Irmak Hacımusaoğlu
@cogirmak.bsky.social
cog.neuropsychology | neurodiversity, memory, time, motion & comics - Postdoc @ Tilburg University | writer and doodle artist elsewhere
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Congrats to @cogirmak.bsky.social whose dissertation is now printed and ready to be defended in a few weeks! She researched the visual depiction of motion events as part of our broader TINTIN Project, so here’s a little thread of her work… www.visuallanguagelab.com/tintin
November 3, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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this comment made me so happy! ♥️
Whoosh! This is a great paper to introduce science to any audience. Have an idea about something? Test it empirically!
I was mesmerized by the idea that something static can convey not only motion but also temporality, and I decided to test it empirically. It wasn’t an easy task, as the way our data was organized didn’t make it straightforward. But now, here is our paper!
♥️ www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
♥️ www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
October 14, 2025 at 4:09 PM
this comment made me so happy! ♥️
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A fun find: Hokusai used background motion lines about 200 years ago in this page from one of his books of picture stories. This is the oldest example of these that I know of, and interestingly manga tend to use these more than other types of comics (See corpus in: www.visuallanguagelab.com/poc)
October 14, 2025 at 3:42 PM
A fun find: Hokusai used background motion lines about 200 years ago in this page from one of his books of picture stories. This is the oldest example of these that I know of, and interestingly manga tend to use these more than other types of comics (See corpus in: www.visuallanguagelab.com/poc)
I was mesmerized by the idea that something static can convey not only motion but also temporality, and I decided to test it empirically. It wasn’t an easy task, as the way our data was organized didn’t make it straightforward. But now, here is our paper!
♥️ www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
♥️ www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
September 19, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I was mesmerized by the idea that something static can convey not only motion but also temporality, and I decided to test it empirically. It wasn’t an easy task, as the way our data was organized didn’t make it straightforward. But now, here is our paper!
♥️ www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
♥️ www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
My dissertation got approved!!!The only thing left is to defend it, pls wish me luck. (You have almost 6 months to wish me luck, so should be good). 🫶🏻
www.tilburguniversity.edu/current/even...
www.tilburguniversity.edu/current/even...
PhD Defense Irmak Hacımusaoğlu | Tilburg University
The dynamic out of the static: Representation of motion and spatiotemporality in static images
www.tilburguniversity.edu
June 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
My dissertation got approved!!!The only thing left is to defend it, pls wish me luck. (You have almost 6 months to wish me luck, so should be good). 🫶🏻
www.tilburguniversity.edu/current/even...
www.tilburguniversity.edu/current/even...
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In a new paper, @anakrajinovic.bsky.social, @cogirmak.bsky.social, and I show that living vs. non-living entities are marked differently for motion in graphics. This is similar to spoken languages, so we propose a possible universal across modalities onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
May 15, 2025 at 2:18 PM
In a new paper, @anakrajinovic.bsky.social, @cogirmak.bsky.social, and I show that living vs. non-living entities are marked differently for motion in graphics. This is similar to spoken languages, so we propose a possible universal across modalities onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Yesterday I gave a guest lecture on Visual Language Theory as part of the Architecture and Comics course at MEF University. It was very interesting and we played around with affixation to find new meanings. For example, the one below means being happy with your miserable self!
May 9, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Yesterday I gave a guest lecture on Visual Language Theory as part of the Architecture and Comics course at MEF University. It was very interesting and we played around with affixation to find new meanings. For example, the one below means being happy with your miserable self!
Writing articles was not the best at giving me an immediate reward but I guess it pays off 🥳
if you are curious about the paper:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
if you are curious about the paper:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
April 16, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Writing articles was not the best at giving me an immediate reward but I guess it pays off 🥳
if you are curious about the paper:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
if you are curious about the paper:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
I submitted my dissertation!!!! It was the longest thing I've ever done (I like things I can do in one go). I still can't believe how I did it despite my brain (well, also thanks to my brain). 🧿
February 21, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I submitted my dissertation!!!! It was the longest thing I've ever done (I like things I can do in one go). I still can't believe how I did it despite my brain (well, also thanks to my brain). 🧿
Finally out! 🚗 💨
I'm excited to announce that @cogirmak.bsky.social and I have a new paper on motion line comprehension! Here she showed different motion cues imply different speeds: "Are We Moving Too Fast?: Representation of Speed in Static Images" journalofcognition.org/articles/10....
January 6, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Finally out! 🚗 💨
see, my work is practical too 🙃
This sign at the Herge museum summarizes @cogirmak.bsky.social’s dissertation topic 🏃♀️💨
December 10, 2024 at 3:34 PM
see, my work is practical too 🙃
such big news! generally he tells me “proud advisor moment” and now it is my turn. proud advisee moment more than ever (well for now, i know he’ll not stop) ♥️
I’m excited to announce that I’ve received an ERC Consolidator Grant to study the cognitive neuroscience of the grammar of pictures and comics! Here’s a mini thread about my upcoming "PICTREE Project" www.tilburguniversity.edu/current/news...
Neil Cohn receives ERC Consolidator Grant for studying the neuroscience of the grammar of pictures | Tilburg University
Pictures are often thought to be fairly simple compared to language. Where language is known to use patterns in a vocabulary and grammar, pictures are often thought to just reflect what people see, an...
www.tilburguniversity.edu
December 4, 2024 at 9:33 PM
such big news! generally he tells me “proud advisor moment” and now it is my turn. proud advisee moment more than ever (well for now, i know he’ll not stop) ♥️
spoiler: manga readership makes a difference in interpreting which cues represent faster motion #staytuned
Also, @cogirmak.bsky.social has a new study out soon (now in press) that shows people interpret these various motion cues as differing in how they convey speed. It's a really cool study so I'm sooo excited for that to come out 🏃🏽♀️💨
November 18, 2024 at 7:44 AM
spoiler: manga readership makes a difference in interpreting which cues represent faster motion #staytuned
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Go check out this great short talk by my postdoc @anakrajinovic.bsky.social about her work as part of our TINTIN Project on a potential cognitive universal related to marking animacy in motion events in comics and language youtu.be/8Z3Ozin_dco?...
Mark the unexpected! Animacy preference and motion marking in visual language
YouTube video by Ana Krajinovic
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November 14, 2024 at 6:29 PM
Go check out this great short talk by my postdoc @anakrajinovic.bsky.social about her work as part of our TINTIN Project on a potential cognitive universal related to marking animacy in motion events in comics and language youtu.be/8Z3Ozin_dco?...
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I should add that @cogirmak.bsky.social and @anakrajinovic.bsky.social have been doing great work analyzing the structure of motion events in comics, and Ana has a nice accessible write up of her findings in this article medium.com/anas-stories...
Research on Comics Reveals How We Perceive What Is Alive
I know corals are alive, but they really don’t look like it.
medium.com
November 10, 2024 at 9:35 PM
I should add that @cogirmak.bsky.social and @anakrajinovic.bsky.social have been doing great work analyzing the structure of motion events in comics, and Ana has a nice accessible write up of her findings in this article medium.com/anas-stories...
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Other people to follow… my PhD student @cogirmak.bsky.social studies how graphics like in comics convey motion events, and my postdoc @anakrajinovic.bsky.social studies how comics and language share universal design features, like in this great Medium article she wrote medium.com/anas-stories...
Research on Comics Reveals How We Perceive What Is Alive
I know corals are alive, but they really don’t look like it.
medium.com
October 19, 2024 at 4:28 PM
Other people to follow… my PhD student @cogirmak.bsky.social studies how graphics like in comics convey motion events, and my postdoc @anakrajinovic.bsky.social studies how comics and language share universal design features, like in this great Medium article she wrote medium.com/anas-stories...
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Awhile back @cogirmak.bsky.social had a nice short article about Visual Language Theory and motion events in Turkish, and now there's a version in English! Check it out! thecognizer.com/post/visual-...
December 28, 2023 at 1:12 PM
Awhile back @cogirmak.bsky.social had a nice short article about Visual Language Theory and motion events in Turkish, and now there's a version in English! Check it out! thecognizer.com/post/visual-...
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Congrats to @cogirmak.bsky.social mak who has a new review paper out in @cogscisociety.bsky.social about how people comprehend motion/speed lines: "The Meaning of Motion Lines?: A Review of Theoretical and Empirical Research on Static Depiction of Motion" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
November 16, 2023 at 1:33 PM
Congrats to @cogirmak.bsky.social mak who has a new review paper out in @cogscisociety.bsky.social about how people comprehend motion/speed lines: "The Meaning of Motion Lines?: A Review of Theoretical and Empirical Research on Static Depiction of Motion" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Thanks for all the support you provided throughout the process. I can’t believe 😳🧿
October 30, 2023 at 11:20 AM
Thanks for all the support you provided throughout the process. I can’t believe 😳🧿
Visual Language Conference is coming! ⏩If you want to join us or get more info👇🏻
We’re hosting a conference! In June we’ll host the Visual Language Conference 2024 (VisLang2024) at Tilburg University for research on graphic and multimodal communication. Submissions are now open. Please submit, join us, and circulate the CFP widely! www.visuallanguagelab.com/vislang2024
October 16, 2023 at 1:45 PM
Visual Language Conference is coming! ⏩If you want to join us or get more info👇🏻
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Another fun visual language lab seminar with @cogirmak.bsky.social and co, today tackling the structure of the Devil’s Fork
October 3, 2023 at 10:05 AM
Another fun visual language lab seminar with @cogirmak.bsky.social and co, today tackling the structure of the Devil’s Fork
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Welcome to Bluesky @cogirmak.bsky.social, my PhD student who studies comics, motion events, and time space relationships. Follow her!
October 1, 2023 at 9:05 AM
Welcome to Bluesky @cogirmak.bsky.social, my PhD student who studies comics, motion events, and time space relationships. Follow her!