The Cognition Lab @ University of Zurich is on Bluesky! Follow us for updates on new papers & preprints, conferences that lab members attend & other news around research on #workingmemory, #attention, and #longtermmemory.
November 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The Cognition Lab @ University of Zurich is on Bluesky! Follow us for updates on new papers & preprints, conferences that lab members attend & other news around research on #workingmemory, #attention, and #longtermmemory.
Distracting Adults During Task Makes Them Behave Like Children
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#childdevelopment #workingmemory #childhood #ATTENTION #childrenhealth
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#childdevelopment #workingmemory #childhood #ATTENTION #childrenhealth
Distracting Adults During Task Makes Them Behave Like Children | Newswise
Researchers have known that children often don’t focus on tasks and tend to “over explore” instead of paying attention to what they should be doing. However, why they do that has remained unknown. In ...
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November 5, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Distracting Adults During Task Makes Them Behave Like Children
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#childdevelopment #workingmemory #childhood #ATTENTION #childrenhealth
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#childdevelopment #workingmemory #childhood #ATTENTION #childrenhealth
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#DevLangDis #DLD #workingmemory #centralexecutive #dyslexia
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#DevLangDis #DLD #workingmemory #centralexecutive #dyslexia
November 4, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Full text available at: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
#DevLangDis #DLD #workingmemory #centralexecutive #dyslexia
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Full text available at: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
#DevLangDis #DLD #workingmemory #centralexecutive #dyslexia
Happy to share our new #decoding study!
We show that representations of vibrotactile #WorkingMemory content evolve from #somatosensory to parietal areas.
Decoding from left SPL was linked to WM performance — suggesting a key role in maintaining #tactile information.
We show that representations of vibrotactile #WorkingMemory content evolve from #somatosensory to parietal areas.
Decoding from left SPL was linked to WM performance — suggesting a key role in maintaining #tactile information.
Decoding tactile working memory content reveals performance relevance of parietal fMRI activity patterns
Working memory (WM) supports a range of higher order cognitive functions by enabling the short-term maintenance and manipulation of information throug…
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November 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Happy to share our new #decoding study!
We show that representations of vibrotactile #WorkingMemory content evolve from #somatosensory to parietal areas.
Decoding from left SPL was linked to WM performance — suggesting a key role in maintaining #tactile information.
We show that representations of vibrotactile #WorkingMemory content evolve from #somatosensory to parietal areas.
Decoding from left SPL was linked to WM performance — suggesting a key role in maintaining #tactile information.
The issue of defining the appropriate representation is core to the field of visual #workingmemory. Schurgin et al. (2020) introduced the TCC model and influentially argued that models of VWM should be in terms of psychological similarity, rather than in terms of the physical stimulus space. /2
Psychophysical scaling reveals a unified theory of visual memory strength - Nature Human Behaviour
Schurgin et al. propose a model of visual memory, arguing against a distinction between how many items are represented and how precisely they are represented, and in favour of a view based on continuo...
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November 3, 2025 at 7:34 AM
The issue of defining the appropriate representation is core to the field of visual #workingmemory. Schurgin et al. (2020) introduced the TCC model and influentially argued that models of VWM should be in terms of psychological similarity, rather than in terms of the physical stimulus space. /2
📢New preprint w/ ayaecanb.bsky.social! Noisy visual representations strengthen repulsive serial biases but inducer uncertainty doesn’t. Working memory adapts to reduce error in ways that exceed simple Bayesian explanations.
#workingmemory #VisualWorkingMemory
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#workingmemory #VisualWorkingMemory
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Target Fidelity, but not Inducer Fidelity, Modulates Repulsive Serial Dependence of Visual Working Memory Representations
Visual representations are open to systematic functional biases. In visual working memory, representations of serially presented stimuli can either attract or repel each other. Such serial dependence ...
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October 30, 2025 at 1:47 PM
📢New preprint w/ ayaecanb.bsky.social! Noisy visual representations strengthen repulsive serial biases but inducer uncertainty doesn’t. Working memory adapts to reduce error in ways that exceed simple Bayesian explanations.
#workingmemory #VisualWorkingMemory
🔗 www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7...
#workingmemory #VisualWorkingMemory
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#BrainTraining #CognitiveTraining #BrainGames #EducationalGames #MemoryGames #LogicPuzzles #AttentionTraining #WorkingMemory #FreeGames #MentalFitness #ΓνωστικάΠαιχνίδια #ΠαιχνίδιαΕγκεφάλου #ΕξάσκησηΜνήμης #Λογική #Προσοχή #ΕκπαιδευτικάΠαιχνίδια #ΠαιχνίδιαΓιαΠαιδιά #ΔωρεάνΠαιχνίδια
#BrainTraining #CognitiveTraining #BrainGames #EducationalGames #MemoryGames #LogicPuzzles #AttentionTraining #WorkingMemory #FreeGames #MentalFitness #ΓνωστικάΠαιχνίδια #ΠαιχνίδιαΕγκεφάλου #ΕξάσκησηΜνήμης #Λογική #Προσοχή #ΕκπαιδευτικάΠαιχνίδια #ΠαιχνίδιαΓιαΠαιδιά #ΔωρεάνΠαιχνίδια
October 28, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Any early-career researchers in #workingmemory wanting to contribute to an #openscience initiative? I'm looking for help building up a data hub resource for the field. Volunteers can expect to devote a few hours, and might pick up insights into handling research data and how to use Github.
OpenWMData
A collection of publicly available<br>working memory datasets
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October 22, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Any early-career researchers in #workingmemory wanting to contribute to an #openscience initiative? I'm looking for help building up a data hub resource for the field. Volunteers can expect to devote a few hours, and might pick up insights into handling research data and how to use Github.
What annotations / metadata do you wish was included with every #cogsci dataset (especially #workingmemory folks 👀)? My current list includes the experiment task, stimulus, level of data (trial-, subject-, or group-level), format, and whether analysis code is provided. Any more?
October 6, 2025 at 4:14 AM
What annotations / metadata do you wish was included with every #cogsci dataset (especially #workingmemory folks 👀)? My current list includes the experiment task, stimulus, level of data (trial-, subject-, or group-level), format, and whether analysis code is provided. Any more?
🧠 Ever lose track of what someone’s saying mid-conversation? Check out these strategies:
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#WorkingMemory #ExecutiveFunction #ADHDTips #Neurodiversity #ActiveListening #MindfulConversations #PsychologyToday #BrainBasedStrategies #CommunicationSkills
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#WorkingMemory #ExecutiveFunction #ADHDTips #Neurodiversity #ActiveListening #MindfulConversations #PsychologyToday #BrainBasedStrategies #CommunicationSkills
Supporting Working Memory in Conversations
Having a hard time remembering what people say in conversations? You're not alone, and there are strategies to help!
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October 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
🧠 Ever lose track of what someone’s saying mid-conversation? Check out these strategies:
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/empo...
#WorkingMemory #ExecutiveFunction #ADHDTips #Neurodiversity #ActiveListening #MindfulConversations #PsychologyToday #BrainBasedStrategies #CommunicationSkills
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#WorkingMemory #ExecutiveFunction #ADHDTips #Neurodiversity #ActiveListening #MindfulConversations #PsychologyToday #BrainBasedStrategies #CommunicationSkills
#Neuroskyence #WorkingMemory #NaturalistTheories
#AutisticPatternMatching #Self-Extracting_ConceptualNetworks
#TheShapeOfTheThingInItself
So yeah, I have a theory and, as usual, looks like #science has been validating it all along.
Noice. 🖖
#AutisticPatternMatching #Self-Extracting_ConceptualNetworks
#TheShapeOfTheThingInItself
So yeah, I have a theory and, as usual, looks like #science has been validating it all along.
Noice. 🖖
Distributed Core Processing and Pattern Management: An Autistic Naturalist’s Theory of Locus and Mechanism – yeshes.online
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October 5, 2025 at 4:46 AM
#Neuroskyence #WorkingMemory #NaturalistTheories
#AutisticPatternMatching #Self-Extracting_ConceptualNetworks
#TheShapeOfTheThingInItself
So yeah, I have a theory and, as usual, looks like #science has been validating it all along.
Noice. 🖖
#AutisticPatternMatching #Self-Extracting_ConceptualNetworks
#TheShapeOfTheThingInItself
So yeah, I have a theory and, as usual, looks like #science has been validating it all along.
Noice. 🖖
A Bayesian two‑axis active classifier on a 5×5 grid matched classic results (ICC 0.755) and converged in 30 samples. It uses a GP classifier to target uncertainty. Read more: https://getnews.me/bayesian-active-learning-maps-working-memory-performance-on-a-5x5-grid/ #bayesian #workingmemory
October 2, 2025 at 9:41 PM
A Bayesian two‑axis active classifier on a 5×5 grid matched classic results (ICC 0.755) and converged in 30 samples. It uses a GP classifier to target uncertainty. Read more: https://getnews.me/bayesian-active-learning-maps-working-memory-performance-on-a-5x5-grid/ #bayesian #workingmemory
With #postviral #dysautonomia, I have to take a lot of notes to do any brain work.
Afterwards, these little files just hang around on my phone, reminding me that I remembered something, but not why I was remembering it. So, guess the context of my #workingmemory. Your guess is as good as mine!
Afterwards, these little files just hang around on my phone, reminding me that I remembered something, but not why I was remembering it. So, guess the context of my #workingmemory. Your guess is as good as mine!
October 1, 2025 at 7:05 PM
With #postviral #dysautonomia, I have to take a lot of notes to do any brain work.
Afterwards, these little files just hang around on my phone, reminding me that I remembered something, but not why I was remembering it. So, guess the context of my #workingmemory. Your guess is as good as mine!
Afterwards, these little files just hang around on my phone, reminding me that I remembered something, but not why I was remembering it. So, guess the context of my #workingmemory. Your guess is as good as mine!
Collaborate with us!! #workingmemory
Call for collaborators! 🧵
The TL;DR: we seek collaborators on a #ManyLabs #RegisteredReport about what causes rapid forgetting.
In-principle accepted Stage 1: osf.io/ahjn5
Expressions of interest: cardiffunipsych.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Further details in the 🧵:
The TL;DR: we seek collaborators on a #ManyLabs #RegisteredReport about what causes rapid forgetting.
In-principle accepted Stage 1: osf.io/ahjn5
Expressions of interest: cardiffunipsych.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Further details in the 🧵:
September 28, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Collaborate with us!! #workingmemory
A new study identifies chunking neurons that use short‑term synaptic plasticity to bind items into larger memory chunks, letting working memory hold more than its basic limit. https://getnews.me/synaptic-theory-shows-how-chunking-boosts-working-memory-capacity/ #chunking #workingmemory #neuroscience
September 20, 2025 at 3:25 PM
A new study identifies chunking neurons that use short‑term synaptic plasticity to bind items into larger memory chunks, letting working memory hold more than its basic limit. https://getnews.me/synaptic-theory-shows-how-chunking-boosts-working-memory-capacity/ #chunking #workingmemory #neuroscience
The idea was there
Then it vanished mid-sentence
Working memory isn’t about intelligence, it’s about bandwidth
We don’t rely on memory anymore, we offload it
#workingmemory #mentalbandwidth #executivefunction #notetakingtips #focusstruggles #brainfog
Then it vanished mid-sentence
Working memory isn’t about intelligence, it’s about bandwidth
We don’t rely on memory anymore, we offload it
#workingmemory #mentalbandwidth #executivefunction #notetakingtips #focusstruggles #brainfog
September 19, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The idea was there
Then it vanished mid-sentence
Working memory isn’t about intelligence, it’s about bandwidth
We don’t rely on memory anymore, we offload it
#workingmemory #mentalbandwidth #executivefunction #notetakingtips #focusstruggles #brainfog
Then it vanished mid-sentence
Working memory isn’t about intelligence, it’s about bandwidth
We don’t rely on memory anymore, we offload it
#workingmemory #mentalbandwidth #executivefunction #notetakingtips #focusstruggles #brainfog
How does the visual system track moving objects while remembering the color of those objects? My latest research article (co-first with Piotr @styrkowiec.bsky.social) exploring this question using EEG is out in JoCN! @jocn.bsky.social #workingmemory #cognition #cogneuro #cogsci #neuro
Item-based Parsing of Dynamic Scenes in a Combined Attentional Tracking and Working Memory Task
Abstract. Human visual processing is limited—we can only track a few moving objects at a time and store a few items in visual working memory (WM). A shared mechanism that may underlie these performanc...
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September 18, 2025 at 2:56 PM
How does the visual system track moving objects while remembering the color of those objects? My latest research article (co-first with Piotr @styrkowiec.bsky.social) exploring this question using EEG is out in JoCN! @jocn.bsky.social #workingmemory #cognition #cogneuro #cogsci #neuro
Make sure to stop at Ceren Arslan‘s (@scannedfruits.bsky.social) poster at #ICON2025 today at 3:30! She‘s presenting some of our recent EEG work on audiovisual object storage in #WorkingMemory! 👇
Tomorrow afternoon at #icon2025 I will present a poster on feature extraction costs in working memory in an audiovisual context using behavioral measures and EEG based decoding analysis. I will be at the main hall, 1st floor (P2.55). I’d be happy to discuss our results further with you.
September 16, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Make sure to stop at Ceren Arslan‘s (@scannedfruits.bsky.social) poster at #ICON2025 today at 3:30! She‘s presenting some of our recent EEG work on audiovisual object storage in #WorkingMemory! 👇
2/3 Our symposium on multisensory #WorkingMemory was a lot of fun! Thank you @yichen-yuan.bsky.social @grundei.bsky.social @scannedfruits.bsky.social & Dominic Guitard for your fantastic talks!
September 15, 2025 at 4:10 AM
2/3 Our symposium on multisensory #WorkingMemory was a lot of fun! Thank you @yichen-yuan.bsky.social @grundei.bsky.social @scannedfruits.bsky.social & Dominic Guitard for your fantastic talks!
😤 Vous aussi, vous avez la question : "Qu'est-ce qu'on fait ?" alors que vous venez juste de dire la consigne à vos élèves ?😤
Et si c'était lié à leur "bureau mental" et non à un manque d'attention ?
#workingmemory #mémoiredetravail #sciencescognitives
Hop ! 🎁🧠
youtu.be/HM5AFJnYMY4
Et si c'était lié à leur "bureau mental" et non à un manque d'attention ?
#workingmemory #mémoiredetravail #sciencescognitives
Hop ! 🎁🧠
youtu.be/HM5AFJnYMY4
LIBÉREZ la mémoire de travail des élèves !
YouTube video by Un prof heureux !
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September 14, 2025 at 10:24 AM
😤 Vous aussi, vous avez la question : "Qu'est-ce qu'on fait ?" alors que vous venez juste de dire la consigne à vos élèves ?😤
Et si c'était lié à leur "bureau mental" et non à un manque d'attention ?
#workingmemory #mémoiredetravail #sciencescognitives
Hop ! 🎁🧠
youtu.be/HM5AFJnYMY4
Et si c'était lié à leur "bureau mental" et non à un manque d'attention ?
#workingmemory #mémoiredetravail #sciencescognitives
Hop ! 🎁🧠
youtu.be/HM5AFJnYMY4
Very excited to announce my first paper is out in @currentbiology.bsky.social! Using EEG, we identify an item-based measure of storage in working memory that generalizes across auditory and visual items.
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#PsychSciSky #neuroskyence #workingmemory
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#PsychSciSky #neuroskyence #workingmemory
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September 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Very excited to announce my first paper is out in @currentbiology.bsky.social! Using EEG, we identify an item-based measure of storage in working memory that generalizes across auditory and visual items.
authors.elsevier.com/a/1ljFF3QW8S...
#PsychSciSky #neuroskyence #workingmemory
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#PsychSciSky #neuroskyence #workingmemory
🚨WHOHOO!! I am happy to share that I received the #ERCStG for my project PRECHRON: The Prefrontal Chronometer for Organizing Working Memory.
I am going to study #neuraloscillations during #workingmemory at the @rug.nl @rug-gmw.bsky.social
#brainstimulation #TMS #EEG
I am going to study #neuraloscillations during #workingmemory at the @rug.nl @rug-gmw.bsky.social
#brainstimulation #TMS #EEG
September 4, 2025 at 11:54 AM
🚨WHOHOO!! I am happy to share that I received the #ERCStG for my project PRECHRON: The Prefrontal Chronometer for Organizing Working Memory.
I am going to study #neuraloscillations during #workingmemory at the @rug.nl @rug-gmw.bsky.social
#brainstimulation #TMS #EEG
I am going to study #neuraloscillations during #workingmemory at the @rug.nl @rug-gmw.bsky.social
#brainstimulation #TMS #EEG
🧠 New findings show women with PTSD perform worse on the 2-back working memory task, with slower responses tied to avoidance severity and overall symptoms.
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#PTSD #Cognition #Neurology #WorkingMemory #AMJNeurology
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#PTSD #Cognition #Neurology #WorkingMemory #AMJNeurology
Females with PTSD Show Working Memory Deficits
Women with PTSD showed reduced 2-back accuracy and slower N-back reaction times, with 2-back slowing linked to avoidance and total symptom severity, indicating non-emotional working memory impairment.
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September 2, 2025 at 5:32 PM
🧠 New findings show women with PTSD perform worse on the 2-back working memory task, with slower responses tied to avoidance severity and overall symptoms.
www.emjreviews.com/en-us/amj/ne...
#PTSD #Cognition #Neurology #WorkingMemory #AMJNeurology
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#PTSD #Cognition #Neurology #WorkingMemory #AMJNeurology
If you're interested in my takes (as a cognitive neuroscientist) on whether digital technology is damaging attention spans and rotting brains, you might like my newly-created free-to-read newsletter: thecentreofattention.substack.com
#attention #cogsci #cogneuro #scicomm #blog #workingmemory
#attention #cogsci #cogneuro #scicomm #blog #workingmemory
The Centre of Attention | Dr William Ngiam | Substack
A public newsletter covering the latest cognitive science on attention. Click to read The Centre of Attention, by Dr William Ngiam, a Substack publication. Launched a month ago.
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August 28, 2025 at 10:59 AM
If you're interested in my takes (as a cognitive neuroscientist) on whether digital technology is damaging attention spans and rotting brains, you might like my newly-created free-to-read newsletter: thecentreofattention.substack.com
#attention #cogsci #cogneuro #scicomm #blog #workingmemory
#attention #cogsci #cogneuro #scicomm #blog #workingmemory
Do coloured overlays really work for dyslexia? Here's an article I wrote for @teachsecondary.bsky.social @teachseced.bsky.social
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#dyslexia #workingmemory #colouredoverlays #highqualityteaching
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#dyslexia #workingmemory #colouredoverlays #highqualityteaching
Dyslexia Awareness Week – Best 2025 teaching resources
Use Dyslexia Awareness Week to raise awareness of dyslexia in schools, support students and learn how to spot signs early...
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August 27, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Do coloured overlays really work for dyslexia? Here's an article I wrote for @teachsecondary.bsky.social @teachseced.bsky.social
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#dyslexia #workingmemory #colouredoverlays #highqualityteaching
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#dyslexia #workingmemory #colouredoverlays #highqualityteaching