Ece Demir-Lira, PhD
Developmental Scientist • Asst Prof of Psychological and Brain Sciences / Pediatrics at UIowa • Studying environmental experiences and neurocognitive development • Lab website: https://demir-lira.lab.uiowa.edu
- I feel very privileged to have trained with Prof. Kağıtçıbaşı during my undergraduate years. She was not only an exceptional scholar but also a remarkable teacher. Learn more about Prof. Kağıtçıbaşı, a pioneer in cross-cultural psychology and SPSP’s Heritage Initiative: spsp.org/membership/a...
- Summer, please stay... But also—this RRR dance clip is queued up for my interpersonal synchrony lecture and I’m so ready! 🧩🧠✨ #RRR www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAzl...
- Reposted by Ece Demir-Lira, PhDRecent paper from our lab led by Işıl: Early parental multimodal input is differentially associated with later vocabulary knowledge for preterm & full-term infants @ecedemirlira.bsky.social @aslierciyes.bsky.social @mkobas.bsky.social @kudilvebilis.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- Reposted by Ece Demir-Lira, PhDToday, we had the pleasure of hosting Dr. Ece Demir-Lira @ecedemirlira.bsky.social, director of DEN Lab at the University of Iowa, for a talk titled “An Introduction to Two-Person Neuroscience: Theory and Practice”!🧠
- Reposted by Ece Demir-Lira, PhD📣📣 A recent paper by Dilay Karadöller, Ece Demir-Lira, & Tilbe Göksun: Full-Term Children with Lower Vocabulary Scores Receive More Multimodal Math Input Than Preterm Children www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @dilaykaradoller.bsky.social @ecedemirlira.bsky.social @tilbegoksun.bsky.social
- I am so excited to be a part of this wonderful paper led by the very talented @mkobas.bsky.social and my fav collaborator @tilbegoksun.bsky.social. I am generally a big fan of beautiful descriptive statistics and Mert did an amazing job in this paper! Enjoy!
- Here is the latest paper from our lab led by my former amazing graduate student Mert: Spatial language development in preterm and full-term infants: The role of object exploration and parents’ spatial input @mkobas.bsky.social @ecedemirlira.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- Reposted by Ece Demir-Lira, PhDOur commentary on Karadöller, Sümer, and Özyürek paper: "Promoting a multimodal first language acquisition framework" @ecedemirlira.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/eprint/9PHBG... @dilaykaradoller.bsky.social @asliozyurek.bsky.social
- Reposted by Ece Demir-Lira, PhDResearchers at Annenberg and @umdscience.bsky.social show that proposed NIH funding cuts lead to an estimated $16 billion in economic loss and 68,000 jobs lost nationwide. Learn about their project and view the interactive map here:
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- Another wonderful collaboration with the best team! Congrats Ibrahim for leading this effort.
- Reposted by Ece Demir-Lira, PhDJUST dropped! Neuron review with Matt Birnie on the evolving neurobiology of early-life stress. Where is our field? what are our challenges? where and how do we move forward? www.cell.com/neuron/fullt... would love your thoughts🧠🧪 @cp-trendsneuro.bsky.social @cate-cholamine.bsky.social
- Reposted by Ece Demir-Lira, PhDNew publication alert from our former post-doc Dilay Karadöller, Ece Demir-Lira & Tilbe Göksun! @dilaykaradoller.bsky.social @ecedemirlira.bsky.social @tilbegoksun.bsky.social Read the article 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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- The US House Congressional Rapid Response Task Force and Litigation Working Group is looking for instances where the impoundment and restriction of NIH/NSF funds is having a negative impact. Submit examples here: delauro.house.gov/constituent-... delauro.house.gov/constituent-...
- Very handy visual aids for contacting representatives or media - Cards for each state on funding for NSF and NIH
- Reposted by Ece Demir-Lira, PhDHey #Chicago! It's time to take a stand for #science. We are rallying on March 7 at noon at the Federal Plaza. Start making your signs! Info standupforscience2025.org/chicago-il/ RSVP (optional) www.eventbrite.com/e/stand-up-f... #standupforscience #scienceforall @standupforscience.bsky.social
- A wonderful example of science communication 💜https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/columnists/iowa-view/2025/02/13/indirect-costs-collaboration-nih-cancer-research-thrive-medicine-doge/78474634007/
- Reposted by Ece Demir-Lira, PhDJoin us! Science Homecoming helps scientists reconnect with communities by writing about the importance of science funding in their hometown newspapers. We’ve mapped every small newspaper in the U.S. and provide resources to get you started. Help science get back home 🧪🔬🧬 🏠 sciencehomecoming.com
- Reposted by Ece Demir-Lira, PhDAnother great approach for scientist opeds, writing for your hometown paper about the importance of science funding. (Ungated copy in the original thread)
- I wrote a column in my hometown newspaper about the importance of keeping SCIENCE FUNDING in our community 🧪 More soon about the power of writing back HOME 🏠 www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/15/g...
- Reposted by Ece Demir-Lira, PhDI wrote a column in my hometown newspaper about the importance of keeping SCIENCE FUNDING in our community 🧪 More soon about the power of writing back HOME 🏠 www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/15/g...
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- Reposted by Ece Demir-Lira, PhDWonderful explainer on indirect costs by Dick Aslin open.substack.com/pub/dickasli...
- This indeed effects science globally. Cost-cutting logic does not work. NIH returns $2.5 on every $1 invested.
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- Reposted by Ece Demir-Lira, PhDthis is what we want to see. tariff the shit out of elon’s companies www.businesstoday.in/world/canada...
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- Reposted by Ece Demir-Lira, PhD🗣️ Language is widely distributed throughout the brain 🧠 In a recent correspondence in @natrevneurosci.bsky.social, we suggest that there is no 'language network' in the brain. What appears as such is an inevitable illusion created in part by the methods we use. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Reposted by Ece Demir-Lira, PhDI am thrilled to announce that my @soneatlab.bsky.social @universityofessex.bsky.social is now accepting attendance requests & abstract submissions for our 2025 #fNIRS #hyperscanning workshop (May 19-20) in collaboration with @artinis.bsky.social. Deadline 28 February. pvrticka.com/2025-soneat-...
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- Reposted by Ece Demir-Lira, PhDIt is very easy to call your representatives’ offices. They have to log your calls and the call numbers are meaningful. You don’t even have to try to convince anyone; just call and tell them your concerns. They are there to represent you. Let them know what that means. www.usa.gov/elected-offi...
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- Reposted by Ece Demir-Lira, PhDSo I just read this yesterday. Wonderful study that robustly explores the relationship between what language kids hear and what they learn. My take homes 1/
- Reposted by Ece Demir-Lira, PhDHello all, We are thrilled to be here - and looking forward to seeing what you all are up to! - feel free to follow us for news on activities, opportunities, funding, talks, papers and podcasts. See you around 🌱 ❤️
- During these dark times, our students remain our guiding lights. Learn more about the remarkable journey of 2025 Rhodes Scholar Paras Bassuk here www.iowapublicradio.org/podcast/talk... @iowapublicradio.org @psychiowa.bsky.social @rhodesscholar.bsky.social
- In FY2023, Iowa received $209 million in funding from the NIH, supporting 2,579 jobs and generating $504 million in economic activity.
- If you are ready to advocate to your representatives (or friends and families) about the economic value of NIH funded research, you can check your state at www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
- Reposted by Ece Demir-Lira, PhD“Women are asked more questions during a seminar and the questions asked of women presenters are more likely to be patronizing or hostile. These effects are not due to women presenting in different fields, different seminar series, or different topics…” www.nber.org/papers/w28494
- Reposted by Ece Demir-Lira, PhD"A request made through ChatGPT, an AI-based virtual assistant, consumes 10 times the electricity of a Google Search" This isn't a game. This is accelerated destruction via huge usage of power, water, resources etc. Stop using it - especially for messing about!! www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
- Look forward to reading this!
- New paper led by Begum Yilmaz and Tilbe Goksun! We find that parental math beliefs relate to children’s verbal counting, cardinality and arithmetic, and relations vary with child gesture use. ☝️👩👧🧮 @begumyilmaz.bsky.social @tilbegoksun.bsky.social #dilaykaradoller
- A new paper led by Begüm Yılmaz and Tilbe Göksun in collaboration with Işıl Doğan, Dilay Karadöller, and Ece Demir-Lira has been published in Cognitive Development! @begumyilmaz.bsky.social @tilbegoksun.bsky.social @ecedemirlira.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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- Another very fun collaboration with @tilbegoksun.bsky.social on the relation of verbal and nonverbal skills to basic numerical processing of preterm versus term-born preschoolers. Enjoy! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- Reposted by Ece Demir-Lira, PhDHere’s one article of many documenting the cost of using ChatGPT. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
- Reposted by Ece Demir-Lira, PhDDon't miss the Nijmegen Lectures, a unique 3-day series of talks & discussion by renowned psychologists @fernandaedi.bsky.social & Victor Ferreira, Jan 7-9, 2025! Topics will span the psycholinguistic continuum from intention to articulation. More info & registration here: www.mpi.nl/events/nijme...
- Reposted by Ece Demir-Lira, PhDDevelopmental Psychology Starter Pack…Part Two! go.bsky.app/ERzYGod
- Developmental Psychology Starter Pack go.bsky.app/9kHQS7i
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- Reposted by Ece Demir-Lira, PhDI am thrilled to share our new paper which investigates the role of continuous measures in linguistic diversity research. We found that children who are exposed to more linguistic diversity (e.g., language, dialect, accent) are perceptually more flexible. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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- The ISGS 2025 conference announces an exciting lineup of speakers! #ISGS @isgs2025.bsky.social
- Here is a start for our gesture researcher starter pack! Please let me know if you would like to be included :) #gesture go.bsky.app/B9S5W94at://did:plc:5ujt6ye57dwt6mpypsrypjlq/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lb5zwux3c52x
- I love it here! Anyone interested in a Gesture research starter pack?!
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