Here is a new intervention study from our lab on the development of math skills, in collaboration with Ece Demir-Lira from the University of Iowa, led by Begüm Yılmaz and with Dilay Karadöller and Müge Caferoğlu @begumyilmaz.bsky.social @dilaykaradoller.bsky.social @ecedemirlira.bsky.social

Parental gestural math input and children's math skills: An intervention study. New paper by Begüm Yılmaz & al. with @dilaykaradoller.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2026.101951
Paper: tinyurl.com/d9xkyej5

Great news from the Science Academy’s BAGEP Awards! Our lab director, Tilbe Göksun, spoke as a newly elected member, and our former postdoc, Dilay Karadöller, received the BAGEP award.

@tilbegoksun.bsky.social
@dilaykaradoller.bsky.social

Huge congrats to Dilay and all the awardees! 🎉

Children sustain their attention on spatial scenes when planning to describe spatial relations multimodally in speech and gesture. New paper by @ercenurunal.bsky.social , @dilaykaradoller.bsky.social & @asliozyurek.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/desc.70128

New paper with @dilaykaradoller.bsky.social & @asliozyurek.bsky.social

We show that multimodal message presentation in speech & gesture places different demands on children’s visual attention to spatial scenes than unimodal message preparation in speech

Gesture as a mechanism of change in the interface between spatial language and cognitive development. New paper by @dilaykaradoller.bsky.social , @ercenurunal.bsky.social , @beyzasumer.bsky.social , Demet Özer & @asliozyurek.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2026.101694

We presented four poster at this year's @cogscisociety.bsky.social thanks to the hybrid option🙌

Thanks Sho🙏

So honored to be one of the recipients of METU Development Foundation Young Researcher Achievement Awards🙌

Full-Term Children with Lower Vocabulary Scores Receive More Multimodal Math Input Than Preterm Children One of the earliest sources of mathematical input arises in dyadic parent–child interactions. However, the emphasis has been on parental input only in speech and how input varies across different e...

📣📣 A recent paper by Dilay Karadöller, Ece Demir-Lira, & Tilbe Göksun:

Full-Term Children with Lower Vocabulary Scores Receive More Multimodal Math Input Than Preterm Children

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

@dilaykaradoller.bsky.social @ecedemirlira.bsky.social @tilbegoksun.bsky.social

Very happy to host @dilaykaradoller.bsky.social as our MELD presenter this week @uva.nl @uvahumanities.bsky.social

IX. Deneysel-Bilişsel Psikoloji Sempozyumu Başvuru Formu Koç Üniversitesi'nde 11-12 Eylül tarihlerinde gerçekleşecek olan IX. Deneysel Bilişsel Psikoloji Sempozyumu'na sözlü/poster sunum özetlerinizi 300 kelime sınırı ile 11 Haziran 2025 tarihine kadar gönd...

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Son bildiri özeti gönderimi tarihi 11 Haziran!

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11-12 Eylül tarihlerinde Koç Üniversitesi'nde gerçekleşecek olan 9. Deneysel Bilişsel Psikoloji Sempozyumu detaylarını öğrenmek için takipte kalın! 🎉

Applications for our summer school on analysis pipelines for quantifying multimodal behavior are now open!

Promoting a multimodal first language acquisition framework: A commentary on Karadöller, Sümer, and Özyürek - Tilbe Göksun, Ö. Ece Demir-Lira, 2025 Karadöller et al. propose a multimodal language acquisition framework, integrating evidence from first language acquisition in spoken and sign languages. In thi...

Our commentary on Karadöller, Sümer, and Özyürek paper:

"Promoting a multimodal first language acquisition framework" @ecedemirlira.bsky.social

journals.sagepub.com/eprint/9PHBG...

@dilaykaradoller.bsky.social @asliozyurek.bsky.social

The Multimodal Parallel Architecture

In a nice new paper, @dilaykaradoller.bsky.social and @asliozyurek.bsky.social review multimodal language acquisition. In our response, we argue that our multimodal model of language and communication provides exactly the kind of framework needed to account for these data
doi.org/10.1177/0142...

Full-Term Children with Lower Vocabulary Scores Receive More Multimodal Math Input Than Preterm Children One of the earliest sources of mathematical input arises in dyadic parent–child interactions. However, the emphasis has been on parental input only in speech and how input varies across different e...

Full-term children with lower vocabulary scores receive more multimodal math input than preterm children. New paper by @dilaykaradoller.bsky.social , Ö. Ece Demir-Lira & Tilbe Göksun
doi.org/10.1080/15248372.2025.2470245

Full-Term Children with Lower Vocabulary Scores Receive More Multimodal Math Input Than Preterm Children One of the earliest sources of mathematical input arises in dyadic parent–child interactions. However, the emphasis has been on parental input only in speech and how input varies across different e...

New publication alert from our former post-doc Dilay Karadöller, Ece Demir-Lira & Tilbe Göksun! @dilaykaradoller.bsky.social @ecedemirlira.bsky.social @tilbegoksun.bsky.social

Read the article 👇
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Gesture Reduces Mapping Difficulties in the Development of Spatial Language Depending on the Complexity of Spatial Relations In spoken languages, children acquire locative terms in a cross-linguistically stable order. Terms similar in meaning to in and on emerge earlier than those similar to front and behind, followed by l....

Gesture reduces mapping difficulties in the development of spatial language depending on the complexity of spatial relations. Final version by @ercenurunal.bsky.social
& al. with @dilaykaradoller.bsky.social , Beyza Sümer,
@asliozyurek.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/cogs.70046

Multifaceted nature of early vocabulary development: Connecting child characteristics with parental input types. Final version by Tilbe Göksun & al. @dilaykaradoller.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/cdep.12524
Paper: tinyurl.com/4kut2n9s

Gesture Reduces Mapping Difficulties in the Development of Spatial Language Depending on the Complexity of Spatial Relations In spoken languages, children acquire locative terms in a cross-linguistically stable order. Terms similar in meaning to in and on emerge earlier than those similar to front and behind, followed by l...

Gesture reduces mapping difficulties in the development of spatial language depending on the complexity of spatial relations. New paper by @ercenurunal.bsky.social & al. with @dilaykaradoller.bsky.social , Beyza Sümer, @asliozyurek.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

information about abstract submission

conference website: www.isgs10.nl

Parental attitudes and beliefs about mathematics and the use of gestures in children’s math development. New paper by Begüm Yılmaz & al. @dilaykaradoller.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2024.101531
Paper: tinyurl.com/3ftuwywk

Last paper of the year published in Journal of Linguistics Reasearch together with @AsliErciyes @xiaowei_gong as part of Xiaowei's MA project🎉
dad.boun.edu.tr/tr/pub/issue...

Our new paper is just published 👇

My first Bluesky post proudly presents the publishing of a new paper😇