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Rotenberg Vadim, psychiatrist, psychophysiologist; b. Kirov, Russia, Aug. 5 , 1941; arrived in Israel 1990; MD, 1st Moscow Medical Institute, 1964; PhD, 1970; DSc. 1979. Sr. Lecturer of Tel-Aviv University. Main interests: psychophysiology of sleep; brain hemisphere functions; resistance to stress; pathogenesis of mental and psychosomatic disorders; creativity; psychotherapy. Author of the Search Activity Concept, which integrates type of behavior, body resistance to stress and diseases, REM sleep functions, brain hemisphere functions and presents a new explanation of mental and psychosomatic disorders. Biographee of: "Marquis Who is Who in the World", "Marquis Who is Who in Science", "Marquis Who is Who in Medicine and Healthcare", "International Register of Profiles", " 2000 outstanding intellectuals of the 20th Century", International Biographical Centre, Cambridge. Man of the year (1993/4; 1999/2000) of the International Biographical Centre, Cambridge.


  • SEARCH ACTIVITY CONCEPT: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BEHAVIOR, HEALTH AND BRAIN FUNCTIONS.

  • New  REM SLEEP FUNCTION AND BRAIN MONOAMINE REGULATION

  • REM SLEEP AND DREAMS AS MECHANIHSMS OF THE RECOVERY OF SEARCH ACTIVITY

  • SLEEP AFTER IMMOBILIZATION STRESS AND SLEEP DEPRIVATION: COMMON FEATURES AND THEORETICAL INTEGRATION

  • SLEEP AND MEMORY I: THE INFLUENCE OF DIFFERENT SLEEP STAGES ON MEMORY

  • SLEEP AND MEMORY II: INVESTIGATIONS ON HUMANS

  • CHANGE OF MOOD DURING SLEEP AND REM SLEEP VARIABLES.

  • REM SLEEP IN DEPRESSED PATIENTS: DIFFERENT ATTEMPTS TO ACHIEVE ADAPTATION

  • New  THE PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY OF REM SLEEP IN RELATION TO MECHANISMS OF PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS

  • REM SLEEP LATENCY AND WAKEFULNESS IN THE FIRST SLEEP CYCLE AS MARKERS OF MAJOR DEPRESSION A CONTROLLED STUDY VS. SCHIZOPHRENIA AND NORMAL CONTROLS

  • THE PECULIARITY OF THE RIGHT-HEMISPHERE FUNCTION IN DEPRESSION: SOLVING THE PARADOXES

  • SLEEP DEPRIVATION IN DEPRESSION: AN INTEGRATIVE APPROACH

  • New  PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF THE SEARCH ACTIVITY AND LEARNED HELPLESSNESS IN PSYCHOSOMATIC PATIENTS AND HEALTHY TESTEES

  • New  BEHAVIOURAL ATTITUDES IN MAJOR DEPRESSION: A PILOT INVESTIGATION.

  • New  BEHAVIORAL ATTITUDES AND DEPRESSION: CAUSE AND EFFECT RELATIONSHIPS.

  • New  BEHAVIORAL ATTITUDES AND DISTRESS IN ADOLESCENTS: RELATIONSHIP TO AGE AND GENDER.

  • New  BEHAVIORAL ATTITUDES AND THE DURATION OF SEARCH FOR JOB IN UNEMPLOYED WOMEN.

  • THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SUBJECTIVE SLEEP ESTIMATION AND OBJECTIVE SLEEP VARIABLES IN DEPRESSED PATIENTS

  • SLOW WAVE SLEEP REDISTRIBUTION AND REM SLEEP EYE MOVEMENT DENSITY IN DEPRESSION: TOWARDS THE ADAPTIVE FUNCTION OF REM SLEEP

  • LEARNED HELPLESSNESS AND SLEEP: DISCUSSION OF CONTRADICTIONS

  • THE ESTIMATION OF SLEEP QUALITY IN DIFFERENT STAGES AND CYCLES OF SLEEP

  • THE STRUCTURE OF NIGHT SLEEP AND CARDIAC RHYTHM IN PATIENTS SUFFERING FOR MANY YEARS FROM HYPO- AND AKINESIA

  • ADAPTIVE VERSUS MALADAPTIVE EMOTIONAL TENSION

  • ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION: A PSYCHO-SOMATIC FEATURE OR A PSYCHO-SOMATIC DISEASE? A DIFFERENTIAL ANALYSIS OF CASES IN TERMS OF SEARCH ACTIVITY CONCEPT.

  • PSYCHONEUROIMMUNOLOGY: SEARCHING FOR THE MAIN DETERIORATING PSYCHOBEHAVIORAL FACTOR

  • AN INTEGRATIVE PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL APPROACH TO BRAIN HEMISPHERE FUNCTIONS IN SCHIZOPHRENIA

  • FIRST NIGHT EFFECT IN DIFFERENT FORMS OF SCHIZOPHRENIA (PILOT INVESTIGATION)

  • EYE MOVEMENT DENSITY IN POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SCHIZOPHRENIA

  • New  THE ONTOGENY AND ASYMMETRY OF THE HIGHEST BRAIN SKILLS AND THE PATHOGENESIS OF SCHIZOPHRENIA.

  • ANOREXIA NERVOSA: OLD CONTRADICTIONS AND A NEW THEORETICAL APPROACH

  • WORD AND IMAGE: THE PROBLEM OF CONTEXT

  • RIGHT AND LEFT BRAIN HEMISPHERES ACTIVATION IN THE REPRESENTATIVES OF TWO DIFFERENT CULTURES

  • RICHNESS AGAINST FREEDOM: TWO HEMISPHERE FUNCTIONS AND THE PROBLEM OF CREATIVITY

  • THE TWO HEMISPHERES AND THE PROBLEM OF PSYCHOTHERAPY

  • New  THE ASYMMETRY OF THE FRONTAL LOBE FUNCTIONS AND THE FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEMS OF MENTAL HEALTH AND PSYCHOTHERAPY.

  • HUMAN MEMORY, CEREBRAL HEMISPHERES, AND LIMBIC SYSTEM: A NEW APPROACH

  • RIGHT HEMISPHERE INSUFFICIENCY AND ILLNESS IN THE CONTEXT OF SEARCH ACTIVITY CONCEPT

  • THE COMPETITION BETWEEN SWS AND REM SLEEP AS INDEX OF MALADAPTATION TO SHIFT WORK

  • CHARACTERISTICS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL DEFENSE MECHANISMS IN HEALTHY TESTEES AND IN PATIENTS WITH SOMATIC DISORDERS