We bring together cognitive science scholars and enthusiasts from Turkey and around the world!

Upcoming Events

Esra Mungan, Gestalt Theory - Moderator: Yunus Şahin | Book Cognition #7

Culturally Constituted: What Makes Vygotsky’s Development Uniquely Human – Jedediah Allen (PhD) | In Memoriam: Lev Vygotsky #1

Mind, Society, and Revolution: Understanding Vygotsky – Cansu Pala (PhD) | In Memoriam: Lev Vygotsky #1

From Sentences to Words, and Back Again: Statistical and Structural Relations in the Neural Signal – Sophie Slaats (PhD) – Cognitive Webinar #19

Istanbul Reading Club #15 – Foundational Issues in Enaction as a Paradigm for Cognitive Science – John Stewart (PhD)

The Neuroscience of Consciousness: Neurophenomenology – Emir Faruk Sevim | Courses #35

The Cognitive Neuroscience of Language – Melis Çetinçelik (PhD) | Courses #34

WITHOUT OUR PASSIONS, WE WOULD BE MUCH LESS

We are an independent initiative with a deep love for cognitive science. As the CogIST team, our aim is to reach out, first in Istanbul, then across Turkey, to students, scholars, and curious minds who share this passion. Through social and scientific collaboration, we strive to contribute to cognitive science, the academic environment in Turkey, and to one another.

events

Artificial Language Models: A Brief Introduction – Çiğdem Taş | Courses #31

7, 14, 21 October 2025, Tuesdays – 19:30 – 22:30 – Zoom

How Does the Animal Mind Work? – Elif Karakoç | Courses #30

24 September, 1, 8, 15 October 2025, Wednesdays – 19:30 – 22:30 – Zoom

Relative Age Difference and ADHD: Does School Starting Age Change Everything? – Damla Beşiktaş | Academy Cognition #36

12 October 2025, Sunday - 17.00 - Walker's Coffee Tunalı, Ankara

Is Cognitive Science Possible Without the Mind? – Yunus Şahin | Academy Cognition #35

28 September 2025, Sunday – 17:00 – Zoom

Understanding Neurodiversity: A Holistic Approach – Eda Denker | Courses #29

3, 10, 17, 24 September 2025, Wednesdays – 19:30 – 22:30 – Zoom

Music, Language, and the Brain – Sercan Şeker (PhD) | Courses #28

19, 26 August, 2, 9 September 2025, Tuesdays – 19:30 – 22:30 – Zoom

We have published nearly 200 articles and organized around 300 events to date. Bringing together researchers from universities such as Harvard, Stanford, and Boğaziçi with audiences ranging from high school students to academics, we continue to be one of the largest and most dynamic cognitive science platforms in the world, introducing tens of thousands of people in Turkey and the world to cognitive science.