BERNA UZUNDAĞ

Assistant Professor BERNA UZUNDAĞ

Education

Doctorate

Koç University
Psychology

Master's Degree

Boğaziçi University
Cognitive Science

Bachelor's Degree

Boğaziçi University
Computer Engineering

Research Areas

  • Language and Communication Development
  • Attention Development
  • Executive Functions
  • Parent-Child Interactions
  • Screen Media Use

Work Experience

2019 / Continuing Department of Psychology, Assistant Professor
Kadir Has University

2018 / 2021 Department of Psychology, Postdoctoral Researcher
Koç University

Administrative Duties

Görev Adı Görev Yeri Başlangıç tarihi Bitiş Tarihi
Psychology Masters Program Coordinator KHAS 13.05.2024

Publications

  • Yıldız, Ezgi; Uzundağ, Berna A. (2024), "The role of perceived social support in mitigating the impact of parenting stress on children’s effortful control", International Journal of Behavioral Development, DOI: 10.1177/01650254241239975
  • Uzundağ, Berna A.; Koşkulu-Sancar, Sümeyye; Küntay, Aylin C. (2024), "Background TV and infant-family interactions: Insights from home observations", Infancy, DOI: 10.1111/infa.12598
  • Keşşafoğlu, Dilara; Küntay, Aylin; Uzundağ, Berna A. (2024), "Immediate and delayed effects of fantastical content on children's executive functions and mental transformation", Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, Vol.248, DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2024.106067
  • Koç, Nursena; Tahiroğlu, Deniz; Uzundağ, Berna A. (2024), "From mind to mind: Understanding the role of mothers in children's theory of mind", Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, Vol.95, DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2024.101719
  • Yıldız, Ezgi; Uzundağ, Berna A. (2022), "Mothers’ descriptions of referents are related to children's communicative competence", Cognitive Development, Vol.64, DOI: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2022.101258
  • Uzundağ, Berna A.; Oranç, Cansu; Keşşafoğlu, Dilara; Altundal, Merve Nur (2022), "Relations Among Self-Reported Maternal Stress, Smartphone Use, and Mother–Child Interactions", Journal of Child and Family Studies, DOI: 10.1007/s10826-022-02371-5
  • Nakipoglu, Mine; Uzundag, Berna A.; Ketrez, F. Nihan (2022), "Analogy is Indispensable but Rule is a Must: Insights from Turkish", Journal of Child Language, DOI: 10.1017/S0305000921000921
  • Uzundaǧ, Berna A.; Altundal, Merve Nur; Keşşafoǧlu, Dilara (2022), "Screen Media Exposure in Early Childhood and Its Relation to Children's Self-Regulation", Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies, Vol.2022, DOI: 10.1155/2022/4490166
  • Koşkulu, Sümeyye; Küntay, Aylin C.; Liszkowski, Ulf; Uzundag, Berna A. (2021), "Number and type of toys affect joint attention of mothers and infants", Infant Behavior and Development, Vol.64, DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2021.101589
  • Koşkulu, Sümeyye; Küntay, Aylin C.; Uzundag, Berna A. (2021), "Maternal behaviors mediate the relationship between socioeconomic status and joint attention", Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, Vol.75, DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2021.101291
  • Gutchess, Angela; Ksander, John; Millar, Peter R.; Uzundag, Berna A.; Sekuler, Robert; Boduroglu, Aysecan (2021), "Cultural differences in performance on Eriksen’s flanker task", Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics, Vol.83, No.2, 882-898 DOI: 10.3758/s13414-020-02117-9
  • Nakipoglu, Mine; Uzundag, Berna A.; Sarigül, Özge (2021), "Young minds' quest for regularity: Evidence from the Turkish causative", Journal of Child Language, DOI: 10.1017/S0305000921000672
  • Uzundag, Berna A.; Küntay, Aylin C. (2019), "The acquisition and use of relative clauses in Turkish-learning children's conversational interactions: A cross-linguistic approach", Journal of Child Language, Vol.46, No.6, 1142-1168 DOI: 10.1017/S030500091900045X
  • Özkan, Deniz; Uzundag, Berna A.; Küntay, Aylin C. (2019), "Learning language is learning typology: Acquisition of argument structure and relative clauses in typologically diverse languages", International Handbook of Language Acquisition,
  • Uzundag, Berna A.; Küntay, Aylin C. (2018), "Children's referential communication skills: The role of cognitive abilities and adult models of speech", Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, Vol.172, 73-95 DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2018.02.009
  • Uzundag, Berna A.; Taşçi, Süleyman S.; Küntay, Aylin C.; Aksu-Koç, Ayhan (2018), "Functions of Turkish evidentials in early child-caregiver interactions: A growth curve analysis of longitudinal data", Journal of Child Language, Vol.45, No.4, 878-899 DOI: 10.1017/S0305000917000526

Projects

Project Name Role in the Project Project Type Fund Establishment Project Date
Bebeklik ve Erken Çocuklukta Bilişsel Gelişim: Dil, Dikkat ve Yürütücü İşlevlerin Gelişimi Yürütücü Ulusal Proje TÜBİTAK ARDEB 07.02.2022
07.08.2024
Çocukların Zihin Kuramı Becerilerinin Gelişiminde Annelerin Rolünü Anlamak Yürütücü Ulusal Proje TÜBİTAK ARDEB 15.04.2022
15.04.2023
Çocukların İletişim Becerilerinin Temelleri: Bebeklikteki Ortak Dikkat ve Dil Girdisinin Rolü Yürütücü Dış Kaynaklı TUBITAK ARDEB 1002 15.04.2021
15.04.2022

Courses Offered

Course Name Course Code Period
Advanced  Selected Topics in Developmental Psychology II PSY532 2023/24 Spring
Parenting: Science and Practice PSYC324 2023/24 Spring
Statistics MAN201 2023/24 Fall
Statistics MAN201 2024/25 Fall