@fundayilmaz.bsky.social
PhD Candidate at Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour in Nijmegen
So happy to share this work, feel free to check it out!
www.frontiersin.org/journals/neu...
β’ Emotional incongruency engaged increased activations in the frontoparietal network, suggesting higher cognitive effort π
β’ Together, these findings provide new insights into the neural and behavioral dynamics of audiovisual emotional integration in art perception.π§π§
β’ The interaction effect between congruency and semantics led to stronger activation in the ventral visual stream and emotion-related regions, indicating more detailed visual processing while controlling for low-level features like color and brightness.πβ‘
01.09.2025 19:34 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0β’ Semantic content (meaning in the paintings) further boosted the effect of emotional congruency β¨
β’ Congruency engaged a broad network of brain regions involved in auditory/visual sensory processing, emotion-related areas, and cognitive regions. π§ π
π§ π¨ In this paper, we explore how emotional (in)congruency shapes aesthetic experience by using fMRI and behavioral measures with naturalistic art stimuli.
Key findings:
β’ Emotionally congruent music and paintings (e.g., happy + happy) led to higher beauty ratingsl πΌπΌοΈ
Huge thanks to my wonderful supervisors for their endless support: Rob van Lier, Tessa van Leeuwen, YaΔmur GΓΌΓ§lΓΌtΓΌrk, PhD Umut GΓΌΓ§lΓΌ.
01.09.2025 19:34 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Through it all, persistence paid off; we kept going despite challenges and distance.
01.09.2025 19:34 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0We began this project in the Netherlands when I was a post-bachelor. It paused during the pandemic in Turkey, continued through my masterβs in Germany & France, and finally completed during my PhD back in the Netherlands.
01.09.2025 19:34 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0My first PhD paper is finally online in Frontiers in Neuroscience! π
Excited to share the culmination of a long journey that started back in 2020.
π§ β€οΈπ€βοΈ We had an inspiring and fun satellite event at #CCN2025 forging new research ideas at the intersection of emotion, morality, and brains. Excited for next steps!
11.08.2025 21:01 β π 8 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Speakers and organizers of the GAC debate. Time and location of the GAC debate: 5 PM in Room C1.03.
Our #CCN2025 GAC debate w/ @gretatuckute.bsky.social, Gemma Roig (www.cvai.cs.uni-frankfurt.de), Jacqueline Gottlieb (gottlieblab.com), Klaus Oberauer, @mschrimpf.bsky.social &β¬ @brittawestner.bsky.social asks:
π What benchmarks are useful for cognitive science? π
2025.ccneuro.org/gac
CONVERSATIONS ON CONSCIOUSNESS
How the CCN Community Can Contribute
#CCN2025 on Wednesday 13th (10am πͺπΊ)
Livestream link below
β‘οΈ Exploring the possibility of Computational Consciousness Science
β‘οΈ Discussing three Templeton World Charity Foundation Adversarial Collaborations
Next Tuesday Seminar at the IMC is by Funda Yilmaz from the Donders Institute!
An fMRI Study of Crossmodal Emotional Congruency and the Role of Semantic Content in the Aesthetic Appreciation of Naturalistic Art
Tuesday May 6th, 11am - all are welcome!
interactingminds.au.dk/events/singl...
