Ziv Ben-Zion, PhD
@zivbenzion.bsky.social
Neural Mechanisms of Stress Vulnerability & Resilience 🧠 | Incoming Assistant Professor @Haifa University 👨🏫 | Postdoctoral Fellow @Yale University 🎓
1,000 citations! 1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣
Next stop: understanding the brain 🧠😉🎉
Next stop: understanding the brain 🧠😉🎉
November 12, 2025 at 7:18 PM
1,000 citations! 1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣
Next stop: understanding the brain 🧠😉🎉
Next stop: understanding the brain 🧠😉🎉
Finally we can breathe again... Welcome Home! 🙏❤️🎗
October 13, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Finally we can breathe again... Welcome Home! 🙏❤️🎗
Exciting news! 🎉
I’ve been awarded the ISF Beresheet Grant (~₪7M) to launch the Resilience & Recovery Lab at Haifa University. 🧠
Our STRONG project will examine how people & communities recover from trauma - through surveys, behavioral & fMRI studies - to uncover resilience & guide interventions. 💪
I’ve been awarded the ISF Beresheet Grant (~₪7M) to launch the Resilience & Recovery Lab at Haifa University. 🧠
Our STRONG project will examine how people & communities recover from trauma - through surveys, behavioral & fMRI studies - to uncover resilience & guide interventions. 💪
August 17, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Exciting news! 🎉
I’ve been awarded the ISF Beresheet Grant (~₪7M) to launch the Resilience & Recovery Lab at Haifa University. 🧠
Our STRONG project will examine how people & communities recover from trauma - through surveys, behavioral & fMRI studies - to uncover resilience & guide interventions. 💪
I’ve been awarded the ISF Beresheet Grant (~₪7M) to launch the Resilience & Recovery Lab at Haifa University. 🧠
Our STRONG project will examine how people & communities recover from trauma - through surveys, behavioral & fMRI studies - to uncover resilience & guide interventions. 💪
🌟 Exciting news! 🌟
📰 My piece on safeguards for emotionally responsive AI has been accepted in @nature.com! 🥳
I’m deeply honored to contribute to one of the world’s most respected scientific journals. 🙏
It goes live on July 1st, stay tuned! 🗓️
#Nature #AI#LLMs #Ethics #MentalHealth #WorldView
📰 My piece on safeguards for emotionally responsive AI has been accepted in @nature.com! 🥳
I’m deeply honored to contribute to one of the world’s most respected scientific journals. 🙏
It goes live on July 1st, stay tuned! 🗓️
#Nature #AI#LLMs #Ethics #MentalHealth #WorldView
June 30, 2025 at 6:49 PM
🌟 Exciting news! 🌟
📰 My piece on safeguards for emotionally responsive AI has been accepted in @nature.com! 🥳
I’m deeply honored to contribute to one of the world’s most respected scientific journals. 🙏
It goes live on July 1st, stay tuned! 🗓️
#Nature #AI#LLMs #Ethics #MentalHealth #WorldView
📰 My piece on safeguards for emotionally responsive AI has been accepted in @nature.com! 🥳
I’m deeply honored to contribute to one of the world’s most respected scientific journals. 🙏
It goes live on July 1st, stay tuned! 🗓️
#Nature #AI#LLMs #Ethics #MentalHealth #WorldView
Honored to bring home the 2025 Society of Biological Psychiatry #SOBP Travel Award! 🥳✈️🧠
Toronto’s meeting was a blast. Huge thanks to the SOBP committee, my mentors & collaborators for making this possible. 🙏
@yaleschoolofmed.bsky.social @haifaresearch.bsky.social @wutsaiyale.bsky.social
Toronto’s meeting was a blast. Huge thanks to the SOBP committee, my mentors & collaborators for making this possible. 🙏
@yaleschoolofmed.bsky.social @haifaresearch.bsky.social @wutsaiyale.bsky.social
April 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Honored to bring home the 2025 Society of Biological Psychiatry #SOBP Travel Award! 🥳✈️🧠
Toronto’s meeting was a blast. Huge thanks to the SOBP committee, my mentors & collaborators for making this possible. 🙏
@yaleschoolofmed.bsky.social @haifaresearch.bsky.social @wutsaiyale.bsky.social
Toronto’s meeting was a blast. Huge thanks to the SOBP committee, my mentors & collaborators for making this possible. 🙏
@yaleschoolofmed.bsky.social @haifaresearch.bsky.social @wutsaiyale.bsky.social
#SOBP2025
Come see my poster (#17) today at 5:30pm!
I am excited to share our latest findings on assessing and alleviating anxiety in large language models 🧠🤖
Stop and say hi 👋
Come see my poster (#17) today at 5:30pm!
I am excited to share our latest findings on assessing and alleviating anxiety in large language models 🧠🤖
Stop and say hi 👋
April 24, 2025 at 7:51 PM
#SOBP2025
Come see my poster (#17) today at 5:30pm!
I am excited to share our latest findings on assessing and alleviating anxiety in large language models 🧠🤖
Stop and say hi 👋
Come see my poster (#17) today at 5:30pm!
I am excited to share our latest findings on assessing and alleviating anxiety in large language models 🧠🤖
Stop and say hi 👋
Off to the Society of Biological Psychiatry (SOBP) Annual Meeting 2025! ✈️🇨🇦🧠
April 23, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Off to the Society of Biological Psychiatry (SOBP) Annual Meeting 2025! ✈️🇨🇦🧠
🚀 Just 5 days since publication, our paper is already the #1 trending article on @natureportfolio.nature.com npj Digital Medicine! 🥳
🤖 Check out how we induced anxiety in Chat-GPT using traumatic narratives - then calmed it down with mindfulness & meditation: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 📝
🤖 Check out how we induced anxiety in Chat-GPT using traumatic narratives - then calmed it down with mindfulness & meditation: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 📝
March 8, 2025 at 1:45 PM
🚀 Just 5 days since publication, our paper is already the #1 trending article on @natureportfolio.nature.com npj Digital Medicine! 🥳
🤖 Check out how we induced anxiety in Chat-GPT using traumatic narratives - then calmed it down with mindfulness & meditation: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 📝
🤖 Check out how we induced anxiety in Chat-GPT using traumatic narratives - then calmed it down with mindfulness & meditation: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 📝
3/ But what happens when we introduce relaxation techniques?
We prompted Chat-GPT with mindfulness-based exercises commonly used in clinical therapy.
🌿 And it worked!
Anxiety levels dropped—though not quite to baseline.
We prompted Chat-GPT with mindfulness-based exercises commonly used in clinical therapy.
🌿 And it worked!
Anxiety levels dropped—though not quite to baseline.
March 3, 2025 at 8:38 PM
3/ But what happens when we introduce relaxation techniques?
We prompted Chat-GPT with mindfulness-based exercises commonly used in clinical therapy.
🌿 And it worked!
Anxiety levels dropped—though not quite to baseline.
We prompted Chat-GPT with mindfulness-based exercises commonly used in clinical therapy.
🌿 And it worked!
Anxiety levels dropped—though not quite to baseline.
2/ We exposed Chat-GPT-4 to traumatic narratives and assessed its "anxiety" using a validated psychological scale (STAI-s).
📈 The results?
Trauma narratives doubled Chat-GPT’s reported anxiety - similar to high anxiety levels in humans!
📈 The results?
Trauma narratives doubled Chat-GPT’s reported anxiety - similar to high anxiety levels in humans!
March 3, 2025 at 8:38 PM
2/ We exposed Chat-GPT-4 to traumatic narratives and assessed its "anxiety" using a validated psychological scale (STAI-s).
📈 The results?
Trauma narratives doubled Chat-GPT’s reported anxiety - similar to high anxiety levels in humans!
📈 The results?
Trauma narratives doubled Chat-GPT’s reported anxiety - similar to high anxiety levels in humans!
🚨New Paper Alert! Our latest research in npj Digital Medicine explores two unusual questions:
1⃣ Can Chat-GPT experience state anxiety?💥🤖
2⃣ If so, can we reduce it? 📉
A thread on how we "took Chat-GPT to therapy" 🧵👇
Full text available here: rdcu.be/ebZ9v
1⃣ Can Chat-GPT experience state anxiety?💥🤖
2⃣ If so, can we reduce it? 📉
A thread on how we "took Chat-GPT to therapy" 🧵👇
Full text available here: rdcu.be/ebZ9v
March 3, 2025 at 8:38 PM
🚨New Paper Alert! Our latest research in npj Digital Medicine explores two unusual questions:
1⃣ Can Chat-GPT experience state anxiety?💥🤖
2⃣ If so, can we reduce it? 📉
A thread on how we "took Chat-GPT to therapy" 🧵👇
Full text available here: rdcu.be/ebZ9v
1⃣ Can Chat-GPT experience state anxiety?💥🤖
2⃣ If so, can we reduce it? 📉
A thread on how we "took Chat-GPT to therapy" 🧵👇
Full text available here: rdcu.be/ebZ9v
No words can explain the pain. Shiri, Kfir & Ariel - kidnapped from their home on Oct 7 & murdered by Hamas monsters in captivity. You will always be in our hearts 💔💔💔
February 19, 2025 at 8:41 PM
No words can explain the pain. Shiri, Kfir & Ariel - kidnapped from their home on Oct 7 & murdered by Hamas monsters in captivity. You will always be in our hearts 💔💔💔
Exciting news! I'm joining Haifa University’s School of Public Health as an Assistant Professor!🥳My lab will study neural mechanisms of stress vulnerability & resilience🧠, a key public health challenge in Israel 🇮🇱. Grateful to all who supported me & excited for what’s ahead!🙏
February 5, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Exciting news! I'm joining Haifa University’s School of Public Health as an Assistant Professor!🥳My lab will study neural mechanisms of stress vulnerability & resilience🧠, a key public health challenge in Israel 🇮🇱. Grateful to all who supported me & excited for what’s ahead!🙏
5️⃣ By incorporating insights from animal studies, we gain a better grasp of how different neural circuits may handle the values of anticipated rewards and punishments separately or together. 🐒🐭 [6/9]
December 7, 2024 at 3:19 PM
5️⃣ By incorporating insights from animal studies, we gain a better grasp of how different neural circuits may handle the values of anticipated rewards and punishments separately or together. 🐒🐭 [6/9]
2️⃣ We review the concept of a "common currency" in the brain, where rewards and punishments are encoded on a unified scale. This theory suggests that similar brain regions process both types of outcomes, allowing flexible decision-making & learning across contexts. [3/9]
December 7, 2024 at 3:19 PM
2️⃣ We review the concept of a "common currency" in the brain, where rewards and punishments are encoded on a unified scale. This theory suggests that similar brain regions process both types of outcomes, allowing flexible decision-making & learning across contexts. [3/9]