Senior Lecturer (Chair of MA Committee, Head of Academic Masters Program of Learning Disabilities in Arabic), Department of Learning Disabilities
Phone: 04-8288115; Extension: 8115
Email: raphiq@psy.haifa.ac.il
Research Interests: Visual word perception and reading processes; Speech perception and production; Bilingualism from cognitive and neurocognitive perspective; Neuropsychology- Hemispheric specialization of higher cognitive functions; Neuropsychology- investigation of Case Studies in language disorders and other higher cognitive dysfunctions.
Recent Publications:
Bentin, S., & Ibrahim, R. (1996). New evidence for phonological processing during visual word recognition: The case of Arabic. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 22, 309-323.
Eviatar. Z., Leikin. M. & Ibrahim, R. (1999). Phonological processing of second language phonemes: A selective deficit in a bilingual aphasic. Language Learning, 49.1, 121-141.
Eviatar, Z. & Ibrahim, R. (2001). Bilingual is as bilingual does: Metalinguistic abilities of Arabic-speaking children. Applied Psycholinguistics, 21(4), 451-471.
Ibrahim, R., Eviatar, Z., & Aharon Peretz, J. (2002). The characteristics of the Arabic orthography slow it’s cognitive processing. Neuropsycholgy, 16(3), 322-326.
Eviatar, Z., Ibrahim, R., & Ganayim, D. (2004). Orthography and the hemispheres: Visual and linguistic aspects of letter processing. Neuropsychology, 18(1), 174-184
Eviatar, Z. & Ibrahim, R. (2004). Morphological and orthographic effects on hemispheric Processing of nonwords: A Cross-linguistic comparison. Reading and Writing,17, 691-705.
Ibrahim, R. & Aharon-Peretz, J. (2005). Is literary Arabic a second language for native Arab speakers?: Evidence from a semantic priming study. The Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 34(1),51-70.
Ibrahim, R. (2006). Do languages with cognate relationships have advantages in second language acquisition. The Linguistics Journal, 1, (3), 66-96.
Ibrahim, R. (2006). Morpho-Phonemic similarity within and between languages: A factor to be considered in processing Arabic and Hebrew. Reading and Writing, 19, (6), 563-586.
Ibrahim, R. & Aharon-Peretz, J. (2007). Phonemic and graphemic encoding in processing Arabic script. Israeli Journal of Neurology, 19, 25-27. (Hebrew).
Ibrahim, R. (2007). Does exposure to second spoken language facilitate word reading ability. The Linguistics Journal, 2, (1), 143-161.
Eviatar. Z., & Ibrahim, R. (2007). Morphological structure and hemispheric functioning: The contribution of the right hemisphere to reading in different languages. Neuropsychology, 21(4), 470-484.
Ibrahim, R., Eviatar. Z., & Aharon Peretz, J. (2007). Metalinguistic awareness and reading performance: A cross language comparison. The Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 36(4), 297-317.
Ibrahim, R. (2008). Does visual and auditory word identification have a language-selective input?: Evidence from word processing in Semitic languages. The Linguistics Journal, 3, (2), 82-102.
Ibrahim, R., Eviatar. Z. & Leikin, M . (2008). Speaking Hebrew with an accent: Empathic capacity or other non-personal factors. International Journal of Bilingualism. 12.3, 195-207.
Ibrahim, R. (2009). Selective deficit of second language: A case of Arabic-Hebrew bilingual brain-damaged patient. Behavioral and Brain Functions. 5 (17).1-10.
Ibrahim, R. (2008). Performance in L1 and L2 observed in Arabic-Hebrew bilingual aphasic following brain tumor: A case of double dissociation. Psychology Research and Behavior Management. 11, 11-19.
Ibrahim, R. & Eviatar. Z. (2009). Language status and hemispheric involvement in reading: Evidence from trilingual Arabic speakers tested in Arabic, Hebrew, and English. Neuropsychology, 23(2), 240-254.
Ibrahim, R. (2009). The cognitive basis of diglossia in Arabic: Evidence from a repetition priming study within and between languages. Psychology Research and Behavior Management. 12, 95-105.
Ibrahim, R. (2009). Psycholinguistic Challenges in Processing Arabic Language. International Journal of Psychology Research. 4, 3(4), 361-389.
Leikin. M., Ibrahim, R., Eviatar. Z., & Sapir. S. (2009). Listening with an accent: Speech perception in a second language by late bilinguals. The Journal of Psycholinguistic Research. 38, 447–457.
Ibrahim, R. (2009 ). Neurocognitive aspects of processing Arabic and Hebrew. Brain Research Journal. 2 (4), 261-280.
Ibrahim, R. (2009 ). How do bilinguals handle interhemispheric integration? Evidence from a cross-language study. Journal of Integrative Neuroscience, 8(4), 503-523.
Ibrahim, R. (2010). Diglossia and bilingualism in the context of Arabic language: Evidence from cognitive study. Megamot, 46(4), 598-625. (Hebrew).
Ibrahim, R., Israeli. N. & Eviatar. Z. (2010). Hemispheric involvement in reading: The effects of language experience. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 23 (4), 427–442.
Ibrahim, R. (2011). Interaction between language and modality in Hebrew and Arabic word recognition: Evidence from languages similar in origin. Journal of Hebrew Linguistics. 65, 7–22.
Ibrahim, R. (2011). How does dissociation between written and oral forms affect reading: An investigation of auxiliary verbs in Arabic. Journal of Reseach in Reading. 34 (2), 247–262.
Ibrahim, R. (2011). Literacy problems in Arabic: Sensitivity to diglossia in tasks involved working memory. Journal of Neurolinguistics.
Abdelhadi, S., Ibrahim, R. & Eviatar. Z. (In press). Perceptual load in the reading of Arabic: Effects of orthographic visual complexity on detection. Writing Systems Reserach. 22 pages
