Alper Açık

Alper Açık is an Assistant Professor at Özyeğin University, specializing in Cognitive Psychology and Neuroscience.

• Education: PhD (2015), MSc (2006), BA (2003) in Cognitive Science/Psychology
• Research Areas: Visual attention, eye movements, natural image statistics, embodied cognition

His research focuses on understanding how humans process visual information, including bottom-up/top-down influences, perceptual mechanisms, and dynamic scene perception. He has contributed to surgical interface design through eye-tracking studies and created extensive eye-movement datasets for natural scene analysis.

Publications span 2009-2018, covering topics like luminance contrast effects, developmental changes in visual behavior, and motion perception. He collaborates with institutions including Osnabrück University and Boğaziçi University.