Eva Gilboa-Schechtman
Psychology Department and 
the Gonda Brain Science Center
Bar Ilan University


Phone: 972-3-531-8744                      Email: evagilboa@gmail.com 

My research focuses on understanding and treatment of social anxiety, depression, and PTSD.   I take a multi-method approach by measuring phenomenological, linguistic, cognitive, behavioral, and biological indices of emotional responses to stimuli and events connoting the loss of affiliation or social status.
I am also interested in developing and testing effective treatments, and understanding the mechanisms behind their effectiveness.  

Representative Publications

Shani, O. Gilboa-Schechtman, E., & Hendler, T. (in -press). Self-evaluations of social rank in socially anxious individuals is associated with enhanced striatal reward function.  Psychological Medicine

Zabag, R. Gilboa-Schechtman, E. Levy-Gigi (in press).  Reacting to a changing environment: Updating Patterns in Social Anxiety. Behavioral Research and Therapy

Azoulay, R., Gilboa-Schechtman, E., (in press) Social Construction and Evolutionary Perspectives on Gender Differences in Post-Traumatic Distress: The Case of Status Loss Events. Frontiers in Psychiatry

​Blay*, Y. Keshet, H, Friedman, L. & Gilboa-Schechtman, E. (2021). Interpersonal motivations in social anxiety: Weakened approach and intensified avoidance motivations for affiliation and social-rank. Personality and Individual Differences