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Berna A.
UZUNDAĞ

Berna A.
UZUNDAĞ

Assistant Professor, Developmental Psychology


Doctorate

Psychology, Koç University, 2018

Master's

Cognitive Science, Boğaziçi University, 2013

Bachelor's

Computer Engineering, Boğaziçi University, 2009

High School

İstanbul Erkek Lisesi, 2004



Biography

Dr. Berna A. Uzundağ completed her undergraduate and master’s studies in Computer Engineering (2009) and Cognitive Science (2013) at Boğaziçi University and received her Ph.D. in Psychology from Koç University in 2018. She is the director of the Child and Family Research Laboratory (https://cocukveailelab.com/home-page/). Her research focuses on infancy and early childhood, investigating the development of skills such as self-regulation, attention, and language, and how these processes are associated with factors such as parenting behaviors, parent-child interactions, and screen media use.

Research Areas

cognitive development; parent-child interactions; language development; self-regulation; socioeconomic status; screen media use