Tilbe Göksun
@tilbegoksun.bsky.social
language & cognition (http://lclab.ku.edu.tr), faculty member @ Koç University - Istanbul, Turkey
http://www.tilbegoksunyoruk.com/
http://www.tilbegoksunyoruk.com/
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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...
"Brain structural networks underlying language" by
Angela Friederici
journals.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Brain structural networks underlying language | Physiological Reviews | American Physiological Society
The unique human ability to process complex language requires the interaction of multiple brain areas located in the inferior frontal and posterior temporal cortex connected by white matter fiber trac...
journals.physiology.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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...
"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....
"Cultural Constructions of Parent–Child Spatial Interactions: Journal of Cognition and Development"
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Cultural Constructions of Parent–Child Spatial Interactions
Cultural influences, such as a language’s reading direction and parents’ everyday interactions, can impact a child’s asymmetric mapping of information to the left and right sides of space. To deter...
www.tandfonline.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:32 PM
📣📣 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....
"Cultural Constructions of Parent–Child Spatial Interactions: Journal of Cognition and Development"
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Join 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
https://instats.org/seminar/science-writing-and-storytelling
https://instats.org/seminar/science-writing-and-storytelling
October 30, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Join 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
https://instats.org/seminar/science-writing-and-storytelling
https://instats.org/seminar/science-writing-and-storytelling
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🚨 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...
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...
October 23, 2025 at 7:27 AM
🚨 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...
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 Göksun
Published 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
October 21, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Published 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 Göksun
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/
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Earlier 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.
The premise of the series is to interview people on the condition that the interview not air until the subject has passed away.
October 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Earlier 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.
The premise of the series is to interview people on the condition that the interview not air until the subject has passed away.
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Our 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
@tilbegoksun.bsky.social
@ieee-icdl.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Our 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
@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...
APS Honors 12 Psychological Scientists With 2026 Lifetime Achievement Awards
Scientists who have shaped our understanding of clinical cognitive neuroscience, mental health, and racial biases are among the 12 recipients of the 2026 APS lifetime achievement awards.
www.psychologicalscience.org
September 10, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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 💙
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Why 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
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
Why does a speech pause make us doubt, but a hand gesture make us sure? - Cognitive Science Society
Welcome to CogSci Unpacked, an exciting blog series dedicated to summarizing academic papers from the Cognitive Science, a CSS Journal. Our goal is to bridge the gap between academia and the broader p...
cognitivesciencesociety.org
September 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Why 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
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
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Academic authors, here's a peek into the black box of journal publishing from an journal editor if you can bear it:
September 6, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Academic authors, here's a peek into the black box of journal publishing from an journal editor if you can bear it:
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New 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...
@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...
www.mdpi.com
August 30, 2025 at 4:27 PM
New 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...
@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
@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.
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.
August 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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
@gyultenhyusein.bsky.social
Take-home message: Non-representational gestures do not facilitate and might even hurt creativity
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
Diversity as a Core Feature of Language Acquisition
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@aslierciyes.bsky.social
Demographic Biases in Naturalistic Language Recordings in the CHILDES Database
In recent years, the importance of estimating demographic biases in research has become apparent. Here, we provide a systematic review of the CHILDES database, the major source of naturalistic record....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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
Diversity as a Core Feature of Language Acquisition
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@aslierciyes.bsky.social
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📣📣 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....
How Language Influences Thought: The Case of Multiplying Fractions
@zackhawes.bsky.social
@hannahwhitehead.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
How Language Influences Thought: The Case of Multiplying Fractions
This study addresses the question of whether and how language influences mathematical cognition. Canadian students in Grades 4–7 (N = 348) were asked fraction multiplication questions in one of the...
www.tandfonline.com
August 20, 2025 at 7:08 PM
📣📣 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....
How Language Influences Thought: The Case of Multiplying Fractions
@zackhawes.bsky.social
@hannahwhitehead.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Reposted by Tilbe Göksun
Sad but true. Lessons here though. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
A Month‐Long Parent‐Led Spatial Intervention Failed to Improve Children's Spatial Skills
Eighty 4- and 5-year-olds and their parents were randomly assigned to a spatial or narrative activity condition. For a month, parents engaged their children in these activities and learned about the ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 15, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Sad 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/...
@begumyilmaz.bsky.social
@reyhanfurman.bsky.social
@tilbegoksun.bsky.social
Read the article 👇
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Speech Disfluencies and Hand Gestures as Metacognitive Cues
How language interacts with metacognitive processes is an understudied area. Earlier research shows that people produce disfluencies (i.e., “uh” s or “um” s) in their speech when they are not sure of...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 5, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Wonderful work by Begüm from our lab on gesture, speech disfluency, and metacognition! @begumyilmaz.bsky.social
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This 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!
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!
August 4, 2025 at 10:42 AM
This 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!
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!
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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
Highlight of the CogSci 2025 - Amazing Rumelhart Prize Talk by Nora Newcombe! @noranewcombe.bsky.social @cogscisociety.bsky.social
July 31, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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....
@ecedemirlira.bsky.social @aslierciyes.bsky.social @mkobas.bsky.social @kudilvebilis.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com
July 17, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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....
@ecedemirlira.bsky.social @aslierciyes.bsky.social @mkobas.bsky.social @kudilvebilis.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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We attended the 10th International Society for Gesture Studies Conference with 2 talks and 2 posters! 🎉
July 13, 2025 at 4:27 PM
We attended the 10th International Society for Gesture Studies Conference with 2 talks and 2 posters! 🎉
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We congratulate our alumni and graduate students, and thank @isgs2025.bsky.social for this engaging conference!
@tilbegoksun.bsky.social
@gyultenhyusein.bsky.social
@begumyilmaz.bsky.social
@tilbegoksun.bsky.social
@gyultenhyusein.bsky.social
@begumyilmaz.bsky.social
July 13, 2025 at 4:27 PM
We congratulate our alumni and graduate students, and thank @isgs2025.bsky.social for this engaging conference!
@tilbegoksun.bsky.social
@gyultenhyusein.bsky.social
@begumyilmaz.bsky.social
@tilbegoksun.bsky.social
@gyultenhyusein.bsky.social
@begumyilmaz.bsky.social
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Our 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!
July 11, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Our 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
July 11, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Finishing ISGS with a wonderful keynote talk from Lorna! @lornaquandt.bsky.social