The Cognition, Aging and Rehabilitation Lab

2024

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• Socially Assistive Robot for Stroke Rehabilitation: a Long-Term in-the-Wild Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial      

     Feingold Polak R., Barzel O., Levy-Tzedek S. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering 
    (TNSRE) vol. 32, pp. 1616-1626 (2024). DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2024.3387320 [LINK]

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• Do We Really Need This Robot? Technology Requirements for Vestibular Rehabilitation: Input from Patients and Clinicians
  
  Kalderon L., Kaplan A., Wolfovitz A., Gimmon Y.* & Levy-Tzedek S.* International Journal of Human - Computer Studies (in press, 2024) (* - contributed equally) [LINK]
   

• Robotic technology for Parkinson’s disease: Needs, attitudes and concerns of individuals with Parkinson’s disease and their family members. A Focus-Group Study
  
  Kaplan A.*, Barkan-Slater S.*, Zlotnik Y., Levy-Tzedek S. International Journal of Human - Computer Studies 181, 103148 (2024) (* - contributed equally) [LINK]
   

• Barriers and facilitators of vestibular rehabilitation home exercise: Perspectives of patients and physical therapists
  
  Kalderon L., Kaplan A., Wolfovitz A., Levy-Tzedek S.* & Gimmon Y.* Journal of Neurologic Physical Therapy (2024) (* - contributed equally) doi: 10.1097/NPT.0000000000000470. [LINK] [an excerpt: guidelines for dealing with barriers to practice]
   

• Rehabilitation Robots in Israel: Threats and Opportunities
  
  Feingold Polak R., Weiss T., Levy-Tzedek S. In: "Rehabilitation Robots for Neurorehabilitation in High, Middle and Low Income Countries: A Roadmap for Engineers and Clinicians" Eds. Michelle J. Johnson, Rochelle Mendonca. Academic Press (2024) Pages 209-222, (ISBN 9780323919319), doi:10.1016/B978-0-323-91931-9.00033-5. [LINK to abstract] [authors' version] [an excerpt: guidelines for incorporating technology into rehabilitation]
   

2023

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• "Robots for good": Ten defining questions   
  
  Sabanovic S.*, Charisi V.*, Belpaeme T., Bethel C., Matarić M., Murphy R. and Levy-Tzedek S.* Science Robotics, (84), eadl4238. DOI: 10.1126/scirobotics.adl4238(2023) (* - contributed equally) [LINK to journal's website] [authors' version]
   

• Ethical Considerations in Child-Robot Interactions   
  
  Langer, A. Marshall P.* and Levy-Tzedek S.* Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 151, 105230 (2023) [LINK] (* - contributed equally)
   

• Socially Assistive Robots for Parkinson's Disease: Needs, Attitudes and Specific Applications as Identified by Healthcare Professionals
  
  Bar-On I.*, Mayo G.*, Levy-Tzedek S. Transactions on Human-Robot Interactions (THRI) 12(1), 1-25 (2023) [LINK] (* - contributed equally)
   

• TLTD: Transfer Learning for Tabular Data
  
  Bragilovski M., Kapri Z., Rokach L., Levy-Tzedek S. Applied Soft Computing 147, 110748 (2023) [LINK]
   

• A novel socially assistive robotic platform for cognitive-motor exercises for individuals with Parkinson's Disease: a participatory-design study from conception to feasibility testing with end users
  
  Raz D., Barkan-Slater S., Baum-Cohen I., Vissel G., Lahav-Raz Y., Shapiro A., Levy-Tzedek S. Frontiers in Robotics and AI 10:1267458. doi: 10.3389/frobt.2023.1267458 (2023) [LINK]
   

• Could robots be trustworthy?
  
  Schröder I., Müller O., Scholl, H., Levy-Tzedek S., Kellmeyer P. Ethics in Medicine 35, 221–246 (2023) [LINK]
   

• Correlation Between Kinetic and Kinematic Measures, Clinical Tests and Subjective Self-Evaluation Questionnaires of the Affected Upper Limb in People After Stroke
  
  Baer R., Feingold Polak R., Ostrovsky D., Kurz I., Levy-Tzedek S. Frontiers in Neuroscience 17:1264513. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2023.1264513 (2023) [LINK]
   

2022

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• Hierarchy in algorithm-based feedback to patients working with a robotic rehabilitation system: towards user-experience optimization 
  
  Fruchter, D., Feingold Polak R., Berman S. and Levy-Tzedek S. IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems (THMS) 52(5) 907-917 (2022) DOI 10.1109/THMS.2022.3170831 [LINK]
   

• Automating provision of feedback to stroke patients with and without information on compensatory movements: a pilot study 
  
  Fruchter, D., Feingold Polak R., Berman S. and Levy-Tzedek S. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience  16:918804. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2022.918804 (2022) [LINK]
   

• Extended Interviews with Stroke Patients Over a Long-term Rehabilitation Using Human-Robot or Human-Computer Interactions 
  
  Koren, Y., Feingold Polak R. and Levy-Tzedek S. International Journal of Social Robotics (2022) https://doi.org/10.1007/s12369-022-00909-7 [LINK]
   

• Young and Old Users Prefer Immersive Virtual Reality over a Social Robot for Short-Term Cognitive Training
  
  Cohavi O. and Levy-Tzedek S. International Journal of Human - Computer Studies 161 (2022) 102775 [LINK]
   

• A Socially Assistive Robot for Stroke Patients: Acceptance, Needs, and Concerns of Patients and Informal Caregivers
  
  Dembovski A., Amitai A., Levy-Tzedek S. Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences 2:793233. doi: 10.3389/fresc.2021.793233 (2022) [LINK]
   

• Interaction matters: The effect of touching the social robot PARO on pain and stress is stronger when turned ON vs. OFF
  
  Geva N., Hermoni N., Levy-Tzedek S. Frontiers in Robotics and AI 9:926185. doi: 10.3389/frobt.2022.926185 (2022) [LINK]
   

2021

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• The effects of an object's height and weight on force calibration and kinematics when post-stroke and healthy individuals reach and grasp
  
  Feingold Polak R.*, Yelkin A.*, Edelman S., Shapiro A., Levy-Tzedek S. Scientific Reports 11, 20559 (2021) [LINK] [PDF]
   

• A Robot Goes to Rehab: A Novel Gamified System for Long-Term Stroke Rehabilitation using a Socially Assistive Robot: Methodology & Usability Testing      
  
  Feingold Polak R., Barzel O., Levy-Tzedek S. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation (JNER) 18:122 (2021) [LINK]

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• A machine-learning model for automatic detection of movement compensations in stroke patients       
  
  Kashi S., Feingold Polak R., Lerner B., Rokach L., Levy-Tzedek S. IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing, 9(3) 1234-1247 [LINK]

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• Emerging Roles for Social Robots in Rehabilitation: Current Directions       
  
  Langer, A. and Levy-Tzedek S. Transactions on Human-Robot Interactions (THRI) 10 (4), 1-4 (2021) [LINK]
   

• Formalizing and Guaranteeing* Human-Robot Interaction
  
  Kress-Gazit H., Eder K., Hoffman G., Admoni H., Argall B., Ehlers R., Heckman C., Jansen N., Knepper R., Křetínský J., Levy-Tzedek S., Li J., Murphey T., Riek L., Sadigh D. Communications of the ACM 64(9) 78-84 (2021) [Link to the Dagstuhl Seminar that planted the seed for this publication] [LINK] [PDF]
   

• Personalized Human Robot Interaction in the Unique Context of Rehabilitation      
  
  Feingold Polak R. and Levy-Tzedek S. cAESAR 2021, held in conjunction with ACM UMAP 2021, (2021) [LINK]
   

• Insights from a Long-Term in-the-Wild Study with Post-Stroke Patients using a Socially Assistive Robot      
  
  Feingold Polak R. and Levy-Tzedek S. HUMANOID 2021, held in conjunction with CHIRA 2021, (2021) [PDF]
   

2020

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• Touching the social robot PARO reduces pain perception and salivary oxytocin levels       
  
  Geva N., Uzefovsky F., Levy-Tzedek S. Scientific Reports 10:9814 (2020) [LINK] 
  
  This paper is one of Scientific Reports' *Top 100 in Neuroscience* for 2020

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• Priming and Timing in Human-Robot interactions         

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     Langer, A. and Levy-Tzedek S. In “Modelling human motion: from human perception to robot design” (Eds., Noceti, Sciutti &     
    Rea), Springer. (2020). Book Chapter. [PDF] [LINK]
 

• A Social Robot for Rehabilitation: Expert Clinicians and Post-Stroke Patients' Evaluation Following a Long-Term Intervention 
        
  Feingold Polak R. and Levy-Tzedek S. Human-Robot Interaction, (2020) (HRI'20) [PDF] [Ronit's presentation]
   

• Implicit task switching in Parkinson’s disease is preserved when on medication 
  
  Yaffe J.A., Zlotnik Y., Ifergane G. and Levy-Tzedek S. PLoS One, 15(1): e0227555 (2020) [LINK]
   

 

2019

 

• Trust in Socially Assistive Robots: Considerations for use in Rehabilitation   
  
  Langer, A. Feingold Polak R., Mueller O., Kellmeyer, P. and Levy-Tzedek S. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 104, 231-239 (2019) [LINK]
  
   

• Sooner Rather Than Later: Precrastination Rather Than Procrastination 
  
  Rosenbaum D.A., Fournier L.R., Levy-Tzedek S., McBride D.M., Rosenthal R., Sauerberger K., VonderHaar R.L., Wasserman E.A., Zentall
  T.R.  Current Directions in Psychological Science, 28(3) 229-233 (2019) [LINK]
   

• Novel Gamified System for Post-Stroke Upper-Limb Rehabilitation using a Social Robot: Focus Groups of Expert Clinicians 

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       Feingold Polak R., Bistritsky A., Gozlan Y., and Levy-Tzedek S. IEEE ICVR, 1-7 (2019) [PDF]

2018
 

• Peer Power 

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       Levy-Tzedek S. Moran G.S., Alon U., Sal-Man N. EMBO Reports, 19(11), e47246 (2018) [PDF]

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• Social Robots in Rehabilitation: A Question of Trust 
        

       Kellmeyer, P., Mueller O., Feingold Polak R., and Levy-Tzedek S. Science Robotics, 3, eaat1587 (2018) [PDF]

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• Differences between young and old users when interacting with a humanoid robot: a qualitative usability study 
        

       Feingold Polak R., Elishay A., Shahar Y., Stein M., Edan Y., and Levy-Tzedek S. Paladyn, Journal of Behavioral Robotics, 9(1): 183-192,            (2018) [LINK]

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• Improvement in upper-limb UPDRS motor scores following fast-paced arm exercise:  A pilot study      
   

       Levy-Tzedek S., Arbelle D., Forman D., Zlotnik Y. Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience, 36(4): 535-545, (2018) [LINK]

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• Robotic gaming prototype for upper limb exercise: effects of age and embodiment on user preferences and movement

      Eizicovits, D., Edan Y., Tabak I. & Levy-Tzedek S.  Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience, 36(2): 261-274, (2018) [LINK]

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• Smooth leader or sharp follower? Playing the Mirror Game with a Robot

      Kashi S. & Levy-Tzedek S.  Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience, 36(2) 147-159 (2018) [LINK]

 

2017 and earlier​
 

• Changes in Predictive Task Switching with Age and with Cognitive Load

      Levy-Tzedek S.  Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 9:375 (2017) [LINK]
 

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• Motor Errors Lead to Enhanced Performance in Older Adults
  
  Levy-Tzedek S.  Scientific Reports, 7 (3270); (2017) [LINK]
   

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• Aging and Sensory Substitution in a Virtual Navigation Task
  
  Levy-Tzedek S., Maidenbaum S., Amedi A., Lackner J.  PLoS One, 11(3): e0151593 (2016) [LINK]
   

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• Other ways of seeing: from behavior to neural mechanisms in the online “visual” control of action with sensory substitution
  
  Proulx M.J., Gwinnutt J., Dell’Erba S., Levy-Tzedek S., de Sousa A.A., & Brown D.J. Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience, 34(1); 29–44 (2016) [LINK]

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• Integration and binding in rehabilitative sensory substitution: increasing resolution using a new Zooming-In approach
  
  Buchs G., Maidenbaum S., Levy-Tzedek S., Amedi A. Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience, 34(1); 29–44 (2016) [LINK]

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• Color improves ‘visual’ acuity via sound
  Levy-Tzedek S., Riemer D., Amedi A. , Frontiers in Neuroscience, 8:358 (2014) [LINK]

• Blind in a virtual world: The effect of extended sensory range on the characteristics of visionless virtual navigation  Maidenbaum S., Levy-Tzedek S., Chebat D.R., Namer-Furstenberg R., Amedi A.  Multisensory Research, 27(5-6); 379 – 397 (2014) [PDF]

• The “EyeCane”, a new Electronic Travel Aid for the blind: Technology, behavior & swift learning
  Maidenbaum S., Hanassy S., Abboud S., Buchs G., Chebat D.R., Levy-Tzedek S. , Amedi A. Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience, 32(6); 813-824 (2014) [PDF]

• EyeMusic: Introducing a “visual” colorful experience for the blind using auditory sensory substitution 
  Abboud S*., Hanassy S*., Levy-Tzedek S., Maidenbaum S., Amedi A.   Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience, 32(2); 247-257  * equal contribution (2014) [PDF]

• Depth-To-Audio Sensory Substitution for Navigation in Virtual Environments 
  Maidenbaum S., Chebat D.R., Levy-Tzedek S., Amedi A.  Human Computer Interfaces (HCI) 8513, 398-406 (2014) [PDF]

• Increasing accessibility to the blind of virtual environments, using a virtual mobility aid based on the "EyeCane": feasibility study 
  Maidenbaum S., Levy-Tzedek S., Chebat D.R., Amedi A. PLoS ONE, 8(8): e72555 (2013) [LINK]

• Cross-sensory transfer of sensory-motor information: visuomotor learning affects performance on an audiomotor task, using sensory-substitution
  Levy-Tzedek S., Novick I., Arbel R., Abboud S., Maidenbaum S., Vaadia E., Amedi A. Scientific Reports (Nature Group) 2 (949) (2012) [LINK]

• Fast, Accurate Reaching Movements with a Visual-to-Auditory Sensory Substitution Device
  Levy-Tzedek S., Hanassy S., Abboud S., Maidenbaum S., Amedi A.  Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience 30(4); 313-323 (2012) [PDF]

• The Effects of Rhythmicity and Amplitude on Transfer of Motor Learning
  Ben-Tov M., Levy-Tzedek S., Karniel A.  PLoS ONE 7(10): e46983 (2012) [LINK]

• Virtual 3D shape and orientation discrimination using point distance information
  Maidenbaum S., Arbel R., Abboud S., Chebat D.R., Levy-Tzedek S., Amedi A. Intl Conf. Disability, Virtual Reality & Associated Technologies (2012) [PDF]

• Rhythmic movements are larger, faster but with the same frequency upon removal of visual feedback
  Levy-Tzedek S., Ben Tov M. and Karniel A.  J Neurophysiol. 106(5); 2120-2126 (2011) [PDF]

• Rhythmic movement in Parkinson’s disease: effects of visual feedback and medication state.
  Levy-Tzedek S., Krebs H.I., Arle J.E., Shils J.L., Poizner H. Exp Brain Res. 211(2); 277-286 (2011) [PDF]

• Early switching between movement types: indication of predictive control?
  Levy-Tzedek S., Ben Tov M. and Karniel A. Brain Research Bulletin 85(5); 283-288 (2011) [PDF]

• Non-monotonicity on a spatio-temporally defined cyclic task: evidence of two movement types?
  Levy-Tzedek S., Krebs, H.I., Song, D., Hogan, N., Poizner, H. Exp Brain Res. 202(4); 733-746. (2010) [PDF]

• One Dimensional Turing-Like Handshake Test for Motor Intelligence
  Karniel A., Avraham G., Peles B.C., Levy-Tzedek S., Nisky I. J Vis Exp. 46: p. e2492 (2010) [PDF]

• A Turing-like Handshake Test for Motor Intelligence
  Karniel A., Nisky I., Avraham G., Peles B.C., Levy-Tzedek S. Eurohaptics (2010) [PDF]

• A Paradigm-Shift: Rehabilitation Robotics
  Krebs, H.I., Dipietro, L., Levy-Tzedek, S., Fasoli, S., Rykman, A., Zipse, J., Fawcett, J., Stein, J., Poizner, H., Lo, A., Volpe, B., Hogan, N.  IEEE EMB. 24(7); 61-70. (2008)

• Parkinson’s Disease: A Motor Control Study Using a Wrist Robot
  Levy-Tzedek, S., Krebs, H.I., Shils, J.L, Apetaurova, D., Arle, J.E. Advanced Robotics. 21(10); 1201-1213. (2007) [PDF]