Onur İyilikçi

Boğaziçi University / Department of Psychology
Bebek, 34342 İstanbul, Turkey.
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Education

Ph.D. Candidate, Cognitive Science, METU

2009 –

M.A., Psychobiology , Boğaziçi University

2005 – 2008

B.A., Psychology, İstanbul Bilgi University

2001 – 2005

Research Interests

• Biological rhythms
• Animal models of depression, navigational learning
• Laterality
• Evolutionary neuroscience

Publications and Manuscripts

İyilikci O, Aydın E, Canbeyli R. (2009). Blue but not red light stimulation in the dark has antidepressant effect in behavioral despair. Behavioral Brain Research.27(6), 395-401.

İyilikci O, Mutlutürk A., Tunc Ozcan E., Avcu P., Karan E., Canbeyli R. Repeated Exposure to Blue Light Pulses in the Dark Has Antidepressant Effect in Rats. The Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, 2009.

Avlar B.İyilikci O, Aydın E., Canbeyli R. Effects of amygdala lesions on behavioral despair and water maze learning in rats. The Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, 2009.

An Action Spectrum for Antidepressant Effects of Light (Master’s Thesis, 2008).

İyilikci O,Aydın E., Canbeyli R., A pulse of blue but not red light delivered in the dark phase of an l/d cycle has antidepressant effect in rats. The Society for Neuroscience, Washington, 2008

Aydın E.,İyilikci O, Canbeyli R., Differential Effects of Short Light Pulses in the Dark Phase of an L/D Cycle on Behavioral Despair in Male Wistar Rats.The Society for Neuroscience, Washington, 2008

İyilikci O, Aydın E, Avlar B, Canbeyli R. Effects of SCN lesions in female rats on depression and navigational learning. Society for Neuroscience Congress, San Diego, 2007

Aydın E, İyilikci O, Avlar B, Canbeyli R. Dose-dependent, long-term antidepressant effect of a single administration of ketamine. Society for Neuroscience Congress, San Diego 2007

Pezuk P, Aydin E, Kutlu MG, Iyilikci O, Unal G, Gungor Z, Canbeyli R. Effect of BNST Lesions on Behavioral Despair and Navigational Learning in Female Wistar Rats. 6^th National Congress of Neuroscience, Zonguldak, 2007

Aksoy Aksel A, Iyilikci O, Yildirim Y, Kutlu MG, Aydin E, Avlar B, Canbeyli R. The effects of Ms/vdb Lesions on Behavioral Despair and Navigational learning. 6^th National Congress of Neuroscience), Zonguldak, 2007

İyilikci O., Computational theory of mind and machine consciousness, 19^th European Congress of Psychology Students, Madrid, 2005.

İyilikci, O. Women’s Facial Attractiveness in Relation to Facial Symmetry” 9^th National Psychology Student Congress, Bursa, 2004

Kumru G., Falih K., İyilikci O., The Effects of Observational Learning on Sexual Behavior of Japanese Quail” at the 8^th National Psychology Congress, İstanbul, 2004

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