Amy Atkinson
@amyatkinson.bsky.social
Lecturer at Lancaster University (UK), interested in working memory and children's cognitive development. Views my own. She/her.
** New paper with @richjallen.bsky.social, @mwarb.bsky.social and others (not on BlueSky) in Journal of Attention Disorders **
Here we demonstrate that the ability to direct attention in working memory is not impaired in adults with symptoms of ADHD:
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Here we demonstrate that the ability to direct attention in working memory is not impaired in adults with symptoms of ADHD:
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April 24, 2025 at 9:02 AM
** New paper with @richjallen.bsky.social, @mwarb.bsky.social and others (not on BlueSky) in Journal of Attention Disorders **
Here we demonstrate that the ability to direct attention in working memory is not impaired in adults with symptoms of ADHD:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Here we demonstrate that the ability to direct attention in working memory is not impaired in adults with symptoms of ADHD:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Huge well done to Rebecca Hart for publishing her review on the role of meaning/semantics on short-term ('working') memory, as part of the special issue of QJEP on '50 Years of Working Memory: Contemporary insights for the Baddeley and Hitch (1974) framework' 🌟 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Towards theoretically understanding how long-term memory semantics can support working memory performance - Rebecca Hart, Robert H. Logie, Louise A. Brown Nicholls, 2025
Working memory is the system that supports the temporary storage and processing of information. It is generally agreed that working memory is a mental workspace...
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February 4, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Huge well done to Rebecca Hart for publishing her review on the role of meaning/semantics on short-term ('working') memory, as part of the special issue of QJEP on '50 Years of Working Memory: Contemporary insights for the Baddeley and Hitch (1974) framework' 🌟 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Subjective and objective memory in a community-derived sample of people with epilepsy: Evidence from the Crimes and Four Doors tests
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Subjective and objective memory in a community-derived sample of people with epilepsy: Evidence from the Crimes and Four Doors tests
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February 5, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Subjective and objective memory in a community-derived sample of people with epilepsy: Evidence from the Crimes and Four Doors tests
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osf.io/fvz49/
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📣 We are recruiting a 1-yr neuroimaging postdoc @universityofleeds.bsky.social for our ESRC-funded project on strategies to support healthy cognitive ageing, working with Melanie Burke, @richjallen.bsky.social, @cvonbastian.bsky.social, Mario Parra Rodriguez, and me! jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Research Fellow in Cognitive Ageing and Brain Imaging
Are you looking for an exciting PostDoc position working in brain imaging and cognition? Do you have a PhD or near to completion using imaging methods? Are you interested in how strategies can improve...
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February 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
📣 We are recruiting a 1-yr neuroimaging postdoc @universityofleeds.bsky.social for our ESRC-funded project on strategies to support healthy cognitive ageing, working with Melanie Burke, @richjallen.bsky.social, @cvonbastian.bsky.social, Mario Parra Rodriguez, and me! jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
I had a great time visiting @notts-psych.bsky.social yesterday! Thanks to everyone for being so welcoming and for the really interesting chats!
Huge thanks to @amyatkinson.bsky.social for visiting @notts-psych.bsky.social yesterday to give a brilliant talk on her research into whether, and how, children and individuals with ADHD prioritise information in working memory!
January 30, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I had a great time visiting @notts-psych.bsky.social yesterday! Thanks to everyone for being so welcoming and for the really interesting chats!
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#Forgetting happens faster than you think, even when you’re paying #attention.
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December 13, 2024 at 3:56 PM
#Forgetting happens faster than you think, even when you’re paying #attention.
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Delighted to have co-edited this special issue of QJEP, marking 50 years since Baddeley and Hitch (1974). Thanks to all contributors for sharing their work!
Here's an image of my now curled, foxing photocopy of Baddeley & Hitch (1974) and their account of Working Memory.
The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology is marking the impact, and continued relevance, of this work with a Special Issue. A 🧵with links ...
The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology is marking the impact, and continued relevance, of this work with a Special Issue. A 🧵with links ...
November 28, 2024 at 11:13 AM
Delighted to have co-edited this special issue of QJEP, marking 50 years since Baddeley and Hitch (1974). Thanks to all contributors for sharing their work!
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New on the Baby Blog - The ripple effect of early sleep: how childhood sleep patterns shape vocabulary, academic, and mental health outcomes by Catia M. Oliveira, Amy Atkinson, Michelle St Clair, Gareth Gaskell & Lisa Henderson infantstudies.org/the-ripple-e... #infantstudies #Research
The ripple effect of early sleep: how childhood sleep patterns shape vocabulary, academic, and mental health outcomes - The International Congress of Infant Studies
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October 2, 2024 at 3:45 PM
New on the Baby Blog - The ripple effect of early sleep: how childhood sleep patterns shape vocabulary, academic, and mental health outcomes by Catia M. Oliveira, Amy Atkinson, Michelle St Clair, Gareth Gaskell & Lisa Henderson infantstudies.org/the-ripple-e... #infantstudies #Research
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The Special Issue on "the information exchange between working memory & long-term memory" at Memory & Cognition which I had the pleasure to Co-Edit with @keisukefukuda.bsky.social,@vmloaiza1.bsky.social and @edamizrak.bsky.social is out now! rdcu.be/d0GjA #workingmemory #cogSci #Psychology #psynom24
November 19, 2024 at 8:43 AM
The Special Issue on "the information exchange between working memory & long-term memory" at Memory & Cognition which I had the pleasure to Co-Edit with @keisukefukuda.bsky.social,@vmloaiza1.bsky.social and @edamizrak.bsky.social is out now! rdcu.be/d0GjA #workingmemory #cogSci #Psychology #psynom24
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50 years ago Alan Baddeley and Graham Hitch propelled the term #workingmemory into the psychological lexicon, with a vision that still resonates today!
This editorial with Mark Hurlstone, @amyatkinson.bsky.social , Satoru Saito and Robert Logie, reflects on that remarkable contribution in 1974.
This editorial with Mark Hurlstone, @amyatkinson.bsky.social , Satoru Saito and Robert Logie, reflects on that remarkable contribution in 1974.
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November 15, 2024 at 11:07 AM
50 years ago Alan Baddeley and Graham Hitch propelled the term #workingmemory into the psychological lexicon, with a vision that still resonates today!
This editorial with Mark Hurlstone, @amyatkinson.bsky.social , Satoru Saito and Robert Logie, reflects on that remarkable contribution in 1974.
This editorial with Mark Hurlstone, @amyatkinson.bsky.social , Satoru Saito and Robert Logie, reflects on that remarkable contribution in 1974.
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Our review on value-directed prioritisation in working memory now fully out in QJEP. With @amyatkinson.bsky.social and Graham Hitch.
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July 31, 2024 at 3:44 PM
Our review on value-directed prioritisation in working memory now fully out in QJEP. With @amyatkinson.bsky.social and Graham Hitch.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Our new paper reviewing value-directed prioritisation in working memory ↓
Getting value out of working memory through strategic prioritisation; implications for storage and control
Preprint version of our new review in @SageQJEP, with @amyatkinson.bsky.social and Graham Hitch.
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Preprint version of our new review in @SageQJEP, with @amyatkinson.bsky.social and Graham Hitch.
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May 28, 2024 at 9:12 AM
Our new paper reviewing value-directed prioritisation in working memory ↓
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Recent research from @amyatkinson.bsky.social & collaborators at the University of Leeds: link.springer.com/article/10.3...
Whilst participants could effectively prioritise valuable information at working memory, there was little evidence that the boosts persisted at long-term memory.
Whilst participants could effectively prioritise valuable information at working memory, there was little evidence that the boosts persisted at long-term memory.
Does value-based prioritization at working memory enhance long-term memory? - Memory & Cognition
Research has demonstrated that individuals can direct their attention to valuable information in both working memory and long-term memory tasks with observable effects on performance. However, it is c...
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May 10, 2024 at 2:45 PM
Recent research from @amyatkinson.bsky.social & collaborators at the University of Leeds: link.springer.com/article/10.3...
Whilst participants could effectively prioritise valuable information at working memory, there was little evidence that the boosts persisted at long-term memory.
Whilst participants could effectively prioritise valuable information at working memory, there was little evidence that the boosts persisted at long-term memory.
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New paper out in QJEP, led by Daisy Roe & Andy Johnson.
Working memory prioritisation effects in tactile immediate serial recall.
doi.org/10.1177/1747...
Working memory prioritisation effects in tactile immediate serial recall.
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January 29, 2024 at 10:26 AM
New paper out in QJEP, led by Daisy Roe & Andy Johnson.
Working memory prioritisation effects in tactile immediate serial recall.
doi.org/10.1177/1747...
Working memory prioritisation effects in tactile immediate serial recall.
doi.org/10.1177/1747...
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Be sure to check out our lab's newest pre-print on cue-based and reward-based prioritization in verbal working memory! 🦩🎉
What are the benefits of directed attention within verbal working memory?: osf.io/p759e/
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What are the benefits of directed attention within verbal working memory?: osf.io/p759e/
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February 1, 2024 at 9:41 AM
Be sure to check out our lab's newest pre-print on cue-based and reward-based prioritization in verbal working memory! 🦩🎉
What are the benefits of directed attention within verbal working memory?: osf.io/p759e/
bsky.app/profile/psya...
What are the benefits of directed attention within verbal working memory?: osf.io/p759e/
bsky.app/profile/psya...
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Postdoc alert! Come work with me on an ESRC project on the role of narratives in the learning and retention of educational material.
2 year position, start date flexible but no later than 1st September.
Application deadline 1st March.
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #cognition
2 year position, start date flexible but no later than 1st September.
Application deadline 1st March.
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #cognition
Jobs - The University of York
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February 3, 2024 at 12:16 PM
Postdoc alert! Come work with me on an ESRC project on the role of narratives in the learning and retention of educational material.
2 year position, start date flexible but no later than 1st September.
Application deadline 1st March.
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #cognition
2 year position, start date flexible but no later than 1st September.
Application deadline 1st March.
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #cognition
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Grouping in Working Memory Guides Chunk Formation in Long-Term Memory: Evidence from the Hebb Effect: http://osf.io/bpsdf/
January 31, 2024 at 3:42 PM
Grouping in Working Memory Guides Chunk Formation in Long-Term Memory: Evidence from the Hebb Effect: http://osf.io/bpsdf/
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#workingmemory preprint
Working Memory Limitations Constrain Visual Episodic Long-Term Memory at Both Specific and Gist Levels of Representation: http://osf.io/xead5/
January 31, 2024 at 9:24 PM
#workingmemory preprint