Vanessa Loaiza
@vmloaiza1.bsky.social
cognitive developmental psychologist based at Colorado State University. low span studying working memory 😉 she/her & my last name is pronounced low-eye-zah
These results suggest that the benefits of prior knowledge, such as topic expertise, reflect contributions from long-term memory (LTM) to WM, rather than an increased efficiency of WM functions like bindings. I'd love to replicate with younger experts (could not get them!) and other WM functions! 🤩
September 23, 2025 at 7:23 PM
These results suggest that the benefits of prior knowledge, such as topic expertise, reflect contributions from long-term memory (LTM) to WM, rather than an increased efficiency of WM functions like bindings. I'd love to replicate with younger experts (could not get them!) and other WM functions! 🤩
Results: Expertise didn't moderate age-related slowing to establish bindings in WM, regardless of the relevance of the information (intact vs scrambled birds; Block 1). Instead, older experts showed a benefit to binding memory that disappeared when long-term memory was unreliable (high PI; Block 2).
September 23, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Results: Expertise didn't moderate age-related slowing to establish bindings in WM, regardless of the relevance of the information (intact vs scrambled birds; Block 1). Instead, older experts showed a benefit to binding memory that disappeared when long-term memory was unreliable (high PI; Block 2).
How did we identify participants for these three groups? Subjective ratings clearly correlated with a perceptual discrimination task, which itself signaled a separate kmeans cluster of older experts. These experts were far superior at identifying birds vs the novices, validating the separate groups.
September 23, 2025 at 7:23 PM
How did we identify participants for these three groups? Subjective ratings clearly correlated with a perceptual discrimination task, which itself signaled a separate kmeans cluster of older experts. These experts were far superior at identifying birds vs the novices, validating the separate groups.
Why does information seem so much easier to process when it coheres with our prior knowledge? We investigated this question by recruiting three groups (younger novices, older novices, and older experts in birding) to take part in a working memory (WM) study, the critical parts pictured below.
September 23, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Why does information seem so much easier to process when it coheres with our prior knowledge? We investigated this question by recruiting three groups (younger novices, older novices, and older experts in birding) to take part in a working memory (WM) study, the critical parts pictured below.
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September 3, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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I've saved some of my faves after over a year of living here!
I've saved some of my faves after over a year of living here!