Tilbe Göksun
language & cognition (http://lclab.ku.edu.tr), faculty member @ Koç University - Istanbul, Turkey
tilbegoksunyoruk.com
- Reposted by Tilbe GöksunThe CogSci Society would like to congratulate the brilliant Dr. Damián Blasi @damianblasi.bsky.social for being awarded the 2026 Early Career Impact Award from the Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences @fabbs.org 👏👏👏 Learn more at cognitivesciencesociety.org/fabbs-early-...
- Here is the first published paper of 2026 in JEP: General led by Demet & Efe! Very happy about this EEG paper in which we assessed temporal dynamics of speech and gesture processing in L1 and L2! @kudilvebilis.bsky.social psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
- Reposted by Tilbe GöksunCheck out our new paper about children’s multimodal imitation, which has been published in the special issue “Multimodal language, communication and thinking” (eds. @tilbegoksun.bsky.social @ecedemirlira.bsky.social) in Cognitive Development
- ❗️New paper out (OA) 📝 Multimodal imitation reveals differences in typically developing children and children with neurodevelopmental disorders 📕 Cognitive Development 👥 @juliafloritpons.bsky.social, Mariia Pronina, @saracoegom.bsky.social and Pilar Prieto 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- Reposted by Tilbe GöksunLast 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! 🥳
- Reposted by Tilbe GöksunNew article led by our PhD student İbrahim Akkan on how gestures and L2 speech relate to emotional autobiographical memory narration! @ibrahimakkan.bsky.social @caglaaydin.bsky.social @sgulgoz.bsky.social @tilbegoksun.bsky.social doi.org/10.1177/1747...
- Reposted by Tilbe GöksunNew study led by Aslı Aktan-Erciyes and Tilbe Göksun! @aslierciyes.bsky.social @tilbegoksun.bsky.social "Narrative development in L1-Turkish children: A longitudinal examination of L2-English immersion effects" bit.ly/4sj9QOM
- Reposted by Tilbe GöksunLab direktörümüz Tilbe Göksun'un Bilim Akademisi'ne asli üye olarak seçildiğini duyurmaktan mutluluk duyuyoruz! @bilimakademisi.bsky.social We are proud to announce that our PI Tilbe Göksun has been elected to the Science Academy (Bilim Akademisi)! @tilbegoksun.bsky.social
- Reposted by Tilbe Göksun28 Kasım 2025’te gerçekleşen Bilim Akademisi Genel Kurulunda 16 yeni asli üye seçildi. Detaylar bağlantıda. bilimakademisi.org/bilim-akadem...
- Reposted by Tilbe GöksunOur brain wiring seems to undergo four major turning points at ages 9, 32, 66 and 83, which could influence our capacity to learn and our risk of certain conditions
- Our new paper in Cognitive Science, led by Can! @canavci.bsky.social "Assessing Others’ Knowledge Through Their Speech Disfluencies and Gestures" Cognitive Science - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @kudilvebilis.bsky.social
- Reposted by Tilbe GöksunWhat enables human language? A biocultural framework. New paper by Inbal Arnon & al. with @limorraviv.bsky.social , @profsimonfisher.bsky.social doi.org/10.1126/science.adq8303
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A very useful review and update on the anatomic infratstructure for language: "Brain structural networks underlying language" by Angela Friederici journals.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.1... - Reposted by Tilbe Göksun📣📣 A recent paper by Abigail Wolff et al. in JCD: "Cultural Constructions of Parent–Child Spatial Interactions: Journal of Cognition and Development" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- Reposted by Tilbe GöksunJoin APS on November 5 for a free workshop on science writing and storytelling. Learn tips for engaging and accessible science communication and make sure to bring your questions! #SciComm #AcademicSky instats.org/seminar/science-wri…
- Reposted by Tilbe Göksun🚨 New publication: How to improve conceptual clarity in psychological science? Thrilled to see this article with @ruimata.bsky.social out. We discuss how LLMs can be leveraged to map, clarify, and generate psychological measures and constructs. Open access article: doi.org/10.1177/0963...
- Reposted by Tilbe GöksunPublished today: One of the biggest #science #communication studies to date. We asked 71,922 people in 68 countries how they #engage with information about #science and combined the data with several country-level factors: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #OpenAccess
- Reposted by Tilbe GöksunKnow someone whose excellence in research and contributions to the CogSci community should be recognized? Nominate them to be a Fellow of the Cognitive Science Society! Deadline: Nov 1 More info: cognitivesciencesociety.org/fellows/
- The CogSci Society is accepting nominations for 🌟Fellows of the Society🌟 Fellows are individuals whose research has exhibited sustained excellence and had sustained impact on the #CogSci community. Visit cognitivesciencesociety.org/fellows/ and submit your nomination until November 1st!
- Reposted by Tilbe GöksunEarlier this year, Dr. Jane Goodall sat down for an interview for Brad Falchuk’s new Netflix series, Famous Last Words. The premise of the series is to interview people on the condition that the interview not air until the subject has passed away.
- Reposted by Tilbe GöksunOur PI Tilbe Göksun was a keynote speaker at IEEE ICDL Conference held in Prague with her talk on the links between spatial cognition and multimodal language! @tilbegoksun.bsky.social @ieee-icdl.bsky.social
- I am over the moon to see that my wonderful PhD advisor, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, received the APS Mentor Award. She is absolutely the best, and I am honored to be her mentee 💙
- Thank you to my amazing students who taught me so much about our field and how to teach and mentor. I am humbled. www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...
- Reposted by Tilbe GöksunWhy does a speech pause make us doubt, but a hand gesture make us sure? 🤔🧠 Find the answer on the @cogscisociety.bsky.social blog! cognitivesciencesociety.org/why-does-a-s... w/ @reyhanfurman.bsky.social, @tilbegoksun.bsky.social, and Terry Eskenazi @kudilvebilis.bsky.social
- Reposted by Tilbe GöksunAcademic authors, here's a peek into the black box of journal publishing from an journal editor if you can bear it:
- Reposted by Tilbe GöksunNew publication from L&C Lab led by our former member Gyulten Hyusein and our PI Tilbe Göksun! @gyultenhyusein.bsky.social @tilbegoksun.bsky.social "The Role of Non-Representational Hand Gestures in Creative Thinking" Read the article 👇 www.mdpi.com/2226-471X/10...
- A recent work from our lab on creativity & gestures by Gulten! @gyultenhyusein.bsky.social Take-home message: Non-representational gestures do not facilitate and might even hurt creativity
- New Publication with @tilbegoksun.bsky.social @kudilvebilis.bsky.social 🎉 Our study examines beat & palm-revealing gestures during creative thinking. mdpi.com/2226-471X/10... Surprisingly, these gestures, unlike representational ones, may not always help creativity and sometimes even hinder it.
- Here is our take on Scaff et al.'s recent paper: Diversity as a Core Feature of Language Acquisition onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @aslierciyes.bsky.social
- The original paper can be reached from here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
- Reposted by Tilbe Göksun📣📣 A recent paper by Hawes et al. at JCD: How Language Influences Thought: The Case of Multiplying Fractions @zackhawes.bsky.social @hannahwhitehead.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- Reposted by Tilbe GöksunSad but true. Lessons here though. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
- Wonderful work by Begüm from our lab on gesture, speech disfluency, and metacognition! @begumyilmaz.bsky.social
- New publication from L&C Lab led by our PhD student Begüm Yılmaz in collaboration with Reyhan Furman, Tilbe Göksun, and Terry Eskenazi! @begumyilmaz.bsky.social @reyhanfurman.bsky.social @tilbegoksun.bsky.social Read the article 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
- Reposted by Tilbe GöksunThis year we attended #cogsci2025 with a talk and a poster! Our alumni Demet Özer gave a talk on her recent work with Tilbe Göksun @tilbegoksun.bsky.social and our graduate student Can Ceylan @scanceylan.bsky.social presented his poster on the relationship between gestures and emotions!
- Reposted by Tilbe GöksunHuge congratulations to the brilliant Nora Newcombe, recipient of the 2025 David E. Rumelhart Prize! 🏅#CogSci2025
- Highlight of the CogSci 2025 - Amazing Rumelhart Prize Talk by Nora Newcombe! @noranewcombe.bsky.social @cogscisociety.bsky.social
- Recent 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 Tilbe GöksunWe attended the 10th International Society for Gesture Studies Conference with 2 talks and 2 posters! 🎉
- Reposted by Tilbe GöksunWe congratulate our alumni and graduate students, and thank @isgs2025.bsky.social for this engaging conference! @tilbegoksun.bsky.social @gyultenhyusein.bsky.social @begumyilmaz.bsky.social
- Reposted by Tilbe GöksunOur PI Tilbe Göksun @tilbegoksun.bsky.social was a keynote speaker at the 10th Conference of the International Society for Gesture Studies! 🎉 We thank @isgs2025.bsky.social for this amazing organization!
- Finishing ISGS with a wonderful keynote talk from Lorna! @lornaquandt.bsky.social
- Reposted by Tilbe GöksunWe are beginning Day 2 with Johanna Mesch’s great keynote on tactile adaptations of gestures and emotions in deafblind communication #ISGS2025 @meschjoo.bsky.social
- Reposted by Tilbe GöksunFull room for Tilbe Göksun’s keynote on multifunctionality of gesture processing & use with an individual differences approach #ISGS2025 @tilbegoksun.bsky.social
- Erica Cartmill is giving the first keynote on gestures of apes and children #isgs2025
- #isgs2025 ISGS has started in Nijmegen! So excited to be here!
- Reposted by Tilbe GöksunIn a study of professors, women got 378 new work requests over 4 weeks vs 118 for men. Women spent more time on service, advising & teaching; men on research. Orgs should track who is taking extra duties & ensure they are rewarded and distributed fairly. www.forbes.com/sites/kimels...
- Here is a recent paper from our lab on how spatial metaphors of time and gestures elicit temporal gestures in a second language! The study was led by my fabulous former graduate student Emir! link.springer.com/article/10.1...
- Reposted by Tilbe GöksunNew article from L&C lab led by Gyulten Hyusein @gyultenhyusein.bsky.social & Tilbe Göksun @tilbegoksun.bsky.social! 🎉🎉 Read the article through the link below 👇 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
- Reposted by Tilbe GöksunSymposia, keynotes, workshops, and more! The full #CogSci2025 program is now available! Start planning your trip to San Francisco! 🌉 cognitivesciencesociety.org/program/
- Reposted by Tilbe GöksunNew publication from L&C Lab led by Can Ceylan @scanceylan.bsky.social, Demet Özer, and Tilbe Göksun @tilbegoksun.bsky.social! 🥳 "Retellings of emotional videos: the dynamics of gesture characteristics in diverse emotion categories" Read the article 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- Reposted by Tilbe Göksun📣📣 A recent paper by Nicholas A. Vest and colleagues: Does Focusing on the Unit of Change Help Children Learn Growing Pattern Skills? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @nicholasvest.bsky.social @marthaalibali.bsky.social
- Reposted by Tilbe GöksunCongrats to our post-doc student Gyulten Hyusein and our graduate students Can Avcı, Kardelen Koç, Dilay Falay, and Deniz Nur Köken! @gyultenhyusein.bsky.social @canavci.bsky.social @dilafalay.bsky.social @deniznurkoken.bsky.social
- Reposted by Tilbe GöksunVery sorry to learn of the passing of LouAnn Gerken, who had such an impact on our understanding of the acquisition of speech sounds and sound patterns obits.mlive.com/us/obituarie...
- Reposted by Tilbe Göksundoi.org/10.1162/opmi... Very cool paper on the effect of gravity on gestures (especially in the vertical direction) and speech prosody
- @jpsociety.bsky.social JPS has started with a keynote by Michele Grossen.
- Reposted by Tilbe GöksunNew results! Different anesthetics, same result: unconsciousness by shifting brainwave phase MIT study finds that an easily measurable brain wave shift may be a universal marker of unconsciousness under anesthesia picower.mit.edu/news/differe... #neuroscience
- Reposted by Tilbe Göksun📣📣 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
- Reposted by Tilbe Göksun#APSGlobal is October 21-23. Join us from anywhere in the world for three days of in-depth scientific exchanges designed to strengthen global connections, create meaningful scientific dialogue, and confront the barriers impacting global science – all without travel. Submit your research by June 17
- Reposted by Tilbe GöksunWe're launching a new webinar series! Cognitive Science: Perspectives for Higher Education ✨ Join us May 7🗓️ to hear about the future of #CogSci education, from interdisciplinary challenges to innovative teaching and research. Learn more and register at cognitivesciencesociety.org/higher-educa...
- Reposted by Tilbe Göksun9. Bilişsel Deneysel Psikoloji Sempozyumu bildiri özeti başvuru formu açıldı! Son bildiri özeti gönderimi tarihi 11 Haziran! Linkten başvurunuzu tamamlayabilirsiniz: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
- Reposted by Tilbe Göksun11-12 Eylül tarihlerinde Koç Üniversitesi'nde gerçekleşecek olan 9. Deneysel Bilişsel Psikoloji Sempozyumu detaylarını öğrenmek için takipte kalın! 🎉
- Reposted by Tilbe Göksun📣📣 Check out this commentary by Vikram Jaswal et al.: "The Future of Cognitive Development in Challenging Times" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- Reposted by Tilbe GöksunCo-speech hand gestures are used to predict upcoming meaning. New paper by @marlijnterbekke.bsky.social , @lindadrijvers.bsky.social & @judithholler.bsky.social doi.org/10.1177/09567976251331041
- Reposted by Tilbe Göksun📣📣 Check out the special issue on "Delay of gratification: What have we learned after more than 50 years?" co-edited by Ulrich Mueller & Caitlin Mahy: think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu... Interested researchers can submit a 1000-word abstract by May 31, 2025.
- Reposted by Tilbe Göksun📣📣 A recent paper by Ebru Ger, Paul Ibbotson & Tilbe Göksun on "The Relationship Between Cognitive and Morphological Skills: Evidence from Turkish Kindergarten Children." www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @tilbegoksun.bsky.social
- Reposted by Tilbe GöksunUnfortunately, the NSF grant that supports our work has been terminated. This is a setback, but our mission has not changed. We will continue to work hard on making cognitive science a more inclusive field. Stay tuned for upcoming events.
- 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 Tilbe Göksun📣📣 A recent article in JCD by Annette Sundqvist et al.: "Beyond Words and Time: Investigating the Association Between Screen Use, Vocabulary and Grammar Development in Five-Year-Olds" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- Our 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 Tilbe GöksunI'm now searching for new PhD students who are interested in studying how people's brains understand sequences of images like in comics. So, a mix of comics, cogneuro (EEG), and psycholinguistics (especially syntax/semantics). Please circulate to all who might be interested! tiu.nu/22739
