Article in The Psychologist from myself & Charity Brown, prompted by our recently published textbook Key Topics in Memory (BPS & Routledge). This reflects on Chapter 1 & Chapter 7 of the book, while also indicating the ground we cover in the intervening chapters. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

Memory research: Foundations to futures | BPS

Richard Allen and Charity Brown reflect on the many ways we can think about, capture and explore the content and workings of our memories. They trace the origins and trajectory of memory research, rev...

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New paper led by Tianxiao Yang just out in Behavioral Sciences, examining how working memory for instructions in 8-9 and 12-14 year olds is potentially improved by different forms of action-based processing. www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/16...

Pretty exciting to receive physical copies of our new brief textbook on memory today! Key Topics in Memory is co-authored with Charity Brown, published by Routledge, and part of the BPS Key Topics series.

Today's keynote speaker to highlight is Prof Nora Newcombe! icom-memory.org @noranewcombe.bsky.social #neuroskyence #psychscisky #cognition #ICOM2027 #philosophysky 🧪

Today's keynote speaker to highlight is Prof Klaus Oberauer! icom-memory.org #neuroskyence #psychscisky #cognition #ICOM2027 #philosophysky 🧪

We're back with another keynote speaker highlight - Prof Lawrence Barsalou! icom-memory.org #neuroskyence #psychscisky #cognition #ICOM2027 #philosophysky 🧪

Today's keynote speaker to highlight is Prof Dorthe Bernsten! icom-memory.org #neuroskyence #psychscisky #cognition #ICOM2027 #philosophysky 🧪

Today's keynote speaker to higlight is Prof Felipe De Brigard! icom-memory.org @felipedebrigard.bsky.social #neuroskyence #psychscisky #cognition 🧪

We are very excited to officially announced that ICOM - The International Conference on Memory - is back in 2027 from 26th-30th July! icom-memory.org #neuroskyence #psychscisky #cognition 🧪

For the next few days we'll be focussing on our amazing keynote speakers! First up, we have Prof Sue Gathercole. This is particularly fitting as Sue was one of the co-founders of ICOM. icom-memory.org

Development and validation of an AI-generated real-world object stimuli set - new paper led by Gerard Campbell, now out in Behaviour Research Methods. link.springer.com/article/10.3...

Development and validation of an AI-generated real-world object stimuli set - Behavior Research Methods

The availability of real-world object stimuli that meet researchers’ requirements is an ongoing challenge in visual cognition research. While numerous manually curated object stimulus sets exist, stim...

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🧠 ICOM is back! The International Conference on Memory (ICOM7) returns 26–30 July 2027 in Glasgow, bringing together researchers from neuroscience, psychology, and beyond. 🔗 Learn more and sign-up for the newsletter here: icom-memory.org #ICOM7 #MemoryResearch #Neuroscience #Psychology

Our Trends in Cognitive Sciences article (with Alan Baddeley and Graham Hitch), is now online & open access. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... We set out a new version of the multicomponent working memory model, with the concept of the episodic buffer updated as the 'awareness buffer'.

Awareness as the heart of working memory

The assumption that attention and short-term memory combine to play a crucial role in cognition continues to influence cognitive modeling. We trace th…

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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!

Delighted to share that this year's Working Memory Discussion Meeting, held at the beautiful Parcevall Hall in North Yorkshire on 1st-3rd July, is now open for bookings. Hurry, because places are filling up fast! I will be co-hosting again this year with Alicia Forsberg and @richjallen.bsky.social 🙌

New paper on PsyArXiv looking at task difficulty (memory load), serial order, and error patterns in children’s #workingmemory using a large-scale dataset (N~15,000) #developmental #psychology With @richjallen.bsky.social and @amyatkinson.bsky.social osf.io/preprints/ps...

Bookings for the 2026 Working Memory Discussion Meeting at Parcevall Hall are now open! 1st-3rd July, 2026. All information here -> sites.google.com/site/working...

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Working Memory Discussion Meeting 2026 Wednesday 1st of July to Friday 3rd of July Parcevall Hall, Skipton, North Yorkshire. For all information about this meeting, use the menu at the top of the page...

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I wrote a thing on episodic memory and systems consolidation. I hope you all enjoy it and/or find it interesting. A neural state space for episodic memories www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #neuroskyence #psychscisky #cognition 🧪

A neural state space for episodic memories

Episodic memories are highly dynamic and change in nonlinear ways over time. This dynamism is not captured by existing systems consolidation theories …

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Here is your chance to become an associate editor of a fantastic journal! The incoming editor of @jcgntn.bsky.social, @davidecrepaldi.bsky.social, is looking for associate editors. Check out this cool opportunity to self-nominate or nominate someone you know! www.escop.eu/about-us/jou...

New paper from Hatice Cinar's PhD, in Memory & Cognition.... Prioritising feature bindings across space and modality in working memory rdcu.be/eLz40

Working memory and attentional control abilities predict individual differences in visual long-term memory tasks doi.org/10.1016/j.jm...

Thrilled that our new review "Motor Working Memory" is now in press at TiCS! @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social @cellpress.bsky.social By me + Hanna Hillman We argue that a dedicated research program on 'working memory for movements' is long overdue Link: authors.elsevier.com/a/1lmMX4sIRv...

Leeds WoMCog group at the #ESCoP2025 conference in Sheffield!

Excited for the start of ESCoP 2025 (www.escop2025.com) in Sheffield this week. Our group has a bunch of things going on across the meeting...

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View the latest information on the ESCOP 2025 Conference is Sheffield

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Heading off to University of Queensland in Brisbane this week to help kick off a 3-year ARC-funded project on the causes & consequences of cognitive offloading in children. It's hosted at UoQ, & also involves collaborations with colleagues at Leeds (@amandawaterman.bsky.social), UCL, and Melbourne.

Heading to the 2025 Working Memory Discussion Meeting at beautiful Parcevall Hall today. Looking forward to three days of talks, chats, walks to the pub, and hopefully not too much rain.

🚨 Calling all colleagues who work on #workingmemory and #aging 🚨 Do you have any unpublished data on age differences in WM? 👴 👵 🧠 🌨️ We're working on a BIG meta-analysis, and I'd love any and all data that are currently not "out there" for us to find! 🔬 🤓 Please repost for reach, thanks! 🔁 😁

New article now out in Epilepsy & Behavior! Subjective and objective memory in a community-derived sample of people with epilepsy: Evidence from the Crimes and Four Doors tests authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S... Thanks again for support from @exppsychsoc.bsky.social and Epilepsy Action.

🧠 Myself and the rest of the Beautiful Mind team for Pint of Science in Leeds hosted a brilliant first event last night, with great talks from @richjallen.bsky.social and @maddie-gilbert.bsky.social! You can check out the other events we’re putting on here: pintofscience.co.uk/events/leeds #pint25