TEXTBIOGRAPHY

Avraham Schweiger



BIOBIBLIOGRAPHY
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Tel Aviv & New York/ *Netherlands 1948

Studied Psychology: B.A. summa cum laude, 1975 at California State University, Los Angeles; M.A. 1976 & Ph.D. 1981 at UCLA

Licensed in New York, California and Israel as a Clinical Psychologist. Dipl. American Board of Medical Psychotherapists. Past medical staff privileges: Northridge Hospital Medical Center, Northridge, CA; Valley Hospital Medical Center, Van Nuys, CA; Coldwater Canyon Hospital, North Hollywood, CA. On the editorial board of "Aphasiology" and "Journal for Psycholinguistic Research."

1993 to present, Director of Neuropsychology, The center for Cognition and Communication, NY, NY 10021; 1994 to present, Adjunct Prof., The Graduate Center, City University of New York and Adjunct Ass. Prof., Psych. Dept., Hofstra Univ.; 1995 - 1998, Chairman, Linguistics Section of the New York Academy of Sciences; 1998 to present, Ass. Prof., Behavioral Sciences, Academic College of Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel.

PAPERS IN REFEREED JOURNALS
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in press
Schweiger, A., "Evidence for non-modular, linguistic processing in reading from a non-cognitivist perspective." A paper with open peer commentary, "Aphasiology"

accepted for publication
Schweiger, A. / Brown, J. W., "From binding to continuity: rethinking the solutions". Continuing Commentary, "Behavior and Brain Sciences"

2000
Schweiger A. / Brown, J. W., "Phylogeny, Ontogeny and Microgeny in Linguistic Process: Perception and Action as Progressive Specification", "Brain and Language", p. 213-216

1999
Schweiger, A., "The process approach in perception: support from studies of brain damage patients". "Salzburger Theologische Zeitschrift", 3, p. 207-213

EDITED BOOK CHAPTERS

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in press
Schweiger, A. / Brown, J. W., "Organic Brain Syndrome". In M. Hersen / W. Sledge (Eds.), The Encyclopedia of Psychotherapy. Academic Press
Schweiger, A., "Empirical evidence for non-modular, microgenetic linguistic processing in reading". In T. Lachmann / E. Witruk (Eds.), Language, Reading and Dyslexia: Basic Mechanisms and Disorders. Series: Reading and Dyslexia, vol. 1, Leipzig: Leipzig University Press

1998
Chobor, K. / Schweiger, A., "The comprehension of lexical amibiguity by brain-injured patients". In M. Paradis (Ed.), Pragmatics in neurolinguistic Communication Disorders. N.Y.: Pergamon Press, Elsevier Science
Schweiger, A., "Consciousness: Then And Now". In R. Bilder / F. Lefever (Eds.), The Neuroscience of the Mind: on the Centennial of Freud's Project for Scientific Psychology. New York Academy of Sciences Press

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
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Bleich, M. / Rothstein, P. / Andelman, F. / Assaf, Y. / Schweiger, A. / Hendler, T., "Awareness of feelings: task and stimulus effects in the amygdala using functional MRI". Presentation at the annual Israeli Neurosciences conference, Kfar Giladi, Israel, March 2001

Ben-Sahchar, M. / Karni, A. / Palti, D. / Ben-Basat, D. / Andelman, F. / Schweiger, A. / Bitan, T. / Kushnir, T. / Fried, I. / Neufeld, M. / Hendler, T., "Assessment of language dominance in epileptic patients using fMRI". Presentation at the Israeli Neuroscience Society, 2000