Tuğba Uzer Yıldız, Ph.D.

Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Psychology

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Education

• PhD in Cognitive Psychology, University of Alberta, 2012 
• MS in Developmental Psychology, Koç University, 2007 
• BS in Psychology, Middle East Technical University, 2003 

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Research

There are three themes underlying my research in autobiographical memory and collective memory. First, I explore how different cueing conditions influence the prevalence of direct and generative retrievals. Second, I study how emotion affects well-being via autobiographical memories. Third, I have been working on the relationship between remembering public events and collective well-being.  

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Selected Publications

Uzer, T. (2016). Retrieving Autobiographical Memories: How Different Retrieval Strategies Associated with Different Cues Explain Reaction Time Differences, Acta Psychologica, 164, 144-150. 

Uzer, T., Beşiroğlu, l., Karakılıç, M., Yalçın, D., Ö., Yazar, M. S., & İlden-Koçkar, A (2023). Investigating traumatic memory integration in people with and without post-traumatic stress disorder using the event-cueing paradigm, Memory, 31(9), 1176-1184, 

Korkutmaz, İ., Koç, T., & Uzer, T (2023). Only Reduced Specificity of Negative Memories Is Associated With Reduced Goal Specificity in Depression. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 12(4), 607–618. 

Uzer, T., Avşar, H. H., Tepegöz, H., & Kılıçkaya, S. T. (2024). COVID-19 memories young adults may share: exploring event properties and motivations for transmission. Memory, 32(8),1057-1068, DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2024.2378873 

Yapici, S., & Uzer, T. (2025). Reflective Abstract Processing Reduces Negative Emotions Independent of Self-Perspective. Stress & Health, 41(1), e3523, DOI: 10.1002/smi.3523.