{"id":6144,"date":"2023-01-24T12:19:07","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T10:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.psy.bilkent.edu.tr\/?page_id=5833"},"modified":"2026-03-13T17:33:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T17:33:06","slug":"zahide-pamir-ph-d-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/psy.bilkent.edu.tr\/?page_id=6144","title":{"rendered":"Zahide Pamir, Ph.D."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Zahide Pamir<\/span><br><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Education<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">PhD in Neurocience, Bilkent University (2014-2017)<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">MS in Cognitive Science, Middle East Technical University (2011-2014)<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">BA in Psychology, Bilkent University (2006-2011)<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Former Affiliation: Schepens Eye Research Institute of Mass Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School (2017-2022)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Research<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Zahide Pamir\u2019s 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.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Selected Publications<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Merabet, L. B., Manley, C. E., &amp; <strong>Pamir, Z.<\/strong> (2025). Higher-Order Visuospatial Processing Abilities in Cerebral Visual Impairment: Behavioral Assessment and Neurophysiological Mechanisms.\u202f<em>Annual Review of Vision Science<\/em>,\u202f<em>11<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pamir, Z., <\/strong>&amp; Boyaci, H. (2025). Visual appearance and sensitivity are mediated by distinct mechanisms.\u202f<em>Neuropsychologia<\/em>, 109277.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pamir, Z.,<\/strong> Manley, C. E., Bauer, C. M., Bex, P. J., Dilks, D. D., &amp; Merabet, L. B. (2024). Visuospatial processing in early brain-based visual impairment is associated with differential recruitment of dorsal and ventral visual streams. <em>Cerebral Cortex. 34<\/em>(5), bhae203. doi: 10.1093\/cercor\/bhae203.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pamir, Z., <\/strong>Bauer, C. M., Bailin, E. S., Bex, P. J., Somers, D. C., &amp; Merabet, L. B. (2021). Neural correlates associated with impaired global motion perception in cerebral visual impairment (CVI). <em>NeuroImage: Clinical, 32,<\/em> 102821.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Er, G., <strong>Pamir, Z.,<\/strong>+, &amp; Boyaci, H. (2020). Distinct patterns of surround modulation in V1 and hMT+. <em>NeuroImage, 220, <\/em>11708.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zahide PamirAssistant Professor, Department of Psychology Education Research Zahide Pamir\u2019s 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. 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