Amir Sarkaboudi
@amirsarkaboudi.bsky.social
Cogsci; MS Psychology student at ASU
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This paper is like a souvenir of one of the most frantic and meaningful periods of my life — started during a war and travel bans and now published amid social protests in my home country.
Many thanks to @ashleyjthomas.bsky.social for her amazing warmth and support throughout this journey!
Many thanks to @ashleyjthomas.bsky.social for her amazing warmth and support throughout this journey!
1/ Romantic kissing 👨❤️💋👨 is common across cultures—but NOT universal.
Of note, societies with little contact seem to “reinvent” it.
We argue this is b/c kissing sits in a cultural basin of attraction carved by our early‑emerging understanding of intimacy. 🧵
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Of note, societies with little contact seem to “reinvent” it.
We argue this is b/c kissing sits in a cultural basin of attraction carved by our early‑emerging understanding of intimacy. 🧵
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Abstract core knowledge may shape the basins of cultural attraction: romantic kissing as a case study
Romantic kissing is prevalent across human societies, yet far from universal—a puzzling pattern given it also appears to have been invented independen…
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January 3, 2026 at 12:17 PM
This paper is like a souvenir of one of the most frantic and meaningful periods of my life — started during a war and travel bans and now published amid social protests in my home country.
Many thanks to @ashleyjthomas.bsky.social for her amazing warmth and support throughout this journey!
Many thanks to @ashleyjthomas.bsky.social for her amazing warmth and support throughout this journey!
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teach students `git` early todd.gureckislab.org/2025/12/19/g...
Scientists Should Learn and Teach git First | Todd Gureckis
In the AI era, we need to learn and teach `git` first
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December 19, 2025 at 4:46 PM
teach students `git` early todd.gureckislab.org/2025/12/19/g...
It was a great experience having a talk and attending Complex Net 2025.
Great thanks to the organizers.
Great thanks to the organizers.
December 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
It was a great experience having a talk and attending Complex Net 2025.
Great thanks to the organizers.
Great thanks to the organizers.
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🚨Super excited that Dartmouth's Society of Fellows is hiring a postdoc with the Program in Cognitive Science 🚨 Specialization in computational and empirical approaches to artificial and natural intelligence, including perception, representation, and complex planning: apply.interfolio.com/176946
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December 4, 2025 at 8:40 PM
🚨Super excited that Dartmouth's Society of Fellows is hiring a postdoc with the Program in Cognitive Science 🚨 Specialization in computational and empirical approaches to artificial and natural intelligence, including perception, representation, and complex planning: apply.interfolio.com/176946