Merve Karacaoglu
Guest employee
- Name
- Dr. M. Karacaoglu
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 2727
- m.karacaoglu@fsw.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0003-0834-2913
Research Interests
My research within the Vici project focuses on identifying patients at risk of developing unidentified somatic symptoms, such as pain, itch or fatigue. I am interested in unravelling the risk factors associated with early stage symptoms, and I try to understand how and why certain patient groups acquire chronic somatic symptoms over time. These symptoms can have lifelong debilitating effects for the patients, thereby highly impacting their daily functioning and quality of life. Having more scientific insight on the underlying mechanisms has direct societal implications such as early detection of somatic symptoms in primary care as well as reduced costs of healthcare utilization, not to mention a better quality of life of patients receiving early interventions. My research aims to address this problem by making use of psychological, neurobiological and genetic methods.
Education
- Research Master, Cognitive Neuropsychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2016
- Bachelor of Arts , Psychology, Bilkent University, Turkey, 2014
Publications
Ogulmus, C, Karacaoglu, M, Kafaligonul, H, (in press). Temporal Ventriloquism along the Path of Apparent Motion: Speed Perception under Different Spatial Grouping Principles. Experimental Brain Research.
Guest employee
- Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
- Instituut Psychologie
- Gezondheids, Medische- Neuropsychologie
- Karacaoglu M. (4 September 2024), Nocebo hyperalgesia and pain progression: prediction, acquisition, and recovery (Dissertatie. Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Leiden University). Supervisor(s) and Co-supervisor(s): Evers A.W.M., Peerdeman K.J. & Middendorp H. van.
- Karacaoglu M., Peerdeman K.J., Karch J.D., van Middendorp H. & Evers EW.M. (2024), Nocebo hyperalgesia and other expectancy-related factors in daily fibromyalgia pain: combining experimental and electronic diary methods, Journal of Psychosomatic Research 182: 111676.
- Karacaoglu M., Meijer S., Peerdeman K.J., Dusseldorp E.M.L., Veldhuijzen D.S., Middendorp H. van & Evers A.W.M. (2023), Susceptibility to nocebo hyperalgesia, dispositional optimism, and trait anxiety as predictors of nocebo hyperalgesia reduction, Clinical Journal of Pain 39(6): 259-269.
- Karacaoglu M., Peerdeman K.J., Numans M.E., Stolk M.R., Meijer S., Klinger R., Veldhuijzen D.S., Middendorp H. van & Evers A.W.M. (2023), Nocebo hyperalgesia in patients with fibromyalgia and healthy controls: an experimental investigation of conditioning and extinction processes at baseline and 1-month follow-up, The Journal of Pain 24(9): 1696-1711.
- Meijer S., Karacaoglu M., Middendorp H. van, Veldhuijzen D.S., Jensen K.B., Peerdeman K.J. & Evers A.W.M. (2023), Efficacy of open‐label counterconditioning for reducing nocebo effects on pressure pain, European Journal of Pain 27(7): 831-847.