M.A. Theses: Recent submissions

  • The effects of extensive musical training on time perception regarding hemispheric lateralization, different time ranges and generalization to different modalities 
    Sevinç, Emre. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2007., 2007.)
    Time perception and estimation are very important aspects of human behavior. Whether these are based on a single internal clock or the result of distributed and emergent processes in the brain is still a matter of debate. ...
  • A computational model and psychological investigation of event segmentation and learning 
    Başgöl, Hamit. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2021., 2021.)
    Event is a fuzzy term that refers to bounded spatio-temporal units, which guide behavior to allow adaptation to complex environments. The study of event segmentation investigates mechanisms behind detecting these ...
  • Inconsistency and multiplicity in the self 
    Tetik, Mehmet Abdulkerim. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2019., 2019.)
    This thesis consists of an empirical study and a philosophical discussion. The empirical part is based on the Multiple Self-Aspect Framework whose fundamental principle argues that the self-concept is not unitary and it ...
  • Insight as invention of relational reference systems: Emerging cognitive maps in spatial and non-spatial context 
    Eren, Kübra. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2018., 2018.)
    Insight, specifically discovery of abstract regularities in experience can be thought as the invention of a relational framework which accommodate novel meaningful relationships within complex stimuli. Relatedly, for the ...
  • Interaction between cyberbodies and cyberspace :| the effect of avatar abilities on affordance perception in virtual reality 
    Akkoç, Naciye Tuğçe. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2019., 2019.)
    The possible actions that we can perform with an object are determined by the capabilities of the human body. Then, if we could change the body, would it create new action possibilities for us? In this study, we examined ...
  • Temporal experience :|perception and action dynamics 
    Kurtcan, Ayşe Melisa. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2019., 2019.)
    This thesis is composed of an empirical study and a philosophical discussion on the influence of temporally altered feedback adaptation in response to willful actions upon the dynamic perceptual character of experience. ...
  • A generative model of trust formation and generations 
    Özdeş, Mehmet Çelik. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2018., 2018.)
    This thesis introduces an agent based simulation of a multi-generation population with a dynamic trust network in a world with limited resources. This population is assumed to be under evolutionary pressure incurring costs ...
  • In search of language-based factors influencing rhythmic grouping 
    Kaya, Ece. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2019., 2019.)
    The Iambic-Trochaic Law (Hayes, 1995) was proposed as a universal mechanism governing rhythmic grouping. It predicts that sequences of sound events are grouped trochaically (strong-weak) when they alternate in intensity ...
  • Sensorimotor interaction and time perception: An empirical study and a philosophical discussion 
    Özbağcı, Duygu. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2018., 2018.)
    Time perception is a crucial aspect of experiencing and acting upon the world. This thesis is composed of an empirical part, where the potential interactions between action and visual time perception are studied using ...
  • Neural and cognitive underpinnings of trustworthiness in the prefrontal cortex via optical brain imaging 
    Bilik, Ali Taylan. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2019., 2019.)
    Human face has been considered to be an indicator of various attributes including attractiveness, calmness, and trustworthiness. Even a single look for a short duration might have an influence on one’s attitude. This ...
  • A framework for understanding and detecting harassment in socialVR 
    Powell, Lance. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2018., 2018.)
    SocialVR, as experienced in immersive audiovisual environments, is a symmetrical communication medium that allows for both verbal interaction, and limited physical interaction through first-person avatars. Through a ...
  • A psychophysical investigation and a philosophical discussion on perception 
    Gülhan, Doğa. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2017., 2017.)
    Time seems to be a central mediator of many phenomenal experiences. The current thesis was an attempt to integrate a body of empirical work into philosophical discussions. Firstly, visual mechanisms of time perception ...
  • The effect of frequency on the comprehension of multi-word phrases in Turkish 
    Demirtaş, Hüseyin. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2018., 2018.)
    The effect of frequency on multi-word phrases is a comparatively recent area of inquiry. The interaction between multi-word phrases and frequency effects and the existence of multi-word frequency effects can shed light on ...
  • Acquisition of past tense in Albanian: implications for morphological processing and representation 
    Strori, Dorina. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2012., 2012.)
    This study examines the acquisition of past tense in Albanian, which is a highly inflectional language, especially with respect to its verbal system. The past tense depicts a rather complex picture, involving several ...
  • Frequency effects in the processing of morphologically complex Turkish words 
    Bilgin, Orhan. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2016., 2016.)
    This is an empirical study that examines how morphologically simple and complex words in Turkish are represented in the brains of native speakers. Two experiments are reported that use various “frequency of occurrence” ...
  • The role of attention on scene recognition 
    Şenyazar, Berhan. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2017., 2017.)
    It has been shown that little if any attention is required for scene recognition (Li, VanRullen, & Koch, 2002). The absence of the role of attention in scene recognition, however, has been challenged by Cohen, Alvarez, ...
  • Knowledge-based expectation effects on pitch perception: A cross-cultural investigation 
    Kaplan, Elif Canseza. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2017., 2017.)
    Earlier studies have shown that harmonic (Bigand & Pineau, 1997) as well as tonal expectations (Marmel, Perrin, & Tillmann, 2011; Marmel, Tillmann, & Dowling, 2008) influence pitch processing. The ending of a melody fragment ...
  • The effect of processing fluency on semantic illusion 
    Yallak, Ece. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2017., 2017.)
    Semantic illusion occurs when a question like “How many animals of each kind did Moses take on the ark?” was responded with “two” in spite of knowing that animals were taken to the ark by “Noah” not “Moses”, according ...
  • Velir or veler? Exploring adults' implicit knowledge of an irregular verbal pattern: The Turkish aorist 
    Contance Michon, Elise Anne. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2017., 2017.)
    Morphological systems that possess irregular suffixation provide us important cues with respect to how words are processed and represented in the mind. This study attempts to find out how adult speakers of Turkish process ...
  • Fake sex: diploidy, dominance, coupling, attraction 
    Bowers, Robert Ian. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2006., 2006.)
    What can be understood of a species when we know of it only that it is sexual? Two seemingly innocuous aspects of sex are considered. In Chapter Two, the matter is diploidy and allele dominance; in Chapter Three, it is the ...

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