People
Aylin C. Küntay, Prof. Dr.
Principal Investigator
Her research focuses on the relationship between nonverbal communication and language in babies, language comprehension and storytelling skills in preschoolers, and the interaction between cognitive skills (such as memory and attention) and language.
Website: http://www.aylinkuntay.com
Sura Ertaş
PhD Candidate
Sura is interested in cognitive development. Especially, the subjects that excite her the most are interactions of young children with robots, how these interactions differ their interactions with humans, and how children communicate with robots.
Çiğdem İrem İleri
PhD Candidate
Çiğdem is interested in the effects of entertainment products (toys, picture books, cartoons) on the cognitive development of children.
Hande Sodacı
PhD Candidate
Hande is interested in human-robot interactions and investigates people’s attitudes toward social robots.
Dilara Keşşafoğlu
M.A. student
Dilara is interested in children’s cognitive development (particularly language, attention and self-regulation) in the context of media devices.
Alumni and Former Members
Junko Kanero
Postdoctoral researcher (Assistant Professor, Sabancı University)
Duygu Özge
Postdoctoral researcher (Associate Professor, Middle East Technical University)
Deniz Özkan Göktürk
PhD student (Assistant Professor, Bahçeşehir University)
Cansu Oranç
PhD student (Researcher, Stealth Startup)
Beyza Ş. Ateş
PhD student (Assistant Professor, MEF University)
Hilal H. Şen
PhD student (Assistant Professor, MEF University)
Berna Arslan Uzundağ
PhD student and Postdoctoral Researcher (Assistant Professor, Kadir Has University)
Süleyman S. Taşçı
PhD student
Fatma Ece Özkan
M.A. student (PhD student, University of Toronto)
Melisa Yavuz
M.A. student (PhD student, University of Lille)
Sümeyye Koşkulu-Sancar
M.A. student (PhD Candidate, Utrecht University)
Nazlı Altınok
M.A. student (Postdoctoral researcher, University of Konstanz)
Burçak Aktürk Arı
M.A. student
Sevda Bahtiyar
M.A. student (PhD student, Queen’s University)
Ayşe Candan
M.A. student
Elda Asael Feldman
M.A. student (Developmental Psychologist, Günışığı Çocuk Merkezi)
Ebru Ger
M.A. student (Postdoctoral researcher, University of Bern)
Tilbe Göksun
M.A. student (Associate Professor, Koç University)
Ayfer Dost Gözkan
M.A. student (Associate Professor, Özyeğin University)
Uğur Mustafa Kaya
M.A. student (AÇEV)
Sevcan Ayaş Köksal
M.A. student
Bahar Köymen
M.A. student (Lecturer, University of Manchester)
Ayşe Sarılar
M.A. student
Özge Savaş
M.A. student (Assistant Professor, Bennington College)
Ercenur Ünal
M.A. student (Assistant Professor, Özyeğin University)
Merve Ataman-Devrim
Graduate research assistant (PhD Candidate, Trinity College Dublin)
Banu Ahtam
Undergraduate student
Engin Arık
Undergraduate student
Sevgi Bahtiyar
Undergraduate student (PhD Candidate, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour)
Sinem Batum
Undergraduate student
Pelinsu Bulut
Undergraduate student (Clinical Psychologist, Gökdeniz Psikolojik Danışmanlık Merkezi)
Zeynep Civelek
Undergraduate student
Ozan Kuru
Undergraduate student
Özlem Ece Demir-Lira
Undergraduate student (Assistant Professor, University of Iowa)
Dila Naz Yazıcı
Undergraduate student
Özlem Özdamar
Undergraduate student
Demet Özer
Undergraduate student (Assistant Professor, Kadir Has University)
Dalya Samur
Undergraduate student
Yelda Semizer
Undergraduate student (Assistant Professor, New Jersey Institute of Technology)
Engin Ural
Undergraduate student
İdil Franko
Lab manager