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Aisenberg-Shafran, D. (2026). Emotion Formation in Old Age—The Result of a Top-Down Positive Strategy, General Habituation or a Bottom-Up Decreased Interoception? Brain Sciences, 16(3), 261.

Oren, G., Shoshani, A., Samra, N.N. et al. From trauma to resilience: psychological and epigenetic adaptations in the third generation of holocaust survivors. Sci Rep 15, 26193 (2025).

Keha, E., Aisenberg-Shafran, D., Hochman, S. et al. Age-related differences in information, but not task control in the color-word Stroop task. Psychon Bull Rev 32, 1551–1561 (2025).

Katzenelenbogen, O., & Aisenberg-Shafran, D. (2025). Brief Mindfulness-Based Intervention for Seniors—An Exploratory Semi-Randomized Examination of Decentering Effects on Cognitive Functions and Psychological Distress. Behavioral Sciences, 15(4), 466.

Itai-Pak, Y., Aisenberg-Shafran, D. Inferred Exposure and Self-Disclosure in Psychotherapy with Older Patients. J Rat-Emo Cognitive-Behav Ther 43, 25 (2025).

Cohen ZZ, Aisenberg-Shafran D. Dancing Queen… Only seventy! the short- and long-term effects of older-women group dancing on self-esteem, depression, and self-judgment. Int J Clin Health Psychol. 2025 Jul-Sep;25(3):100604. Epub 2025 Jul 8. PMID: 40688560; PMCID: PMC12273202.

Bar-Lev, S., Luria, A., & Aisenberg-Shafran, D. (2025). Navigating E-Government: Older Adults’ Strategies and Barriers in Accessing State Social Benefits. Journal of Technology in Human Services, 43(3), 181–206.

Tolmacz, R., Aisenberg-Shafran, D., Ofek, S., & Lev-Ari, L. (2024). Aging second-generation Holocaust survivors and well-being: The mediating role of relational attitudes. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 0(0).

Itai-Pak, Y., & Aisenberg-Shafran, D. (2024). Don't overlook older adults at risk. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 124, 105461-105461.‏

Aharon, G., Aisenberg-Shafran, D., & Levi-Belz, Y. (2024). Adherence to Masculinity Norms and Depression Symptoms among Israeli Men: The Moderating Role of Psychological Flexibility. American Journal of Men's Health.

Aharon, O. N., Aisenberg-Shafran, D., & Levi-Belz, Y. (2023). The effect of suicide severity and patient’s age on mental health professionals’ willingness to treat: The moderating effect of ageism. Death Studies, 1-11.‏

Aisenberg-Shafran, D., Henik, A. & Gronau, N. Observing ageism implicitly using the numerical parity judgment task. Sci Rep 13, 21195 (2023).

Aisenberg, D. & Harmatz, M. (2023). Improving depressive symptoms and maintaining cognitive abilities of seniors within the nursing homes: A pilot study of Brief Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Seniors in a Semi-randomized trial. Frontiers in Psychology, 7554.‏

Ulus, G.; Aisenberg-Shafran, D. Interoception in Old Age. Brain Sci. 2022, 12, 1398.

Fonia, D., Aisenberg, D. The Effects of Mindfulness Interventions on Fibromyalgia in Adults aged 65 and Older: A Window to Effective Therapy. J Clin Psychol Med Settings (2022).

Daniela Aisenberg-Shafran, Liora Bar-Tur & Yossi Levi-Belz (2022) Who is really at risk? The contribution of death anxiety in suicide risk and loneliness among older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic, Death Studies, 46:10, 2517-2522

Aisenberg-Shafran, D., Shturm, L. The effects of mindfulness meditation versus CBT for anxiety on emotional distress and attitudes toward seeking mental health treatment: a semi-randomized trial. Sci Rep 12, 19711 (2022).

Aisenberg-Shafran D. Psychotherapy for late-life psychopathology - Updates to promote aging in place. Front Psychol. 2022 Sep 20;13:994495.

Yossi Levi-Belz, Daniela Aisenberg, Interpersonal predictors of suicide ideation and complicated-grief trajectories among suicide bereaved individuals: A four-year longitudinal study, Journal of Affective Disorders, Volume 282, 2021, Pages 1030-1035,

Shavit, T., Sherman, A. & Aisenberg, D. The effects of the COVID-19 crisis on the subjective well-being of the Israeli population–monitored phase by phase. Curr Psychol (2021).

Or, G., Levi-Belz, Y., & Aisenberg, D. (2021). Death anxiety and intrusive thinking during the COVID-19 pandemic. GeroPsych: The Journal of Gerontopsychology and Geriatric Psychiatry, 34(4), 201–212.

Levi-Belz, Y., & Aisenberg, D. (2020). Together we stand: Suicide risk and suicide prevention among Israeli older adults during and after the COVID-19 world crisis. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 12(S1), S123–S125.

Kinory, Dana MA∗; Aisenberg, Daniela PhD∗; Levi-Belz, Yossi PhD†,‡. The Cost of Being Apart: The Contribution of Perceived Burdensomeness and Thwarted Belongingness to Suicide Ideation Among Israeli Older Adults. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease: September 2020 - Volume 208 - Issue 9 - p 663-670

Cohen, Z-Z., Aisenberg, D, & Henik, A. (2018). The Effects of Training on Tactile Enumeration. Psychological Research, 1-20.

Aisenberg, D., Sapir, A., Close, A. Henik, A. & d'Avossa, G. (2018). Right Anterior Cerebellum BOLD Responses Reflect Age Related Changes in Simon Task Sequential Effects. Neoropsychologia, 109, 155-164

Aisenberg, D. (2018). The (Surprising) Role of the Cerebellum in Cognitive Functions in Old Adults. in Development of the Cerebellum: Clinical and Molecular Perspectives. Editor: Fabbri, NOVA
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Arend, I.*, Aisenberg, D.* & Henik, A. (2016). Social Priming of Hemispatial Neglect Affects Spatial Coding – Evidence from the Simon Task. Consciousness and Cognition, 45, 1-8.

Aisenberg, D., Cohen, Z-Z., & Linkovski, O. (2016). Training and Transfer in Aging – Is Pathways Overlap Really Necessary? Cognitive Neuroscience, 1-2