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Seminar: The neurobiological mechanisms underlying stress susceptibility
Speaker: Emine Eren Koçak Time: January 22, 2026,16:30 Place: Aysel Sabuncu Brain Research Center Seminar Room (SC-106) Abstract: One of the most fundamental questions in psychiatry is why certain individuals develop mental disorders after exposure to stressors while others don’t. This talk explores the neurobiological basis of stress susceptibility. Dendritic atrophy is well-demonstrated after chronic stress exposure in medial…
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Seminar: Human-Robot Interaction as Distributed Cognition: Joint Action, Embodiment, and Situated Interaction
Speaker: Bilge Mutlu (University of Wisconsin–Madison) Time: January 6, 2026,11:00 Place: Aysel Sabuncu Brain Research Center Seminar Room (SC-106) Abstract: Human-robot interaction is often framed in terms of interfaces, autonomy, or task performance. In this talk, I argue that HRI is more productively understood as the study of distributed cognitive systems where cognition emerges across humans, machines, and…
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Seminar: Keeping in Mind What’s Worth Keeping: How the Mind Reactivates What Matters by Eren Günseli
Speaker: Eren Günseli (Sabancı University) Time: December 11, 2025, 16:30 Place: Aysel Sabuncu Brain Research Center Seminar Room (SC-106) Abstract: Working memory is often described as a mental workspace that actively keeps task-relevant information online. Yet, sustaining such activation is metabolically costly and unnecessary when familiar contexts or rules can automatically cue what we need.…
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Seminar: Neural Mechanisms of Multisensory Behavioral Control
Title: Neural Mechanisms of Multisensory Behavioral Control Speaker: İsmail Uyanık (Hacettepe University) Time: November 6, 2025, 16:30 Place: Aysel Sabuncu Brain Research Center Seminar Room (SC-106) Abstract: The central nervous system (CNS) processes sensory information obtained through various sensory structures in the body. These include signals with a wide variety of spatiotemporal features, such as different…
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Seminar: Using Language Models to Explore Semantic Representation in the Brain by Emin Çelik
Title: Using Language Models to Explore Semantic Representation in the Brain Speaker: Emin Celik Time: 9 October 2025,15:30 Place: Aysel Sabuncu Brain Research Center Seminar Room (SC-106) Abstract: Can language models help us make sense of how our brains process language when we read or listen? In this talk, I will tell you about how we…
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Spring 2025 Seminars
You are cordially invited to our seminars. Below is a list of seminars we will be hosting during the 2025 Spring Semester. Please contact our administrative staff for the Zoom links. POSTPONED: 15 May, 16:30 Yildiray Yildiz (in person)