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  1. ADHD Characteristics Are Linked to Divergent Risk-Taking Behaviors

    Article • Journal of Attention Disorders, March 2026, SAGE Publications

    Yehuda Pollak

  2. What Are You Waiting For?! Roles of Motivation, Goal Orientation, and Emotion Regulation in Explaining the Link Between ADHD and Procrastination

    Article • Journal of Attention Disorders, January 2026, SAGE Publications

    Yehuda Pollak

  3. Sense of Coherence Is Associated with Functional Impairment in Individuals Diagnosed with ADHD

    Article • Sci, May 2025, MDPI AG

    Yehuda Pollak

  4. Adult ADHD‐Related Poor Quality of Life: Investigating the Role of Procrastination

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, April 2025, Wiley

    Yehuda Pollak

  5. Reciprocal relations between ADHD and risky behavior in adolescence: a between and within‐person longitudinal analysis

    Article • Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, March 2025, Wiley

    Yehuda Pollak

  6. The Impact of Procrastination on the Decreased Quality of Life Associated with Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder

    Article • December 2023, Center for Open Science

    Yehuda Pollak

  7. Sense of Coherence is Associated with Functional Impairment in Individuals Diagnosed with ADHD

    Article • August 2023, Authorea, Inc.

    Yehuda Pollak

  8. Poor learning or hyper‐exploration?: A commentary on Hulsbosch et al. (2023)

    Article • Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, August 2023, Wiley

    Yehuda Pollak

  9. Using the temporal motivation theory to explain the relation between ADHD and procrastination

    Article • Australian Psychologist, June 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Yehuda Pollak

  10. Risk-Taking Behaviors in Children with ADHD Compared to Children with Primary Headaches

    Article • Neuropediatrics, November 2022, Thieme Publishing Group

    Yehuda Pollak

  11. The Link between ADHD Symptoms and Antisocial Behavior: The Moderating Role of the Protective Factor Sense of Coherence

    Article • Brain Sciences, October 2022, MDPI AG

    Yehuda Pollak

  12. Symptoms of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Are Associated with Sub-Optimal and Inconsistent Temporal Decision Making

    Article • Brain Sciences, September 2022, MDPI AG

    Yehuda Pollak

  13. The Link between ADHD and Antisocial Behavior: The Moderating Role of the Protective Factor Sense of Coherence

    Article • September 2022, MDPI AG

    Yehuda Pollak

  14. Decision-making and Risky Behavior in Individuals with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A 10-year Longitudinal Study

    Article • Developmental Neuropsychology, May 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Yehuda Pollak

  15. Peer feedback decreases impulsive choice in adolescents with and without attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder

    Article • JCPP Advances, February 2022, Wiley

    Yehuda Pollak

  16. Symptoms of ADHD Predict Lower Adaptation to the COVID-19 Outbreak: Financial Decline, Low Adherence to Preventive Measures, Psychological Distress, and Illness-Related Negative Perceptions

    Article • Journal of Attention Disorders, June 2021, SAGE Publications

    Yehuda Pollak

  17. ADHD symptoms predict lower adaptation to the COVID-19 outbreak: financial decline, low adherence to preventive measures, psychological distress, and illness-related negative perceptions

    Article • March 2021, Center for Open Science

    Yehuda Pollak

  18. Adolescent risk-taking likelihood, risk perceptions, and benefit perceptions across domains

    Article • January 2021, Center for Open Science

    Yehuda Pollak

  19. What Drives Risky Behavior in ADHD: Insensitivity to its Risk or Fascination with its Potential Benefits?

    Article • Journal of Attention Disorders, August 2020, SAGE Publications

    Yehuda Pollak

  20. Predictors of non‐adherence to public health instructions during the COVID‐19 pandemic

    Article • Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, August 2020, Wiley

    Yehuda Pollak

  21. The influence of attractiveness and convenience cues on food appeal in adults with and without ADHD

    Article • Appetite, July 2020, Elsevier

    Yehuda Pollak

  22. Predictors of adherence to public health instructions during the COVID-19 pandemic

    Article • April 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Yehuda Pollak

  23. Advertising Influences Food Choices of University Students With ADHD

    Article • Journal of Attention Disorders, December 2019, SAGE Publications

    Yehuda Pollak

  24. ADHD Is Associated With a Widespread Pattern of Risky Behavior Across Activity Domains

    Article • Journal of Attention Disorders, October 2019, SAGE Publications

    Yehuda Pollak

  25. Corrigendum: Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Increased Engagement in Sexual Risk-Taking Behavior: The Role of Benefit Perception

    Article • Frontiers in Psychology, September 2019, Frontiers

    Yehuda Pollak

  26. Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Increased Engagement in Sexual Risk-Taking Behavior: The Role of Benefit Perception

    Article • Frontiers in Psychology, May 2019, Frontiers

    Yehuda Pollak

  27. The complexity of the interaction between binge-eating and attention

    Article • PLOS One, April 2019, PLOS

    Prof ABRAHAM WEIZMAN, Professor Daniel Stein, Yehuda Pollak

  28. MON-093 Myokine Levels after Resistance Exercise in Young Adults with Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS)

    Article • Journal of the Endocrine Society, April 2019, Endocrine Society

    Yehuda Pollak

  29. Risk-Taking Behavior in Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): a Review of Potential Underlying Mechanisms and of Interventions

    Article • Current Psychiatry Reports, March 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Yehuda Pollak

  30. Auditory stimulation improves motor function and caretaker burden in children with cerebral palsy- A randomized double blind study

    Article • PLOS One, December 2018, PLOS

    Yehuda Pollak

  31. Decision-Making Deficits in ADHD Are Not Related to Risk Seeking But to Suboptimal Decision-Making: Meta-Analytical and Novel Experimental Evidence

    Article • Journal of Attention Disorders, December 2018, SAGE Publications

    Yehuda Pollak

  32. Dysfunctional Eating Patterns of Adults With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

    Article • The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, November 2018, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Yehuda Pollak

  33. Magel2 Modulates Bone Remodeling and Mass in Prader‐Willi Syndrome by Affecting Oleoyl Serine Levels and Activity

    Article • Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, October 2018, Wiley

    Yehuda Pollak

  34. Risk taking and adult attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder: A gap between real life behavior and experimental decision making

    Article • Psychiatry Research, January 2018, Elsevier

    Yehuda Pollak

  35. The Role of Parental Monitoring in Mediating the Link Between Adolescent ADHD Symptoms and Risk-Taking Behavior

    Article • Journal of Attention Disorders, August 2017, SAGE Publications

    Yehuda Pollak, Dr Naama Gershy

  36. Clown-care reduces pain in children with cerebral palsy undergoing recurrent botulinum toxin injections- A quasi-randomized controlled crossover study

    Article • PLOS One, April 2017, PLOS

    Yehuda Pollak

  37. Attitudes toward prenatal genetic testing and therapeutic termination of pregnancy among parents of offspring with Prader-Willi syndrome

    Article • European Journal of Medical Genetics, April 2017, Elsevier

    Yehuda Pollak

  38. Physical activity and maximal oxygen uptake in adults with Prader–Willi syndrome

    Article • Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia Bulimia and Obesity, March 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Yehuda Pollak

  39. The Relationship Between Executive Functions and Quality of Life in Adults With ADHD

    Article • Journal of Attention Disorders, February 2017, SAGE Publications

    Yehuda Pollak

  40. Targeting the endocannabinoid/CB1 receptor system for treating obesity in Prader–Willi syndrome

    Article • Molecular Metabolism, December 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Resat Cinar, Yehuda Pollak

  41. ADHD-associated risk taking is linked to exaggerated views of the benefits of positive outcomes

    Article • Scientific Reports, October 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Yehuda Pollak

  42. The Efficacy of Computerized Cognitive Training in Adults With ADHD

    Article • Journal of Attention Disorders, July 2016, SAGE Publications

    Yehuda Pollak

  43. Medical Decisions of Pediatric Residents Turn Riskier after a 24-Hour Call with No Sleep

    Article • Medical Decision Making, July 2016, SAGE Publications

    Yehuda Pollak

  44. Effort Allocation in Children With ADHD: Abnormal Decision-Making or Poor Execution?

    Article • Journal of Attention Disorders, June 2016, SAGE Publications

    Yehuda Pollak

  45. Do adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder show risk seeking? Disentangling probabilistic decision making by equalizing the favorability of alternatives.

    Article • Journal of Abnormal Psychology, April 2016, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Yehuda Pollak

  46. Irisin and the Metabolic Phenotype of Adults with Prader-Willi Syndrome

    Article • PLOS One, September 2015, PLOS

    Yehuda Pollak

  47. Feedback May Harm: Role of Feedback in Probabilistic Decision Making of Adolescents with ADHD

    Article • Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, April 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Yehuda Pollak

  48. A disease specific questionnaire for assessing behavior in individuals with Prader–Willi syndrome

    Article • Comprehensive Psychiatry, April 2015, Elsevier

    Yehuda Pollak

  49. Cross-Disorder Genome-Wide Analyses Suggest a Complex Genetic Relationship Between Tourette’s Syndrome and OCD

    Article • American Journal of Psychiatry, January 2015, American Psychiatric Association

    Dr Edna Grünblatt, Yehuda Pollak

  50. Copy Number Variation in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Tourette Syndrome: A Cross-Disorder Study

    Article • Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, August 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Edna Grünblatt, Yehuda Pollak

  51. Risk Taking in Adolescents With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder on a Probabilistic Choice Task

    Article • The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, March 2014, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Yehuda Pollak

  52. Cerebral palsy risk factors and their impact on psychopathology

    Article • Neurological Research, January 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Hilla Ben-Pazi, Yehuda Pollak

  53. Characterization of Minipuberty in Infants with Prader-Willi Syndrome

    Article • Hormone Research in Paediatrics, January 2014, Karger Publishers

    Yehuda Pollak

  54. Partitioning the Heritability of Tourette Syndrome and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Reveals Differences in Genetic Architecture

    Article • PLoS Genetics, October 2013, PLOS

    Yehuda Pollak, Jonathan Knowles

  55. Management of hypogonadism in adolescent girls and adult women with Prader–Willi syndrome

    Article • American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, August 2013, Wiley

    Yehuda Pollak

  56. Genome-wide association study of Tourette's syndrome

    Article • Molecular Psychiatry, August 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Yehuda Pollak, Jonathan Knowles

  57. Do ADHD and Executive Dysfunctions, Measured by the Hebrew Version of Behavioral Rating Inventory of Executive Functions (BRIEF), Completely Overlap?

    Article • Child Neuropsychology, September 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Yehuda Pollak

  58. Psychiatric and cognitive profile in Anderson‐Fabry patients: a preliminary study

    Article • Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease, June 2010, Wiley

    Yehuda Pollak

  59. Methylphenidate Effect in Children With ADHD Can Be Measured by an Ecologically Valid Continuous Performance Test Embedded in Virtual Reality

    Article • CNS Spectrums, February 2010, Cambridge University Press

    Yehuda Pollak

  60. Tourette Syndrome–Associated Psychopathology: Roles of Comorbid Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

    Article • Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, October 2009, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Yehuda Pollak

  61. Further support for a role of the His452Tyr variant in 5-HT2A receptor gene in memory functions in humans

    Article • The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, June 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Yehuda Pollak

  62. The Utility of a Continuous Performance Test Embedded in Virtual Reality in Measuring ADHD-Related Deficits

    Article • Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, February 2009, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Yehuda Pollak

  63. Factors influencing diagnosis delay in children with Tourette syndrome

    Article • European Journal of Paediatric Neurology, September 2008, Elsevier

    Yehuda Pollak

  64. Locus of control, perceived parenting style, and symptoms of anxiety and depression in children with Tourette’s syndrome

    Article • European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, February 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Yehuda Pollak

  65. Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors reduce brain and blood interleukin‐1β production

    Article • Annals of Neurology, April 2005, Wiley

    Yehuda Pollak

  66. Cytokine-induced changes in mood and behaviour: implications for ???depression due to a general medical condition???, immunotherapy and antidepressive treatment

    Article • The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, December 2002, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Yehuda Pollak

  67. Cytokines, “Depression Due to A General Medical Condition,” and Antidepressant Drugs

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Yehuda Pollak