Browsing by Author "Karaca, Nazif"

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Fictitious conspiracy- paranormal- and pseudoscience beliefs are closely related to their regular counterparts
(SPRINGER, 2025) Sinan Alper; Tugcenaz Elcil; Nazif Karaca; Fatih Bayrak; Onurcan Yilmaz; Elcil, Tugcenaz; Karaca, Nazif; Alper, Sinan; Yilmaz, Onurcan; Bayrak, Fatih
Belief in various types of Epistemically Suspect Beliefs (ESBs) such as conspiracy theories paranormal phenomena and pseudoscientific claims tends to strongly correlate. However the use of ESB scales in the literature which often include phenomena frequently encountered in daily life with familiar content challenges the clarity of inferences about this relationship. To address this issue we developed a scale for Fictitious Epistemically Suspect Beliefs (FESBs) composed entirely of novel and fabricated statements related to conspiracy paranormal activity and pseudoscience. In Study 1 with a Turkish sample of 448 participants we found that FESBs positively correlated with ESBs despite consisting of less familiar claims. Moreover both FESBs and ESBs showed similar associations with individual differences in worldview and cognition. These findings were replicated in a larger Turkish sample (N = 786) in Study 2 and a UK sample (N = 746) in Study 3. The results indicate that individuals with higher ESBs are more likely to endorse FESBs despite having never encountered these claims before.
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What makes a visual scene more memorable? A rapid serial visual presentation (RSVP) study with dynamic visual scenes
(ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2023) Ayse Candan Simsek; Nazif Karaca; Berk Can Kirmizi; Furkan Ekiz; Karaca, Nazif; Simsek, Ayse Candan; Kirmizi, Berk Can; Ekiz, Furkan; Candan Şimşek, Ayşe
The visual system has been characterized as having limited processing capacity. Research suggests that not all visual information is equal and that certain visual scenes are registered better than others. The present study investigated how people process biological stimuli under time constraint using a Rapid Serial Visual Presentation (RSVP) paradigm with dynamic movie scenes. The results of Experiments 1 and 2 indicated that recognition memory as well as identification performance got better with longer duration (400 ms vs. 200 ms). Most importantly biological stimuli led to better memory and lower reaction times. Lastly Experiment 3 was conducted to replicate previously observed dynamic advantage and to disentangle the role of motion from content. The results indicated that dynamic scenes were remembered better than static scenes for both the biological and non-biological stimuli. The ecological validity and retrieval benefit of dynamic scenes were discussed in relation to image memorability.