{"id":5375,"date":"2020-09-25T19:07:34","date_gmt":"2020-09-25T16:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.psy.bilkent.edu.tr\/?page_id=5375"},"modified":"2026-03-13T17:28:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T17:28:48","slug":"kaan-kerman","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/psy.bilkent.edu.tr\/?page_id=5375","title":{"rendered":"Kaan Kerman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Kaan Kerman<\/strong><\/span><br><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Lecturer, Department of Psychology\u00a0<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Education<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PhD in Biology, University of Turin (Italy)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MSc in Biology, University of Florida (USA)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MSc in Zoology, Hacettepe University (Turkey)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>BS in Biology, Gazi University (Turkey)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Research<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"TextRun SCXW246479889 BCX0\">Animal Behavior &amp; Cognition; Human-Animal Interactions&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Selected Publications<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Salg\u0131rl\u0131 Demirba\u015f, Y., <strong>Kerman, K.<\/strong>, At\u0131lgan, D., \u00dcnler, M., Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m, T., &amp; \u015eim\u015fek, S. (in press) Greeting vocalizations in domestic cats are more frequent with male caregivers. <em>Ethology<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kerman, K.<\/strong>, &amp; Ba\u015far, B. (2025). Not-So-Prestigious: Social Status Sensitivity Reduces the Adoptability Ratings of Non-Pedigree Cats in an Online Task. <em>Anthrozo\u00f6s<\/em>, 38(2), 331-347.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kerman, K.<\/strong>, Roggero, A., Rolando, A., &amp; Palestrini, C. (2023). Sex-specific expression of activity as a personality trait in dung beetles: Males perform better only in the sexually dimorphic species. <em>Journal of Ethology<\/em>. 1-14.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kerman, K.<\/strong>, Miller, L., &amp; Sewall, K. (2018). The effect of social context on measures of boldness: zebra finches (<em>Taeniopygia guttata<\/em>) are bolder when housed individually. <em>Behavioural Processes<\/em>, 157, 18-23.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kerman, K.,<\/strong> Sieving, K. E., Mary, C. S., &amp; Avery, M. L. (2018). Social conformity affects experimental measurement of boldness in male but not female monk parakeets (Myiopsitta monachus). Behaviour, 155 (13-15), 1025-1050.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See my Google Scholar webpage for a full list: <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=J4Pa9TgAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=J4Pa9TgAAAAJ&amp;hl=en<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kaan KermanLecturer, Department of Psychology\u00a0\u00a0 Education Research Animal Behavior &amp; Cognition; Human-Animal Interactions&nbsp; Selected Publications Salg\u0131rl\u0131 Demirba\u015f, Y., Kerman, K., At\u0131lgan, D., \u00dcnler, M., Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m, T., &amp; \u015eim\u015fek, S. (in press) Greeting vocalizations in domestic cats are more frequent with male caregivers. Ethology.&nbsp; Kerman, K., &amp; Ba\u015far, B. (2025). 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