Koc University Language & Cognition Lab

We study language and cognition interface, led by @GoksunTilbe. Bilingual (Turkish-English) tweets.

[Koc University Language & Cognition Lab @KuLanguage]

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! 🎉

[Koc University Language & Cognition Lab @KuLanguage]

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

Congrats Kardelen!🍀

[Koc University Language & Cognition Lab @KuLanguage]

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

Congrats! 🎊 @can_ceylan_

[Koc University Language & Cognition Lab @KuLanguage]

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!

[Koc University Language & Cognition Lab @KuLanguage]

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! 🎉

[Koc University Language & Cognition Lab @KuLanguage]

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!

[Koc University Language & Cognition Lab @KuLanguage]

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 👇
https://t.co/Fd2xLPl1p2

[Koc University Language & Cognition Lab @KuLanguage]

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

[Dilay Z Karadöller @DilayKaradoller]

Honored to receive the BAGEP Outstanding Young Scientist Award by the Sciences Academy, Turkey (@BilimAkademisi) 🎉
Grateful to my students and collaborators 🤝 Looking foward to aking new questions and building research together🚀✨️

[Koc University Language & Cognition Lab @KuLanguage]

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 🎊

[Koc University Language & Cognition Lab @KuLanguage]

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:
https://t.co/cv7cKwchAG

[Koc University Language & Cognition Lab @KuLanguage]

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"
https://t.co/bvvHtXyGEx @tandfonline

[Koc University Language & Cognition Lab @KuLanguage]

24-36 aylık çocuğunuz varsa araştırmamıza davetlisiniz!

Bu çalışmada çocukların görsel sanatlardaki beğenilerini etkileyen faktörleri inceliyoruz 🌸

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

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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! 🥳

[Koc University Language & Cognition Lab @KuLanguage]

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! 👇
https://t.co/fw27xeTENC

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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?"

https://t.co/yGOYAPoDDa

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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

[Koc University Language & Cognition Lab @KuLanguage]

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"

https://t.co/tw0O3UG56g

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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!

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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! 🥳