Postdoctoral researcher @lcdlab-uw.bsky.social. Interested in spatial language, spatial thinking and mathematical development.
Eylül Turan, PhD
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So excited for my first #CDS2026 conference! Come stop by my poster - I’d love to chat about math, space and children👀
📣📣 A recent paper by Marie Krenger & Catherine Thevenot in JCD: "Finger Counting Is Not a Dead End: Early Finger Use as a Marker of Arithmetic Development." Results show that finger counting scaffolds the acquisition of more advanced mental arithmetic strategies.
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Congratulations to Professor Daniel Ansari, Canada Research Chair in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, who has been recognized as the recipient of the 2026 Pickering Award for Outstanding Contribution to Developmental Psychology in Canada. https://ow.ly/Lxyc50Z5jRW
Early experiences with number matter! Hearing more number words @ 1 & 2 predicts better math skills @ 4.5. This holds across language & ethnicity. Importantly, children are sensitive to specific inputs: 1 & 2yos benefit most from small numbers & cardinal values.
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New study led by our PhD student Begüm Yılmaz!
@begumyilmaz.bsky.social
@dilaykaradoller.bsky.social
Müge Caferoğlu
@tilbegoksun.bsky.social
@ecedemirlira.bsky.social
"Parental gestural math input and children's math skills: An intervention study"
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New paper alert! tinyurl.com/bdec5rd5
We used eye-tracking, pupillometry, and behavioral methods to explore how spatial information interacts with memory for temporal order. Our results suggest that the mental timeline can be an effective memory strategy. Let us know what you think!
Our *Monster paper* is finally out. Begun instead of data collection during covid for Melis's PhD, expanded during Jenni's PhD, & finally now published. Some papers are worth the wait onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Finger counting is recognized as a valuable tool that supports young children in performing arithmetic tasks. However, concerns have been raised about whether this practice traps children in immatu...
Mental rotation skills predict later achievement in STEM, and prior research shows that children's mental rotation skills improve after training. Howe…
Professor Daniel Ansari has been recognized as the recipient of the 2026 Pickering Award for Outstanding Contribution to Developmental Psychology in Canada.
The present intervention study examines how parents' use of gestures changes the way they provide math talk to their children, and whether increased u…
Remembering the temporal context of events is difficult across the lifespan. Across many cultures and languages, people get around this problem by gro…
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The Cognitive Development Society (CDS)
Despite decades of research, we still know less than we would like about the association between joint attention (JA) and language acquisition. One reason for this is that we still have not agreed ho...
🚨New publication! This is a very cool one. Based on Suppanut Sriutaisuk's dissertation, we looked at self-perceptions and stereotypes of girls and boys' interest and ability in math using latent profile analyses. @aera-motsig.bsky.social @aeradivc.bsky.social
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Is mental imagery a single process?
Our meta-analysis of 46 fMRI studies suggests not.
We find a key divide between object imagery (visualizing an object in rich detail) and spatial imagery (mentally transforming objects).
This split mirrors the ventral and dorsal streams of vision
