Cognitive Neuroimaging Laboratory

   

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    As the Brain Imaging Laboratory, we carry out studies in the field of cognitive neuroscience with our interdisciplinary team using the fMRI (Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging) method. Our main research areas focus on Number and Time perceptions. We use structural and functional connectivity methods (resting-state functional connectivity, DTI-Diffusion Tensor Imaging, DCM-Dynamic Causal Modeling) as well as standard activation maps to understand the neural mechanisms underlying these perceptions. In addition, we are working on the development of current connectivity methods with the engineering teams we collaborate with.
 

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Prof. Dr. Metehan Çiçek 
metehan.cicek@gmail.com

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Nihal Apaydın (Prof. Dr.)
napaydin@gmail.com

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Güvem Gümüş Akay (Prof. Dr.)
ggumusakay@ankara.edu.tr

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Sertaç Üstün (Assist. Prof.)
ustun.sertac@gmail.com 

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Gözde Vatansever (PhD Candidate)
gozdeevatansever@gmail.com

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Simge Altınok (PhD Candidate)
simgealtinok@gmail.com 

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Burcu Sırmatel (PhD Candidate)
burcusirmatel@gmail.com 

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Hazal Şimşek (Medical Residency)
hazalsimsek092@gmail.com 

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Can Kaan Karahan (Undergrad Student)
cankaankarahan@gmail.com 

 

 

 

Former Lab Members

Nazife Ayyıldız, PhD
Emre Kale, PhD
İpek Çelikağ, MSc

 

Selected Publications

 

Reward Processing Alters the Time Perception Networks in Patients with Major Depressive Disorder-1

 

Reward Processing Alters the Time Perception Networks in Patients with Major Depressive Disorder

Altınok, S., Vatansever, G., Apaydın, N., Üstün, S., Kale, E. H., Çelikağ, İ., Devrimci-Özgüven, H., Baskak, B., & Çiçek, M. (2023).

Timing & Time Perception (published online ahead of print 2023). doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/22134468-bja10073

 

Can A Common Magnitude System Theory Explain The Brain Representation of Space, Time and Number?-1

Can A Common Magnitude System Theory Explain The Brain Representation of Space, Time and Number?

ÜSTÜN, S., SIRMATEL, B., & ÇİÇEK, M. (2022). Can a Common Magnitude System Theory Explain the Brain Representation of Space, Time, and Number?. Neuropsychiatry59(1), S24-S28. DOI: 10.29399/npa.28159

 

Protocol to examine the neural basis of symbolic and non-symbolic quantity processing in human brain with fMRI-1

 

Protocol to examine the neural basis of symbolic and non-symbolic quantity processing in human brain with fMRI

Altınok, S., Vatansever, G., Üstün, S., Kale, E. H., & Çiçek, M. (2022).

STAR Protocols3(4), 101673. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xpro.2022.101673

 

 

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Structural brain connectivity in children with developmental dyscalculia

Ayyildiz N., Beyer F., Ustun S., Kale E. H., Calisir O. M., Uran P., Oner O., Olkun S., Anwander A., Witte A., Villringer A., Cicek M. (2021).  bioRxiv.

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Children with Dyscalculia Show Hippocampal Hyperactivity During Symbolic Number Perception

Üstün S, Ayyıldız N, Kale EH, Mançe Çalışır Ö, Uran Şenol P, Öner Ö, Olkun S, Çiçek M

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 408, 2021

paper- editorial time and number perception-1

Editorial: Integrating Time & Number: From Neural Bases to Behavioral Processes Through Development and Disease

Balcı F, Çiçek M, Kucian K, Penney TB

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, Apr; 14:129, 2020

paper- developmental alterations of number network-1

Developmental alterations of the numerical processing networks in the brain

Vatansever G, Üstün S, Ayyıldız N, Çiçek M

Brain and Cognition, Jun;141:105551, 2020.

 

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E-mail: aubeyinarastirmalari@gmail.com, gozde.vatansever@ankara.edu.tr

Phone: (312) 595 8060

Adress: Ankara University Faculty of Medicine,
Department of Physiology, Brain Imaging Laboratory
Sıhhiye/Ankara