I completed my B.A studies in Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at University of Haifa. My academic work to date has focused on studying audio-visual perception by conducting behavioral experiments and using cutting edge neuroimaging methods (fMRI) to test the change in performance following a specific training. Work that was accomplished during my MA thesis (graduated Cum Laude), under the supervision of Prof. Amir Amedi at the Lab for Multisensory research, Department of Neurobiology, at the Hebrew University. As a speech and language pathologist I have clinical and research background which, in many ways, complement each other. My long-term research interests entail gaining a comprehensive understanding into the the effect of Non Invasive Brain Stimulation (e.g., tES) on Executive function at pediatric ADHD , by conducting behavioral and neural studies (using mobile EEG devices).

Publications:

1. Striem-Amit, E., Dakwar, O., Hertz, U., Meijer, P., Stern, W., Pascual-Leone, A., & Amedi, A. (2016). The plasticity of neural network sensory substitution object shape recognition.
2. Striem-Amit E, Dakwar O, Hertz U, Meijer P, Stern W, Pascual-Leone A, Amedi A. The Neural Network of Sensory-Substitution Object Shape Recognition. Functional Neurology, Rehabilitation, and Ergonomics Journals 2011; 271-278.
3. Striem-Amit E, Dakwar O, Reich L, Amedi A. The large-scale organization of ‘visual’ streams emerges without visual experience. Cerebral Cortex 2011; doi:10.1093/cercor/bhr25
4. Reich, L., Striem-Amit, E., Szwed, M., Dakwar, O., Guendelman, M., Cohen, L., & Amedi, A. (2011). A Ventral Visual Stream Reading Center Independent of Sensory Modality and Visual Experience. IPerception, 2(8), 896. https://doi.org/10.1068/ic896
5. Striem-Amit, E., Dakwar, O. & Amedi, A. (2009). Highly transient neuroplasticity following one session of learning to use a sensory substitution device: an fMRI study. NeuroImage, 47, 39-41. doi.org/10.1016/S1053-8119(09)70956-5.

Scientific Presentations and poster sessions:

1. The 18th Annual Meeting of the Israel Society for Neuroscience (ISFN); Eilat (2009),  Sight restoration in blind individuals using a visual-to-auditory sensory substitution device the vOICe: Preliminary behavioral and imaging results; Ornella Dakwar, Ella Striem-Amit, Amir Amedi.
2. Israeli Neuropsychology Conference; Academic College of Tel Aviv – Yaffo (2009). Sight restoration in blind individuals using a visual-to-auditory sensory substitution device the vOICe: Preliminary behavioral and imaging results; Ella Striem-Amit, Ornella Dakwar, Amir Amedi.
3. The 10th International Multisensory Research Forum; The city college of New York; New York (2009), Highly transient neuroplasticity following one session of learning to use a sensory substitution device: an fMRI study; Ella Striem-Amit, Ornella Dakwar, Amir Amedi.
4. The 3rd Annual Conference of Association for Child Development and Rehabilitation, Israel (2012), When the blind "sees" using sensory substitution device: behavioral and neural correlates; Ornella Dakwar Kawar, Uri Hertz, Ilan Goldbirg, Nadine Sigalov, Amir Amedi