In Experiment 4, we manipulated predictability: some context transitions were preceded by a counter, making them fully expected. Segmentation was equally strong, whether transitions were predictable or not.

In Experiments 1–3, transitions across stable contexts (e.g., task rule, object category) produced stronger segmentation than prediction errors without stable context. Prediction error alone wasn’t enough.

A correction for our #VSS2025 presentations: Berna's poster on the role of working memory in the temporal structuring of episodic memories is tomorrow morning at 8:30 in Pavilion. Here is the corrected list of our posters.

Dear #VSS2025 attendees! Our lab will be presenting 5 posters over the next two days. We’re excited to share our work: Come visit us!

Poster 3: Recent work from Eva Lout, @juliedgolomb.bsky.social, & Blaire Dube shows that WM items in use are more susceptible to interference. What about long-term memory? Eda Melin & Sinem are investigating. No picture of the results since the original work is unpublished.

Poster 2: In memory-driven attentional capture paradigms, a good idea is to provide either a search task or memory probe, not both, to prevent strategic resampling of the memory-matching distractor during search. Curious about the ideal proportion of memory trials? Yaren has the answer.

Poster 1: Evidence on knowledge's impact on event segmentation is mixed. Some studies show unitization (less segmentation), and others show differentiation (more segmentation). Burhan found that prior knowledge effects depend on whether expectations are confirmed or violated.

Thrilled to receive the Parlar Foundation Research Incentive Award for our work on the interactions between long-term memory and working memory! Thanks to the Parlar Foundation for the award and to my lab members for their invaluable contributions. instagram.com/p/C2J2sGmA-wZ/

Working memory (WM) may accumulate instances during events, reactivate memoranda from the ending event at an event boundary, and flush this information upon starting a new event. However, some effects attributed to removal from WM could be explained by interference.

Thus, our results highlight a tight coupling between the storage of task rules (procedural WM) and task-relevant items (declarative WM). Moreover, we found that the CDA increase took place in the absence of a lateralized alpha-band power increase. #attention

We found that: 1) Repeating the same item resulted in a decline in the CDA. 2)Task performance improved. These two indicate a handoff from working memory to long-term memory. 3) A cue that signaled switching the task rule triggered an increase in the CDA.

We utilized contralateral delay activity (CDA) to monitor working memory activation. Participants performed either a recognition task or a size judgment task. Both the task rule and the item needed for the task could be repeated across trials. #EEG

However, performance in a retrieval task extends beyond retrieval itself. Divided attention can influence multiple stages, from cue processing to response production. To explore them all, we draw insights from various fields.