Professional/Educational History

since 2024
Phd Student, Department of Cognitive Psychology, Prof. Dr. Christian Frings, Trier University.

2015 - 2016
PhD Student Researcher, in Experimental Psychology Department, Ruhr-Universität Bochum.

2014
PhD Student Researcher, Biopsychology Laboratory and Experimental Psychology Department, RuhrUniversität, Bochum.

2012 - 2018
Ph.D. in Psychology, Ege University, Izmir/ Turkey.

2011 - 2013
Project Assistant, TUBITAK 1001 Grant: Comparison of driver psychotechnical assessment test systems used in Turkey and evaluation of their validity by observing driver behaviors in natural traffic environment. Project No: 110K428.

2009 - 2012
M.A. in Experimental Psychology, Ege University, Izmir/ Turkey.

2005 - 2009
B.A. in Psychology, Hacettepe University, Ankara/ Turkey.

Research Interests

Visual attention
Scene Perception
Change Blindness Phenomenon
Eye movements

Publications

Journal Articles (peer reviewed)

Kowal, M., Sorokowski, P., Pisanski, K., Valentova, J. V., Varella, M. A., Frederick, D. A., ... & Mišetić, K. (2022). Predictors of enhancing human physical attractiveness: Data from 93 countries. Evolution and Human Behavior, 43(6), 455-474.

Bago, B., Kovacs, M., Protzko, J., Nagy, T., Kekecs, Z., Palfi, B., ... & Matibag, C. J. (2022). Situational factors shape moral judgements in the trolley dilemma in Eastern, Southern and Western countries in a culturally diverse sample. Nature Human Behaviour 6(6), 1-16.

Söylemez, S., Wolf, O., Koyuncu, M., & Türkan, B. N. (2022). How shame and guilt influence perspective taking: A comparative study in the scope of culture. Journal of Culture and Cognition, 22(1-2), 20-40

Türkan, B. N., İyilikci, O., & Amado, S. (2021). Ways of processing semantic information during different change detection tasks. Visual Cognition, 29(6), 366-378.

Dindaroğlu, F. Doğan, S., Yalçın, A., Türkan, N., & Yüvrük, E. (2017). How are faces with increased and decreased lower facial height perceived visually? International Journal of Computerized Dentistry, 20(4): 71–85.

Türkan, B. N., Amado, S., Ercan E. S., & Perçinel, I. (2016). Comparison of change detection performance and visual search patterns among children with/without ADHD: Evidence from eye movements. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 49-50, 205-215.

Amado, S., Arıkan, E., Kaça, G., Koyuncu, M., & Türkan, B. N. (2014). How accurately do drivers evaluate their own driving behavior? An on-road observational study. Accident Analyses and Prevention, 63, 65-73.

Book Chapters

Türkan, B. N. (2023). Attention. In O. İyilikci (Ed.), Experimental Psychology (263-291). Nobel Academic Publishing.

Türkan, B. N. (2023). Measurement of Eye Movements. In O. İyilikci (Ed.), Experimental Psychology (389-413). Nobel Academic Publishing.

Türkan, B. N. & Çoker, O. (2021). Manipulation from the Perspective of Mind and Social Individual. In O. Çalışkan (Ed.), The Construction of Distorted Reality (49-89). Nobel Academic Publishing.

Talks / Posters

Türkan B. N., İyilikci, O., & Amado S. (September, 2019). Investigation of Change Blindness Phenomenon in Terms of High and Low-Level Scene Perception [Talk]. 5th Experimental-Cognitive Psychology Symposium. Kadir Has University, İstanbul, Turkey.

Türkan B. N., İyilikci, O., & Amado S. (August, 2019). Investigation of Change Blindness Phenomenon in Terms of High-Level Scene Perception [Poster]. 19th European Conference on Eye Movements (ECEM). Alicante, Spain.

Türkan B. N., İyilikci, O., & Amado S. (September, 2017). Investigation of Change Blindness Phenomenon in Terms of High-Level Scene Perception [Poster]. 4th Experimental-Cognitive Psychology Symposium. Ege University, Izmir/ Turkey.

Söylemez, S., Wolf, O., Türkan, B. N., & Koyuncu, M. (July, 2017). Explaining Shame and Guilt in Scope of Cultural Differences [Poster]. 15th European Congress of Psychology, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Türkan B. N., Amado S., & Perçinel I. (September, 2013). Change Detection Performance of Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder [Poster]. 18th European Society for Cognitive Psychology, Budapest, Hungary.

Türkan B. N., & Baykal E. (September, 2010). Working Memory Span and Executive Processes [Talk]. 4th Post-graduate Psychology Students Congress. Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.

Research Projects

Project coordinator, "Did you see what I saw?! Investigating Common Attentional Biases in Humans by Social Groups" Granted by Pamukkale University (May 2023 – continues

Researcher, “The Effect of Nicotine Dependence and Withdrawal on Change Blindness: The Mediating Role of Attention Level” Project No: 222K279 TUBITAK 1002 Grant (April 2023 – continues).