Welcome to the PaMiR (Psychophysics and MR) Lab for Functional Neuroplasticity, led by Zahide Pamir. We are affiliated with the Department of Psychology and the Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Graduate Program at Bilkent University. Our physical location is at the Aysel Sabuncu Brain Research Center and the National Magnetic Resonance Research Center (UMRAM).

Our lab’s research is primarily focused on elucidating the underlying mechanisms of neuroplastic changes in the visual brain, both in typical and abnormal development resulting from alterations in sensory input (such as sensory deprivation) or brain injuries.

We employ a combination of behavioral (i.e., psychophysics) and functional neuroimaging techniques (i.e., fMRI) to gain a deeper insight into the perceptual and neural correlates of neuroplastic changes in the brain.