Prof. Daphna Joel
Research work
We are interested in questions related to sex, brain, gender and sexuality. We use large datasets to study these questions and collaborate with computational experts
Areas of interest & scientific knowledge
Computational & Theoretical Neuroscience
Imaging Research
Specialization
Brain MappingSelected Publications
- Joel D., Berman Z., Tavor I., Wexler N., Gaber O., Stein Y., Shefi N., Pool J., Urchs S., Margulies D., Liem F., Hänggi J., Jäncke L., Assaf Y. (2015) Sex beyond the genitalia: The human brain mosaic. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A https://people.socsci.tau.ac.il/mu/daphnajoel/files/2016/02/Joel2015_PNAS_TextSI.pdf
- Fine. C., Dupre J., Joel D. (2017) Sex and Gender: Evolution, Stability, and Variability, Trends Cog. Sci., 21: 666-673. https://people.socsci.tau.ac.il/mu/daphnajoel/files/2017/08/Fine_Dupre_Joel_TICS_2017.pdf
- Hyde J.S., Bigler R., Joel D., Tate C., van Anders S. (2018) The Future of Sex and Gender in Psychology: Five Challenges to the Gender Binary. Am. Psychologist. https://people.socsci.tau.ac.il/mu/daphnajoel/files/2018/07/AmPsych-Gender-Binary-2018.pdf
- Joel D., Persico A., Salhov M., Berman Z., Oligschläger S., Meilijson I, Averbuch A. (2018) Analysis of human brain structure reveals that the brain ‘types’ typical of males are also typical of females, and vice versa. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 12:399 https://people.socsci.tau.ac.il/mu/daphnajoel/files/2018/10/Joel_typical_human_brain.pdf
- Joel D., Garcia-Falgueras A., Swaab D. (2020) The complex relationships between sex and the brain. The Neuroscientist. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1073858419867298
