Kenett , Yoed

Associate Professor


Yoed Kenett is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Data and Decision Sciences at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, Israel. Professor Kenett completed his PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience at Bar-Ilan University Gonda Brain Research Center (2015). He joined the Technion after went postdoctoral fellowships at Brown University (2015-2016) and the University of Pennsylvania (2016-2020).

His research computationally and empirically investigates the complexity of high-level cognition in typical and atypical populations, focusing on creativity, associative thought, knowledge, and memory search. To investigate these issues, he applies computational tools from network science, natural language processing, and machine learning, coupled with empirical cognitive and neural research.