Samah Abdelrahim | سماح
samahrahim.bsky.social
Samah Abdelrahim | سماح
@samahrahim.bsky.social
PhD student in the Language and Cognition lab at Stanford.
samahabdelrahim.github.io
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𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴
Great book about what understanding means in science. Highly recommend it.
Amazing historical account of cases studies in physics but applies to physical sciences more broadly.
Slow/repetitive at times but lots of gems if you stick with it.
December 24, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Why isn’t modern AI built around principles from cognitive science or neuroscience? Starting a substack (infinitefaculty.substack.com/p/why-isnt-m...) by writing down my thoughts on that question: as part of a first series of posts giving my current thoughts on the relation between these fields. 1/3
Why isn’t modern AI built around principles from cognitive science?
First post in a series on cognitive science and AI
infinitefaculty.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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A common problem w/ studies testing non-WEIRD groups is they compare multiple groups using the same WEIRD measure. How can we compare groups w/ apples-apples measures w/o distorting cross-cultural differences? We explore this in this new paper! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The Development of Morality and Conventionality Across Cultures: Implementing a Two‐Stage Model for Cross‐Cultural Research
Establishing a shared sense of right and wrong is an essential milestone for human cooperation, raising the question of whether a universal set of moral intuitions exists. However, tests of universa.....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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“It is a profound gift to know that when a chimpanzee stares into a person’s eyes, they too could be reflecting on their beliefs about humans.” - Brian Hare (photo by Innocent Ampeire) www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
October 30, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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“Critically assessing the literature, we found it beset by conceptual & methodological flaws & limitations, undermining claims that the gut microbiome is causally involved in etiology/pathophysiology of autism”
Crucial PSA from @wiringthebrain.bsky.social @statsepi.bsky.social @deevybee.bsky.social🧪
Conceptual and methodological flaws undermine claims of a link between the gut microbiome and autism
Claims that the gut microbiome causally contributes to autism regularly appear in the scientific literature and popular press. Mitchell et al. critically examine influential studies underpinning these...
www.cell.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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So, this marks our first 50 years. Thank you all for participating in the #BUCLD50 and for the contributions and support of our community! With all of you, we look forward to the next 50 years.

Photos and other exciting materials are on the way!

##BUCLD50 #BUCLD #LanguageDevelopment
November 10, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Hi, I am looking for native Korean speakers to participate as paid subjects in a 7-minute online study. If you are a native Korean speaker, know someone, or would just like to help 💙, please use this link to sign up/share with others. OR feel free to reach out! 🙏
app.prolific.com/register/par...
Prolific
app.prolific.com
July 27, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Could have been worse 😂 for someone who moved here 2021 😅
November 29, 2023 at 7:01 AM