Topçu, Meymune Nur

Profile URL
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11779/2768
Name Variants
Topcu, Meymune Nur & Topcu, Meymune N.
Job Title
Email Address
topcum@mef.edu.tr
Main Affiliation
04.02. Department of Psychology
Status
Current Staff
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ORCID ID
0000-0001-8796-2170
Scopus Author ID
57190123583
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WoS Researcher ID
IUP-7285-2023
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1728221414-academic-2303044695.avif (27.5 KB)

Research Topics

Domains
Social SciencesLife Sciences
Fields
PsychologyNeuroscienceSocial SciencesDecision Sciences
Subfields
Developmental and Educational PsychologyCognitive NeuroscienceSociology and Political ScienceGeneral Decision Sciences
Specific Research Areas
Identity, Memory, and Therapy
Memory Processes and Influences
Social and Intergroup Psychology
Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
Memory and Neural Mechanisms

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NO POVERTY1
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GOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING3
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CLEAN WATER AND SANITATION6
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AFFORDABLE AND CLEAN ENERGY7
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DECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC GROWTH8
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INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE9
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REDUCED INEQUALITIES10
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SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND COMMUNITIES11
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RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION12
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PEACE, JUSTICE AND STRONG INSTITUTIONS16
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Documents

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Publication Collaboration

Affiliation Name Count
New School 4
MEF University 2
Koç University 1
University of Liège 1
Fund for Scientific Research 1
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Scholarly Output

3

Articles

1

Views / Downloads

148/0

Supervised MSc Theses

0

Supervised PhD Theses

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WoS Citation Count

10

Scopus Citation Count

19

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WoS Citations per Publication

3.33

Scopus Citations per Publication

6.33

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JournalCount
Cognition, Culture, and Political Momentum: Breaking down the Silos in Collective Memory Research1
Journal of Experimental Psychology: General1
Memory, Mind and Media1
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Scholarly Output Search Results

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  • Book Part
    Citation - Scopus: 1
    Collective Future Thinking
    (Oxford University Press, 2025-11-23) Yamashiro, Jeremy K.; Topçu, Meymune Nur
  • Editorial
    Citation - Scopus: 3
    Memory and Anxiety: A Sociocultural Approach
    (Cambridge University Press, 2025) Batiashvili, Nutsa; Topcu, Meymune Nur; Wertsch, James, V.
  • Article
    Citation - WoS: 10
    Citation - Scopus: 15
    When the Personal and the Collective Intersects: Memory, Future Thinking, and Perceived Agency During the Covid-19 Pandemic
    (American Psychological Association, 2024-09-01) Topcu, Meymune Nur; Hirst, William
    Do collective crises have an impact on the characteristics of mental time travel for individuals and collectives? The COVID-19 pandemic provides a unique context to address this question due to the intersection it created between the personal and the collective domains. In two studies (N = 273), we examined the valence and perceived agency involved in memory and future thinking for personal and collective domains. The second study also included a longitudinal component with 43 participants completing both studies. In research done prior to the pandemic, a valence-based dissociation between personal and collective events was consistently observed in Western samples. We wanted to see if these patterns changed during different stages of the pandemic. In the first study, participants no longer exhibited the usual positivity bias for the personal future, while in the second study, they did not exhibit the usual negativity bias for the collective future. The second aim of the current article was to assess the agency people attribute to themselves and their nation over events and how that relates to valence. People always attributed more agency to themselves over positive events than negative events in both personal and collective domains. Perceived nation agency, however, was associated with positivity in the collective domain but with negativity in the personal domain. Longitudinal analyses confirmed these patterns. Taken together, these results indicate that a collective crisis that has immediate and profound effects on personal lives can alter the patterns observed for mental time travel, especially for the future.