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Ayda Tekok-Kilic is a professor specializing in clinical cognitive neuroscience, with a major research focus on anxiety and attention deficit spectrum disorders. Her studies investigate cognitive, sensory, and temperamental aspects related to cognitive control and emotion regulation in youth and emerging adults experiencing anxiety and attentional difficulties. Her overarching goal is to translate research findings into targeted assessments and interventions for mental health issues. She collaborates closely with local mental health agencies and serves as the director of the Developmental Neuroscience Laboratory (DNLab), which includes the Cognition Anxiety Laboratory (CANLab) located at Pathstone Children’s Mental Health Research Institute. Dr. Tekok-Kilic employs neuro-cognitive tests, self-report questionnaires, and neurophysiological measures (including EEG and eye movements) to study the interactions of brain function, cognition, and emotion. Additionally, she is part of the core faculty for the Neuroscience undergraduate program at Brock University and takes a developmental psychopathological approach to study cognitive control related to anxiety and ADHD.
Brock University • St. Catharines, ON, Canada
Teaching and conducting research in clinical cognitive neuroscience, focusing on anxiety and attention deficits among youth.
This entry applies to the general Graduate Studies standard for departments such as English Language and Literature, History, Philosophy, and Sociology.