Welcome to the Perceptual Neuroscience Lab at TED University! 
Established in 2022, we are affiliated with the Psychology Department of TED University. Our lab investigates how the brain learns regularities from the environment and uses them to guide perceptual decision-making, attention, and behaviour. We study how expectations emerge from experience and interact with incoming ambiguous sensory signals through the interplay of top-down and bottom-up processes. Our research combines methods from psychophysics, computational modelling, and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to understand how the brain supports adaptive behaviour in uncertain environments.
NEWS!
📢 New TÜBİTAK 1002 Project in the Perceptual Neuroscience Lab
"The Interaction of Semantic Meaning and Physical Context in Scene-Object Relations"
A new project from our lab has been awarded funding by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) under the 1002 program. Using behavioral experiments and modeling, the project examines how semantic and physical contextual cues interact with sensory uncertainty in shaping perceptual decisions.
📢 New Publication: Predictive Processing in Biological Motion Perception
We’re happy to share our latest paper, “Predictive processing in biological motion perception: Evidence from human behavior,” published in Perception.
In this study, we show that moderately reliable action-related expectations can shape how we perceive biological motion. These findings support predictive processing accounts and highlight the role of top-down influences in dynamic social perception.
📢 Our new book chapter is out!
Our latest chapter, "Dikkatin Nöral Mekanizmaları", is now published in Bilişsel İşlevlerin Amaca Yönelik ve Adaptif Boyutları! We examine bottom-up and top-down attention mechanisms, ventral and dorsal networks, and their role in cognition and clinical applications.
Link: https://www.nobelyayin.com/bilissel-islevlerin-amaca-yonelik-ve-adaptif-boyutlari-21889.html
📢 Our new book is published!
We’re thrilled to announce the publication of Nörondan Algoritmaya Davranışı Anlamak! Our chapter, "Ön Bilgi ve Beklentilerin Görsel Algı Üzerindeki Etkileri: Davranış ve Hesaplamalı Modeller", explores how expectations shape perception through behavioral findings and computational models.
Link: https://www.nobelyayin.com/norondan-algoritmaya-davranisi-anlamak-21128.html