M.Sc. Elif Özgür
Ph.D. Student

Contact
Tel.: +49 (0) 641 99 26063
E-mail: elif.oezguer
Room F 115
Justus Liebig University Giessen
FB 06 Psychology and Sport Science
Developmental Psychology
Otto-Behaghel-Strasse 10 F
35394 Giessen
Research interests
- The relationship between musical and cognitive abilities
- Harmony perception in music and its neural correlates
- Neural synchronization with rhythmic stimuli
- The physiological and neuronal correlates of singing
Curriculum vita
- Since 11/2025: Research Associate at the Chair of Developmental Psychology, Justus Liebig University (JLU), Giessen
- 2025 – Erasmus+ Research Internship for Graduates (3 months), University of Vienna
- 2021 – 2025 – M.Sc. in Neurocognitive Psychology, University of Oldenburg
- 2018 – Research internship (2 months), Paris-Lodron University of Salzburg
- 2017 – Research internship (2 months), Goethe University Frankfurt
- 2015 – 2019 – BA in Psychology, Bilkent University
Publications
Siedenburg, K., Bürgel, M., Özgür, E. , Scheicht, C., & Töpken, S. (2024). Vibrotactile enhancement of musical engagement. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 7764.
Conference contributions
Özgür, E. , Cardin, V., Tierney, A., & Chait, M. (2025). Investigating beat and meter-based neural entrainment to tactile rhythms. Poster presented at the 18th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition (ICMPC), São Paulo, Brazil (hybrid).