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Preprints/In Review
Soylu, F. (in review). A New Cognitive Ontology for Numerical Cognition. [preprint: https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/3vx56]
Journal Articles / Book Chapters (* with students)
Soylu, F., May, K., & Kana, R. (2023). White and Gray Matter Correlates of Theory of Mind in Autism: A Voxel-Based Morphometry Study. Brain Structure and Function. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00429-023-02680-5 [PDF download]
Salehzadeh, R., Soylu, F., & Jalili, N. (2023). A comparative study of machine learning methods for classifying ERP scalp distribution. Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express, 9(4), 045027. https://doi.org/10.1088/2057-1976/acdbd0 [PDF download]
Soylu, F. (2023). Theoretical and Educational Challenges with Enactivist Approaches to Mathematical Cognition. Constructivist Foundations, 18(2), 245-247. https://constructivist.info/18/2/245 [PDF download]
Salehzadeh, R.*, Rivera, B., Man, K., Jalili, N., & Soylu, F. (2023). EEG Decoding of Finger Numeral Configurations with Machine Learning. Journal of Numerical Cognition, 9(1), 206-221. https://doi.org/10.5964/jnc.10441 [PDF download]
Webber, W.B.*, Soylu, F., & Burnham, J.J. (2023). Stereotyping among graduate students in mental health fields: An EEG study. Journal of Mental Health Counseling, 45(1), 74-92. https://doi.org/10.17744/mehc.45.1.05 [PDF download]
Anchan, M.*,& Soylu, F. (2023). Language Matters: Mathematical Learning and Cognition in Bilingual Children. In Katherine M. Robinson, Donna Kotsopoulos, & Adam Dubé (Eds.). Mathematical Learning and Cognition in Middle Childhood and Early Adolescence: Integrating Interdisciplinary Research into Practice. New York City, New York: Springer Publishing [PDF download]
Soylu, F. (2022). Eğitimsel Sinirbilim Araştırma Metodları (Educational Neuroscience Research Methods). In E. Keleş (Ed.) Eğitimsel Sinirbilim [In Turkish]. Nobel Yayıncılık [PDF download]
Rivera, B.*, & Soylu, F. (2021). Incongruity in Fraction Verification Elicits N270 And P300 ERP Effects. Neuropsychologia, 161(August), 108015. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2021.108015 [PDF download]
Suárez Pellicioni, M., Soylu, F., & Booth, J. (2021). Gray matter volume in left inferior parietal sulcus predicts longitudinal gains in subtraction skill in elementary school. Neuroimage, 235 (April), 118021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118021 [PDF download]
Newman, S., Loughery, E., Ecklund, A., You, C., Von Werder, H., & Soylu, F. (2021). Structured versus free block play: the impact on arithmetic processing. Trends in Neuroscience and Education, 100146. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tine.2020.100146 [PDF download]
Soylu, F. (2020). Matematik Öğrenme Güçlüğünün (Diskalkulinin) Beyinsel ve Kalıtımsal Temelleri [The Neural and Hereditary Foundations of Mathematical Learning Difficulties (Dyscalculia)]. In Yilmaz Mutlu, Sinan Olkun, Levent Akgun, & Mehmet Hayri Sari (Eds.) Diskalkuli: Matematik Öğrenme Güçlüğü. Pegem Akademi, Ankara [PDF download]
Han, H., Lee, K.†, & Soylu, F.† (2020). Applying the Deep Learning Method for Simulating Outcomes of Educational Interventions. SN Computer Science, 1(2), 1-14. †Authors contributed equally. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42979-020-0075-z [PDF download]
Soylu, F.† & Newman, S. D.† (2020). Editorial: Towards an Understanding of the Relationship Between Spatial Processing Ability and Numerical and Mathematical Cognition. Frontiers in Psychology, Cognition. †Authors contributed equally. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00014 [PDF download]
Han, H.† & Soylu, F.†, & Anchan, M.* (2019). Connecting Levels of Analysis in Educational Neuroscience. Trends in Neuroscience and Education, 17. †Authors contributed equally. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tine.2019.100113 [PDF download]
Soylu, F., Rivera, B.*, Anchan, M.*, & Shannon, N.* (2019). ERP differences in processing canonical and noncanonical finger-numeral configurations. Neuroscience Letters, 705, 74–79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neulet.2019.04.032 [PDF download]
Soylu, F., Seo, R., Newman, M., & Newman, S. D. (2019). Gray Matter Correlates of Finger Gnosis in Children: A VBM Study. Neuroscience, 404, 82–90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2019.01.032 [PDF download]
Soylu, F., Lester, F., & Newman, S. (2018). You can count on your fingers: The role of fingers in early mathematical development. Journal of Numerical Cognition, 4(1), 107–135. https://doi.org/10.5964/jnc.v4i1.85 [PDF download]
Han, H., Lee, K., & Soylu, F. (2018). Simulating outcomes of interventions using a multipurpose simulation program based on the evolutionary causal matrices and Markov chain. Knowledge and Information Systems, 18(2), 223-227. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10115-017-1151-0 [PDF download]
Soylu, F., Raymond, D.R., Gutierrez, A.M., & Newman, S.D. (2018). The differential relationship between finger gnosis, and addition and subtraction: an fMRI study. Journal of Numerical Cognition, 3(3), 694–715. https://doi.org/10.5964/jnc.v3i3.102 [PDF download]
Mutlu, Y. & Soylu, F. (2018) Eğitsel sinirbilim ve bedenlenmiş biliş perspektifinden matematik öğrenme güçlüğü yaşayan öğrencilerde parmakla sayma [Finger counting habits of children with mathematics learning difficulty: An educational neuroscience perspective]. Bilim, Eğitim ve Sanat Araştırmaları – Fen Bilimleri ve Matematik [in Turkish]. Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık, Ankara. [PDF download]
Soylu, F., Holbert, N., Brady, C., & Wilensky, U. (2017). Embodied perspective taking in learning about complex systems. Journal of Interactive Learning Research. 28(3), 269-303. https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/174886/ [PDF download]
Han, H., Lee, K., & Soylu F. (2016). Predicting long-term outcomes of educational interventions using the evolutionary causal matrices and Markov chain. Trends in Neuroscience and Education, 5(4), 157–165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tine.2016.11.003 [PDF download]
Soylu, F. (2016). An embodied approach to understanding: Making sense of the world through simulated bodily activity. Frontiers in Psychology, 7:1914. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01914 [PDF download]
Soylu, F., Newman, S.D. (2016). Anatomically ordered tapping interferes more with one-digit addition than two-digit – A Dual-Task fMRI Study. Cognitive Processing. 17(1), 67–77. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10339-015-0737-2 [PDF download]
Brady, C., Holbert, N., Soylu, F., Novak, M., & Wilensky, U. (2015). Sandboxes for model-based inquiry. Journal of Science Education and Technology, 24(2-3), 265-286. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10956-014-9506-8 [PDF download]
Newman, S.D., Soylu F. (2014). The impact of finger counting habits on arithmetic in adults and children. Psychological Research, 78(4), 549–56. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-013-0505-9 [PDF download]
Hickey, D.T., Soylu, F. (2012). Wikifolios, reflections, and exams for online engagement, understanding, and achievement. Journal of Teaching and Learning with Technology, 1(1), 64-71. https://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/jotlt/article/view/2045 [PDF download]
Yalvac, B., Ayar, M. C., & Soylu, F. (2012). Teaching engineering with wikis. International Journal of Engineering Education, 28(3), 701. https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/75a0/173408a96f770070d3f36785f8c04911e1e9.pdf [PDF download]
Yalvac, B., Soylu, F., & Arikan, A., (2011). Embodied cognition and education. ETHOS: Dialogues in Philosophy and Social Science, 4(1), 1-20. http://www.ethosfelsefe.com/ethosdiyaloglar/main/?page=read&id=78 [PDF download]
Soylu, F. (2009). Academics’ views and uses of Wikipedia. Gnovis Journal, 9(2). http://www.gnovisjournal.org/2009/05/13/academics-views-and-uses-wikipedia/ [PDF download]
Soylu, F. (2009). Designing online learning communities: Lessons from Eksisözlük. European Journal of Open Distance and E–Learning, 12(2), 1–10. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ911764 [PDF download]
Salehzadeh, R., Soylu, F., & Jalili, N. (2023). A comparative study of machine learning methods for classifying ERP scalp distribution. Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express, 9(4), 045027. https://doi.org/10.1088/2057-1976/acdbd0 [PDF download]
Soylu, F. (2023). Theoretical and Educational Challenges with Enactivist Approaches to Mathematical Cognition. Constructivist Foundations, 18(2), 245-247. https://constructivist.info/18/2/245 [PDF download]
Salehzadeh, R.*, Rivera, B., Man, K., Jalili, N., & Soylu, F. (2023). EEG Decoding of Finger Numeral Configurations with Machine Learning. Journal of Numerical Cognition, 9(1), 206-221. https://doi.org/10.5964/jnc.10441 [PDF download]
Webber, W.B.*, Soylu, F., & Burnham, J.J. (2023). Stereotyping among graduate students in mental health fields: An EEG study. Journal of Mental Health Counseling, 45(1), 74-92. https://doi.org/10.17744/mehc.45.1.05 [PDF download]
Anchan, M.*,& Soylu, F. (2023). Language Matters: Mathematical Learning and Cognition in Bilingual Children. In Katherine M. Robinson, Donna Kotsopoulos, & Adam Dubé (Eds.). Mathematical Learning and Cognition in Middle Childhood and Early Adolescence: Integrating Interdisciplinary Research into Practice. New York City, New York: Springer Publishing [PDF download]
Soylu, F. (2022). Eğitimsel Sinirbilim Araştırma Metodları (Educational Neuroscience Research Methods). In E. Keleş (Ed.) Eğitimsel Sinirbilim [In Turkish]. Nobel Yayıncılık [PDF download]
Rivera, B.*, & Soylu, F. (2021). Incongruity in Fraction Verification Elicits N270 And P300 ERP Effects. Neuropsychologia, 161(August), 108015. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2021.108015 [PDF download]
Suárez Pellicioni, M., Soylu, F., & Booth, J. (2021). Gray matter volume in left inferior parietal sulcus predicts longitudinal gains in subtraction skill in elementary school. Neuroimage, 235 (April), 118021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118021 [PDF download]
Newman, S., Loughery, E., Ecklund, A., You, C., Von Werder, H., & Soylu, F. (2021). Structured versus free block play: the impact on arithmetic processing. Trends in Neuroscience and Education, 100146. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tine.2020.100146 [PDF download]
Soylu, F. (2020). Matematik Öğrenme Güçlüğünün (Diskalkulinin) Beyinsel ve Kalıtımsal Temelleri [The Neural and Hereditary Foundations of Mathematical Learning Difficulties (Dyscalculia)]. In Yilmaz Mutlu, Sinan Olkun, Levent Akgun, & Mehmet Hayri Sari (Eds.) Diskalkuli: Matematik Öğrenme Güçlüğü. Pegem Akademi, Ankara [PDF download]
Han, H., Lee, K.†, & Soylu, F.† (2020). Applying the Deep Learning Method for Simulating Outcomes of Educational Interventions. SN Computer Science, 1(2), 1-14. †Authors contributed equally. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42979-020-0075-z [PDF download]
Soylu, F.† & Newman, S. D.† (2020). Editorial: Towards an Understanding of the Relationship Between Spatial Processing Ability and Numerical and Mathematical Cognition. Frontiers in Psychology, Cognition. †Authors contributed equally. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00014 [PDF download]
Han, H.† & Soylu, F.†, & Anchan, M.* (2019). Connecting Levels of Analysis in Educational Neuroscience. Trends in Neuroscience and Education, 17. †Authors contributed equally. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tine.2019.100113 [PDF download]
Soylu, F., Rivera, B.*, Anchan, M.*, & Shannon, N.* (2019). ERP differences in processing canonical and noncanonical finger-numeral configurations. Neuroscience Letters, 705, 74–79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neulet.2019.04.032 [PDF download]
Soylu, F., Seo, R., Newman, M., & Newman, S. D. (2019). Gray Matter Correlates of Finger Gnosis in Children: A VBM Study. Neuroscience, 404, 82–90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2019.01.032 [PDF download]
Soylu, F., Lester, F., & Newman, S. (2018). You can count on your fingers: The role of fingers in early mathematical development. Journal of Numerical Cognition, 4(1), 107–135. https://doi.org/10.5964/jnc.v4i1.85 [PDF download]
Han, H., Lee, K., & Soylu, F. (2018). Simulating outcomes of interventions using a multipurpose simulation program based on the evolutionary causal matrices and Markov chain. Knowledge and Information Systems, 18(2), 223-227. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10115-017-1151-0 [PDF download]
Soylu, F., Raymond, D.R., Gutierrez, A.M., & Newman, S.D. (2018). The differential relationship between finger gnosis, and addition and subtraction: an fMRI study. Journal of Numerical Cognition, 3(3), 694–715. https://doi.org/10.5964/jnc.v3i3.102 [PDF download]
Mutlu, Y. & Soylu, F. (2018) Eğitsel sinirbilim ve bedenlenmiş biliş perspektifinden matematik öğrenme güçlüğü yaşayan öğrencilerde parmakla sayma [Finger counting habits of children with mathematics learning difficulty: An educational neuroscience perspective]. Bilim, Eğitim ve Sanat Araştırmaları – Fen Bilimleri ve Matematik [in Turkish]. Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık, Ankara. [PDF download]
Soylu, F., Holbert, N., Brady, C., & Wilensky, U. (2017). Embodied perspective taking in learning about complex systems. Journal of Interactive Learning Research. 28(3), 269-303. https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/174886/ [PDF download]
Han, H., Lee, K., & Soylu F. (2016). Predicting long-term outcomes of educational interventions using the evolutionary causal matrices and Markov chain. Trends in Neuroscience and Education, 5(4), 157–165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tine.2016.11.003 [PDF download]
Soylu, F. (2016). An embodied approach to understanding: Making sense of the world through simulated bodily activity. Frontiers in Psychology, 7:1914. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01914 [PDF download]
Soylu, F., Newman, S.D. (2016). Anatomically ordered tapping interferes more with one-digit addition than two-digit – A Dual-Task fMRI Study. Cognitive Processing. 17(1), 67–77. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10339-015-0737-2 [PDF download]
Brady, C., Holbert, N., Soylu, F., Novak, M., & Wilensky, U. (2015). Sandboxes for model-based inquiry. Journal of Science Education and Technology, 24(2-3), 265-286. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10956-014-9506-8 [PDF download]
Newman, S.D., Soylu F. (2014). The impact of finger counting habits on arithmetic in adults and children. Psychological Research, 78(4), 549–56. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-013-0505-9 [PDF download]
Hickey, D.T., Soylu, F. (2012). Wikifolios, reflections, and exams for online engagement, understanding, and achievement. Journal of Teaching and Learning with Technology, 1(1), 64-71. https://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/jotlt/article/view/2045 [PDF download]
Yalvac, B., Ayar, M. C., & Soylu, F. (2012). Teaching engineering with wikis. International Journal of Engineering Education, 28(3), 701. https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/75a0/173408a96f770070d3f36785f8c04911e1e9.pdf [PDF download]
Yalvac, B., Soylu, F., & Arikan, A., (2011). Embodied cognition and education. ETHOS: Dialogues in Philosophy and Social Science, 4(1), 1-20. http://www.ethosfelsefe.com/ethosdiyaloglar/main/?page=read&id=78 [PDF download]
Soylu, F. (2009). Academics’ views and uses of Wikipedia. Gnovis Journal, 9(2). http://www.gnovisjournal.org/2009/05/13/academics-views-and-uses-wikipedia/ [PDF download]
Soylu, F. (2009). Designing online learning communities: Lessons from Eksisözlük. European Journal of Open Distance and E–Learning, 12(2), 1–10. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ911764 [PDF download]
Journal Guest Editing
Newman, S. & Soylu, F. (2019). Research topic: Towards an Understanding of the Relationship between Spatial Processing Ability and Numerical and Mathematical Cognition. Frontiers in Psychology. https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/7757
Public Datasets
Soylu, F. (2019). Public dataset: ERP differences in processing canonical and noncanonical finger-numeral configurations, Harvard Dataverse. https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/BNNSRG
Soylu, F. & Newman, S.D (2019). Public Dataset – Gray Matter Correlates of Finger Gnosis in Children: a VBM Study, Harvard Dataverse. https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/F5Q24E
Soylu, F. & Newman, S.D (2017). Public Dataset: The Differential Relationship Between Finger Gnosis, and Addition and Subtraction: An fMRI Study, Harvard Dataverse. https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/I7KP3V
Soylu, F. & Newman, S.D (2019). Public Dataset – Gray Matter Correlates of Finger Gnosis in Children: a VBM Study, Harvard Dataverse. https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/F5Q24E
Soylu, F. & Newman, S.D (2017). Public Dataset: The Differential Relationship Between Finger Gnosis, and Addition and Subtraction: An fMRI Study, Harvard Dataverse. https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/I7KP3V
Invited Talks
Soylu, F. (2023). Decoding EEG Data Using Machine Learning. Computer Science Seminar, Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey: June 16, 2023.
Soylu, F. (2023). Brain, Body, and Learning: Insights from Neuroscience for Learning and Teaching. Keynote address for the Brain Awareness Conference at the American University in Cairo (AUC), Cairo, Egypt: March 16, 2023.
Soylu, F. & Soylu M. (2022). The Arts and the Brain. Alabama Arts Summit, Birmingham, AL: April 29, 2022
Soylu, F. (2022). Bridging levels in neuroscience: What do we have to learn from cellular mechanisms in cognitive neuroscience? Neurobiology Seminar Series, Heersink School of Medicine - UAB, Birmingham, AL: November 3, 2022
Soylu, F. (2021). A Call for a New Cognitive Ontology in Numerical Cognition Research. Virtual seminar for the Neuroimaging Journal Club, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL: October 22, 2021.
Soylu, F. (2020). Educational Neuroscience: Fundamental Theories and Findings. Virtual seminar for the Professional Development Seminar Series, Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey: April, 2020.
Soylu, F. (2020). Educational Neuroscience Research on Mathematical Cognition. Cognitive Psychology Colloquium, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL: March, 2020.
Soylu, F. (2019). Embodied Cognition, Neuroscience, and Education. Online guest lecture for the MSTU 4133: Cognition and Computers Course. Teacher’s College, Columbia University: November, 2019.
Soylu, F. (2019). Eğitimsel sinirbilim nedir ve neden gereklidir? Trabzon University online guest lecture. Trabzon, Turkey: May, 2019.
Soylu, F. (2018). What do educators need to know about neuroscience, brain development, and learning? The University of Alabama Literacy Leadership Conference, Tuscaloosa, AL: August, 2018
Soylu F. (2018). Mass Univariate Methods & Machine Learning Classification to Analyze ERP Data. The 7th Alabama Advanced Imaging Consortium Retreat: July, 2018.
Soylu, F. (2018). What is Educational Neuroscience & Why Now? Middle East Technical University School of Education Visiting Faculty Seminar, Ankara: June, 2018.
Soylu, F. (2018). Bodily and evolutionary origins of numerical cognition: Why you can count on your fingers to do math. Middle East Technical University, Cognitive Science Program Colloquium, Ankara: June, 2018.
Soylu, F. (2018). Bodily and evolutionary origins of numerical cognition: Why you can count on your fingers to do math. University of Alabama – Birmingham, Department of Psychology Colloquium Series, Birmingham: February, 2018.
Soylu, F. (2017). Embodied Cognition, Neuroscience, and Education. Online guest lecture for the MSTU 4133: Cognition and Computers Course. Teacher’s College, Columbia University: November, 2017.
Soylu, F. (2017). Bodily origins of numerical cognition: The relation between bodily abilities and numerical skills during development, Clinical Psychology Colloquium, Department of Psychology, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa: October, 2017.
Soylu, F. (2017). The differential relationship between finger sense, and addition and subtraction: an fMRI study. The 6th Alabama Advanced Imaging Consortium Retreat: July, 2017
Soylu, F. (2017). Educational Neuroscience: Goals, methods and trends. The University of Alabama Undergraduate Neuroscience Club, Tuscaloosa: February, 2017.
Soylu, F. (2016). Bodily origins of numerical cognition: Why you can count on your fingers to do math. Cognitive Science Colloquium Series, Department of Psychology, Mississippi State University, Starkville: April, 2016.
Soylu, F. (2016). Bodily and evolutionary origins of numerical cognition. Mind, Medicine, Brain and Culture meeting, Department of Anthropology, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa: February, 2016.
Soylu, F. (2016). Participation of finger sensorimotor systems in mathematical cognition. Neuroimaging Club Talk - University of Alabama, Birmingham: February, 2016.
Soylu, F. (2016). Using Excel pivot charts & tables to make sense of complex data sets. UA Faculty Resource Center, faculty technology showcase presentation: February, 2016.
Soylu, F. (2015). Embodied cognition, Neuroscience, and Education. Online guest lecture for the MSTU 4133: Cognition and Computers Course. Teacher’s College, Columbia University: November, 2015.
Soylu, F. (2015). You can count on your fingers: How and why we use fingers for number processing. Developmental Psychology Contemporary Issues, Psychology Department Weekly Colloquium. The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa: April, 2015.
Soylu, F. (2014). Contribution of executive and memory systems to symbolic learning in STEM. Symposium conducted at the International Mind Brain Education Society (IMBES) Conference, Fort-Wayne, TX: November, 2014.
Soylu, F. (2014). The promises, challenges and future of educational neuroscience. Keynote address for the College of Education 6th Annual ESPRMC Graduate Symposium. The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa: March, 2014.
Soylu, F. (2023). Brain, Body, and Learning: Insights from Neuroscience for Learning and Teaching. Keynote address for the Brain Awareness Conference at the American University in Cairo (AUC), Cairo, Egypt: March 16, 2023.
Soylu, F. & Soylu M. (2022). The Arts and the Brain. Alabama Arts Summit, Birmingham, AL: April 29, 2022
Soylu, F. (2022). Bridging levels in neuroscience: What do we have to learn from cellular mechanisms in cognitive neuroscience? Neurobiology Seminar Series, Heersink School of Medicine - UAB, Birmingham, AL: November 3, 2022
Soylu, F. (2021). A Call for a New Cognitive Ontology in Numerical Cognition Research. Virtual seminar for the Neuroimaging Journal Club, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL: October 22, 2021.
Soylu, F. (2020). Educational Neuroscience: Fundamental Theories and Findings. Virtual seminar for the Professional Development Seminar Series, Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey: April, 2020.
Soylu, F. (2020). Educational Neuroscience Research on Mathematical Cognition. Cognitive Psychology Colloquium, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL: March, 2020.
Soylu, F. (2019). Embodied Cognition, Neuroscience, and Education. Online guest lecture for the MSTU 4133: Cognition and Computers Course. Teacher’s College, Columbia University: November, 2019.
Soylu, F. (2019). Eğitimsel sinirbilim nedir ve neden gereklidir? Trabzon University online guest lecture. Trabzon, Turkey: May, 2019.
Soylu, F. (2018). What do educators need to know about neuroscience, brain development, and learning? The University of Alabama Literacy Leadership Conference, Tuscaloosa, AL: August, 2018
Soylu F. (2018). Mass Univariate Methods & Machine Learning Classification to Analyze ERP Data. The 7th Alabama Advanced Imaging Consortium Retreat: July, 2018.
Soylu, F. (2018). What is Educational Neuroscience & Why Now? Middle East Technical University School of Education Visiting Faculty Seminar, Ankara: June, 2018.
Soylu, F. (2018). Bodily and evolutionary origins of numerical cognition: Why you can count on your fingers to do math. Middle East Technical University, Cognitive Science Program Colloquium, Ankara: June, 2018.
Soylu, F. (2018). Bodily and evolutionary origins of numerical cognition: Why you can count on your fingers to do math. University of Alabama – Birmingham, Department of Psychology Colloquium Series, Birmingham: February, 2018.
Soylu, F. (2017). Embodied Cognition, Neuroscience, and Education. Online guest lecture for the MSTU 4133: Cognition and Computers Course. Teacher’s College, Columbia University: November, 2017.
Soylu, F. (2017). Bodily origins of numerical cognition: The relation between bodily abilities and numerical skills during development, Clinical Psychology Colloquium, Department of Psychology, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa: October, 2017.
Soylu, F. (2017). The differential relationship between finger sense, and addition and subtraction: an fMRI study. The 6th Alabama Advanced Imaging Consortium Retreat: July, 2017
Soylu, F. (2017). Educational Neuroscience: Goals, methods and trends. The University of Alabama Undergraduate Neuroscience Club, Tuscaloosa: February, 2017.
Soylu, F. (2016). Bodily origins of numerical cognition: Why you can count on your fingers to do math. Cognitive Science Colloquium Series, Department of Psychology, Mississippi State University, Starkville: April, 2016.
Soylu, F. (2016). Bodily and evolutionary origins of numerical cognition. Mind, Medicine, Brain and Culture meeting, Department of Anthropology, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa: February, 2016.
Soylu, F. (2016). Participation of finger sensorimotor systems in mathematical cognition. Neuroimaging Club Talk - University of Alabama, Birmingham: February, 2016.
Soylu, F. (2016). Using Excel pivot charts & tables to make sense of complex data sets. UA Faculty Resource Center, faculty technology showcase presentation: February, 2016.
Soylu, F. (2015). Embodied cognition, Neuroscience, and Education. Online guest lecture for the MSTU 4133: Cognition and Computers Course. Teacher’s College, Columbia University: November, 2015.
Soylu, F. (2015). You can count on your fingers: How and why we use fingers for number processing. Developmental Psychology Contemporary Issues, Psychology Department Weekly Colloquium. The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa: April, 2015.
Soylu, F. (2014). Contribution of executive and memory systems to symbolic learning in STEM. Symposium conducted at the International Mind Brain Education Society (IMBES) Conference, Fort-Wayne, TX: November, 2014.
Soylu, F. (2014). The promises, challenges and future of educational neuroscience. Keynote address for the College of Education 6th Annual ESPRMC Graduate Symposium. The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa: March, 2014.
Conference Presentations & Proceedings (* with students)
Soylu, F. (2021). The challenges with embodied cognitive neuroscience. Paper presented presented at the Philosophy and Neuroscience at the Gulf IV Fourth Annual Meeting of the Deep South Philosophy and Neuroscience Workgroup, Pensacola, FL: September 24, 2021.
Anchan, M.*, Choi, Y-J., & Soylu, F. (2021). Adding marginalization, subtracting scores, multiplying inequities, dividing people: Low math performance predictors in English language learners. Paper to be presented at the 89th Annual American Educational Research Association Conference, Orlando, FL: April, 2021. [virtual due to COVID19]
Salehzadeh, R., Soylu, F., & Jalili, N. (2021) Decoding ERPs for processing of canonical and non-canonical finger-numeral configurations. In Roesch, S. & Moeller, K., Raising a Finger for Numbers. Symposium for the 63rd TEAP (Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen; Conference of Experimental Psychologists). Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany: March, 2021. [virtual due to COVID19]
Webber, W.B., Soylu, F., & Burnham, J.J (2020). Using neuroscience to inform counseling: An EEG study of stereotyping. Paper presentation for the 2020 Conference of the Alabama Counseling Association. [virtual due to COVID19]
Soylu, F. (2020). Developmental associations between the finger tactile and motor systems, and mathematical functions. In Bahnmüller, J. & Barrocas, R., Digits grasp digits: The interplay of fingers and numbers in early numerical learning. Symposium for the 3rd Mathematical Cognition and Learning Society Conference, Dublin, Ireland: July, 2020. [virtual due to COVID19]
Soylu, F. & Suárez Pellicioni, M. (2020). Gray Matter Correlates of Mathematical Fluency in Children. The 3rd Mathematical Cognition and Learning Society Conference, Dublin, Ireland: July, 2020. [virtual due to COVID19]
Anchan, M.*, Choi, Y., & Soylu, F. (2020). Predictors of Math Performance: Language of Instruction, Gender, Math Preference, and Bullying. The 3rd Mathematical Cognition and Learning Society Conference, Dublin, Ireland: July, 2020. [virtual due to COVID19]
Rivera, B.*, Soylu, F., Malaia, E. (2020). Neural Bases of Numerical and Social Information Transfer in Autism Spectrum Disorder. The 3rd Mathematical Cognition and Learning Society Conference, Dublin, Ireland: July, 2020. [virtual due to COVID19]
Kim, J.*, Rivera, B.*, Anchan, B.*, & Soylu, F. (2019). Gray Matter Correlates of Mathematical Fluency in Children. Poster presented at the 8th Alabama Advanced Imaging Consortium Retreat: August, 2019.
Soylu, F., Rivera, B.* Anchan, M.*, & Shannon, N.* (2019). Testing the Motor Simulation Theory in Processing Canonical and Non-Canonical Finger Numeral Configurations. The 2nd Mathematical Cognition and Learning Society Conference, Ottawa, Canada: June, 2019.
Anchan, M.*, Rivera, B.*, Shannon, N.*, & Soylu, F. (2019). Does It Add Up? Comparing Arithmetic Processing in Bilinguals and Monolinguals. The 2nd Mathematical Cognition and Learning Society Conference, Ottawa, Canada: June, 2019.
Rivera, B.,* & Soylu, F. (2019). The ERP effects of shared components in fraction comparisons. The 2nd Mathematical Cognition and Learning Society Conference, Ottawa, Canada: June, 2019.
*Anchan, M. & Soylu F. (2019). Does It Add Up? Comparing Arithmetic Processing in Bilinguals and Monolinguals. 26th Annual Cognitive Neuroscience Society Conference. San Francisco, CA, March 23-26, 2019.
*Anchan, M. & Soylu, F. (2018). Does it Add Up? Comparing Arithmetic Processing in Monolinguals and Bilinguals. 59th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, New Orleans, LA: October, 2018.
*Rivera, B., & Soylu, F. (2018). The Effects of Shared Components in Fraction Comparisons: Evidence From ERPs. Poster presented at the 6th Biennial International Mind Brain and Education Conference. The University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA: September, 2018.
*Rivera, B., & Soylu, F. (2018). Semantic Processing in Fraction Comparison: An ERP Study. Paper presentation at the 40th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Madison, WI: July, 2018
Soylu, F., Anchan, M.*, & Newman, S.D. (2018). Sex differences in gray matter correlates of finger gnosis in children: a VBM study. Poster presented at the 2018 Organization for the Study of Sex Differences Conference. Atlanta, GA.
Soylu, F., Raymond, D.R., Gutierrez, A.M., & Newman, S.D. (2018). The Relation between Finger Sense and Arithmetic: An fMRI Study of Children in Second and Third Grades. Paper presented at the 2018 AERA (American Educational Research Association) Annual Meeting (SIG - Brain, Neurosciences, and Education). New York, NY: April, 2018
Soylu, F., Gutierrez, A.M., Hanson, M., & Newman, S.D. (2018). Effects of Structured Block Play on Arithmetic Processing: An fMRI Study. Paper presented at the 2018 AERA (American Educational Research Association) Annual Meeting (SIG - Brain, Neurosciences, and Education). New York, NY: April, 2018
*Rivera, B., Shannon, N., & Soylu, F. (2017). ERP Markers for Number Gesture Processing. Poster presented at the The National Diversity in STEM Conference. Salt Lake City, UT: October, 2017.
Han, H., Thoma, S. & Soylu, F., Lee, K. (2017). How to make moral education more effective? From a brain study to policy making. Paper presented at the 2017 AERA (American Educational Research Association) Annual Meeting.
Wagh, A., Novak, M., & Soylu, F. (2016). Integrating agent-based modeling and case studies to learn about population dynamics: A design framework. Paper presented at the 2016 National Association of Researchers of Science Teaching (NARST) Conference. Baltimore, MD: April, 2016.
Soylu, F. & Yalvac, B. (2016). Connecting levels of analysis in educational neuroscience. Paper presented at the 2016 AERA (American Educational Research Association) Annual Meeting (SIG - Brain, Neurosciences, and Education). Washington, DC: April, 2016.
*Irwin, A., Guyotte, K., Soylu, F., & Houser, Rick. (2016). Using neuroscience in educational research: A qualitative inquiry of ethics, power, and participation. Paper presented at the Twelfth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry. Champaign-Urbana, IL: May, 2016.
Holbert, N., Brady, C., Soylu, F., Novak, M., Wilensky, U. (2015). The model gallery: supporting idea diffusion in computational modeling activities. Paper presentated at the 2015 AERA (American Educational Research Association) Annual Meeting (SIG - Advanced Technologies for Learning), Chicago, IL: April, 2015.
Soylu, F., Brady, C., Holbert, N., Wilensky, U. (2014). The thinking hand: Embodiment of tool use, social cognition and metaphorical thinking and implications for learning design. Paper presented at the 2014 AERA (American Educational Research Association) Annual Meeting (SIG - Brain, Neurosciences, and Education), Philadelphia, PA: April, 2014.
Soylu, F. (2014). Educational Neuroscience of Mathematical Cognition. In Landy, D., Trninic, D., Soylu, F., Kehoe, J., & Fishwick, P., The implications of embodiment for mathematics and computing education. Symposium conducted at the 36th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, Quebec City, Canada: July, 2014.
Soylu, F. & Newman, S. (2012). Shared use of neural resources between finger tapping and addition. Poster presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society Conference, Chicago, IL: March, 2012.
Soylu, F. (2011). Mathematical cognition as embodied simulation. Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Austin, TX: July, 2011.
Soylu, F. & Newman, S. D. (2011). Is arithmetic embodied? Differential interference of sequential finger tapping on addition during a dual-task paradigm. Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Austin, TX: July, 2011.
Hickey, D., Bishop S., Soylu, F. (2011). Wikifolios, reflections, and exams for online engagement, understanding, and achievement. Poster presented at the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL) Conference, Milwaukee, WI: October, 2011.
Soylu, F., Newman, S. (2011). Finger based representation of numbers: correlation between finger tapping ability and digit span. Abstract for the 33th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, Boston, MA: July, 2011.
Soylu, F., Soylu, M. and Davis, H. (2010), Relating embodiment and phenomenology to art experience. Paper presented at the National Art Education Association Conference, Baltimore, MD: April, 2010.
Millard, M., & Soylu, F. (2009). An embodied approach for engaged interaction in ubiquitous computing. In J. Jacko (Ed.), Proceedings of the 13th International Human-Computer Interaction Conference. (Vol. 5612, pp. 464-472). San Diego, CA: Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
Soylu, F., and Millard, M. (2009). Use of embodied learning approaches in teaching technology. Paper presented at the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) meeting, Louisville, KY: October, 2009.
Millard, M., Hallett, K., van Leusen, P. and Soylu, F. (2009). Online student course evaluation systems: Effective strategies and best practices. Poster presented at the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) meeting, Louisville, KY: October, 2009.
Soylu, F., and Yalvac, B. (2009). What does embodied cognition have to offer for science education? Paper presented at the European Science Education Research Association (ESERA) Conference, Istanbul: August, 2009.
Soylu, F. (2008). Academics’ views on and uses of Wikipedia. Paper presented at the 10th International Conference on Education, Athens: May, 2008.
Soylu, F. (2008). Application of design principles of Eksisozluk to online learning communities. Paper presented at the Harvard GSE Student Research Conference, Cambridge, MA: March, 2008.
Anchan, M.*, Choi, Y-J., & Soylu, F. (2021). Adding marginalization, subtracting scores, multiplying inequities, dividing people: Low math performance predictors in English language learners. Paper to be presented at the 89th Annual American Educational Research Association Conference, Orlando, FL: April, 2021. [virtual due to COVID19]
Salehzadeh, R., Soylu, F., & Jalili, N. (2021) Decoding ERPs for processing of canonical and non-canonical finger-numeral configurations. In Roesch, S. & Moeller, K., Raising a Finger for Numbers. Symposium for the 63rd TEAP (Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen; Conference of Experimental Psychologists). Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany: March, 2021. [virtual due to COVID19]
Webber, W.B., Soylu, F., & Burnham, J.J (2020). Using neuroscience to inform counseling: An EEG study of stereotyping. Paper presentation for the 2020 Conference of the Alabama Counseling Association. [virtual due to COVID19]
Soylu, F. (2020). Developmental associations between the finger tactile and motor systems, and mathematical functions. In Bahnmüller, J. & Barrocas, R., Digits grasp digits: The interplay of fingers and numbers in early numerical learning. Symposium for the 3rd Mathematical Cognition and Learning Society Conference, Dublin, Ireland: July, 2020. [virtual due to COVID19]
Soylu, F. & Suárez Pellicioni, M. (2020). Gray Matter Correlates of Mathematical Fluency in Children. The 3rd Mathematical Cognition and Learning Society Conference, Dublin, Ireland: July, 2020. [virtual due to COVID19]
Anchan, M.*, Choi, Y., & Soylu, F. (2020). Predictors of Math Performance: Language of Instruction, Gender, Math Preference, and Bullying. The 3rd Mathematical Cognition and Learning Society Conference, Dublin, Ireland: July, 2020. [virtual due to COVID19]
Rivera, B.*, Soylu, F., Malaia, E. (2020). Neural Bases of Numerical and Social Information Transfer in Autism Spectrum Disorder. The 3rd Mathematical Cognition and Learning Society Conference, Dublin, Ireland: July, 2020. [virtual due to COVID19]
Kim, J.*, Rivera, B.*, Anchan, B.*, & Soylu, F. (2019). Gray Matter Correlates of Mathematical Fluency in Children. Poster presented at the 8th Alabama Advanced Imaging Consortium Retreat: August, 2019.
Soylu, F., Rivera, B.* Anchan, M.*, & Shannon, N.* (2019). Testing the Motor Simulation Theory in Processing Canonical and Non-Canonical Finger Numeral Configurations. The 2nd Mathematical Cognition and Learning Society Conference, Ottawa, Canada: June, 2019.
Anchan, M.*, Rivera, B.*, Shannon, N.*, & Soylu, F. (2019). Does It Add Up? Comparing Arithmetic Processing in Bilinguals and Monolinguals. The 2nd Mathematical Cognition and Learning Society Conference, Ottawa, Canada: June, 2019.
Rivera, B.,* & Soylu, F. (2019). The ERP effects of shared components in fraction comparisons. The 2nd Mathematical Cognition and Learning Society Conference, Ottawa, Canada: June, 2019.
*Anchan, M. & Soylu F. (2019). Does It Add Up? Comparing Arithmetic Processing in Bilinguals and Monolinguals. 26th Annual Cognitive Neuroscience Society Conference. San Francisco, CA, March 23-26, 2019.
*Anchan, M. & Soylu, F. (2018). Does it Add Up? Comparing Arithmetic Processing in Monolinguals and Bilinguals. 59th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, New Orleans, LA: October, 2018.
*Rivera, B., & Soylu, F. (2018). The Effects of Shared Components in Fraction Comparisons: Evidence From ERPs. Poster presented at the 6th Biennial International Mind Brain and Education Conference. The University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA: September, 2018.
*Rivera, B., & Soylu, F. (2018). Semantic Processing in Fraction Comparison: An ERP Study. Paper presentation at the 40th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Madison, WI: July, 2018
Soylu, F., Anchan, M.*, & Newman, S.D. (2018). Sex differences in gray matter correlates of finger gnosis in children: a VBM study. Poster presented at the 2018 Organization for the Study of Sex Differences Conference. Atlanta, GA.
Soylu, F., Raymond, D.R., Gutierrez, A.M., & Newman, S.D. (2018). The Relation between Finger Sense and Arithmetic: An fMRI Study of Children in Second and Third Grades. Paper presented at the 2018 AERA (American Educational Research Association) Annual Meeting (SIG - Brain, Neurosciences, and Education). New York, NY: April, 2018
Soylu, F., Gutierrez, A.M., Hanson, M., & Newman, S.D. (2018). Effects of Structured Block Play on Arithmetic Processing: An fMRI Study. Paper presented at the 2018 AERA (American Educational Research Association) Annual Meeting (SIG - Brain, Neurosciences, and Education). New York, NY: April, 2018
*Rivera, B., Shannon, N., & Soylu, F. (2017). ERP Markers for Number Gesture Processing. Poster presented at the The National Diversity in STEM Conference. Salt Lake City, UT: October, 2017.
Han, H., Thoma, S. & Soylu, F., Lee, K. (2017). How to make moral education more effective? From a brain study to policy making. Paper presented at the 2017 AERA (American Educational Research Association) Annual Meeting.
Wagh, A., Novak, M., & Soylu, F. (2016). Integrating agent-based modeling and case studies to learn about population dynamics: A design framework. Paper presented at the 2016 National Association of Researchers of Science Teaching (NARST) Conference. Baltimore, MD: April, 2016.
Soylu, F. & Yalvac, B. (2016). Connecting levels of analysis in educational neuroscience. Paper presented at the 2016 AERA (American Educational Research Association) Annual Meeting (SIG - Brain, Neurosciences, and Education). Washington, DC: April, 2016.
*Irwin, A., Guyotte, K., Soylu, F., & Houser, Rick. (2016). Using neuroscience in educational research: A qualitative inquiry of ethics, power, and participation. Paper presented at the Twelfth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry. Champaign-Urbana, IL: May, 2016.
Holbert, N., Brady, C., Soylu, F., Novak, M., Wilensky, U. (2015). The model gallery: supporting idea diffusion in computational modeling activities. Paper presentated at the 2015 AERA (American Educational Research Association) Annual Meeting (SIG - Advanced Technologies for Learning), Chicago, IL: April, 2015.
Soylu, F., Brady, C., Holbert, N., Wilensky, U. (2014). The thinking hand: Embodiment of tool use, social cognition and metaphorical thinking and implications for learning design. Paper presented at the 2014 AERA (American Educational Research Association) Annual Meeting (SIG - Brain, Neurosciences, and Education), Philadelphia, PA: April, 2014.
Soylu, F. (2014). Educational Neuroscience of Mathematical Cognition. In Landy, D., Trninic, D., Soylu, F., Kehoe, J., & Fishwick, P., The implications of embodiment for mathematics and computing education. Symposium conducted at the 36th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, Quebec City, Canada: July, 2014.
Soylu, F. & Newman, S. (2012). Shared use of neural resources between finger tapping and addition. Poster presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society Conference, Chicago, IL: March, 2012.
Soylu, F. (2011). Mathematical cognition as embodied simulation. Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Austin, TX: July, 2011.
Soylu, F. & Newman, S. D. (2011). Is arithmetic embodied? Differential interference of sequential finger tapping on addition during a dual-task paradigm. Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Austin, TX: July, 2011.
Hickey, D., Bishop S., Soylu, F. (2011). Wikifolios, reflections, and exams for online engagement, understanding, and achievement. Poster presented at the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL) Conference, Milwaukee, WI: October, 2011.
Soylu, F., Newman, S. (2011). Finger based representation of numbers: correlation between finger tapping ability and digit span. Abstract for the 33th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, Boston, MA: July, 2011.
Soylu, F., Soylu, M. and Davis, H. (2010), Relating embodiment and phenomenology to art experience. Paper presented at the National Art Education Association Conference, Baltimore, MD: April, 2010.
Millard, M., & Soylu, F. (2009). An embodied approach for engaged interaction in ubiquitous computing. In J. Jacko (Ed.), Proceedings of the 13th International Human-Computer Interaction Conference. (Vol. 5612, pp. 464-472). San Diego, CA: Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
Soylu, F., and Millard, M. (2009). Use of embodied learning approaches in teaching technology. Paper presented at the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) meeting, Louisville, KY: October, 2009.
Millard, M., Hallett, K., van Leusen, P. and Soylu, F. (2009). Online student course evaluation systems: Effective strategies and best practices. Poster presented at the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) meeting, Louisville, KY: October, 2009.
Soylu, F., and Yalvac, B. (2009). What does embodied cognition have to offer for science education? Paper presented at the European Science Education Research Association (ESERA) Conference, Istanbul: August, 2009.
Soylu, F. (2008). Academics’ views on and uses of Wikipedia. Paper presented at the 10th International Conference on Education, Athens: May, 2008.
Soylu, F. (2008). Application of design principles of Eksisozluk to online learning communities. Paper presented at the Harvard GSE Student Research Conference, Cambridge, MA: March, 2008.