Koc University Language & Cognition Lab

Our MA student Kardelen Koç presented her recent work at the Congress of International Association of Empirical Aesthetics in Jena, Germany (May 5–8). Congratulations Kardelen! 🎉

Our master's student Kardelen Koç has been accepted to PhD in Psychology at George Mason University! Congrats Kardelen!🍀

Our master's student Can Ceylan has been accepted to PhD in Psychology at the University of Toronto! Congrats! 🎊 @can_ceylan_

Yesterday, we hosted Prof. Sotaro Kita @sotarokita from the University of Warwick at Koç University @kocuniversity! Dr. Kita gave a presentation on hand gestures, language, and thought. Thank you for this great talk!

Great news from the Science Academy’s BAGEP Awards! Our lab director, Tilbe Göksun, spoke as a newly elected member, and our former postdoc, Dilay Karadöller, received the BAGEP award. @DilayKaradoller @GoksunTilbe Huge congrats to Dilay and all the awardees! 🎉

We hosted @YagmurDenizKisa at our lab meeting this week, who is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Comparative Cultural Psychology at the Max Planck Institute! Yağmur worked as an undergraduate assistant at L&C Lab. Thank you for this great presentation, Yağmur!

New study led by our PhD student Begüm Yılmaz! 🎊 "Parental gestural math input and children's math skills: An intervention study" @begum_yilmaz_ @DilayKaradoller Müge Caferoğlu @GoksunTilbe @oedemir Read the article 👇 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

We congratulate Dilay Karadöller, who worked as a postdoctoral researcher at L&C Lab, on receiving the BAGEP Outstanding Young Scientist Award! 🌟

We are happy to announce that our PI Tilbe Göksun @GoksunTilbe has been elected to Academia Europaea (@acad_euro)! 🎊 Lab direktörümüz Tilbe Göksun Academia Europaea üyesi olarak seçildi! Tilbe hocamızı kutluyoruz 🎊

Language and Cognition Lab is now accepting applications for Koç University Summer Research Program! ✨ Open to both undergraduate and graduate students 🗓️ Application deadline: 15 May 2026 🔗 More info & apply: research.ku.edu.tr/research-outre…

New study alert from L&C Lab on the space-math link in early childhood, led by our PhD student Begüm Yılmaz! @begum_yilmaz_ @GoksunTilbe @oedemir "The Links Between Spatial and Math Skills in Preterm and Full-Term Children" tandfonline.com/eprint/3PWR7XA… @tandfonline

24-36 aylık çocuğunuz varsa araştırmamıza davetlisiniz! Bu çalışmada çocukların görsel sanatlardaki beğenilerini etkileyen faktörleri inceliyoruz 🌸

Language and Cognition Lab is ready for the new term! ☺️💫

At our final meeting of the fall semester, we had the pleasure of hosting Merve Tansan, a former undergraduate researcher at the L&C Lab. Merve presented her doctoral and postdoctoral research conducted at Temple University. Many thanks to Merve for such a great talk! 🥳

New study led by Demet Özer and Efe Soyman! @DemetOzer11 @EfeSoyman @brc_arslan @GoksunTilbe "Distinct Temporal Dynamics of Speech and Gesture Processing: Insights From Event-Related Potentials Across L1 and L2" Read the open-access article! 👇 psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2027-…

New article led by our PhD student İbrahim Akkan @ibrahimakkan_! @siyans_sivuple @sgulgoz @GoksunTilbe "Talking Hands, Shifting Tongues: How Does the Use of Co-speech Gestures and Second Language Relate to Emotional Autobiographical Memory Narration?" journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

Last week, we welcomed Mert Kobaş, a former master’s student in our lab, who shared his doctoral research at New York University (NYU). Thank you, Mert! 🥳 @mertkobas

New study led by Aslı Aktan-Erciyes @AsliErciyes and Tilbe Göksun @GoksunTilbe! "Narrative development in L1-Turkish children: A longitudinal examination of L2-English immersion effects" bit.ly/4sj9QOM

Last week, we were delighted to host Dr. Can Çarkoğlu, a former undergraduate assistant in our lab. He presented his doctoral research at Purdue University and is now a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Chicago!

Last week, we hosted Salih Özdemir, who completed his MA at L&C Lab! Salih shared his ongoing doctoral research at the University of California, San Diego. Thank you Salih for this amazing talk! 🥳