Curriculum Vitae - Psychology

Ali İ. Tekcan, Ph.D.
Boğaziçi Universıty
Department of Psychology
Bebek – 34342, İstanbul, Turkey
P: (212) 359 70 51, e-mail: [email protected]
Education
1998
Ph.D.
Experimental/Cognitive Psychology
American University, Washington, D.C.
Dissertation: Recall, Consistency, and Determinants of Flashbulb Memories
1996
M.A.
Experimental/Cognitive Psychology
American University, Washington, D.C
Thesis: Revelation Effect and Faces: Effects of Rotation and Reinstatement
1989
B.A.
Psychology
Boğaziçi University
Academic Positions
2009-
Professor
Department of Psychoogy
Boğaziçi University
2008-2009
Visiting Research Fellow
Institute of Psychological Sciences
University of Leeds, UK
2003-2009
Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
Boğaziçi University
1999-2003
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
Boğaziçi University
Administrative Positions
2004-2006
Dean of Student Affairs
Boğaziçi University
2000-2003
Vice-Chair
Department of Psychology
Boğaziçi University
Awards and Fellowships
2008
TÜBİTAK
Post-doctoral Research Fellowship Award
2007
Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA)
Associate Member
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2001
Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA)
Distinguished Young Scientist Award
2000
Boğaziçi University Foundation
Outstanding Young Investigator Award
1989-1992
American University, Dept. of Psychology
Teaching Fellowship
Teaching Experience
1997-present
Boğaziçi University
Introduction to Psychology
Introduction to Statistics for Psychology I and II
Research Methods I
Cognitive Psychology
Human Memory
Collective Memory
Experimental Psychology
Readings and Research in Cognitive Processes
Selected Topics in Cognitive Psychology
Advanced Research Methods I and II
(graduate)
Advanced Cognitive Psychology
(graduate)
Memory
(graduate)
PUBLICATIONS
Books & Book Chapters
Tekcan, A. İ., & Taş, A. Ç. (2009). Yeme bozukluklarında bilişsel süreçler [Cognitive
processes in eating disorders]. M. Irak (Ed). Psikopatolojilerde bilgi işleme süreçleri:
Kuramdan uygulamaya. Ankara: Hekimler Yayın Birliği.
Irak, M., & Tekcan, A. İ. (2009). Obsesif Kompulsif Bozuklukta bilişsel süreçler [Cognitive
processes in eating disorders]. M. Irak (Ed). Psikopatolojilerde bilgi işleme süreçleri:
Kuramdan uygulamaya. Ankara: Hekimler Yayın Birliği.
Orer-Tokuzlu, A., & Tekcan, A. İ. (2006). Görgü tanıklığının güvenilirliği. [Reliability of
eyewitness testimony] H. İ. Bahar (Ed.)., Suç Mağdurları (pp. 231-253). Adalet Yayınevi:
Ankara.
Tekcan, A. İ., & Göz, İ. (2005). Türkçe Kelime Normları (Turkish Word Norms). Boğaziçi
Üniversitesi Yayınevi. İstanbul.
Articles
Aydemir, N., Tekcan, A. İ., & Özkara, Ç. (in press). Remembering the first seziure and the
diagnosis: How much impact do they have in our lives? Epilepsy & Behavior.
Taş, A. Ç., & Tekcan, A. İ. (under revision). Accessing early childhood memories. Applied
Cognitive Psychology.
Peker, M., & Tekcan, A. İ. (2009). The role of familiarity among group members in
collaborative inhibition and social contagion. Social Psychology, 40, 111-118.
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Baran, B., Tekcan, A. İ., Gürvit, H., & Boduroğlu, A. (in press). Episodic memory and
metamemory for nouns and verbs in Parkinson’s Disease patients. Neuropsychology.
Tekcan, A.İ., Taş, A. Ç., Topçuoğlu, V., & Yücel, B. (2008). Memory bias in anorexia
nervosa: Evidence from directed forgetting. Journal of Behavior Therapy and
Experimental Psychiatry, 39, 369-380.
Erdoğan, A., Baran, B., Avlar, B., Taş, Ç, & Tekcan, A. İ. (2008). On the persistence of
positive events in life scripts. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 22, 95-111.
Tekcan, A. İ., Topçuoğlu, V., & Kaya, B. (2007). Memory and metamemory for semantic
information in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 45,
2164-2172.
Tuna, Ş., Tekcan, A. İ., & Topçuoğlu, V. (2005). Memory and metamemory in obsessivecompulsive disorder. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 43, 15-27.
Aydemir, N., Özkara, Ç., Canbeyli, R., & Tekcan, A. İ. (2004). The quality of life and selfperspective changes related to surgery in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsy
& Behavior, 5, 735-742.
Küntay, A. C., Gülgöz, S., & Tekcan, A. İ. (2004). Disputed memories of twins: How ordinary
are they? Applied Cognitive Psychology, 18, 405-413.
Tekcan, A. İ., Ece, B., Gülgöz, S., & Er, N. (2003). Autobiographical and event memory for
9/11: Change across one year. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 17, 1057-1066.
İkier, S., Tekcan, A. İ., Gülgöz, S., & Küntay, A. C. (2003). Whose life is it anyway? Adoption
of each other’s autobiographical memories by twins. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 17,
237-247.
Tekcan, A. İ., Göz, İ., Yalçın, S., Akırmak, Ü., Serbest, S., Fırat, C., & Rodoplu, S. (2002).
Yazılı Türkçenin Kelime Sıklığı Sözlüğü’nün Geçerliği Üzerine Bir Çalışma. Türk Psikoloji
Dergisi, 17, 27-42.
Tekcan, A. İ., & Peynircioğlu, Z. F. (2002). Effects of age on flashbulb memories. Psychology
and Aging, 17, 416-422.
Tekcan, A. İ., & Peynircioğlu, Z. F. (2001) Keşif etkisi: Yüzlerin tanınmasında test
koşullarının etkisi. Türk Psikoloji Dergisi, 16, 57-68.
Tekcan, A. İ., & Aktürk, M. (2001). Are you sure you forgot? Feeling of knowing in directed
forgetting. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 27,
1487-1490.
Tekcan, A. İ. (2001). Flashbulb memories for a negative and a positive event: News of
Desert Storm and acceptance to college. Psychological Reports, 88, 323-331.
Altuğ, A., Elal, G., Slade, P., & Tekcan, A. İ. (2000). The Eating Attitudes Test (EAT) in
Turkish university students: Relationship with sociodemographic, social and individual
variables. Eating and Weight Disorders, 5, 152-160.
Peynircioğlu, Z. F., & Tekcan, A. İ. (2000). Feeling of knowing for translations of words.
Journal of Memory and Language, 43, 135-148.
Elal, G., Altuğ, A., Slade, P., & Tekcan, A. İ. (2000). Factor structure of the Eating Attitude
Test (EAT) in a Turkish university sample. Eating and Weight Disorders, 5, 46-50.
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Peynircioğlu, Z. F., & Tekcan, A. İ., Wagner, J., Baxter, T., & Shaffer, S. (1998). Name or
hum that tune: Feeling of knowing for music. Memory & Cognition, 26, 1131-1137.
Peynircioğlu, Z. F., & Tekcan, A. İ. (1993). Revelation effect:Effort or priming does not
create the sense of familiarity. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory,
and Cognition, 19, 382-388.
Peynircioğlu, Z. F., & Tekcan, A. İ. (1993). Word perception in two languages. Journal of
Memory and Language, 32, 390-401.
Conference Presentations
Tekcan, A. İ., & Tartar, E. E. (2008, July). The life script across cultures and its relation to the
distribution of positive and negative memories across life. XXIXth International Congress
of Psychology, Berlin, Germany
Kaya-Kızılöz, B., & Tekcan, A. İ. (2008, July). A reevaluation of canonical categories in
flashbulb memories. XXIXth International Congress of Psychology, Berlin, Germany.
Tekcan, A. İ., & Kapucu, A. (2003, November). Cue identification in directed forgetting. 44th
annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Vancouver, Canada.
Tekcan, A. İ., & Demir, C. (2002, November). Is there a reminiscence bump in flashbulb
memories? 43rd annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Kansas City, USA.
Tekcan, A. İ., İkier, S., Gülgöz, S., & Küntay, A. C. (2001, June). Disputed memories: How
ordinary are they? Poster presented at the 13th annual meeting of the American
Psychological Society, Toronto, Canada.
Peynircioğlu, Z. F., & Tekcan, A. İ. (2000, November). Remembering old and new flashbulb
memories. Poster presented at the 41st annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, New
Orleans, U.S.A.
Tekcan, A. İ. (2000, September). Flashbulb memory for positive events. Paper presented at
the 11th biannual meeting of the National Congress of Psychology, İzmir, Turkey.
Peynircioğlu, Z. F., & Tekcan, A. İ. (1997, November). Metamemory in bilinguals. Poster
presented at the 38th annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Philadelphia, PA.
Tekcan, A. İ., & Peynircioğlu, Z. F. (1991, April). Role of effort in revelation effect. Paper
presented at the 62nd annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, New
York, NY.
Peynircioğlu, Z. F., & Tekcan, A. İ. (1990, November). Word perception in two languages.
Poster presented at the 31st annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, New Orleans,
LA.
Tekcan, A. İ., & Peynircioğlu, Z. F. (1990, April). Revelation effect with photographs.
Presented at the 61st annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association,
Philadelphia, PA.
Professional Activities
Associate Editor
Ad Hoc Reviewer
Turkish Journal of Psychology
(2005-2008)
Age and Ageing
Applied Cognitive Psychology
Applied Psycholinguistics
Behaviour Research and Therapy
Brain & Cognition
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European Journal of Cognitive Psychology
Experimental Aging Research
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, & Cognition
Journal of Experimental Psychology: General
Journal of Memory and Language
Memory & Cognition
Neuropsychologia
Psychiatry Research
Psychological Reports
Professional Affiliations
Türk Psikologlar Derneği (Turkish Psychological Association)
Psychonomic Society
Association for Psychological Science
The Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition
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