Dr. Gilam is the director of the translational Social, Cognitive, and Affective Neuroscience (tSCAN) lab.

The lab’s primary research focuses on the causes, consequences, and prevention of human suffering related to affective states, such as pain and anger, as they manifest at the intersection of psychopathological (trauma, depression) and chronic pain (fibromyalgia, musculoskeletal) conditions. These strongly co-morbid conditions are globally, the leading factors contributing to years living with disability, resulting in incredible personal, societal, and financial costs. To address these issues, the tSCAN lab uses a combination of methods from cognitive neuroscience, experimental psychology, and health informatics, while integrating perspectives from emotion science, social and health psychology, psychiatry, and pain medicine.

We are always looking for motivated and talented students - please feel free to reach out if you are interested in joining our research efforts.

Selected Publications:

Granjon, M., Vest, N., Mackey, S. C., & Gilam, G. (2026). Distinct multidimensional anger profiles predict current and long-term chronic pain outcomes. The Journal of Pain, 39, 105611.‏

Mor-Elzas, Y., Kubichek, S., & Gilam, G. (2025). Perceived injustice of trauma: Longitudinal prediction of traumatic stress symptoms following the October 7th attack and subsequent war. Journal of Affective Disorders, 395(Pt A), 120702-120702.

Edwards, K. A., Lii, T., Schouten, T. D., Kearney, K. M., Ziadni, M. S., Darnall, B. D., ... & Gilam, G. (2024). Is there an association between lateralization of chronic pain in the body and depression?. The journal of pain, 25(10), 104490.

Gilam, G., Silvert, J., Raev, S., Malka, D., Gluzman, I., Rush, M., ... & Aloush, V. (2024). Perceived injustice and anger in fibromyalgia with and without comorbid mental health conditions: a hebrew validation of the injustice experience questionnaire. The Clinical Journal of Pain, 40(6), 356-366.‏

Gilam, G., Cramer, E. M., Weber, K. A., Ziadni, M. S., Kao, M. C., & Mackey, S.C. (2021). Classifying chronic pain using multidimensional pain-agnostic symptom assessments and clustering analysis. Science Advances, 8(37) https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abj0320

Mercer Lindsay, N., Chen, C., Gilam, G., Mackey, S.C., & Scherrer, G. (2021). Brain Circuits for pain and its treatment. Science Translational Medicine, 13(619) https://doi.org/10.1126/scitranslmed.abj7360

Gilam, G., Gross, J.J., Wager, T.D., Keefe, F.J., & Mackey. S.C. (2020). What is the relationship between pain and emotion? Bridging constructs and communities. Neuron, 107(1), 17-21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2020.05.024

Gilam, G., Abend, R., Gurevitch, G., Erdman, A., Baker, H., Ben-Zion, Z., & Hendler, T. (2018). Attenuating anger and aggression with neuromodulation of the vmPFC – a simultaneous tDCS-fMRI study. Cortex, 109, 156-170. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2018.09.010

Gilam, G., Lin, T., Fruchter, E., & Hendler, T. (2017). Neural indicators of interpersonal anger as cause and consequence of combat-training stress symptoms. Psychological Medicine, 47(9), 1561-1572. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291716003354

Gilam, G., & Hendler, T. (2016). With love, from me to you: Embedding social interactions in affective neuroscience. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 68, 590-601. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2016.06.027

Gilam, G., Lin, T., Raz, G., Azrielant, S., Fruchter, E., Ariely, D. & Hendler, T. (2015). Neural substrates underlaying the tendency to accept anger-infused ultimatum offers during dynamic social interactions. Neuroimage, 120, 400-411. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.07.003