Yelda Semizer Kaplan

Yelda Semizer Kaplan is an Assistant Professor at the New Jersey Institute of Technology within the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. Her research intersects cognitive psychology and visual neuroscience, focusing on fundamental mechanisms of human perception and attention.

• Specializes in temporal integration and ensemble perception
• Investigates peripheral vision limitations in complex tasks
• Develops computational models of maze-solving cognition

Key research themes analyze how visual clutter affects search performance, how temporal dynamics influence attentional blink, and how spatial configurations impact cognitive processing. Her work has been featured in Journal of Vision and Attention, Perception & Psychophysics, with collaborations across neuroscience and human factors domains.

Media engagement highlights include contributions to NJIT's Research Institutes Showcase (2021) and Cyberpsychology Seminar Series (2021). Current work explores mental maze-solving mechanisms through novel behavioral paradigms.