• Studies on creativity and mental disorders, such as Bipolar Disorder, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and Anxiety Disorder
• Neurocognition of music and language
• Neuroimaging: Electroencephalography (EEG), functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI); and functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS)
• Psycholinguistics studies 

• Neurocognition of Creativity
• Emotion Regulation
• Neuroimaging Studies

• Female Researcher Scholarship Issued by Gender Equality, Diversity and Family Affairs Office · Oct 2019

• Creative Thinking and Emotion Regulation 
• Individual versus Collaborative Creativity: A Comparison of Solo and Group Creative Processes 
• The Neural Basis of Unconscious Drivers of Creative Thinking 
• Inter-Brain Synchrony in Dyadic Interaction: A Hyperscanning Approach

• Judgment and decision making
• Neuroscience Labrotation (EEG)
• Cognition Labrotation 

EEG, fNIRS, TMS

fNIRS study in collaboration with Core Facility for Neuroscience of Self-Regulation 

Taheri-Ardali, M., Anonby, E., Ebrahimi, Z., & others. (2021). The online atlas of the languages of Iran: Design, methodology, and initial results. Jostarhay-e Zabani, 12, 231–291. Download here
 
Ebrahimi, Z., Saberi, K., & Moradkhani, S. (2019). Women’s features of speech based on Lakoff’s approach: The effect of age. Jostarhay-e Zabani, 9(6), 187–212. Download here 
 
Ebrahimi, Z., & Moradi, R. (2018). The study on power and certainty in the language of Kurdish speakers in Kamyaran, based on Lakoff’s dominance approach. Zaban Pazhohi, Alzahra University, Tehran. Download here

Ebrahimi, Z., Eymann, V., Bergström, K., Lachmann, T., Czernochowski, D., & Jaarsveld, S. (2023, October). Exploring the interplay between working memory, intelligence, and creativity. Paper presented at the 39th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Psychophysics (Fechner Day), Assisi, Italy.

Ebrahimi, Z., Bergström, K., Jaarsveld, S., & Lachmann, T. (2024, August). Solo vs. team creativity: Where does creativity flourish most? Paper presented at the CogSci Conference, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Ebrahimi, Z., Beck, A., Eymann, V., & others. (2025, March). The role of working memory on intelligence and creativity. Paper presented at the TEAP Conference, Frankfurt, Germany.

Ebrahimi, Z., Jubran, O., & Lachmann, T. (2025, May). Focus or distraction? The role of preferred and non-preferred music in a virtual basketball decision task. Paper presented at the CSCS Conference, Zürich, Switzerland.

Ebrahimi, Z., Lachmann, T., Czernochowski, D., & Wüstenberg, T. (2025, June). Does sadness make us more or less creative? An fNIRS study on the impact of emotional states on creative thinking. Paper presented at SfNC2025: Creativity & Changing Brains, Paris, France.

Ebrahimi, Z., Beck, A., Bergström, K., Jaarsveld, S., & Lachmann, T. (2025, July). The maze of creative thinking: Pathways of traits, states, and intelligence in shaping creativity. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, San Francisco, California, USA.