Ercenur Ünal
@ercenurunal.bsky.social
Cognitive Scientist studying language & thought, multimodal communication, event cognition & evidentiality • https://ercenurunal.github.io
Know 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/
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!
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!
October 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Know 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/
Deadline: Nov 1
More info: cognitivesciencesociety.org/fellows/
Reposted by Ercenur Ünal
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!
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!
September 30, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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!
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 Ercenur Ünal
Huge congratulations to the brilliant Nora Newcombe, recipient of the 2025 David E. Rumelhart Prize! 🏅#CogSci2025
July 31, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Huge congratulations to the brilliant Nora Newcombe, recipient of the 2025 David E. Rumelhart Prize! 🏅#CogSci2025
Reposted by Ercenur Ünal
We had a fantastic start to #ISGS2025 and we are ready for Day2!
⏰ Check out today’s detailed schedule: www.isgs10.nl/conference-p...
Highlights include:
🌟 Keynote by Johanna Mesch
🔍Symposia, talk and poster sessions
🌟 Keynote by Mark Turner
🕺🏽Conference Dinner & Dancing
⏰ Check out today’s detailed schedule: www.isgs10.nl/conference-p...
Highlights include:
🌟 Keynote by Johanna Mesch
🔍Symposia, talk and poster sessions
🌟 Keynote by Mark Turner
🕺🏽Conference Dinner & Dancing
July 10, 2025 at 6:07 AM
We had a fantastic start to #ISGS2025 and we are ready for Day2!
⏰ Check out today’s detailed schedule: www.isgs10.nl/conference-p...
Highlights include:
🌟 Keynote by Johanna Mesch
🔍Symposia, talk and poster sessions
🌟 Keynote by Mark Turner
🕺🏽Conference Dinner & Dancing
⏰ Check out today’s detailed schedule: www.isgs10.nl/conference-p...
Highlights include:
🌟 Keynote by Johanna Mesch
🔍Symposia, talk and poster sessions
🌟 Keynote by Mark Turner
🕺🏽Conference Dinner & Dancing
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Full room for Tilbe Göksun’s keynote on multifunctionality of gesture processing & use with an individual differences approach #ISGS2025
@tilbegoksun.bsky.social
@tilbegoksun.bsky.social
July 9, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Full room for Tilbe Göksun’s keynote on multifunctionality of gesture processing & use with an individual differences approach #ISGS2025
@tilbegoksun.bsky.social
@tilbegoksun.bsky.social
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We're pleased to announce an in-person event celebrating 25 years of the Rumelhart Prize at #CogSci2025
Join us to celebrate the impact of the Rumelhart Prize on Cognitive Science!
🗓️ July 30, 2025
📍The Internet Archive, San Francisco
Learn more at cognitivesciencesociety.org/rumelhart-25...
Join us to celebrate the impact of the Rumelhart Prize on Cognitive Science!
🗓️ July 30, 2025
📍The Internet Archive, San Francisco
Learn more at cognitivesciencesociety.org/rumelhart-25...
March 15, 2025 at 4:20 PM
We're pleased to announce an in-person event celebrating 25 years of the Rumelhart Prize at #CogSci2025
Join us to celebrate the impact of the Rumelhart Prize on Cognitive Science!
🗓️ July 30, 2025
📍The Internet Archive, San Francisco
Learn more at cognitivesciencesociety.org/rumelhart-25...
Join us to celebrate the impact of the Rumelhart Prize on Cognitive Science!
🗓️ July 30, 2025
📍The Internet Archive, San Francisco
Learn more at cognitivesciencesociety.org/rumelhart-25...
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Gesture reduces mapping difficulties in the development of spatial language depending on the complexity of spatial relations. New paper by @ercenurunal.bsky.social & al. with @dilaykaradoller.bsky.social , Beyza Sümer, @asliozyurek.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Gesture Reduces Mapping Difficulties in the Development of Spatial Language Depending on the Complexity of Spatial Relations
In spoken languages, children acquire locative terms in a cross-linguistically stable order. Terms similar in meaning to in and on emerge earlier than those similar to front and behind, followed by l...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 25, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Gesture reduces mapping difficulties in the development of spatial language depending on the complexity of spatial relations. New paper by @ercenurunal.bsky.social & al. with @dilaykaradoller.bsky.social , Beyza Sümer, @asliozyurek.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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The Cognitive Science Society's Broadening Participation Grant is entering its 3rd year, funding initiatives that expand global participation in Cognitive Science!
We're excited to share updates on our 2024 recipients—each with a dedicated blog post. Follow along! 🧵👇 #CogSci
We're excited to share updates on our 2024 recipients—each with a dedicated blog post. Follow along! 🧵👇 #CogSci
February 23, 2025 at 9:31 PM
The Cognitive Science Society's Broadening Participation Grant is entering its 3rd year, funding initiatives that expand global participation in Cognitive Science!
We're excited to share updates on our 2024 recipients—each with a dedicated blog post. Follow along! 🧵👇 #CogSci
We're excited to share updates on our 2024 recipients—each with a dedicated blog post. Follow along! 🧵👇 #CogSci
New paper in Cognitive Science!
We show evidence for the joint role of cognitive complexity & modality of expression for the development of spatial language.
@cogscisociety.bsky.social
We show evidence for the joint role of cognitive complexity & modality of expression for the development of spatial language.
@cogscisociety.bsky.social
New paper out !!Children use spatial gestures to complement speech more for complex than simpler spatial relations - gestures might reduce mapping difficulties of complex spatial concepts to arbitrary speech symbols - in Cognitive Science !! @ercenurunal.bsky.social @dilaykaradoller @beyzasumer
Gesture Reduces Mapping Difficulties in the Development of Spatial Language Depending on the Complexity of Spatial Relations
In spoken languages, children acquire locative terms in a cross-linguistically stable order. Terms similar in meaning to in and on emerge earlier than those similar to front and behind, followed by l...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 24, 2025 at 8:20 PM
New paper in Cognitive Science!
We show evidence for the joint role of cognitive complexity & modality of expression for the development of spatial language.
@cogscisociety.bsky.social
We show evidence for the joint role of cognitive complexity & modality of expression for the development of spatial language.
@cogscisociety.bsky.social
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⏰ONE WEEK left to submit your abstracts for #ISGS2025
Deadline: January 31
Don’t miss our great line up of keynote speakers and three days full of the latest multimodal language research!
Deadline: January 31
Don’t miss our great line up of keynote speakers and three days full of the latest multimodal language research!
📢DEADLINE EXTENSION!!!
🗓️ Submission deadline for #ISGS2025 has been extended to January 31, 2025
🔎 For submission guidelines, see: www.isgs10.nl/abstract-sub...
@mpi-nl.bsky.social @asliozyurek.bsky.social
🗓️ Submission deadline for #ISGS2025 has been extended to January 31, 2025
🔎 For submission guidelines, see: www.isgs10.nl/abstract-sub...
@mpi-nl.bsky.social @asliozyurek.bsky.social
ISGS10 - Abstract Submission
Abstract Submission
www.isgs10.nl
January 24, 2025 at 10:10 AM
⏰ONE WEEK left to submit your abstracts for #ISGS2025
Deadline: January 31
Don’t miss our great line up of keynote speakers and three days full of the latest multimodal language research!
Deadline: January 31
Don’t miss our great line up of keynote speakers and three days full of the latest multimodal language research!
Reposted by Ercenur Ünal
We’re pleased to announce the winners of the 2024 #CogSciMindChallenge 🧠🧩
🥇Ryan Rhodes - Rutgers University
🥈John Hollander and Zoey Sanders - Arkansas State University
🥉Nidhi Sinha - Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad
🏅Raunak Pillai - New York University
Check out their amazing videos ⬇️
🥇Ryan Rhodes - Rutgers University
🥈John Hollander and Zoey Sanders - Arkansas State University
🥉Nidhi Sinha - Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad
🏅Raunak Pillai - New York University
Check out their amazing videos ⬇️
December 6, 2024 at 6:39 PM
We’re pleased to announce the winners of the 2024 #CogSciMindChallenge 🧠🧩
🥇Ryan Rhodes - Rutgers University
🥈John Hollander and Zoey Sanders - Arkansas State University
🥉Nidhi Sinha - Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad
🏅Raunak Pillai - New York University
Check out their amazing videos ⬇️
🥇Ryan Rhodes - Rutgers University
🥈John Hollander and Zoey Sanders - Arkansas State University
🥉Nidhi Sinha - Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad
🏅Raunak Pillai - New York University
Check out their amazing videos ⬇️
Call for submissions open for 10th Conference of the International Society for Gesture Studies at Nijmegen, the Netherlands on July 9-11 2025
Submission guidelines and more info: www.isgs10.nl/abstract-sub...
Deadline: January 15,2025
Submission guidelines and more info: www.isgs10.nl/abstract-sub...
Deadline: January 15,2025
ISGS10 - Abstract Submission
Abstract Submission
www.isgs10.nl
November 11, 2024 at 10:46 PM
Call for submissions open for 10th Conference of the International Society for Gesture Studies at Nijmegen, the Netherlands on July 9-11 2025
Submission guidelines and more info: www.isgs10.nl/abstract-sub...
Deadline: January 15,2025
Submission guidelines and more info: www.isgs10.nl/abstract-sub...
Deadline: January 15,2025
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⏰Deadline approaching!
Just 3 weeks left to recognize leading researchers by nominating them as Fellows of the Cognitive Science Society.
Deadline is November 1st! 🗓️
Don’t miss out!
cognitivesciencesociety.org/fellows/
Just 3 weeks left to recognize leading researchers by nominating them as Fellows of the Cognitive Science Society.
Deadline is November 1st! 🗓️
Don’t miss out!
cognitivesciencesociety.org/fellows/
October 10, 2024 at 3:20 PM
⏰Deadline approaching!
Just 3 weeks left to recognize leading researchers by nominating them as Fellows of the Cognitive Science Society.
Deadline is November 1st! 🗓️
Don’t miss out!
cognitivesciencesociety.org/fellows/
Just 3 weeks left to recognize leading researchers by nominating them as Fellows of the Cognitive Science Society.
Deadline is November 1st! 🗓️
Don’t miss out!
cognitivesciencesociety.org/fellows/
Reposted by Ercenur Ünal
Join us in celebrating David Rumelhart, James McClelland, and Geoffrey Hinton — winners of the 2024 Golden Goose Award 👏👏👏
Learn more about their groundbreaking work and its lasting impact on science and society at cognitivesciencesociety.org/golden-goose-award
#GoldenGooseAward #CogSci
Learn more about their groundbreaking work and its lasting impact on science and society at cognitivesciencesociety.org/golden-goose-award
#GoldenGooseAward #CogSci
October 7, 2024 at 6:29 PM
Join us in celebrating David Rumelhart, James McClelland, and Geoffrey Hinton — winners of the 2024 Golden Goose Award 👏👏👏
Learn more about their groundbreaking work and its lasting impact on science and society at cognitivesciencesociety.org/golden-goose-award
#GoldenGooseAward #CogSci
Learn more about their groundbreaking work and its lasting impact on science and society at cognitivesciencesociety.org/golden-goose-award
#GoldenGooseAward #CogSci
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📣 We’re seeking candidates to fill the position of Executive Officer!
The Executive Officer serves as a member of the Society’s Executive Committee, and plays a central role in helping the Governing Board implement their vision.
Learn more and apply at cognitivesciencesociety.org/cogsci-jobs/
The Executive Officer serves as a member of the Society’s Executive Committee, and plays a central role in helping the Governing Board implement their vision.
Learn more and apply at cognitivesciencesociety.org/cogsci-jobs/
August 5, 2024 at 8:54 PM
📣 We’re seeking candidates to fill the position of Executive Officer!
The Executive Officer serves as a member of the Society’s Executive Committee, and plays a central role in helping the Governing Board implement their vision.
Learn more and apply at cognitivesciencesociety.org/cogsci-jobs/
The Executive Officer serves as a member of the Society’s Executive Committee, and plays a central role in helping the Governing Board implement their vision.
Learn more and apply at cognitivesciencesociety.org/cogsci-jobs/
Reposted by Ercenur Ünal
Huge congratulations to the brilliant Nora Newcombe, recipient of the 2025 David E. Rumelhart Prize!
Visit the #RumelhartPrize page to learn more cognitivesciencesociety.org/rumelhart-pr...
Visit the #RumelhartPrize page to learn more cognitivesciencesociety.org/rumelhart-pr...
July 25, 2024 at 4:22 PM
Huge congratulations to the brilliant Nora Newcombe, recipient of the 2025 David E. Rumelhart Prize!
Visit the #RumelhartPrize page to learn more cognitivesciencesociety.org/rumelhart-pr...
Visit the #RumelhartPrize page to learn more cognitivesciencesociety.org/rumelhart-pr...
On my way to Rotterdam for #CogSci2024!
We have two talks on Thursday morning session (and in great company) 👇🏻
and three posters on Friday poster session (381, 391 & 461)
If you’re interested in event cognition or multimodal language check them out!
We have two talks on Thursday morning session (and in great company) 👇🏻
and three posters on Friday poster session (381, 391 & 461)
If you’re interested in event cognition or multimodal language check them out!
July 23, 2024 at 10:30 AM
On my way to Rotterdam for #CogSci2024!
We have two talks on Thursday morning session (and in great company) 👇🏻
and three posters on Friday poster session (381, 391 & 461)
If you’re interested in event cognition or multimodal language check them out!
We have two talks on Thursday morning session (and in great company) 👇🏻
and three posters on Friday poster session (381, 391 & 461)
If you’re interested in event cognition or multimodal language check them out!
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#Symposium at #CogSci2024
Don’t miss the Rumelhart Symposium honoring the #RumelhartPrize winner @AlisonGopnik, and discover groundbreaking research inspired by her work!
🗣️ Tamar Kushnir (chair), Caren Walker, Tom Griffiths, Willem Frankenhuis, and Laura Schulz.
Don’t miss the Rumelhart Symposium honoring the #RumelhartPrize winner @AlisonGopnik, and discover groundbreaking research inspired by her work!
🗣️ Tamar Kushnir (chair), Caren Walker, Tom Griffiths, Willem Frankenhuis, and Laura Schulz.
July 13, 2024 at 5:35 PM
#Symposium at #CogSci2024
Don’t miss the Rumelhart Symposium honoring the #RumelhartPrize winner @AlisonGopnik, and discover groundbreaking research inspired by her work!
🗣️ Tamar Kushnir (chair), Caren Walker, Tom Griffiths, Willem Frankenhuis, and Laura Schulz.
Don’t miss the Rumelhart Symposium honoring the #RumelhartPrize winner @AlisonGopnik, and discover groundbreaking research inspired by her work!
🗣️ Tamar Kushnir (chair), Caren Walker, Tom Griffiths, Willem Frankenhuis, and Laura Schulz.
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We’re excited to announce our #keynote speaker Andrea E. Martin at #CogSci2024! In just a couple of weeks, join us for her talk on ✨Dynamics between Minds✨
To learn more about her and the other awesome speakers, hop over to cognitivesciencesociety.org/speakers/
To learn more about her and the other awesome speakers, hop over to cognitivesciencesociety.org/speakers/
July 11, 2024 at 7:30 PM
We’re excited to announce our #keynote speaker Andrea E. Martin at #CogSci2024! In just a couple of weeks, join us for her talk on ✨Dynamics between Minds✨
To learn more about her and the other awesome speakers, hop over to cognitivesciencesociety.org/speakers/
To learn more about her and the other awesome speakers, hop over to cognitivesciencesociety.org/speakers/
Our new paper ‘Asymmetries in encoding event roles: Evidence from language and cognition’ is now out in Cognition 🎉 (w. A Papafragou & J Trueswell)
We show new evidence for homologies between cognition and language for representation of event participants
doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
We show new evidence for homologies between cognition and language for representation of event participants
doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
July 9, 2024 at 8:20 AM
Our new paper ‘Asymmetries in encoding event roles: Evidence from language and cognition’ is now out in Cognition 🎉 (w. A Papafragou & J Trueswell)
We show new evidence for homologies between cognition and language for representation of event participants
doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
We show new evidence for homologies between cognition and language for representation of event participants
doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
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As #CogSci2024 approaches, mark these upcoming deadlines!
🧑💻 May 10 - Deadline for camera ready submissions.
cognitivesciencesociety.org/submissions/
🤝 May 17 - Deadline for Mentoring Program cognitivesciencesociety.org/cogsci-2024-... and Affinity Groups cognitivesciencesociety.org/cogsci-2024-...
🧑💻 May 10 - Deadline for camera ready submissions.
cognitivesciencesociety.org/submissions/
🤝 May 17 - Deadline for Mentoring Program cognitivesciencesociety.org/cogsci-2024-... and Affinity Groups cognitivesciencesociety.org/cogsci-2024-...
May 5, 2024 at 1:39 PM
As #CogSci2024 approaches, mark these upcoming deadlines!
🧑💻 May 10 - Deadline for camera ready submissions.
cognitivesciencesociety.org/submissions/
🤝 May 17 - Deadline for Mentoring Program cognitivesciencesociety.org/cogsci-2024-... and Affinity Groups cognitivesciencesociety.org/cogsci-2024-...
🧑💻 May 10 - Deadline for camera ready submissions.
cognitivesciencesociety.org/submissions/
🤝 May 17 - Deadline for Mentoring Program cognitivesciencesociety.org/cogsci-2024-... and Affinity Groups cognitivesciencesociety.org/cogsci-2024-...
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Meet the highly anticipated plenary speakers of #CogSci2024 🤩
Morgan Barense, is a Full Professor and Canada Research Chair at the University of Toronto. She is also Director of the Toronto Neuroimaging Facility, and PI of the Memory and Perception Lab. 🧵👇
Morgan Barense, is a Full Professor and Canada Research Chair at the University of Toronto. She is also Director of the Toronto Neuroimaging Facility, and PI of the Memory and Perception Lab. 🧵👇
April 17, 2024 at 6:37 PM
Meet the highly anticipated plenary speakers of #CogSci2024 🤩
Morgan Barense, is a Full Professor and Canada Research Chair at the University of Toronto. She is also Director of the Toronto Neuroimaging Facility, and PI of the Memory and Perception Lab. 🧵👇
Morgan Barense, is a Full Professor and Canada Research Chair at the University of Toronto. She is also Director of the Toronto Neuroimaging Facility, and PI of the Memory and Perception Lab. 🧵👇
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Huge congratulations to Isabelle Dautriche sblldtrch.bsky.social, recipient of the 2024 Lila R. Gleitman Prize!
Learn about all her scientific achievements at cognitivesciencesociety.org/gleitman-prize/
Learn about all her scientific achievements at cognitivesciencesociety.org/gleitman-prize/
March 10, 2024 at 1:47 PM
Huge congratulations to Isabelle Dautriche sblldtrch.bsky.social, recipient of the 2024 Lila R. Gleitman Prize!
Learn about all her scientific achievements at cognitivesciencesociety.org/gleitman-prize/
Learn about all her scientific achievements at cognitivesciencesociety.org/gleitman-prize/
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Huge congratulations to @asifamajid.bsky.social, recipient of the 2024 Jeffrey L. Elman Prize for Scientific Achievement and Community Building!
This honor will be celebrated at #CogSci2024 with a prize and dedicated symposium.
Visit cognitivesciencesociety.org/elman-prize/ for more.
This honor will be celebrated at #CogSci2024 with a prize and dedicated symposium.
Visit cognitivesciencesociety.org/elman-prize/ for more.
January 22, 2024 at 8:42 PM
Huge congratulations to @asifamajid.bsky.social, recipient of the 2024 Jeffrey L. Elman Prize for Scientific Achievement and Community Building!
This honor will be celebrated at #CogSci2024 with a prize and dedicated symposium.
Visit cognitivesciencesociety.org/elman-prize/ for more.
This honor will be celebrated at #CogSci2024 with a prize and dedicated symposium.
Visit cognitivesciencesociety.org/elman-prize/ for more.