Dr Gizem Arabaci - Bournemouth University Staff Profile Pages

Biography
Research

Biography

I completed BSc in Psychology and MSc in Clinical Child Psychology. I then completed my PhD and became a lecturer in Bournemouth University.

Research

My PhD research concerned the role of cognitive mechanism (e.g., goal maintenance) and mind wandering on understanding trait level inattention. I am still interested in the link between failures in goal maintenance (e.g., goal neglect and mind wandering) and inattentive traits, with a further attempt to explore the role of cognitive load and motivation.

I have also recently become interested in exploring the link between inattentive traits and aspects of well-being such as anxiety and self-esteem.

Journal Articles
Theses

Journal Articles

Aydin, T., Arabaci, G., Kilintari, M., Taylor, J. and Parris, B.A., 2024. Inhibitory control ability moderates the relationship between internet addiction and inattention in ADHD in a community sample. Personality and Individual Differences, 230.
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Arabacı, G., Cakir, B.S. and Parris, B.A., 2024. The effect of high-frequency rTMS over left DLPFC and fluid abilities on goal neglect. Brain Structure and Function, 229 (5), 1073-1086.
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Aydin, T., Parris, B.A., Arabaci, G., Kilintari, M. and Taylor, J., 2024. Trait-level non-clinical ADHD symptoms in a community sample and their association with technology addictions. Current Psychology, 43 (12), 10682-10692.
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Hills, P.J., Arabacı, G., Fagg, J., Canter, L., Thompson, C. and Moseley, R., 2021. Low-frequency rTMS to the parietal lobe increases eye-movement carryover and decreases hazard rating. Neuropsychologia, 158.
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Parris, B.A., Wadsley, M.G., Arabaci, G., Hasshim, N., Augustinova, M. and Ferrand, L., 2021. The effect of high-frequency rTMS of the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex on the resolution of response, semantic and task conflict in the colour-word Stroop task. Brain Structure and Function, 226 (4), 1241-1252.
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Arabacı, G. and Parris, B.A., 2020. Inattention and task switching performance: the role of predictability, working memory load and goal neglect. Psychological Research, 84 (8), 2090-2110.
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Arabaci, G. and Parris, B.A., 2018. Probe-caught spontaneous and deliberate mind wandering in relation to self-reported inattentive, hyperactive and impulsive traits in adults. Scientific Reports, 8 (1).
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Theses

Arabaci, G., 2018. Trait inattention and goal representations. PhD Thesis. Bournemouth University, Faculty of Science and Technology.
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Conference Presentations
Attended Training

Conference Presentations

EPS Conference, Inattention and task switching performance: The Role of Predictability, Working Memory and Goal Neglect., 10 Jul 2019, Bournemouth
SciTech Postgraduate Research conference of Bournemouth University, Inattention and Task Switching Performance: The role of predictability, interference, and working memory load., 09 May 2018, Bournemouth, UK
58th Annual Meeting of Psychonomic Society, The relationship between ADHD traits and daily-life and probe-caught spontaneous and deliberate mind wandering on sub-clinical levels., 09 Nov 2017, Vancouver, Canada
EPS Conference, The relationship between ADHD symptoms and daily-life and probe-caught spontaneous and deliberate mind wandering in community samples., 12 Jul 2017, Reading
Experimental Psychology Society, The relationship between N2, response inhibition and response conflict: The importance of task complexity., 08 Apr 2015, Leeds, UK
Graduate Students Psychology Congress, Hemispheric Asymmetry in Colour-Name Matching Task, 01 Jun 2009, Istanbul, Turkey
15th. National Psychology Congress, Hemispheric Asymmetry in Colour-Name Matching Task., 01 Sep 2008, Istanbul, Turkey

Attended Training

Introduction to Structural Equation Modelling, University of Reading by Dr Lars-Erik Malmberg, University of Oxford, 01 Mar 2018
Perturbing and Enhancing Perception and Action using Oscillatory Neural Stimulation, Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit in Cambridge, UK, 01 Jan 2018
Introduction to R: workshop series, Bournemouth University, UK by Dr Claudia von Bastian and Dr Matt Green, Bournemouth Universiy, 01 Mar 2017
Introduction to Bayesian Analysis by Prof Zoltan Dienes, Sussex University, 01 Mar 2016
Bournemouth SPM Course for fMRI, Bournemouth University, UK by Dr Guillaume Flandin, University Collage London, 01 Mar 2016
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Basic Training (Turkey), 03 Jun 2013
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Training for Children with Anxiety Disorders, 04 Mar 2013
Family Counselling Certificate Training, Turkey, 05 Feb 2012

Qualifications

PGCE in PG Certificate in Therapeutic Play Skills (The Academy of Play and Child Psychotherapy & Leeds Beckett University, 2020)
PhD in Psychology (Bournemouth University, 2018)
MSc in Clinical Child Psychology (Anglia Ruskin University, 2014)
BSc (Hons) in Psychology (Izmir University of Economics, 2011)

Honours

Second Place in oral presentation (in SciTech Postgraduate Research conference, 2018)
Third Place in Young Psychologists Research Competition (as the research group) (Turkish Psychological Association, 2010)

Memberships

Play Therapy UK & Play Therapy International, trainee member (2019-),
British Psychological Society, Graduate Member (2015-2017),