I am an Assistant Professor in the Psychology Program and the Principal Investigator of Mind, Language, & Technology Lab at Sabancı University in Istanbul, Türkiye. My research examines language as a window into human cognition. I am interested in language development in infancy and childhood, the use of technology in language education and other social and communicative settings, neural processing of language, and how language and non-linguistic cognition interact.

Areas of specialization: Cognitive Science, Developmental Psychology, Psycholinguistics, Human-Computer Interaction, Human-Robot Interaction, Neuroscience

To learn more about my research, visit the lab website: https://www.mindlangtech.com