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Emine Eren Koçak Hacettepe University Date/Time: Thursday, 22 January 2026, 16:30 am 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 […]

Bilge Mutlu University of Wisconsin–Madison Date/Time: Tuesday, 6 January 2026, 11:00 am 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 […]

Eren Günseli Sabancı University Date/Time: Thursday, 11 December 2025, 16:30 pm 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 […]

İsmail Uyanık Hacettepe Üniversitesi Date/Time: Thursday, 06 November 2025, 16:30 pm 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 speed and propagation patterns. […]

Emin Çelik Postdoctoral Researcher Max Planck Institute for Software Systems Date/Time: Tuesday, 09 October 2025, 16:30 pm Place: SC106 National Magnetic Resonance Research Center Seminar Room   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 […]