Assistant professor   2017 – present
Institute for Cognitive & Brain Sciences - Shahid-Beheshti University - Tehran , Iran

Postdoctoral Research Associate   2016-2017 
Institute for Cognitive & Brain Sciences - Shahid-Beheshti University - Tehran, Iran

Lecturer (Faculty)   2014 
School of Social Sciences and Public Policy - Auckland University of Technology - Auckland, New Zealand

Lecturer (Part-time)   2005- 2007
Academic Center for Education, Culture & Research (Jahad-e-Daneshgahi) - Isfahan, Iran

Research interests

Perception, Visual attention, Emotional experience
Cognitive development, Autism Spectrum Disorders

Other academic & professional activities

Member of Biomedical Ethics Committee of ShahidBeheshti University (2021- present)        Director of Cognitive Rehabilitation Clinic of  ShahidBeheshti University (2017 -2019)

Awards      Teaching Execellence Award - ShahidBeheshti University (2022)

Education

PhD - Psychology (Cognitive) - Massey University - Auckland, New Zealand
MA - Psychology (Clinical) - Isfahan University - Isfahan, Iran (GPA: 19.10/20 - Rank: 1st)
BA - Psychology (Clinical) - Isfahan University - Isfahan, Iran

Publications & Presentations

Articles

Under Review:

Bagheri-rad, D. & Mokhtari, S. (under review). The influence of the characteristics of emotional experience on the components of emotion regulation flexibility.

 Seyedahmadi, S., & Mokhtari, S. (under review). Depression and attentional bias to unpleasant stimuli in parents of children with autism.

Published:

Alam, A., & Mokhtari, S. (Accepted). The relationship between depressive symptoms severity and attentional bias in children with Type 1 Diabetes.

Kheirkhah, M., Mokhtari, S., Bakouie, F., & Gharibzadeh, S. (2023). Cue predictability modulates the perceptual load of attentional control on threatening facial distractors. Iranian Journal of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, 17(4): e132551

Zarei, Z., Borhani, K., Ashrafi, F., & Mokhtari, S. (2023). Comparing attentional bias to facial expressions of pain and copying style between individuals with migrain and controls. Journal of Psychology, 27, 285-293. [in Persian]
 
Mokhtari, S., & Parchini, P. (2023). The Application of Drawing Tasks in Studying Cognitive Functions in Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review. International Journal of Developmental Disabilities. Advance online publication.

Ebrahimi, L., Bakouie., F., & Mokhtari, S., & Hasani, R. (2022). The influence of sad mood on inhibitory control: the role of gender differences. PsyArXive

Sarrami, A., Afhami., R., & Mokhtari, S. (2022). Perceptual grouping of random dot patterns in the presence of a tilting frame. Perception, 51, 230-243.

Najafali-Ghandehari, E., Mokhtari, S., & Borhani, K. (2022). Developmental investigation of positive mood effects on cognitive flexibility and its relationship to creativity. Quarterly of Applied Psychology, 16, 59-81. [in Persian]

Kazemisaleh*, Z., Mokhtari*, S., Gharibzadeh, S., & Bakouie, F. (2022). The relationship between sequential implicit learning and visuospatial working memory capacity: A developmental study. Iranian Eolutionary and Educational Psychology Journal, 4, 2-2.

Soroor, G., Mokhtari, S., & Pouretemad, H. (2022). Priming the global processing strategy improves the perceptual performance of children with autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 52, 1019-1029.

Alam, A., Rajab. A., & Mokhtari, S. (2021). A review of cognitive dysfunctions in children and adolescents with Type1 Diabetes. Journal of Clinical Excellence, 11, 1-12. [in Persian]

Mokhtari, S., Rastikerdar, N. (2020). The Interaction of emotion regulation and sleep quality: does social media usage duration play a role? Journal of Neurodevelopmental Cognition, 3, 22-29.

Mokhtari, S., Bakouie, F. Kheirkhah, M. (2019, December). The role of positiev emotions in resilience: A cognitive perspective. Proceedings of the 1st Iranian Congress of Positive Psychology. Tehran, Iran. [in Persian]

Pouretemad, H., & Mokhtari, S. (2019). Is detecting a compound geometric shape influenced by stimulus density? A developmental study. Japanese Psychological Research, 61(1), 25-35.
 
Hashemi-kamangar, S., Moradimanesh, Z., Mokhtari, S., & Bakouie, F. (2018). A dynamic system explaining the process of development by introducing different time-scales. International Journal of Neuroscience, 128(12), 1211-1212.
 
Soroor, G., Mokhtari, S., & Pouretemad, H. (2018, April). Review of the Assessment Tools for Studying Perceptual Organization in Autism. Proceedings of National Congress of Children with Special Needs, Isfahan, Iran. [in Persian]
 
Mokhtari, S., & Buttle, H. (2015). The effect of observers’ mood on processing of emotional faces: Evidence from short-lived and prolonged mood states. Advances in Cognitive Psychology, 11(1), 14-21.
 
Mokhtari S., & Buttle, H. (2011). Observer's mood manipulates level of visual processing: evidence from face and non-face stimuli. i-Perception, 2: 249.
 
Mokhtari, S., Neshatdoost, H. T., & Molavi, H. (2008). The effect of Cognitive-Behaviour Group Therapy on Depression and Dogmatization of Patients with Multiple Sclerosis. Journal of Psychology, 12(3), 242-251. [in Persian]

   Books
             
           Mokhtari, S. (2020). Neuroenhancement in tasks, roles and occupations. in A. Heidari (Ed.). Organizational neuroscience. (pp. 183-204). Tehran: University of                Tehran Press. [transation]

Mokhtari, S. & Rahmati, Z. (2018). Improving Cognitive and Creative Skills of Children: Secondary Education Textbook (National Level - No. 212312-Grade 12). Tehran, Iran: Textbook Publishing & Printing Company of Iran.
 
Mokhtari, S., Neshatdoost, H. T., & Molavi, H. (2013). The effect of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy on depression and somatic complaints of Multiple Sclerosis patients. In C. M. See (Ed.), Research and practice: Counseling and social work in the new frontier of helping. Penang, Malaysia: USM Press.

 
Conferences

Hoseinpour-Fatmehsari, M., & Mokhtari, S. (2023, December). The effect of a drawing-based training package on visuo-perceptual organization skills in primary school children. 12th Basic & Clinical Neuroscience congress. Tehran, Iran.

Bagheri-Rad, D., Mokhtari, S. (2021, December). The usage pattern of cognitive reappraisal for regulating unpleasant emotions in personal and social life situations. 10^th Basic & Clinical Neuroscience Congress. Tehran, Iran.

Seyed-ahmadi, S., & Mokhtari, S. (2020, October). The effect of severity of depressive symptoms on attentional bias in the parents of autistic children. The 1st National Student Congress of Cognitive Science. Gilan (Rasht), Iran. 

Mokhtari, S., Bakoie, F., & Kheirkhah, M. (2019, December). The role of positiev emotions in resilience: A cognitive perspective. The 1st Iranian Congress of Positive Psychology. Tehran, Iran.

Rastikerdar, N., Mokhtari., S., & Safavimanesh, F. (2018, December). The relationship of effective emotion regulation and subjective sleep quality. 7^th Basic & Clinical Neuroscience Congress. Tehran, Iran. [Abstract ID: 253].
 
Khanjari, M., Pouretemad, H., & Mokhtari, S. (2018, December). Priming the processing strategy in ASD. The First conference on Human Growth, Development and Health. Tehran, Iran.
 
Karami, A., Safavimanesh, F., & Mokhtari, S. (2018, October). A new local proximity measure in evaluating non-symbolic number comparison task performance. 2^nd Irannian Symposium on Brain Mapping Updates. Tehran, Iran.
 
Soroor, G., Mokhtari, S., & Pouretemad, H. (2018, April). Review of the Assessment Tools for Studying Perceptual Organization in Autism. National Congress of Children with Special Needs, Isfahan, Iran.
 
Mokhtari, S., Soroor, G., & Pouretemad, H. (2017, November). The Effect of Priming the Global Processing Strategy on Improvement of the Perceptual Performance of Children with Autism. 8^th Congress of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Tehran, Iran.
 
Mokhtari, S. & Pouretemad, H. (2017, January). Identifying a Target in Hierarchical Patterns: Does the Pattern's Density Matter? Budapest CEU Conference on Cognitive Development. Budapest, Hungary.
 
Buttle, H., Mokhtari, S., & Cannon, P. (2013, June). Emotional content and affective context. The Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition (SARMAC) Conference. Rotterdam, Netherlands.
 
Mokhtari, S., & Buttle, H. (2011, July). Observer's mood manipulates level of visual processing: evidence from face and non-face stimuli. Asia- Pacific Conference on Vision (APCV). Hong Kong, HK.
 
Buttle, H., & Mokhtari, S. (2011, June). Emotional content and affective context: Levels of processing effects with schematic faces. Presentation given at the University of Exeter's Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience, Exeter, UK.
 
Mokhtari, S., Buttle, H., & Stillman, J. A. (2010, September). Is the level of processing in emotionally expressive faces affected by observer¡¦s mood? 27th BPS Cognitive Psychology Section Annual Conference, Cardiff, UK. [p.38]
 
Mokhtari, S., Buttle, H., & Stillman, J. A. (2010, April). Levels of processing with schematic faces: Emotional content or affective context? 37th Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference, Melbourne, Australia.[p.29]
 
Mokhtari, S., Buttle, H., & Stillman, J. A. (2009, November). The effect of mood and emotion on attention and memory in face perception. NZ Postgraduate Conference, Wellington, New Zealand. [p.110]
 
Mokhtari, S., Neshatdoost, H. T., & Molavi, H. (2009, January). The effect of CBT on depression and somatic complains in Multiple sclerosis patients. International Counseling and Social Work Symposium, Penang, Malaysia.
 
Mokhtari, S., Neshatdoost, H. T., & Molavi, H. (2006, November). Multiple Sclerosis and psychological symptoms. 3rd International Congress on Multiple Sclerosis, Isfahan, Iran.
 
Mokhtari, S., & Yarmohammadian, H. (2006, November). Social anxiety in Epilepsy and Multiple sclerosis. 3rd International Congress on Multiple Sclerosis, Isfahan, Iran.

Current & Previous Students

                Parham Rayegani (emotional face perception in autism)
                Masoomeh Hoseinpour (perceptual organization  in typically developeing children)
                Delnia Miri (facial trustworthiness)
                Mona Izadi (facial trustworthiness)
                Faezeh Mashayekhi (illusion perception in ASD)
                Amin Jahani (labeling emotional experience & inhibitory control)
                Paria Parchini (perceptual organization in mothers of autistis children)
                Delaram Bagheri-Rad (autistic traits & flexible emotion regulation)
                Parisa Mahdavi (similarity judgment & perceptual organization in children with ASD)
                Saeedeh Navidi (the component meaningfulness & perceptual organization)
                Soogand Seyed-Ahmadi (attentionl bias & depression in parents of children with ASD)
                Nastaran Mahini (the effect of attentionl bias modification on test anxiety)
                Nooshin Momenzadeh (autistic traits & emotional face perception in different task situations)
                Asiyeh Alam (attentional bias & depression/anxiety in children with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus)
                Zahra Kazemi-Saleh (working memory capacity & implicit learning)
                Mojdeh Khanjari (the effect of global perceptual priming on perceptual bias in ASD)
                Golnoosh Soroor (the effect of global perceptual priming on illusion perception in ASD)