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Dr. Oded Mayo

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Ruhr University Bochum
Faculty of Psychology

Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience
Department of Neuropsychology
Universitätsstr. 150
D-44801 Bochum

Email: ma.oded@gmail.com


My current research projects

focus on how we learn about each other during social interactions (e.g., What others feel and think? What are their traits?) and how this learning process is influenced by interbrain plasticity. Additionally, I explore the impact of social interaction on memory and its neural substrates, examining how sharing memories alters our autobiographical recollections. My work aims to enhance our comprehension of social dynamics, with potential applications spanning psychotherapy, psychopathology, and beyond.


Curriculum Vitae


Since 2025: Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Neuropsychology, Ruhr University Bochum

Since 2023: Postdoctoral Fellow
Social and Affective Neuroscience Lab, University of Haifa, Israel

2018-2022: Doctorate
Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
Thesis: In and Out of Synchrony – Behavioral and Physiological Dynamics of Dyadic Interpersonal Coordination

2010-2012: M.A. ClinicalPsychology
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Thesis: Infant’s Approach and Inhibition as Predictors of Externalizing and Internalizing Symptoms in Children – Main and Moderated Effects

2007-2009: Undergraduate coursework to fulfill prerequisite requirements in psychology
Tel-Aviv University, Israel

2001-2004: B.Sc. Applied Mathematics
Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel

  • Gordon I, Tomashin A, Mayo O (2024) A theory of flexible multimodal synchrony. Psychol Rev 132(3):680-718. https://doi.org/10.1037/rev0000495
     
  • Mayo O, Shamay-Tsoory S (2024) Dynamic mutual predictions during social learning: A computational and interbrain model. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 157:105513. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105513
     
  • Mayo O, Horesh D, Korisky A, Milstein N, Zadok E, Tomashin A, Gordon I (2023) I feel you: Prepandemic physiological synchrony and emotional contagion during COVID-19. Emotion 23(3):753-763. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001122
     
  • Horesh D, Milstein N, Tomashin A, Mayo O, Gordon I (2022) Pre-pandemic electrodermal activity predicts current COVID-related fears: household size during lockdown as a moderating factor. Stress 25(1):22-29. https://doi.org/10.1080/10253890.2021.2006179
     
  • Gordon I, Horesh D, Milstein N, Tomashin A, Mayo O, Korisky A (2021) Pre-pandemic autonomic nervous system activity predicts mood regulation expectancies during COVID-19 in Israel. Psychophysiology 58(11):e13910. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.13910
     
  • Mayo O, Lavidor M, Gordon I. Interpersonal autonomic nervous system synchrony and its association to relationship and performance - a systematic review and meta-analysis (2021) Physiol Behav 235:113391. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2021.113391
     
  • Mayo O, Gordon I. In and out of synchrony-Behavioral and physiological dynamics of dyadic interpersonal coordination (2020) Psychophysiology 57(6):e13574. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.13574