



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

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

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

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

Gözde Vatansever (PhD Candidate)
gozdeevatansever@gmail.com

Simge Altınok (PhD Candidate)
simgealtinok@gmail.com

Burcu Sırmatel (PhD Candidate)
burcusirmatel@gmail.com

Hazal Şimşek (Medical Residency)
hazalsimsek092@gmail.com

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
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?
ÜSTÜN, S., SIRMATEL, B., & ÇİÇEK, M. (2022). Can a Common Magnitude System Theory Explain the Brain Representation of Space, Time, and Number?. Neuropsychiatry, 59(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
Altınok, S., Vatansever, G., Üstün, S., Kale, E. H., & Çiçek, M. (2022).
STAR Protocols, 3(4), 101673. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xpro.2022.101673

Beyin Görüntülerinde Yapısal ve İşlevsel Bağlantısallık: Dinlenim Durumu İşlevsel Manyetik Rezonans Görüntüleme ve Difüzyon Tensör Görüntüleme
Şimşek H., İnal ŞÇ, Meco BC, Çiçek M. (2021) J Ankara Univ Fac Med 2021;74:1-9.

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.

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

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

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.

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