Funded Projects
Minerva XR Grant Recipients (2025)
Israel - Germany Collaborations
Does Language Facilitate Navigation Abilities? An Ecological Study
Principal Investigators:
​Yossi Yovel, Liad Mudrik
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Tel Aviv University
Melissa Le-Hoa Vo
Goethe University Frankfurt
Immersive Bioethics in Prenatal and Fertility Decision-Making
Principal Investigators:
​Noam Shomron
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Tel Aviv University
Kerstin Schlögl-Flierl
University of Augsburg Frankfurt
Gaze Aversions and Fluid Intelligence
Principal Investigators:
Shlomit Yuval-Greenberg, Sagi Jaffe-Dax
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Tel Aviv University
Moritz Köster
University of Regensburg
Perspective and Observational Motor Learning in VR
Principal Investigators:
Roy Mukamel
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Tel Aviv University
Cristina Becchio
​
University Medical
Center Hamburg
Eppendorf​
AR-Induced Virtual Hallucinations and Sense of Reality
Principal Investigators:
Roy Salomon
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University of Haifa
Dimitris Repantis
Charité –
Universitätsmedizin
Berlin​
Attention and Distraction in Virtually-Real Environments
Principal Investigators:
Elana Zion Golumbic
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Bar Ilan University
Martin Bleichner
University of
Oldenberg
Self-Manipulation of Physiological and Emotional State in XR, Enhancing Emotional Regulation through Immersive Intervention. Terror Snow Crash
Principal Investigators:
Jonathan Giron
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Reichman University
Prof. Rainer Malaka
Digital Media Lab at
Bremen University
Aging is Inevitable, Embodying Stereotypes is Not
Principal Investigators:
Ehud Bodner
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Bar-Ilan University
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Doron Friedman
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Reichman University
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Prof. Dr. KlausRothermund
Universitat Jena​
Israel-based Projects
Understanding Race-Based Discrimination in the Criminal Justice
System
Principal Investigators:
Alma Cohen, Oren Bar-Gill
Institute:
Tel Aviv University
VR-Based Assessment of Spatial and Reaction Time in Athletes
Principal Investigator:
Chaim G. Pick
Institute:
Tel Aviv University
VR and Agency in Binocular Rivalry and Psychosis
Principal Investigator:
Yoram Bonneh
Institute:
University of Bar-Ilan
Context-Dependent Synchronization in Virtual Reality
Principal Investigators:
Galit Yovel, Yaara Yeshurun
Institute:
Tel Aviv University
Enhancing Environmental Awareness in AR
Principal Investigators:
Joel Lanir, Amber Maimon
Institute:
University of Haifa
Leveraging VR to Reveal Mechanisms of Human Learning and Memory
Principal Investigator:
Nitzan Censor
Institute:
Tel Aviv University
Spatial Cognition and Reference Frame Translation in Aging and Young Adults, Dissociating Cognitive and Physiological Fear Responses Using VR
Principal Investigator:
Michal Ramot
Institute:
Weizmann