Evren G眉ler is a developmental psychologist specializing in cognitive development. She joined the 海角社区 Faculty in 2011. She teaches undergraduate courses in child development, adolescent development, and research methods and statistics in the psychology department. Her current primary research interests include understanding the cognitive control mechanisms behind autobiographical memory retrieval and functions of autobiographical memory.
Education
- B.A. in Psychology, 2000, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology, 2007, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
FREQUENTLY TAUGHT COURSES
- PSY 252: Adolescent and Young Adult Development
- PSY 250: Child Development
- PSY 215: Research Methods and Statistics I
- PSY 203: Lifespan Development
PRIMARY RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Cognitive development
- Memory development in childhood
- Neural correlates of memory development
- Autobiographical memory
- Socialization of memory
Selected Scholarship
Recent publications
Ajayi, A. A., G眉ler, O. E., & Dupont, R. (2025). STEM-related autobiographical memories: Narrative qualities and associations with science identity, imposter phenomenon and academic achievement. Journal of Constructivist Psychology, 1鈥�24.
Bauer, P. B., Larkina, M, G眉ler, O. E., & Burch, M. (2019). Long-term autobiographical memory across middle childhood: Patterns, predictors, and implications for conceptualizations of childhood amnesia. Memory, 27, 1175-1193.
G眉ler, O. E., & Mackovichova, S. (2018). The role of executive function in autobiographical memory retrieval: Does the type of cue word matter? Memory. DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2018.1513040
Larkina, M., & G眉ler, O. E. (2014).聽 Socialization of deliberate and strategic remembering. In P. J.Bauer and R. Fivush (Eds.). Wiley-Blackwell Handbook on the Development of Children鈥檚 Memory. Oxford, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
G眉ler, O. E., & Thomas, K. M. (2013). Developmental differences in the neural correlates of relational encoding and recall in children: An event-related fMRI study.聽Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 3,聽106-116.
Bauer, P. J., Doydum, A. O., Pathman, T., Larkina, M., G眉ler, O. E., Burch, M. M. (2012).聽 It鈥檚 all about location, location, location: Children鈥檚 memory for the 鈥渨here鈥� of personally experienced events.聽Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 113,聽510-522.
G眉ler, O. E., Hostinar, C. A., Frenn, K. A., Nelson, C. A., Gunnar, M. R., & Thomas, K. M. (2012). Electrophysiological evidence for altered memory processing in children experiencing early deprivation.聽Developmental Science, 15(3), 345-358.
Recent presentations
G眉ler, O. E. (May, 2025). Individual differences in the general experience of autobiographical memory is linked to well-being in young adults. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Psychological Science (APS) in Washington, DC.
G眉ler, O. E. (May, 2024). Effects of visual imagery and cue imageability on autobiographical memory content. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Psychological Science (APS), San Francisco, CA.
G眉ler, O. E., Hunt, R. H., Jorgenson, L. A., & Thomas, K. M. (May, 2014). White matter organization predicts episodic memory in early childhood. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, CA.
G眉ler, O. E., Thomas, K.M. (May, 2010).聽 Neural bases of the development of relational memory.聽 Poster presented at the Human Brain Mapping Conference, Barcelona, Spain.
G眉ler, O. E., Frenn, K.A., Donzella, B., Monn, A.R., Clarke, S.B., Gunnar, M.R., Pollak, S.D., Nelson, C.A., Thomas, K.M. (April, 2009).聽 Effects of institutional deprivation on a continuous recognition memory task.聽 Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, CO.