Zahide Pamir, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology

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Education

• PhD in Neurocience, Bilkent University (2014-2017)
• MS in Cognitive Science, Middle East Technical University (2011-2014)
• BA in Psychology, Bilkent University (2006-2011)
• Former Affiliation: Schepens Eye Research Institute of Mass Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School (2017-2022)

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Research

Zahide Pamir’s research focuses on underlying mechanisms of neuroplastic changes in the visual brain in typical and abnormal development occurring as a result of changes in sensory input (e.g., sensory deprivation), or brain injury. She uses a combination of behavioral and functional neuroimaging techniques (i.e., fMRI) to develop a greater understanding of perceptual and neural correlates of neuroplastic changes in the brain.

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Selected Publications

Merabet, L. B., Manley, C. E., & Pamir, Z. (2025). Higher-Order Visuospatial Processing Abilities in Cerebral Visual Impairment: Behavioral Assessment and Neurophysiological Mechanisms. Annual Review of Vision Science, 11. 

Pamir, Z., & Boyaci, H. (2025). Visual appearance and sensitivity are mediated by distinct mechanisms. Neuropsychologia, 109277. 

Pamir, Z., Manley, C. E., Bauer, C. M., Bex, P. J., Dilks, D. D., & Merabet, L. B. (2024). Visuospatial processing in early brain-based visual impairment is associated with differential recruitment of dorsal and ventral visual streams. Cerebral Cortex. 34(5), bhae203. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhae203. 

Pamir, Z., Bauer, C. M., Bailin, E. S., Bex, P. J., Somers, D. C., & Merabet, L. B. (2021). Neural correlates associated with impaired global motion perception in cerebral visual impairment (CVI). NeuroImage: Clinical, 32, 102821. 

Er, G., Pamir, Z.,+, & Boyaci, H. (2020). Distinct patterns of surround modulation in V1 and hMT+. NeuroImage, 220, 11708.