Dr Eylem Altuntas

Position

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Biography

I am a postdoctoral researcher in brain sciences with a focus on developmental language processes in infants. My research delves into how young children acquire their first language and the significant role that caregiver speech plays in this early learning phase. I combine methodologies from brain sciences and behaviour analysis to explore speech perception dynamics and phonological abstraction in early childhood.

Research Interests

  • First language acquisition
  • Speech perception
  • Phonological abstraction
  • Infant directed speech

Qualifications & Honours

  • PhD in Brain Sciences, Speech and Language, Western Sydney University (2024)
  • MA in TESOL, Western Sydney University (2020)
  • BA in English Language and Literature, Istanbul University (2002)

Publications

For a listing of my publications, please see my Google Scholar page.

Contact

Emaileylem.altuntas@westernsydney.edu.au
Phone+61 432 763 942
LocationWestern Sydney University Westmead campus
Room5.41