salih c. ozdemir
salih c. ozdemir
I do my PhD on causal cognition and development at UC San Diego
with Dr. Caren Walker <3
I represent grad students in the Cognitive Science Society!
email: sazdemir@ucsd.edu
pronounce "salih" like saa-lee-h [see]
research !! papers !!!
Clouded judgments: Children and adults infer unseen events from causal explanations.
Ozdemir, Barner, & Walker (2026). CogSci Proceedings. [pdf]
Does normality influence children’s causal selections?
Ozdemir & Walker (2025). CogSci Proceedings. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/45v300gr [pdf]
Parental use of causal language for preterm and full-term children: A longitudinal study.
Ozdemir, Aktan-Erciyes, & Göksun (2024). Journal of Child Language. https://doi.org/10.1017/S030500092300048X [pdf]
Combining forces for causal reasoning: Children’s predictions about physical interactions.
Ozdemir, George, & Göksun (2023). Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2023.105711 [pdf]