A new #bmm release is available on #CRAN. With this version, #bmm now covers basic response time models. This release contains three new models plus several usability features. Here's what's in it 🧵 venpopov.com/bmm/ #rstats #bayes #openscience

Easy and Accessible Bayesian Measurement Models Using brms

Fit computational and measurement models using full Bayesian inference. The package provides a simple and accessible interface by translating complex domain-specific models into brms syntax, a powerfu...

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Exciting news for ICOM7 (International Conference on Memory), in Glasgow, 26th-30th July 2027. The conference website is live and we can announce our keynote speakers!

I wrote up something that's been in my head for a while: psychometric methods alone can't tell us what cognitive tasks and their indicators measure. Correlating indicators across tasks is circular when constructs are defined by those same correlations. osf.io/preprints/ps... 🧵1/3

Theory matters in psychological science — but where does theory in psychology currently stand? We’re inviting psychological researchers for our survey to share their views on the state of theory. Overview: doi.org/10.31234/osf... Survey: forms.gle/Ct4qq4a4raun...

Two traditions in action control research - BRAC and procedural WM - often talk past each other. This latest review from members of our lab and colleagues from the BRAC community connects them conceptually and computationally, showing how procedural WM can reproduce key BRAC effects.

Gidon Frischkorn@gidon-frischkorn.bsky.social · 6mo ago

In a new review paper in @jcgntn.bsky.social , we compare the #BRAC framework with procedural #WM theories. We clarify where they agree & diverge, and demonstrate with simulations that procedural WM can capture hallmark BRAC effects. journalofcognition.org/articles/10....

Big news from the lab today: @joschadutli.bsky.social has officially defended his PhD! 🎉 We’re grateful to @aidanhorner.bsky.social for serving as external examiner and as Joscha’s supervisors we @leabartsch.bsky.social and @koberauer.bsky.social are incredibly proud—congrats, Joscha!

It was great having you @aidanhorner.bsky.social ! Thank you for serving as the external examiner on the defense committee of my (former!!) phd student @joschadutli.bsky.social ! Big congrats to Dr. Dutli!!

Aidan Horner@aidanhorner.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Great couple of days in Zurich talking to Klaus Oberauer's group. Some great feedback on one of our more recent projects and they graciously answered all my annoying questions about their research. Big congrats to Dr @joschadutli.bsky.social in particular!

Is WM a gateway to LTM? In this registered report we find that higher WM load rarely impairs LTM encoding - suggesting WM capacity is not a bottleneck for forming LTM traces. @as-souza.bsky.social @edamizrak.bsky.social @cognition-zurich.bsky.social psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-... [1/3]

New content: Souza, A. S. (2025). Refreshing Multi-Feature Objects in Visual Working Memory. Journal of Cognition, 8(1): 49, pp. 1–19. DOI: doi.org/10.5334/joc.... #psychscisky

Refreshing Multi-Feature Objects in Visual Working Memory | Journal of Cognition

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PS is excited to announce the launch of "Individual Differences in Cognition” (IDIC), an open-access journal on research in cognitive psychology, science, and neuroscience. Co-Editors-in-Chief are Andrew R.A. Conway & Michael J. Kane. Manuscripts accepted this spring. More information coming soon!

In our new paper in Psychology and Aging, @koberauer.bsky.social, @leabartsch.bsky.social, and I investigated age differences in the Hebb repetition effect, and show that chunk formation is largely preserved in old age. Check it out here: psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...

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.

The final part of my PhD work is now published in JEP:LMC 🤩 Special thanks to my wonderful PhD supervisors @evievergauwe.bsky.social and @nlangerock.bsky.social 🤗 psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...

Caro Hautekiet@carohautekiet.bsky.social · 2y ago

Delighted to share that the last part of my PhD work is now available as a preprint 🥳🎉 osf.io/preprints/ps... This work was done in collaboration with my amazing PhD supervisors @evievergauwe.bsky.social and @nlangerock.bsky.social 🌟 #workingmemory

I am pleased to share that "the bird study" is now accepted at Psychology and Aging! A great collaboration with visiting intern Kishen Senziani, @leabartsch.bsky.social & @edamizrak.bsky.social 😀 Check out the pre-print below and a short thread on the study design and main takeaways 🧵👇

PsyArXivBot@psyarxivbot.bsky.social · 11mo ago

What Makes a Birdbrain Tick: Long-term Memory Drives Expertise Effects on Working Memory Binding: https://osf.io/y835u

Hey #memory folks, check out this new preprint by @joschadutli.bsky.social , @koberauer.bsky.social, and @leabartsch.bsky.social showing that elaboration benefits are likely driven by aiding in establishing efficient retrieval cues.

PsyArXivBot@psyarxivbot.bsky.social · 11mo ago

How does semantic elaboration affect retrieval from episodic memory?: https://osf.io/ktgsu

😎Check out this new paper by my brilliant phd student Ana Rodriguez! Together with @philippmusfeld.bsky.social we investigated how prior knowledge contributes to a serial recall #workingmemory task!

Journal of Cognition@jcgntn.bsky.social · 12mo ago

New content: Rodriguez, A., Musfeld, P., & Bartsch, L. M. (2025). The Flexibility of Working Memory in Drawing on Episodic Long-Term Memory Representations in Serial Recall. Journal of Cognition, 8(1): 40, pp. 1–26. DOI: doi.org/10.5334/joc.... #psychscisky

🚨 PostDoc Opening 🚨 The lab of Klaus Oberauer is looking for a new postdoc, starting end of this/beginning next year. Research focus is #cognition, #workingmemory, #methods and #computationalmodeling or anything in that direction. I cannot highlight ENOUGH how great it is to work in this lab 🥰🤓

New content: Bhanap, R., Bartsch, L. M., & Rosner, A. (2025). Tracking Reactivation of Location Information during Memory Strategies: Insights from Eye Movements. Journal of Cognition, 8(1): 38, pp. 1–26. DOI: doi.org/10.5334/joc.... #psychscisky

Tracking Reactivation of Location Information during Memory Strategies: Insights from Eye Movements | Journal of Cognition

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EWOMS (European Working Memory Symposium) Lyon, France 26-28 August 2026 The 2026 theme — Working Memory, Strategy, and Consciousness — aims to bridge traditional cognitive perspectives and neuroscientific approaches to working memory. Abstract submission deadline: 13 March 2026

Not only is this a *superb* paper, I'm learning so much from the code posted online. Thank you @gidon-frischkorn.bsky.social! Paper: psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-... Code: github.com/GidonFrischk...

Can you believe that WMS2025 (July 8-11) is less than a week away? If you are interested in Working Memory Research, WMS2025 is THE BEST online conference with THE AWESOMEST community of researchers across the globe! So DON'T FORGET TO CHECK IT OUT! www.wmsymposium.org/home

Working Memory Symposium

Date: July 8-11Program is now Available!

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Registration for the second Symposium on Individual Differences in Cognition (SIDIC), scheduled for the Thursday of the next Psychonomics Annual Meeting (in Denver) is now open. Please register as soon as possible to help us plan. Abstracts due August 1. caliberlab.wixsite.com/sidic2025/re...

🚨 New paper with @leabartsch.bsky.social and Agnes Rosner! Our results show that location information is similarly reactivated for rehearsal and visual imagery. #workingmemory #eyetracking Out now in @jcgntn.bsky.social Read more: journalofcognition.org/articles/10....

Tracking Reactivation of Location Information during Memory Strategies: Insights from Eye Movements | Journal of Cognition

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Postdoc position open in our #workingmemory lab! See here for more info: www.unige.ch/fapse/womcog...

European Society for Cognitive Psychology@escop.bsky.social · last yr.

Postdoc position in cognitive psychology or cognitive development, University of Geneva, Switzerland Applications are invited for a postdoc position in cognitive psychology or cognitive development. Application deadline: 11 August 2025

PCI Psychology is here!! 🎉🥳 After over a year of hard work by so many people, we are thrilled to announce that we are open for submissions! Join us in making publishing more efficient, equitable, and open: psych.peercommunityin.org #PsychSciSky #scipub

PsyArXivBot@psyarxivbot.bsky.social · last yr.

Peer Community in Psychology: A platform for peer review of preprints across psychology: https://osf.io/m456e

It has been so exciting to see everything coming together for ESCOP 2025, which will be here before you know it! Are you aware that applications for family care grants and travel funding for PhD students is still available? Please have a look at this link and make sure to apply by 30th June!

Funding | ESCOP 2025

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“The gender-equality paradox entails that countries with more equality have larger gender differences in behavior. Positive associations between equality & gender differences disappear or reverse when accounting for cultural clusters of countries. The paradox appears to be a methodological artifact”

Simpson’s gender-equality paradox | PNAS

Several cross-country examinations have found larger gender differences in Western countries. More recently, it has been argued, from an evolutiona...

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New Preprint with @edamizrak.bsky.social! Performance in immediate memory tasks reflects a flexible mixture of contributions of #workingmemory and LTM. Distraction disrupts WM, while PI impairs retrieval from LTM; when both are in play, performance depends on the relative reliability of each system

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Interactions of Working and Long-term Memory - Evidence from Proactive Interference in the Brown-Peterson Task: https://osf.io/zemkw

Abstract submission is now open for WMS2025 (Deadline: May 31st)! Working memory ECRs, we look forward to receiving your submissions!!! wmsymposium.org

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📣 ESCoP Family Care Grants You can apply for the Family Care Grants for the upcoming conference! The grants aim to support attendees facing additional family care expenses arising from participation in the conference. Application deadline: 15 May 2025