📣New preprint out on False Memory
With coauthors: Safak Erener, Simon W Davis, Roberto Cabeza

When knowledge interferes with perception: Neural mechanisms of the semantic amplification of visual false memory

Preprint at: doi.org/10.64898/202...

@woodforbrains.bsky.social @synecphory.bsky.social

Great / scandalous title! Congrats

New study out! w/ @abdelrahmanlab.bsky.social
"A brush with scandal: How artist morality shapes aesthetic preferences."
Immoral info about artists ⬇️ liking for paintings. Similar info tied to someone else has no effect, challenging general valence transfer accounts:

psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...

Hi bluesky 👋 We study the neurocognitive foundations of meaning in perception and consciousness, language production and comprehension, and social interaction. PI is Rasha Abdel Rahman. Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin School of Mind & Brain, Science of Intelligence, Einstein Center Berlin.