https://scmbbgu.wixsite.com/scmblab

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Niv Reggev ניב רגב نيڤ ريچيڤ @nivreggev.bsky.social · Jun 20

🎉 New face database just dropped!
The Israeli Face Database (IFD) is a massive, diverse, and richly annotated set of facial images — now published in Behavior Research Methods.
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Niv Reggev ניב רגב نيڤ ريچيڤ @nivreggev.bsky.social · 14h

This hashtag doesn’t seem to get the love it deserves here. I’ll be there as well!

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Tobias Kube @tobikube.bsky.social · 10d

Excited to share this new article of my PhD student Edith Rapo on the association between depression and seeking feedback from others about oneself, depending on the anticipated feedback's valence and congruence with the self-perception. Open Acces in BRAT 👇 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Better to keep a negative self-perception than ask for feedback? - How depressive symptoms are associated with the desire for social feedback

We investigated whether depressive symptom severity is associated with incongruence between how people perceive themselves (self-perception) and how t…

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Niv Reggev ניב רגב نيڤ ريچيڤ @nivreggev.bsky.social · 13d

I get that you’d have preferred something purer, and that’s fine and I totally get your perspective.

Niv Reggev ניב רגב نيڤ ريچيڤ @nivreggev.bsky.social · 13d

We will continue to protest and speak out within Israel, raising our voices against the ongoing injustice and advocating for change. At the same time, we call upon our colleagues and friends to lend their support to these efforts in whatever ways they can.”

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Niv Reggev ניב רגב نيڤ ريچيڤ @nivreggev.bsky.social · 13d

As I said, it’s totally fine to criticize the specific words we chose to write in the letter.

But we do call for:

“ the immediate cessation of the war, the release of all hostages, and for urgent, large-scale, professional, and effective humanitarian action to alleviate the suffering
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Niv Reggev ניב רגב نيڤ ريچيڤ @nivreggev.bsky.social · 13d

I do not see how the letter or my response can be interpreted as though we meant to address the call for boycott, this was certainly not my intent nor the intent of us as the writers.
The letter goes out against the horrible things Israel is doing in Gaza.
From my perspective, against the genocide

Niv Reggev ניב רגב نيڤ ريچيڤ @nivreggev.bsky.social · 13d

Divesting in the context of academic discourse is divesting from the academic community. This has been the call promoted by our colleagues. That’s their sphere of influence.

Source of evil - I wasn’t implying it’s in your comments. Just the general BDS movement. Sorry if that came off like that

Niv Reggev ניב רגב نيڤ ريچيڤ @nivreggev.bsky.social · 13d

The official academy does not publicly act to oppose it. That’s unfortunately true. The mainstream academic organizations that protest against the government do act now to oppose the genocide and the war. Among others.

We did not want to explicitly name specific efforts for good reasons.

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Niv Reggev ניב רגב نيڤ ريچيڤ @nivreggev.bsky.social · 13d

But you writing about lack of action just demonstrates an over-representation of self-righteous vigor on social media.

The horror in Gaza is real. It should end, now. I hope you support all efforts to end it. Including ours.

Niv Reggev ניב רגב نيڤ ريچيڤ @nivreggev.bsky.social · 13d

However, I bet that the vast majority of signatories on this statement did more to oppose the government and end the genocide than anyone else in the Twittersphere or BlueSky or any social media.

Not enough, and clearly not successful so far.

Niv Reggev ניב רגב نيڤ ريچيڤ @nivreggev.bsky.social · 13d

It’s fine to criticize the letter. I can also understand the desire to divest from the entire Israeli academic community (as long as it’s done without the hypocritical claim that Israel is the single source of evil in the world, as the BDS campaign often does).

Niv Reggev ניב רגב نيڤ ريچيڤ @nivreggev.bsky.social · 25d

Breaking a hiatus to post this.

A group of Israeli Social Psychologists, myself included, wrote a letter to speak out clearly against the Israeli government’s decisions and the resulting devastation in Gaza.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...

In hopes of peace and safety for all, and soon

A Letter by Israeli Social Psychologists

Dear friends of the Social Psychology community, After October 7, a group of Israeli social psychologists, including many of us, wrote a letter expressing our deep shock at the massacre, abuse, rape,...

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assafbreska.bsky.social @assafbreska.bsky.social · Aug 20

We’re hiring! 🥳fully funded PhD and postdoc positions in human cognitive neuroscience @mpicybernetics.bsky.social

M/EEG and brain stimulation methods to study timing/ prediction/ attention/ oscillations
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PhD and Postdoc Positions (m/f/d) in Human Cognitive Neuroscience of Dynamic Cognition – M/EEG, brain stimulation

Job Offer from August 11, 2025

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Niv Reggev ניב רגב نيڤ ريچيڤ @nivreggev.bsky.social · Jul 9

You know you did something right when your graduate student’s mentees get him this as an end-of-year token of appreciation

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Society for Personality and Social Psychology @spspnews.bsky.social · Jul 1

👋 Good evening, folks! We want to celebrate your latest achievements across our social media channels. Do you have a new project, article, or professional update you're excited about? DM us here or email a link to [email protected], and we'd love to share your news!

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Dr. Ashley Brooks 🏳️‍🌈🧠🎮😻 @dr-ashley-brooks.bsky.social · Jun 28

🔎 New preprint out: Preventing and eliminating bots and participant fraud in online surveys: Two case studies from international LGBTQ+ social research. 🌈🎓 #AcademicSky #socialpsyc

Eager for thoughts on our unique approach to tackling significant participant fraud (43%!) in the LEVEL UP! survey 🧵⬇️

OSF

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PCI Psychology @psych.peercommunityin.org · Jun 25

Are you at #SIPS2025 in Budapest? We have PCI Psych stickers and (a limited number of) free PCI Psych t-shirts! You can fill out this form if you are here and interested in getting a tshirt: forms.gle/qYtUqohfZVBx...

(Stickers are plentiful, get yours at the registration desk!)

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Niv Reggev ניב רגב نيڤ ريچيڤ @nivreggev.bsky.social · Jun 20

📚 Read the paper: link.springer.com/article/10.3...
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#FacePerception #OpenScience #IFD #CognitiveScience #DiversityInResearch #socialpsyc #PsychSciSky #PrejudiceResearch

The Israeli Face Database (IFD): A multi-ethnic database of faces with supporting social norming data - Behavior Research Methods

Human faces and their representations play a key role in social interactions. Consequently, face images are widely used as stimuli across psychological research. However, most available face databases...

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Niv Reggev ניב רגב نيڤ ريچيڤ @nivreggev.bsky.social · Jun 20

This project could not have happened without the incredible collaboration of Profs. Carmel Sofer, Bat-Sheva Hadad & @talmoran.bsky.social, former lab members Adi Langer & Hadas Wardi, and especially the amazing post-docs @mayanna.bsky.social & @maayantrzewik.bsky.social who co-led the project. 🙌

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Niv Reggev ניב רגב نيڤ ريچيڤ @nivreggev.bsky.social · Jun 20

🙏 Huge thanks to Aharon-Hai Merejin, Aline Bidani, Aviv Mokady, Elihai Israel Nizri, Esty Gleyzer, Meytar Chen, Netta Baram, Noa Halevy, Nofar Gabay, Ofir Lugassy, Rany Hosaisy, Rawan Nasser, Shahaf Amir, Shahar Dror, Tamar Sadovski & Yoav Berman for their help building the IFD.

Niv Reggev ניב רגב نيڤ ريچيڤ @nivreggev.bsky.social · Jun 20

The IFD fills a gap in face perception research — offering a psychometrically robust, culturally sensitive, and scientifically versatile tool.

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Niv Reggev ניב רגב نيڤ ريچيڤ @nivreggev.bsky.social · Jun 20

📊 The origins of diversity: the chart below shows the ancestral origins of IFD participants — from Morocco to Poland, Iraq to Argentina, and 33 + other countries.

A chart of the different ancestral countries of origin

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Niv Reggev ניב רגב نيڤ ريچيڤ @nivreggev.bsky.social · Jun 20

✨ What makes it special?

* Multi-ethnic, non-Western representation
* Self-identification + grandparents’ birthplaces
* Continuous ratings (dominance, empathy, typicality)
* 🇮🇱+ 🇺🇸 validation

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Niv Reggev ניב רגב نيڤ ريچيڤ @nivreggev.bsky.social · Jun 20

🧠 The IFD includes tightly controlled + natural images of real people from Israel: Jews (with varying ancestral origins), Muslims, Christians, Israeli-Palestinians, and more.

A visual displaying ratings of emotional expressions for two unique identities displaying varying emotions

Niv Reggev ניב רגב نيڤ ريچيڤ @nivreggev.bsky.social · Jun 20

🎉 New face database just dropped!
The Israeli Face Database (IFD) is a massive, diverse, and richly annotated set of facial images — now published in Behavior Research Methods.
Thread 🧵👇

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