Publications – Cortical Dynamics And Perception Lab

Journal Articles

Ozkan, S., Yilmaz, S.K., Kafaligonul, H. (in progress). When you hear faster, you see faster: the timing of footstep sounds influences biological motion perception. .
Akdogan, I., Ogmen, H., Kafaligonul, H. (in progress). Mapping the oscillatory representations of visibility and attention via EEG-based machine learning. .
Uner, S., Yilmaz S.K., Akdogan, I., Pavan, A., Kafaligonul, H. (in progress). The neural mechanisms underlying perceptual learning with transcranial random noise stimulation: a perceptual template approach.
Uner, S., Akdogan, I., Pavan, A., Kafaligonul, H. (2025). The hidden benefits of noise: low frequency tRNS and dynamic visual noise enhance visual processing. Journal of Neuroscience, 45(48), e0853252025.
Akdogan, I., Aydin, S., Kafaligonul, H. (2025). Dynamic reorganization of functional networks underlying audiovisual interactions. Scientific Reports, 15: 39658.
Turker, A., Ogmen, H., Kafaligonul, H. (2025). Cortical dynamics underlying perceived visibility: an ERP investigation of forward masking. European Journal of Neuroscience, 62(8), e70284.
Yildirim-Keles, F.Z., Demirayak, P., Kafaligonul, H. (2025). Functional and structural plasticity induced by audiovisual associations and sensory experiences. Brain Structure and Function, 230: 89.
Pavan, A., Yilmaz, S.K., Kafaligonul, H., Föcker, J., Greenlee, M.W. (2025). Visual short-term memory in action and non-action video game players: a focus on short and long delay intervals. Attention, Perception and Psychophysics, 87, 1915–1938.
Catak, E.N., Ogmen, H., Kafaligonul, H. (2024). Attentional load leads to distinct changes in early and late cortical processing of target visibility under visual masking. Consciousness and Cognition, 125, 103760
Akdogan, I., Ogmen, H., Kafaligonul, H. (2024). The phase coherence of cortical oscillations predicts dynamic changes in perceived visibility. Cerebral Cortex, 34(9), bhae380.
Yilmaz, S.K., Kafaligonul, H. (2024). Attentional demands in the visual field modulate audiovisual interactions in the temporal domain. Human Brain Mapping, 45(12), e70009.
Karaduman, A., Karoglu-Eravsar, E.T., Adams, M.M., Kafaligonul, H. (2024). Passive exposure to visual motion leads to short-term changes in the optomotor response of aging zebrafish. Behavioural Brain Research, 460, 114812.
Karoglu-Eravsar E.T., Tuz-Sasik M.U., Karaduman A., Keskus A.G., Konu O., Kafaligonul H., Adams M.M. (2023). Long-term acetylcholinesterase depletion alters the levels of key synaptic proteins while maintaining neuronal markers in the aging zebrafish (danio rerio) brain. Gerontology, 69, 1424-1436.
Karaduman, A., Karoglu-Eravsar, E.T., Kaya, U., Aydin, A., Adams, M.M., Kafaligonul, H. (2023). Zebrafish optomotor response to second-order motion illustrates that age-related changes in motion detection depend on the activated motion system. Neurobiology of Aging, 130, 12-21.
Pavan, A., Contillo, A., Koc Yilmaz, S, Kafaligonul, H., Donato, R., O’Hare, L. (2023). A comparison of equivalent noise methods in investigating local and global form and motion integration. Attention Perception and Psychophysics, 85, 152-165.
Duyar, A., Pavan, A., Kafaligonul, H. (2022). Attentional modulations of audiovisual interactions in apparent motion: temporal ventriloquism effects on perceived visual speed, Attention Perception and Psychophysics, 84, 2167–2185.
Pavan, A., Koc Yilmaz, S., Kafaligonul, H., Battaglini, L., Blurton, S.P. (2022). Motion processing impaired by transient spatial attention: potential implications for the Magnocellular pathway. Vision Research, 109: 108080.
Catak, E.N., Ozkan, M., Kafaligonul, H., Stoner G.R. (2022). Behavioral and ERP evidence that object-based attention utilizes fine-grained spatial mechanisms. Cortex,151, 89-104.
Aydin, A., Ogmen, H., Kafaligonul, H. (2021). Neural correlates of metacontrast masking across different contrast polarities. Brain Structure and Function, 226, 3067-3081.
Kaya, U., Kafaligonul, H. (2021). Audiovisual interactions in speeded discrimination of a visual event. Psychophysiology, 58, e13777
Karaduman, A., Karoglu-Eravsar, E.T., Kaya, U., Aydin, A., Adams, M.M., Kafaligonul, H. (2021). The optomotor response of aging zebrafish reveals a complex relationship between visual motion characteristics and cholinergic system. Neurobiology of Aging, 98, 21-32.
Celebi-Birand, D., Ardic, N.I., Karoglu-Eravsar, E.T., Sengul, G.S., Kafaligonul, H., Adams, M.M. (2020). Dietary and pharmacological interventions that inhibit mammalian target of rapamycin activity alter the brain expression levels of neurogenic and glial markers in an age- and treatment-dependent manner. Rejuvenation Research, 23(6), https://doi.org/10.1089/rej.2019.2297.
Akyuz, S., Pavan, A., Kaya, U., Kafaligonul, H. (2020). Short- and long-term forms of neural adaptation: an ERP investigation of dynamic motion aftereffects. Cortex, 125, 122-134.
Kaya, U., Kafaligonul, H. (2019). Cortical processes underlying the effects of static sound timing on perceived visual speed. NeuroImage, 199, 194-205.
Adams, M.M., Kafaligonul, H. (2018). Zebrafish-a model organism for studying the neurobiological mechanisms underlying cognitive brain aging and use of potential interventions. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 6: 135.
Kafaligonul, H., Albright T.D., Stoner, G.R. (2018). Auditory modulation of spiking activity and local field potentials in area MT does not appear to underlie an audiovisual temporal illusion. Journal of Neurophysiology, 120(3), 1340-1355.
Kafalıgonul, H. (2018). Examining the effects of audiovisual associations on motion perception through task-based fMRI. Dusunen Adam: The Journal of Psychiatry and Neurological Sciences, 31(2), 125-134. (Published in Turkish, Original Title: İşitsel-görsel çağrışımların hareket algısı üzerine etkilerinin görev temelli fmrg ile incelenmesi)
Ogulmus, C., Karacaoglu, M., Kafaligonul, H. (2018). Temporal ventriloquism along the path of apparent motion: speed perception under different spatial grouping principles. Experimental Brain Research, 236(3), 629-643.
Kaya, U., Yildirim, Z.F., Kafaligonul, H. (2017). The involvement of centralized and distributed processes in sub-second time interval adaptation: an ERP investigation of apparent motion. European Journal of Neuroscience, 46(8), 2325-2338.
Oluk, C., Pavan, A., Kafaligonul, H. (2016). Rapid motion adaptation reveals the temporal dynamics of spatiotemporal correlation between ON and OFF pathways. Scientific Reports, 6:34073
Kafaligonul, H., Breitmeyer B.G., Ogmen, H. (2015). Feedforward and feedback processes in vision. Frontiers in Psychology, 6:279.
Kafaligonul, H., Oluk, C. (2015). Audiovisual associations alter the perception of low-level visual motion. Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, 9:26.
Kafaligonul, H. (2014). Vision: a systems neuroscience perspective. Journal of Neurobehavioral Sciences, 1(2), 21-26.
Kafaligonul, H., Stoner, G.R. (2012). Static sound timing alters sensitivity to low-level visual motion. Journal of Vision, 12(11):2, 1-9.
Kafaligonul, H., Stoner, G.R. (2010). Auditory modulation of visual apparent motion with short spatial and temporal intervals. Journal of Vision, 10(12):31, 1-13.
Kafaligonul, H., Breitmeyer, B.G., Ogmen, H. (2009). Effects of contrast polarity in paracontrast masking. Attention, Perception and Psychophysics, 71, 1576-1587.
Breitmeyer B.G., Tapia, E., Kafaligonul, H., Ogmen, H. (2008). Metacontrast masking and stimulus contast polarity. Vision Research, 48, 2433-2438.
Breitmeyer, B.G., Kafaligonul, H., Ogmen, H., Mardon, L., Todd, S., Ziegler, R. (2006). Meta- and paracontrast reveal differences between contour and brightness processing mechanisms. Vision Research, 46, 2645-2658.

Books

Kafaligonul, H., Breitmeyer B.G., Ogmen, H. (Eds.) (2015). Feedforward and feedback processes in vision, 151 pp, Lausanne, Frontiers Media SA.

Book Chapters

Celebi-Birand, D., Tuz-Sasik M.U., Ardic-Avci, N.I., Aydogan, H.O., Erbaba, B., Karoglu-Eravsar, E.T., Kafaligonul, H., Adams, M.M. (2021). The zebrafish (Danio rerio) and its uses for understanding the neuroscience of aging: applications and observation. In Martin, C.R., Preedy, V.R. and Rajendram, R. (Eds.), Assessments, Treatments and Modeling in Aging and Neurological Disease: The Neuroscience of Aging, London, Academic Press, 491-503.
Celebi-Birand, D., Erbaba, B. Ozdemir, A.T., Kafaligonul, H., Adams, M. (2018). Zebrafish aging models and possible interventions. In Bozkurt, Y. (Eds.), Recent Advances in Zebrafish Researches, London, InTechOpen Press, 3-26.
Kafaligonul, H., Patel, S.S., Ogmen, H., Bedell, H.E. , Purushothaman, G. (2010). Perceptual asynchronies and the dual-channel differential latency hypothesis. In Nijhawan, R. and Khunara, B. (Eds.), Space and Time in Perception and Action, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 379-395.

Conference Presentations and Abstracts (since 2021)

Yildirim-Keles, F.Z., Demirayak, P., Kafaligonul, H. (2025). Experience-dependent changes in cortical function and structure following passive audiovisual associations. Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA.
Uner, S., Akdogan, I., Kafaligonul, H. (2025). Transcranial random noise stimulation modulates contrast sensitivity and polar angle asymmetries across the visual field. Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA.
Akdogan, I., Ogmen, H., Kafaligonul, H. (2025). Multivariate decoding of visibility and attention reveals distinct oscillatory signatures of perceptual selection. Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA.
Ozkan, S., Yilmaz, S.K., Kafaligonul, H. (2025). Multisensory perception of biological motion: auditory time intervals shape perceived speed. 47th European Conference on Visual Perception, Mainz, Germany.
Uner, S., Akdogan, I., Istil, B., Kafaligonul, H. (2025). Transcranial random noise stimulation reshapes the contrast sensitivity function at the central visual field. 47th European Conference on Visual Perception, Mainz, Germany.
Istil, B., Uner, S., Akdogan, I., Kafaligonul, H. (2025). Transcranial random noise stimulation rebalances peripheral visual asymmetries: evidence from contrast sensitivity function. 47th European Conference on Visual Perception, Mainz, Germany.
Akdogan, I., Ogmen, H., Kafaligonul, H. (2025). Decoding oscillatory patterns of attention load in perceived visibility using multivariate EEG classification. 47th European Conference on Visual Perception, Mainz, Germany.
Ozkan, S., Yilmaz, S.K., Kafaligonul, H. (2025). Timing matters: the role of footstep sounds in shaping biological motion perception. 23rd National Neuroscience Congress, Izmir, Turkiye.
Uner, S., Akdogan, I., Istil, B., Kafaligonul, H. (2025). Asymmetries of visual system: a modulatory role of transcranial random noise stimulation. 23rd National Neuroscience Congress, Izmir, Turkiye.
Istil, B., Uner, S., Akdogan, I., Kafaligonul, H. (2025). Modulation of central visual sensitivity across spatial frequencies: effects of transcranial random noise stimulation. 23rd National Neuroscience Congress, Izmir, Turkiye.
Akdogan, I., Ogmen, H., Kafaligonul, H. (2025). Decoding attention and perceived visibility from EEG-based oscillatory dynamics using machine learning. 23rd National Neuroscience Congress, Izmir, Turkiye.
Uner, S., Akdogan, I., Pavan, A., Kafaligonul, H. (2024). Dynamic visual noise impact on contrast detection mimics transcranial random noise stimulation. Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, IL.
Akdogan, I., Aydin, S., Kafaligonul, H. (2024). Functional networks involved in audiovisual processing: a graph theory approach to identify functional connectivity across frequency bands. Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, IL.
Yilmaz, S.K., Uner, S., Akdogan, I., Kumdakci, B., Pavan, A., Kafaligonul, H. (2024). Exploring the integrated effects of transcranial random noise stimulation and visual perceptual learning: insights from the perceptual template model. Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, IL.
Ozkan, S., Yilmaz, S.K., Kafaligonul, H. (2024). Footsteps in biological motion: auditory timing alters perceived speed. 22nd National Neuroscience Congress, İstanbul, Turkey.
Akdogan, I., Aydin, S., Kafaligonul, H. (2024). Audiovisual interactions in different frequency bands: graph theoretical modeling of functional networks. 22nd National Neuroscience Congress, İstanbul, Turkey.
Uner, S., Yilmaz, S.K., Akdogan, I., Kumdakci, B., Kafaligonul, H., Pavan, A. (2024). The perceptual template model reveals mechanisms underlying the influences of transcranial random noise stimulation on perceptual learning. 22nd National Neuroscience Congress, İstanbul, Turkey.
Akdogan, I., Uner, S., Pavan, A., Kafaligonul, H. (2024). Dynamic visual noise: a practical alternative to transcranial random noise stimulation for enhancing visual perception. 22nd National Neuroscience Congress, İstanbul, Turkey.
Kafaligonul, H. (2024). Temporal organization of perception and cortical oscillations. 22nd National Neuroscience Congress, İstanbul, Turkey.
Ozkan, S., Yilmaz, S.K., Kafaligonul, H. (2024). Timing of footstep sounds alters perceived speed of biological motion. 10th International Symposium on Brain and Cognitive Science, Ankara, Turkey.
Akdogan, I., Kafaligonul, H. (2023). The phase coherence in alpha and beta frequency bands is associated with the modulations of target visibility in visual masking. Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC.
Yilmaz S.K., Kafaligonul, H. (2023). Attentional demands in the visual field alter audiovisual interactions in time: EEG correlates. Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC.
Kafaligonul, H., Turker, A. (2023). Event-related potentials associated with the inhibitory processes of forward masking. Annual Meeting of Vision Sciences Society, St. Pete Beach, FL. Journal of Vision 23 (9), 4998-4998.
Turker, A., Kafaligonul, H. (2023). Neurophysiological investigation of inhibitory processes involved in forward masking. National Neuroimaging Congress, Ankara, Turkiye.
Akdogan, I., Kafaligonul, H. (2022). Examining the effects of contrast ratio on metacontrast masking with electroencephalography. 44th European Conference on Visual Perception, Nijmegen, Netherlands. Netherlands. Perception vol.51 suppl.1S p.142-142.
Turker, A., Kafaligonul, H. (2022). EEG correlates of inhibitory processes involved in paracontrast masking. 44th European Conference on Visual Perception, Nijmegen, Netherlands. Perception vol.51 suppl.1S p.141-141.
Koc Yilmaz, S., Pavan, A., Contillo, A., Kafaligonul, H., Donato, R., O’Hare, L. (2022). A comparison of equivalent noise methods in investigating form/motion Integration. 44th European Conference on Visual Perception, Nijmegen, Netherlands. Perception vol.51 suppl.1S p.31-31.
Koc Yilmaz, S., Pavan, A., Kafaligonul, H., Battaglini, L., Blurton, S.P. (2021). The effect of transient attention on motion processing: implications for the magnocellular pathway. 43rd European Conference on Visual Perception, Virtual Meeting. Perception vol.50 suppl.1S p.71-72.
Catak, E.R., Kafaligonul, H. (2021). Electrophysiological investigation of attentional modulation on metacontrast masking. 43rd European Conference on Visual Perception, Virtual Meeting. Perception vol.50 suppl.1S p.181.
Aydin, A., Ogmen, H., Kafaligonul, H. (2021). Metacontrast masking across different contrast polarities: the role of late ERP components. Annual Meeting of Vision Sciences Society, Virtual Meeting (V-VSS). Journal of Vision 21 (9), 2083-2083.
Konyali, A., Kafaligonul, H. (2021). Attention differentially modulates brief and prolonged inhibitions in paracontrast masking. Annual Meeting of Vision Sciences Society, Virtual Meeting (V-VSS). Journal of Vision 21 (9), 2217-2217.