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About Me
Professor Esther Adi-Japha heads the Child Development Program in the Faculty of Eduction, and a research fellow of the Gonda (Goldschmied) Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center in the University.
She did her Post-Doctoral research (1998-2000) at the School of Psychology, Bristol University, UK. She earned her PhD (graduated-1998) at the Interdisciplinary Center for Neural Computation at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (ICNC, now ELSC). B.Sc and M.Sc were received from the Racha Institute of Physics at the Hebrew University. Adi-Japha began her research in child development studying the development of children's drawing and handwriting. Her research focuses on the development of skill acquisition, including motor, linguistic, reading and mathematical skiils. Adi-Japha is a Review Editor of the Journals Early Childhood Reserach Quarterly and Frontiers in Psychology.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jan 1994 → Jan 1998
Award Date: 1 Jan 1998
Master's Degree, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Oct 1992 → Jun 1993
Award Date: 30 Jun 1993
Bachelor, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Oct 1989 → Jun 1991
Award Date: 30 Jun 1991
Research
- Fields of Interest
- Long-term procedural memory in children
- Developmental Disabilities
- Children's drawing and writing skills
- The effect of child care on children's development
- תחומי מחקר
- התפתחות קוגניטיבית
- למידה פרוצדורלית בילדים
- ציורי ילדים והתפתחות הכתיבה
- השפעת הגן/המעון על התפתחות הילד
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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War and Prolonged Early-Life Stressors: Cross-Sectional Comparison of Children’s Functional Cognition as Measured With the BRIEF
Hollander, C., Adi-Japha, E. & Dorfberger, S., 1 May 2026, In: American Journal of Occupational Therapy. 80, 3, 8003185090.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Can creative musical and mathematical thinking be developed among first and second graders?
Azaryahu, L., Broza, O., Sasson, O., Hershkovitz, S. & Adi-Japha, E., Dec 2025, In: Thinking Skills and Creativity. 58, 101916.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Challenges in skill acquisition and memory retention in children with developmental language disorder
Altman, C., Shaya, N., Berke, R. & Adi-Japha, E., 1 May 2025, In: International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders. 60, 3, 27 p., e70024.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Kinetics and Kinematics of Shape Tracing in Children with Probable Developmental Coordination Disorder (pDCD)
Hochhauser, M., Ben Refael, Y., Adi-Japha, E. & Bartov, R., 15 Jan 2025, In: Children. 12, 1, 14 p., 90.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Skill learning as a predictor of literacy abilities and related impairments among second-graders from low-SES
Hollander, C., Dorfberger, S., Hochhauser, M. & Adi-Japha, E., Oct 2025, In: Learning and Individual Differences. 123, 102779.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Prizes
Activities
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Conference Contributed
Japha, E. (Invited speaker)
15 Jul 2016 → 22 Jul 2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Earli Sig 22- Neuroscience and Education
Japha, E. (Participation - Conference participant)
22 Jun 2016 → 23 Jun 2016Activity: Participating in or organizing an event › Organizing a conference, workshop, ...
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Conference Contributed
Japha, E. (Invited speaker)
28 Jun 2016 → 30 Jun 2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Conference Contributed
Japha, E. (Invited speaker)
25 Aug 2015 → 29 Aug 2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Conference Contributed
Japha, E. (Invited speaker)
6 Jul 2015 → 8 Jul 2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk