Ehud Zohary

Prof. Ehud Zohary is a Professor of Neurobiology at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem's Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences (ELSC). His primary research focuses on visual perception, neural mechanisms underlying scene analysis, and visual recovery after early blindness. His lab investigates how the brain integrates sensory information to form coherent visual representations, particularly in unique populations such as children recovering from congenital cataracts.

• Research Themes: Visual perception, neuroplasticity, social cognition, and multisensory integration
• Key Projects: Vision recovery studies in Ethiopian children (Project EyeOpener), neural correlates of shape perception, and social scene understanding

His work combines functional MRI, psychophysics, and computational modeling to explore how visual information is processed across hierarchical brain regions. Recent studies highlight deficits in social action understanding and gaze following in newly sighted individuals, underscoring the critical role of early visual experience.

Lab Members: Includes PhD students Ilana Naveh, Sara Attias, Asael Sklar, and postdocs such as Maayan Raveh. Collaborations include multidisciplinary teams studying neuroplasticity and developmental vision.