Delali Konu
Research Associate

Profile

Biography

My doctoral work focused on self-generated thought and investigated which behaviours, brain processes, contexts and individual differences underpin our thought content. During my first Research Associate position, I supported a project which aimed to investigate people’s experiences with spending time alone including the influence of solitude on behaviour, emotion, and cognition.

Study

• PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, Department of Psychology, University of York, York (2019-2022)
• Master of Psychology (Neuroimaging and Neuroscience), Department of Psychology, University of York, York (2014-2018)

Career

• Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Psychology, Durham University, Durham, UK (2022-2024)

Departmental roles

• York Global Summer School Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of York, York (2022)
• Departmental Ethnic Minority Student Representative, Department of Psychology, University of York, York (2020-2022)
• Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Psychology, University of York, York (2019-2022)

Research

Overview

MINDTOMIND: The Cultural Transmission of Intergroup Bias

Projects

I am currently working on a project to understand the influence of online misogyny on behaviours and experiences such a mental health and relationships.

Research group(s)

Social Origins Lab 

Collaborators

• Professor Harriet Over, Department of Psychology, University of York
• Dr David Zendle, Department of Psychology, University of York

Publications

Full publications list

• Konu, D., Mckeown, B., Turnbull, A., Ho, N. S. P., Karapanagiotidis, T., Vanderwal, T., McCall, C., Tipper, S.P., Jefferies, E. and Smallwood, J. (2021). Exploring patterns of ongoing thought under naturalistic and conventional task-based conditions. Consciousness and cognition, 93, 103139.
• Konu, D., Turnbull, A., Karapanagiotidis, T., Wang, H. T., Brown, L. R., Jefferies, E., & Smallwood, J. (2020). A role for the ventromedial prefrontal cortex in self-generated episodic social cognition. NeuroImage, 218, 116977.
• Nguyen, T. T., Konu, D., Forbes, S. (2023). Investigating solitude as tool for downregulation of daily arousal using Ecological Momentary Assessments. Stage 1 Registered Report accepted at Journal of Personality.
• Smallwood, J., Turnbull, A., Wang, H. T., Ho, N. S., Poerio, G. L., Karapanagiotidis, T., Konu, D., ... & Jefferies, E. (2021). The neural correlates of ongoing conscious thought. IScience, 24(3), 102132.

External activities

Invited talks and conferences

• Konu, D., (2023, 5th October). Exploring Links Between Emotion and Everyday Experiences (Symposium Chair and talk). Emotions 2023 Conference (in person), Tilburg University (Tilburg).
• Konu, D., (2022, 14th July). Understanding the persistence of self-generated thought (talk & Q&A). Experimental Psychological Society Meeting (in person), University of Sterling (Sterling).
• Konu, D., (2022, 17^th March). Exploring patterns of thought under varying task-based conditions (talk and Q&A). Mind Brain Body Symposium (online), Max Plank Institute (Berlin).