Koc University Language & Cognition Lab
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Koc University Language & Cognition Lab
@kudilvebilis.bsky.social
We study language and cognition interface (lclab.ku.edu.tr), led by @TilbeGoksun.bsky.social. Bilingual (Turkish-English) tweets.
Last week, we hosted Erim Kızıldere, who completed his MA at the L&C Lab! He shared his ongoing doctoral research at the University of California, Davis. Thank you Erim for a truly insightful and engaging discussion! 🥳
November 21, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Last week, we hosted Dr. Emir Akbuğa, who completed both his MA and PhD at L&C Lab! He presented his doctoral research along with the exciting projects he is currently conducting at Lund University. Thank you for this wonderful presentation! 🥳
November 16, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Our lab member Dila Falay has successfully defended her master’s thesis titled "Handing out novel metaphors: Gesture use in explanations by L1-Turkish and L2-English Bilinguals.” Congratulations Dila! 🥳 @dilafalay.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 12:19 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!

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September 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Our PhD students İbrahim Akkan and Begüm Yılmaz presented their recent research at the 9th Lancaster International Conference on Infant and Early Child Development! Congratulations 🎉
@ibrahimakkan.bsky.social
@begumyilmaz.bsky.social
September 1, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Our 6-week summer research program has come to an end! We’re grateful to our incredible high school and undergraduate assistants for their dedication and hard work throughout the program 🎉✨
August 12, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Salih Can Özdemir, who completed his master’s degree in our lab and is currently pursuing his PhD at the University of California, San Diego, has been elected as a Graduate Student Representative on the Cognitive Science Society Board! @cogscisociety.bsky.social
August 4, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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!
August 4, 2025 at 10:42 AM
We congratulate our alumni and graduate students, and thank @isgs2025.bsky.social for this engaging conference!

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July 13, 2025 at 4:27 PM
We attended the 10th International Society for Gesture Studies Conference with 2 talks and 2 posters! 🎉
July 13, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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
We thank Dr. Demir-Lira for this engaging, interactive, and very insightful talk! ✨
June 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Today, we had the pleasure of hosting Dr. Ece Demir-Lira @ecedemirlira.bsky.social, director of DEN Lab at the University of Iowa, for a talk titled “An Introduction to Two-Person Neuroscience: Theory and Practice”!🧠
June 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Congrats 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
June 2, 2025 at 12:50 PM
We presented our recent work at 11th International Symposium on Brain and Cognitive Science (ISBCS)!
June 2, 2025 at 12:50 PM
We participated in the 54th Jean Piaget Meeting with one talk and three poster presentations! Congratulations to our PhD students Begüm Yılmaz @begumyilmaz.bsky.social and İbrahim Akkan @ibrahimakkan.bsky.social, and our master’s student Sultan Karakaş @sultankarakas.bsky.social
May 31, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Our previous PhD student, Dr. Emir Akbuğa, will continue his postdoc at Lund University, Sweden! Congrats Emir! 🥳
February 7, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Our research team for 2024-2025, including our principal investigator (PI) Prof. Tilbe Göksun, undergraduate students, and graduate students!
December 10, 2024 at 10:16 AM
Our lab member Hazal Civelek has successfully defended her master’s thesis titled "Emotional Language and Gesture Production of Preschoolers"! Congratulations Hazal 🥳
We also thank her thesis committee members Tilbe Göksun (advisor), Aylin Küntay, and Aslı-Aktan Erciyes for their contributions ✨
December 3, 2024 at 8:40 PM