Isaac Fradkin

• BA in Psychology and Philosophy, 2012, Ben-Gurion University, Israel
• MA in Clinical Psychology, 2015, The Hebrew university of Jerusalem
• PhD in Psychology and Cognitive Science, 2019, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Research interests

• Understanding the cognitive and computational basis of thought disorder across the wide psychiatric spectrum
• Developing computational method to understand spontaneous thought, free association, and the coherence of thought and speech
• Understanding the unique and shared computational underpinning of obsessive compulsive disorder and psychosis

Selected publications

Fradkin, I., Adams, R. A., Parr, T., Roiser, J. P., & Huppert, J. D. (2020). Searching for an anchor in an unpredictable world: A computational model of obsessive compulsive disorder. Psychol Rev, 127(5), 672-699. https://doi.org/10.1037/rev0000188

Fradkin, I., Eitam, B., Strauss, A. Y., & Huppert, J. D. (2018). Thoughts as Unexpected Intruders: Context, Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms, and the Sense of Agency Over Thoughts. Clinical Psychological Science, 7(1), 162-180. https://doi.org/10.1177/2167702618797102

Fradkin, I., Strauss, A. Y., Pereg, M., & Huppert, J. D. (2018). Rigidly Applied Rules? Revisiting Inflexibility in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Using Multilevel Meta-Analysis. Clinical Psychological Science, 6(4), 481-505. https://doi.org/10.1177/2167702618756069