Koc University Language & Cognition Lab

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! 🥳

Lab direktörümüz Tilbe Göksun'un Bilim Akademisi'ne asli üye olarak seçildiğini duyurmaktan mutluluk duyuyoruz! @BilimAkademisi We are proud to announce that our PI Tilbe Göksun @GoksunTilbe has been elected to the Science Academy (Bilim Akademisi)!

Last week, we hosted Işıl Doğan, who completed her MA at the L&C Lab! Işıl shared her ongoing doctoral research at the University of California, Davis. Thank you Işıl for this great talk! 🥳 @Isildogan_

4-5 yaş çocuğunuz varsa araştırmamıza davetlisiniz! Çocukların matematik becerilerini araştırdığımız çalışmamıza katılmak için skarakas24@ku.edu.tr ile iletişime geçebilirsiniz 🌿

New article led by our PhD student Can Avcı! @avcican_ @DemetOzer11 @terryeskenazi @GoksunTilbe “Assessing Others’ Knowledge Through Their Speech Disfluencies and Gestures” doi.org/10.1111/cogs.7…

Last week, we hosted Erim Kızıldere, who completed his MA at the L&C Lab! He shared his ongoing doctoral research at the University of California, Davis. Thank you Erim for a truly insightful and engaging discussion! 🥳 @erimkizildere

Last week, we hosted Dr. Emir Akbuğa, who completed both his MA and PhD at L&C Lab! He presented his doctoral research along with the exciting projects he is currently conducting at Lund University. Thank you for this wonderful presentation! 🥳 @PennywiseDerler

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This week, we hosted Dr. Zeynep Aslan in our lab! Zeynep previously worked in our team as a graduate student. She presented her PhD studies and her current work she is conducting at Erasmus University Rotterdam. Thank you for this great presentation! 🥳 @zeynepaslan94

Dila Falay has successfully defended her master’s thesis titled "Handing out novel metaphors: Gesture use in explanations by L1-Turkish and L2-English Bilinguals.” Congratulations Dila! 🥳

Our lab graduate @GyultenHyusein has joined Kadir Has University! Congratulations Gyulten! 👏🏽🎉