What if animals find beauty in the world, just like we do? Brief article in Psyche: psyche.co/ideas/what-i...

A new poll suggests separating art from the artist isn’t so straightforward. I shared my two cents in this Yahoo News piece. 🎭🧠 www.yahoo.com/news/can-you...

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-...

“Art vs. Artist: Can we ever separate the two?” Alyssa Cortes explores the debate- including insights from our research: theminaretonline.org/2025/04/13/a...

📢 Our new paper is out! This study examined how people process haiku poetry by presenting each line sequentially (5-7-5 syllables), tracking cognitive and emotional changes throughout. We measured emotional responses using a joystick and analyzed changes in pupil size.

Excited to reshare my favourite article I’ve published so far! Originally posted on X/Twitter, but since I’m putting down roots here on Bluesky, it felt right to share it again: “Art perception is affected by negative knowledge about famous and unknown artists” 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

👋 Hi! I’m a PhD candidate @abdelrahmanlab.bsky.social I research how knowledge can shape art perception. Right now, I’m exploring the question: "Do we separate art from the artist?" I’ll let you know what I find out! 😃