Elif Caliskan

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Elif Caliskan

Elif Caliskan
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  • Academic Vita
    • Since April 2026: Research Staff and Doctoral Candidate at the Department for the Psychology of Human Movement and Sport, Institute for Sports Science, Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
    • 2025: Research Assistant (Erasmus Trainee), Lab for Autonomic Neuroscience, Imaging and Cognition (LANIC), Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Jena University Hospital.
    • 2023 – 2025: Student Researcher (Full Scholarship Holder: YÖK and TÜBİTAK), Department of Psychology, İzmir Tınaztepe University; Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Center, İzmir Tınaztepe University Private Galen Hospital.
    • 2023 – 2025: Master of Science in Clinical Psychology, İzmir Tınaztepe University. Master’s thesis topic:Investigating the Biopsychosocial Impacts of an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy-oriented Psychoeducation in Individuals Who Experience Fear of Movement or Activity Related to Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
    •  2022 – 2024: Research Associate and Project Assistant (Volunteer and Erasmus Trainee), Greek Carers Network - EPIONI (Non-profit organization).
    •  2021 – 2022: Student Assistant (ARETE Project), Chair of School Pedagogy, Institute of Education, Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg.
    • 2021 – 2022: Bachelor of Science in Psychology (Erasmus Student), Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg.
    • 2021: Trainee Researcher (TÜBİTAK-STAR), Department of Psychology, Scientific Research Projects Coordination Unit, Dokuz Eylül University.
    • 2017 – 2022: Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Dokuz Eylül University. Bachelor‘s project topic: An Examination of Social Media Addiction within the Context of Certain Psychological Factors during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
  • Research

    Research Interests:

    • Sensorimotor learning
    • Fear and avoidance learning
    • Psychological resilience mechanisms
    • Interoception
    • Emotion regulation 
    • Embodied cognition and decision-making
  • Publications

    Çalışkan, E., Geisler, M., Bär, K.-J., & Schumann, A. (submitted). Fostering embodied resilience in chronic musculoskeletal pain: An interoceptive learning perspective on heart rate variability biofeedback.

    Schumann, A., Schmitt, L., Rieger, K., Çalışkan, E., de la Cruz, F., Geisler, M., Gupta, Y., & Bär, K.-J. (2026). Physiological correlates of interoception and the effect of heart rate variability biofeedback. Frontiers in Network Physiology, 6, 1846014.

    Çalışkan, E., & Gökkaya, F. (2025). Reviewing psychological practices to enhance the psychological resilience process for individuals with chronic pain: Clinical implications and neurocognitive findings. Current Pain and Headache Reports, 29(1), 68.