Ezgi Melisa Yuksel
ezgimelisaa.bsky.social
Ezgi Melisa Yuksel
@ezgimelisaa.bsky.social
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Remembering how much of a joy it was to showcase some visual illusions during Science at the Square earlier this month! It's always a pleasure to showcase just how much our eyes automatically adapt throughout a single day, and just how strange the results can be!
November 20, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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Last month, our senior lab members attended the 66th Annual Psychonomic Society Meeting in Denver, the largest conference for cognitive psychologists in the world! At the meeting, our postdoc Freya and graduate students Emma, Shanti, and Ezgi presented some of their latest findings. We are so proud!
December 5, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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We're happy to announce another paper authored by some LATL members, including first author Lauren Anthony! This paper dives into potential applications to use expectancy-value theory to motivate cognitive training/learning behaviors! The paper is linked here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Applications of Expectancy-Value Theory in Promoting Motivated Behavior in Cognitive Training - Journal of Cognitive Enhancement
While the domain of cognitive training is extremely broad, encompassing many different training paradigms and training targets, essentially all paradigms require that participants persist in engaging ...
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June 26, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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One of our graduate students, Emma Cunningham, has just published a paper in collaboration with Dr. Green and Dr. Bavelier assessing the current measures used for judging our planning abilities! The paper can be found below, for those interested in reading! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Rethinking planning metrics: An analysis of common measurements of planning abilities
Planning, or the ability to simulate and execute a sequence of steps toward a goal, is integral for success in a range of activities, from cooking a m…
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June 20, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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We would like to congratulate one of our graduate students, Ezgi Yuksel, for her recently published research with Dr. Shawn Green and Dr. Haley Vlach! You can read her work looking at how students test and modify their strategies for learning in the classroom here: www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/15...
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June 18, 2025 at 3:06 PM