OUR RESEARCH
We are interested in social cognition; cognitive mechanisms supporting social interactions. The issue we predominantly focus on is the role of metacognition is social feedback processing. Metacognition refers to the processes that serve monitoring and regulation of cognitive processes. Successful metacognition can help us detect and correct our mistakes, check the reliability of our beliefs, and learn from others. We investigate how metacognition guides us in integrating the information provided by social sources. We are also interested in if evolutionary pressures can create transient changes in our metacognitive sensitivities.
As separate research lines we have been interested in moral decision making, consumer behavior, and human-robot interactions.
TERRY ESKENAZI
Principal Investigator
Terry Eskenazi is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Koc University. She received her MSc in Social Psychology at the London School of Economics, and did her PhD at the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour in the Netherlands. She then continued to do research at École normal supérieur's LNC (Labratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives) before joining Koc University. Her research interests chiefly lie within social cognition and neuroscience, focusing on social decision making and metacognition.
DİCLE ÇAPAN, PhD
Dicle is a PhD graduate who received her B.A. degree in Psychology from Bahçeşehir University and completed her M.A. in Cognitive Science. She is mainly interested in social influences on metacognitive evaluations and memory processes. Her plans include studying social learning in relation to metacognition, with a developmental focus. When not working, you can see Dicle eating chocolate, making plans for a short-escapade from the city, enjoying concerts, movies, and books.
BEGÜM YILMAZ
PhD Student
Begüm is a first-year PhD student who earned her MA in Cognitive Psychology from Koç University and her BA in Philosophy from Boğaziçi University. Her primary research focuses on children's higher-order thinking processes and their connections to conceptual understanding across various domains. Outside of academia, she enjoys exploring new places and capturing moments through photography.
CAN AVCI
PhD Student
Can is a first year PhD student in Cognitive Psychology. He received his BA and MA in Psychology with a minor in Philosophy from Koç University. He is mainly interested in how language interacts with other cognitive processes, including social cognition. Currently, he is investigating how disfluencies and gestures affect our judgments of others. Outside of research, he enjoys discussing philosophical topics and lifting weights.
CEM KARBUZ
Undergraduate Student
Cem is a senior undergraduate student in psychology and sociology, also minoring in international relations. They are broadly interested in social cognition, specifically neural underpinnings related to it. Besides academia, they like playing video games and petting cats!
DEFNE KOÇHAN
Undergraduate Student
Defne is a senior undergraduate student from Psychology and Sociology departments. She is mainly interested in social cognition, especially social categorization and gender development. To wind down and refresh her mind she loves learning how a good cup of coffee is made, taking a mouthful sip and wandering around the city with the energy it brings.
YAREN SİNEM TEMİZKAN
Undergraduate Student
Yaren is a junior undergraduate student of Psychology and Sociology. Her main interest areas are gender, social-cognitive development, and perception. In her spare time, she loves writing, video-making and photography.
DERİN EDA DERELİOĞLU
MA Student
Derin is a second year MA student in cognitive psychology. She completed a double major in psychology and molecular biology and genetics, along with a minor in philosophy in Koç university. She's been working as an undergraduate assistant in SoMi laboratory since summer 2019. Topics she is interested in are social cognition and cognitive neuroscience. Current projects she is working on in the laboratory are focused on being-watched and objective self-awareness on virtual platforms. Some of her extracurricular interests are watercolor painting, true crime and historical dramas.
BERKAY BAYRAM
Undergraduate Student
Berkay is a junior undergraduate in Psychology and Sociology with a double major. They are highly interested in cognitive processes revolving around gender detection, recognition, and perception. In their spare time, they like watching shows, chit chatting with friends, having coffee, and writing poetry.
İDİL DAL
Undergraduate Student
İdil is a senior undergraduate in psychology and media and visual arts with a double major.
ZÜLAL BERRA DAKIN
Undergraduate Student
Zülal is a senior undergraduate in psychology and economics, with a minor major in international relations.
FORMER SOMIS
DENİZ LEFKELİ
İLAYDA ARSLAN
BARIŞ SEVİ
HÜSEYİN GÜVEN
ALPER YELİMLİEŞ
YAĞMUR ÖZBAY
AYBİKE MUTLU
BARKIN ATALAY
EDA KURTOĞLU
EZGİ ORÇUN
REHA ÖZGÜRER
TUTKU ÖZTEL
ZEYNEP ASLAN
DİLAN ÇABUK
DENİZ GÜLYURT
ZEYNEP BUSE GEMİCİ
DERİN EDA DERELİOĞLU
HANDE ÖZLEM ATAR
ECE KIZMAZ
PUBLISHED WORK
the fruits of our labor
SOCIAL METACOGNITION
BOOK CHAPTERS & ENCYCLOPAEDIA ENTRIES
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Akbas, S., Kuscu, K., Yantac, A.E., Erdem G., Semsioglu S., Gurkan, O., Gunay, A., Vatansever, A., & Eskenazi, T. 2021. Qualitative Dimensions of Technology-Mediated Reflective Learning: The Case of VR Experience of Psychosis. VRST '21: 27th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology: Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, United States
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Dezecache, G., Eskenazi, T., Grezes, J. (2017). Sharing emotions: a case of contagion? In S.D. Obhi & E.S. Cross (Eds.), Shared Representations: Sensorimotor Foundations of Social Life. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK.
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Grezes, J., Dezecache, G., & Eskenazi, T. Limbic to motor interactions during social perception. To appear in Brain Mapping: An Encyclopaedic Reference.
PRESENTATIONS & POSTERS
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Yılmaz, B., Kaya, E. N., Karakaş, S., Furman, R., Göksun, T., Eskenazi, T. (2024, July). Gestures and Speech Disfluencies: Windows into Metacognitive Processes. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of Cognitive Science Society, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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Saniz Balderrama, D.E., Oguz, E., & Eskenazi, T. (2024, July). The effects of repetition on false memories: The role of memory beliefs, confidence and anxiety in the illusory truth effect. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of Cognitive Science Society, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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Çabuk Çolak D., Akçay Ç.,& Eskenazi T. Hoarding Information for Survival: The Survival Processing Effect in Joint Encoding Tasks,The 35th annual Human Behavior and Evolution Society (HBES) conference, Arhus, Denmark, 22 -25May 2024, pp.97-98
• Yılmaz, B., Kaya, E. N., Karakaş, S., Furman, R., Göksun, T., Eskenazi, T. (2024, June). Gestures and Speech Disfluencies: Windows into Metacognitive Processes. 10th International Symposium on Brain and Cognitive Science (ISBCS), Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. -
Atar, H. Ö., Özgürer, R., Eskenazi, T. (2024, May). “When Dystopia Becomes Real: Judging Others for Their Moral Convictions”. 7th European Society for Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Conference 2024, Ghent
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Yallak, E., Cicek, M., Eskenazi, T., Balci, F., Retospective confidence accuracy is disrupted by anterior prefrontal cortex and precuneus inhibition. 10th International Symposium on Brain and Cognitive Science (ISBCS), Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.
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Karbuz, C., Gungor, C., Atalay, B. Guven, H. & Eskenazi, T. Metacognition and social feedback integration: the role of anxiety and depression. Poster presented at the 2024 International Symposium on Brain and Cognitive Science (ISBCS), Ankara, Turkey.
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Avcı, C., Eskenazi, T., Göksun, T. (2024, May). Investigating the Influence of Disfluencies and Gestures in Assessing Others’ Knowledge: A Feelings of Another’s Knowing (FOAK) Study. Poster presented at the 2024 International Symposium on Brain and Cognitive Science (ISBCS), Ankara, Turkey.
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Karbuz, C., Güngör, C., & Eskenazi, T. (2023, Aug 31-Sept 1). Anxiety and social influence: the role of metacognition. From self-knowledge to knowing others (3rd edition), Brussels, Belgium.
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Çabuk, D., Akçay, Ç., Eskenazi, T. (2023, July 10-12). Survival Processing Boosts Memory for Partner's Information in Shared Tasks. 9 th Joint Action Meeting, Budapest, Hungary, 10 -12, July 2023.
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Atar, H. Ö., Akçay, Ç., Eskenazi, T. (2021, June). "COVID-19 and Moral Judgements in Turkey". European Society for Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Conference 2021, Budapest
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Atar, H. Ö., Akçay, Ç., Eskenazi, T. (2021, June). "COVID-19 and Moral Judgements in Turkey". 32nd Annual Human Behavior and Evolution Society Virtual Conference
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Atar, H. Ö., Akçay, Ç., Eskenazi, T. (2021, August). "COVID-19 and Moral Judgements in Turkey". 28th Conference of the European Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Leipzig
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Çabuk, D. Ç., Yelimlieş, A., Akçay, Ç., Eskenazi, T. (2021, June). "Does Survival Processing Affect Metacognitive Processes". European Society for Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Conference 2021, Budapest
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Çabuk, D. Ç., Yelimlieş, A., Akçay, Ç., Eskenazi, T. (2021, June). "Does Survival Processing Affect Metacognitive Processes". Human Behavior & Evolution Society 2021
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Güngör C., Güven H., Eskenazi T. (2021, June). "Confidence affects integration of social feedback and subsequent decision change". European Society for Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Conference, Budapest
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Ozbay, Y., Yelimlies, A., Eskenazi, T. (2021, June). Knowing Oneself and Others: Metacognitive Sensitivity and Source Accuracy Judgements. European Society for Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Conference, Budapest, Hungary
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Atalay B., Güngör C., Çabuk, D., Eskenazi, T. (2019, November 7). Confidence affects integration of social feedback and subsequent decision change. From Self-Knowledge to Knowing Others: Insights from clinical populations with socio-cognitive disorders, Brussels, Belgium
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Capan, D., Eskenazi, T., Gulgoz, S., (2019, September) Belleğe Uyma Davranışının Üst-bilişsel süreçler ve Kişisel Özellikler ile İlişkilerinin Araştırılması, 5. Bilişsel Deneyler Sempozyumu, Kadir Has University, Istanbul
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Kurtoglu, E., Erhan, E., Eskenazi, T., Aycan, Z., (2019, September) Tavsiye Verme Davranışının ödüllendirici doğası ve Lider Olma Kaygısı, 5. Bilişsel Deneyler Sempozyumu, Kadir Has University, Istanbul
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Lefkeli, D., Özbay, Y., Eskenazi, T., Gürhan-Canlı, Z. (2019, September). “Benimle Kaybeden Robotlar Daha Akıllı: Etkileşim Bağlamı ve Sonuçlarının Zihin Algısına Etkileri”. 5. Deneysel-Bilişsel Psikoloji Sempozyumu, Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Turkey
NEWS & ACTIVITIES
and general silliness...
SOMI LAB PRESENTED THEIR WORK AT "FROM SELF-KNOWLEDGE TO KNOWING OTHERS" WORKSHOP IN BRUSSLES, BELGIUM!
August 31- September 1 2023, Belgium
OUR LAB COORDINATOR ASST. PROF. TERRY ESKENAZI WAS IN KOC UNIVERSITY'S BRAIN AND EVOLUTION SYMPOSIUM!
WATCH THE LECTURE FROM HERE!
July 2021
OUR LAB COORDINATOR ASST. PROF. TERRY ESKENAZI WAS IN COG-IST'S SUMMER SCHOOL!
WATCH THE LECTURE FROM HERE!
July 2021
WE WERE IN EUROPEAN SOCIETY FOR
COGNITIVE AND AFFECTIVE NEUROSCIENCE
CONFERENCE!
June 2021
WE GOT TOTE BAGS!
July 2019
SOMI LAB PRESENTED RECENT WORK AT KADIR HAS UNIVERSITY!
September 2019, Istanbul
