Ziv Ben-Zion, PhD, adjunct assistant professor of psychiatry, has been awarded the 2026 Bela and Chaim Danieli Early Career Professional Award from the

Talks, lectures, podcast episodes, and media appearances by Dr. Ziv Ben-Zion — clinical neuroscientist studying trauma, stress resilience, and AI in mental h...

Trauma researchers need professional norms that allow brief, humane acknowledgment when acute trauma directly affects a scientific community.

Israeli researchers recreated Stanley Milgram's famous obedience experiment using ChatGPT, Gemini and other AI models, finding that nearly 80% carried out simulated lethal orders despite recognizing t...

Letter to the Editor

הכירו את ד"ר זיו בן-ציון. ראש מעבדת החוסן וההחלמה באוניברסיטת חיפה

AI is getting seriously good at simulating psychedelic trips.

Both fear and emotional pain present unique symptom profiles in individuals with post-traumatic stress disorder, potentially informing new treatment approaches.

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Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a heterogeneous condition with diverse symptom presentations and emotional experiences. While fear is traditio…

Objective: On 7 October 2023, a mass-casualty attack at the Nova festival in Israel created an unprecedented convergence of collective trauma and altered states of consciousness. Many survivors wer...

What does AI do with human feelings? To investigate its readiness to serve as a therapist, a neuroscientist took ChatGPT for an emotional ride.

Large language models (LLMs) are rapidly evolving from text generators to autonomous agents, raising urgent questions about their reliability in real-world contexts. Stress and anxiety are well known ...

ד"ר זיו בן ציון מאוניברסיטת חיפה בפודקאסט N12: הבינה המלאכותית יכולה לעודד מצוקה נפשית - אוניברסיטת חיפה מזמינה אתכם להתעדכן בכל החדשות והאירועים המתרחשים בקמפוס ובקהילה האקדמי

Virtual chatbots that simulate conversations with famous actors or sci-fi characters can have real-world consequences.

Virtual chatbots that simulate conversations with famous actors or sci-fi characters can have real-world consequences.

Symptoms include flashbacks, hyperarousal, avoidance of trauma-related stimuli, and changes in emotional and cognitive responses.

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At a time when many are utilizing AI as an alternative to in-person therapy, a new study out this month found that ChatGPT can act like it’s anxious when presented with traumatic experiences by users....