{"id":21,"date":"2026-06-29T10:07:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T10:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/people.socsci.tau.ac.il\/mu\/algom\/home\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T11:37:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T11:37:26","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/people.socsci.tau.ac.il\/mu\/algom\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"woocommerce\">\n    \n    <section class=\"u-clearfix u-container-align-center u-palette-5-light-2 u-valign-middle-lg u-valign-middle-md u-valign-middle-sm u-section-2\" id=\"sec-3edc\">\n      <div class=\"u-expanded-width u-shape u-shape-rectangle u-white u-shape-1\"><\/div>\n      <div class=\"custom-expanded data-layout-selected u-clearfix u-layout-wrap u-layout-wrap-1\">\n        <div class=\"u-layout\" style=\"\">\n          <div class=\"u-layout-row\" style=\"\">\n            <div class=\"u-container-style u-image u-layout-cell u-size-60 u-image-1\" data-image-width=\"975\" data-image-height=\"500\" style=\"background-image: url(&quot;https:\/\/people.socsci.tau.ac.il\/mu\/algom\/files\/2016\/02\/home-pic.png&quot;);\">\n              <div class=\"u-container-layout u-valign-bottom-md u-container-layout-1\"><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n    <section class=\"u-clearfix u-section-3\" id=\"sec-268d\">\n      <div class=\"u-clearfix u-sheet u-valign-middle-lg u-valign-middle-md u-valign-middle-sm u-valign-middle-xs u-sheet-1\">\n        <div class=\"data-layout-selected u-clearfix u-expanded-width u-layout-wrap u-layout-wrap-1\">\n          <div class=\"u-layout\">\n            <div class=\"u-layout-row\">\n              <div class=\"u-container-style u-layout-cell u-size-41-md u-size-41-sm u-size-41-xs u-size-49-lg u-size-49-xl u-layout-cell-1\">\n                <div class=\"u-container-layout u-container-layout-1\">\n                  <p class=\"u-align-left u-large-text u-text u-text-variant u-text-1\"> My early research has mainly concerned psychophysics, whereas my more recent research is increasingly concerned with cognitive processes. Am I a psychophysicist turned cognitive psychologist? Hardly. Apart from a sustained interest in psychophysics, my research in cognitive psychology is informed by a strong influence of psychophysical methods and ideas. My overall research outlook faithfully reflects the confluence of domains and inspiration by my mentors and colleagues at Yale, Bar-Ilan, and Tel-Aviv (see Genealogy).<br>\n                  <\/p>\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/people.socsci.tau.ac.il\/mu\/algom\/cv\/\" class=\"u-align-left u-btn u-button-style u-hover-palette-1-light-1 u-palette-1-base u-btn-1\" target=\"_blank\">view my CV&nbsp;<span class=\"u-file-icon u-icon u-text-white u-icon-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.socsci.tau.ac.il\/mu\/yshomer\/files\/2025\/07\/1ca20afc.png\" alt=\"\"><\/span>\n                  <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n              <div class=\"u-container-style u-layout-cell u-size-11-lg u-size-11-xl u-size-19-md u-size-19-sm u-size-19-xs u-layout-cell-2\">\n                <div class=\"u-container-layout u-valign-top-lg u-valign-top-md u-valign-top-sm u-valign-top-xs u-container-layout-2\">\n                  <div class=\"custom-expanded 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