New paper in PBR: "Working memory’s pointer system is governed by physical objecthood, not spatiotemporal information" rdcu.be/fd2tY Without valid WM pointers, we miss OBVIOUS changes in visible items; the study shows that this "resetting" process is all about objects and not spatiotemporal change!
Halely Balaban
@halely.bsky.social
Cognitive Scientist @OUI | PI Cognitive Dynamics & Adaptability Lab | http://cda-lab.org
🎈 Out now: 🎈 "The capacity limits of moving objects in the imagination" (by Balaban & me) of interest to people thinking about the imagination, intuitive physics, mental simulation, capacity limits, and more www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Out now in TiCS, something i've been thinking about a lot: "Physics vs. graphics as an organizing dichotomy in cognition" (by Balaban & me) relevant for many people, related to imagination, intuitive physics, mental simulation, aphantasia, and more authors.elsevier.com/a/1lBaC4sIRv...
hooray, it's out! "Electrophysiology Reveals That Intuitive Physics Guides Visual Tracking and Working Memory" (in Open Mind) (by Balaban, Smith, Tenenbaum, and me) direct.mit.edu/opmi/article...