News & Announcements

Senior Presentations '26

Our lab member Eftelya Ekin Tomak presented her senior project "The Illusory Truth Effect with Pseudowords Learned After Exposure" 🎉
Ayşenur Baş presented her senior thesis project "Comparison of Self-Generated and AI-Generated Elaborations on Moderation Elaborative Interrogation" 🌸

New Publication

Senior Presentations '26

Freshly baked article from Memory Lab! New paper co-authored by Fatih Yavuz and Dr. Miri Besken just published in JEP:LMC.
Our lab member Melissa Altınkaya presented her senior project "Perceptual Fluency and False Memories in Dynamic Scenes" ✨

ISBCS '26

12th ISBCS, held this year at TED University. We participated in the symposium with three poster presentations by Dr. Miri Besken, Öykü Aydın, and Elif Hilal Kurt!

Bilkent Psychology Days '26

Youtube: Hocam Bi' Kahve

 

 

Arkhé Projesi: Bilimi Felsefe ile Düşünmek

New Year's Celebration '26

Psychology Department Tea '25

Symposium of Experimental-Cognitive Psychology '25

As Bilkent Memory Lab, we participated in the 9th Symposium of Experimental-Cognitive Psychology, hosted by Koç University, with a poster presentation of Öykü Aydın.

Distinguished Teaching Award

Our lab coordinator, Dr. Miri Besken, has been recognized with the Bilkent University Distinguished Teaching Award! Congratulations!

New Publication

A new article from our lab, co-authored by Dr. Miri Besken and Gizem Filiz has just been published in Experimental Psychology.

ISBCS '25

As Bilkent Memory Lab, we participated in the 11th ISBCS, held this year at İstanbul Bahçeşehir University, with four poster presentations. We congratulate our lab members Öykü Aydın, İpek Şahin, Nilsu Sağlam, and Duygu Uraş!

Senior Thesis Project Presentations '25

Our lab members presented their senior thesis projects. Deren Ateş presented “Cognitive Offloading’s Effects on Memory Performance and Note-Taking Behavior” and İpek Şahin presented “The Effect of Perceptual Disfluency on Misinformation Susceptibility”. Congratulations!

Research Grant

New Year's Celebration '25

Podcast: Radyo Bilkent Çift Kişilik

Dr. Miri Besken was a guest at the radio program “Çift Kişilik”. She talked about false and real memories. You can find this talk on Spotify: 

New Year's Celebration '24

End-of-the-Semester Celebration '24

Podcast: Spectrum of Science

Dr. Miri Besken was a guest at the podcast program “Spectrum of Science” of the Bilkent Scientific Communication Society. You can find this talk on Spotify and Youtube: 

New Year's Celebration '21

Memory Lab Meeting Spring '21

Seminar Talk: One World Cognitive Psychology Seminar Series

Dr. Miri Besken gave a talk as part of the One World Cognitive Psychology Seminar series on the effects of generating lies on memory and memory predictions. You can find the talk via the following link: