Iddo Gefen

What Can We Hold On to When the World Feels Out of Control? Why so many of us feel powerless today, and the small steps that can help us regain a sense of control and hope

What Can We Hold On to When the World Feels Out of Control? My new Substack newsletter about what psychology and neuroscience can teach us about feeling helpless and how we can deal with it when everything feels overwhelming.
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What Makes a Moment Memorable? A visit to the oldest cinema in the world, and a simple rule that explains how we remember events in life.

New piece! This time, it's about the rule that explains why we remember some moments in life and forget most of the rest.
Plus, a reminder that sometimes the most meaningful moments are the ones we don’t even remember.

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Thank you so much @matteofarinella.bsky.social !

Contributor: The human brain doesn't learn, think or recall like an AI. Embrace the difference Inaccurate metaphors about the mind can cause real harm, for instance leading educators to 'train' children like algorithms.

Framing human brains in terms borrowed from artificial intelligence is dangerous—writes Shohamy lab grad student @iddogefen.bsky.social in @latimes.com. He explores the harm of trying to “optimize” or “fine-tune” people—for education, health, law, art or science. tinyurl.com/2zjsv892

Neuron Stories, Iddo Gefen on Substack My new Substack post is up about the geography of memory. I went back to my favorite bookstore in Paris and found an old memory I had left there. Why does the brain bring back certain memories only wh...

My new Substack postabout the geography of memory. I went back to my favorite bookstore in Paris and found an old memory I had left there. Why does the brain bring back certain memories only when we return to places, and how can we find those memories again?

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Do We Carry the Traumas of Our Family’s Past? Epigenetics research suggests that the echoes of past experiences, such as trauma, may shape who we are in ways we’re only beginning to understand.

Do We Carry the Traumas of Our Family’s Past?
My new Substack article is a (not-so) light summer read about how trauma gets under the skin and whether our grandparents’ memories might still be hiding somewhere inside us.

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Big thanks to Megan Peck Shub for the thoughtful conversation and beautiful piece in
@haaretzcom.bsky.social . We somehow managed to talk about Mrs. Lillenblum’s Cloud Factory, neuroscience, being Israeli in the U.S., and of course, Jewish parents who may have stolen the show (as always).

How My Dyslexic Brain Turned Me Into a Writer Broca’s area – a region in the frontal lobe, typically in the left hemisphere, crucial for speech production and language processing.

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I Just launched my Substack! This first article is a personal one - about my brain, my dyslexia, and how I somehow ended up becoming a writer despite it, or maybe even because of it.

I’ll be writing about neuroscience, stories and how both help us understand behavior. You’re welcomed to subscribe!

עידו גפן, אתה יותר סופר או יותר מדען?

תמיד חשבתי שדוקטורט יגרום להורים שלי להיות גאים בי, אבל לא. התשובה הנכונה הייתה להתארח בפודקאסט האדיר של שמואל רוזנר הקיפוד והשועל שהם מאזינים לו באדיקות. היה כיף מאד, מוזמנים ומוזמנות להאזין

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OMG I love it! what a great idea! Happy you enjoyed it!!!

Mrs. Lilienblum's Cloud Factory Known for Jerusalem Beach—an award-winning debut collection of often startling philosophic and speculative short stories—Iddo Gefen returns with his first novel. Mrs.

Iddo Gefen's new novel, MRS. LILIENBLUM'S CLOUD FACTORY, is a riotous exploration of family dynamics, technological advancement, and life in an Israeli desert. Read more from our review of this captivating new novel below. bit.ly/4cfR1oe

Shelf Awareness for Monday, March 10, 2025 Welcome to the Web site for Shelf Awareness: Daily Enlightenment for the Book Trade, the free e-mail newsletter dedicated to helping the people in stores, ...

From @shelf-awareness.com my review of Ido Gefen's debut novel, MRS. LILIENBLUM'S CLOUD FACTORY:

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