The new review/perspective article by Prof. Canbeyli presents a bottom-up model on the modulation of mood and clinical depression. Published in the European Journal of Neuroscience (EJN), the article (Sensory stimulation via the visual, auditory, olfactory and gustatory systems can modulate mood and depression) suggests that "combined use of multisensory stimulation may have synergistic ameliorative effects on depressive symptoms over and above what has so far been documented for unisensory stimulation".
04 Oct 2021
Our PI is to give an invited talk on systems neuroscience at the 17th Congress of Medical Biology and Genetics (online) on October 30th! Check the congress website here.
27 Sep 2021
The PI is to present our work on ketamine at the 57th National Psychiatry Congress (Ankara) on October 22nd! Check the congress website here.
17 May 2021
Our new Turkish edited volume (Experimental Approaches to Cognitive and Behavioral Processes in Psychology / Psikolojide Bilişsel ve Davranışsal Süreçlere Deneysel Yaklaşımlar) portrays the theoretical and methodological variety of contemporary experimental psychology. It offers 6 chapters ranging from epigenetics to social cognition together with a preface that offers a beautiful excursion to the history of psychology.
05 May 2021
Cem and Ege were successful in their 2209/A (Research Support Programme for Undergraduate Students) application to the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK). Their project is titled “the antidepressant properties of chronic oral ketamine application on male Wistar rats under stress”.
21 Mar 2021
Our PI is to give a talk on the foundations and current state of behavioral neuroscience as part of the Brain Awareness Week at 2pm on Sunday March 21! The talk will be live streamed on GENMET's Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_f-HYxDJlUEy_ATnYBWG0Q
14 Sep 2020
Our BAP project "Of rats and robots: A mutual learning paradigm" received lots of attention by the media, following DHA's visit to the lab:
