Individual Differences in empathy in infancy as predictors of aggression in early childhood. ECDP, 2023, Logomo, Turku, Finland (28 August – 1 September, 2023)
Maternal prenatal and postnatal mentalizing and infant empathy at 15 months. World Association for Infant Mental Health (WAIMH), Dublin, Ireland, (15-19, July, 2023).
Caring babies: On the early development of empathy during the first year of life and on its absence. Invited key-note lecture, 2020, The Annual Conference of the Israeli Developmental Psychology Division, Neve Ilan, Israel, (11-13 February, 2020).
Links between early individual differences in empathy and externalizing behavioral problems in toddlerhood. Paper symposium, 2019, SRCD Biennial Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, (21-23 March, 2019).
Maternal responsiveness to infant distress and its links to early empathy development. Paper symposium, 2019, SRCD Biennial Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, (21-23 March, 2019).
Prosocial behavior towards another in distress at 12 months: Early child and maternal predictors. Paper symposium, 2019, SRCD Biennial Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, (21-23 March, 2019).
Empathy development in infancy and its links to different types of prosocial development. Poster Presentation, 2019, SRCD Biennial Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, (21-23 March, 2019).
Reduced empathic responding of 6-month-olds as an early marker for subsequent ASD diagnosis. Poster presentation, 2018, XXI ICIS Biennial Congress, Philadelphia, PA (June 30-July 3, 2018).
Diminished empathic and social responses in infancy as early markers of ASD diagnosis. Poster presentation, 2018, INSAR, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Links between Empathy for Others in Distress during Infancy and Subsequent Pro-Social Behaviors. Paper Presentation, 2017 SRCD Biennial Meeting, Austin, TX (April 6-8, 2017).
The KESHET Center Model: Pilot Results of an Early Intervention Program for Infants and Toddlers with ASD. ISEI 2016 Conference, Stockholm, Sweden (Jun 6-8, 2016)
The Early Development of Empathy for Others in Distress across the First Year of Life. SRCD 2015 Biennial Meeting, Philadelphia, USA (March 19-21, 2015)
Development of Empathy in the First Years of Life: Implications for ASD. The Annual Conference of Keshet Center, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Ha’Shomer, Israel (January 13-15, 2015)
Development of Empathy in Infancy: Theory, Research and Practice. ALUT’s Annual Conference, Ono Academic College, Kiryat Ono, Israel (December, 2014)
Concern for Others During the First Year of Life: 6-Month-Olds Empathic Responses to Maternal and Paternal Distress. International Conference on Infants Studies, Berlin, Germany (July, 2014)
Development of Empathy in Infants and Toddlers with Developmental Disability. Talk presented during “The Toddler and Daycare” conference. Beit Issie Shapira, Raanana, Israel (October 2010).
Empathic Concern During the 1st Year of Life. Paper presentation. SRCD, Denver, CO (April 2009).
Developmental Assessment and Psycho-diagnostics. Talk presented to the Developmental Division of the Israeli Psychological Association, Sheba Hospital, Tel Ha’Shomer, Israel, (November, 2005)
Empathy Development in Infancy: The Roles of Self-Concept and Gender. SRCD, Tampa, FL (April, 2003).
The Role of Self-Concept Development in the Development of Empathy During Infancy. Poster presented at the International Conference of Infant Studies, Royal York, Toronto, ONT (April, 2002).