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Amy Atkinson @amyatkinson.bsky.social · Apr 24

** New paper with @richjallen.bsky.social, @mwarb.bsky.social and others (not on BlueSky) in Journal of Attention Disorders **

Here we demonstrate that the ability to direct attention in working memory is not impaired in adults with symptoms of ADHD:

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Amy Atkinson @amyatkinson.bsky.social · Feb 27

Amazing news and so well deserved!! 😁

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Louise Nicholls @louisenicholls.bsky.social · Feb 4

Huge well done to Rebecca Hart for publishing her review on the role of meaning/semantics on short-term ('working') memory, as part of the special issue of QJEP on '50 Years of Working Memory: Contemporary insights for the Baddeley and Hitch (1974) framework' 🌟 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Towards theoretically understanding how long-term memory semantics can support working memory performance - Rebecca Hart, Robert H. Logie, Louise A. Brown Nicholls, 2025

Working memory is the system that supports the temporary storage and processing of information. It is generally agreed that working memory is a mental workspace...

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Richard Allen @richjallen.bsky.social · Feb 5

Subjective and objective memory in a community-derived sample of people with epilepsy: Evidence from the Crimes and Four Doors tests

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Subjective and objective memory in a community-derived sample of people with epilepsy: Evidence from the Crimes and Four Doors tests

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Louise Nicholls @louisenicholls.bsky.social · Feb 7

📣 We are recruiting a 1-yr neuroimaging postdoc @universityofleeds.bsky.social for our ESRC-funded project on strategies to support healthy cognitive ageing, working with Melanie Burke, @richjallen.bsky.social, @cvonbastian.bsky.social, Mario Parra Rodriguez, and me! jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Research Fellow in Cognitive Ageing and Brain Imaging

Are you looking for an exciting PostDoc position working in brain imaging and cognition? Do you have a PhD or near to completion using imaging methods? Are you interested in how strategies can improve...

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Amy Atkinson @amyatkinson.bsky.social · Jan 30

I had a great time visiting @notts-psych.bsky.social yesterday! Thanks to everyone for being so welcoming and for the really interesting chats!

Ryan Elson @drryanelson.bsky.social · Jan 30

Huge thanks to @amyatkinson.bsky.social for visiting @notts-psych.bsky.social yesterday to give a brilliant talk on her research into whether, and how, children and individuals with ADHD prioritise information in working memory!

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Molly A. Delooze @mollyadelooze.bsky.social · Dec 13

#Forgetting happens faster than you think, even when you’re paying #attention.

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Amy Atkinson @amyatkinson.bsky.social · Nov 28

Delighted to have co-edited this special issue of QJEP, marking 50 years since Baddeley and Hitch (1974). Thanks to all contributors for sharing their work!

John Towse @jntowse.bsky.social · Nov 26

Here's an image of my now curled, foxing photocopy of Baddeley & Hitch (1974) and their account of Working Memory.

The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology is marking the impact, and continued relevance, of this work with a Special Issue. A 🧵with links ...

A photocopy of a research chapter on ageing and curled paper with a large paperclip holding the work together

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International Congress of Infant Studies @infantstudies.bsky.social · Oct 2

New on the Baby Blog - The ripple effect of early sleep: how childhood sleep patterns shape vocabulary, academic, and mental health outcomes by Catia M. Oliveira, Amy Atkinson, Michelle St Clair, Gareth Gaskell & Lisa Henderson infantstudies.org/the-ripple-e... #infantstudies #Research

The ripple effect of early sleep: how childhood sleep patterns shape vocabulary, academic, and mental health outcomes - The International Congress of Infant Studies

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Lea Bartsch @leabartsch.bsky.social · Nov 19

The Special Issue on "the information exchange between working memory & long-term memory" at Memory & Cognition which I had the pleasure to Co-Edit with @keisukefukuda.bsky.social,@vmloaiza1.bsky.social and @edamizrak.bsky.social is out now! rdcu.be/d0GjA #workingmemory #cogSci #Psychology #psynom24

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Amy Atkinson @amyatkinson.bsky.social · Nov 18

Yes please!

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Amy Atkinson @amyatkinson.bsky.social · Nov 17

Could I be added please? Thanks!

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John Towse @jntowse.bsky.social · Nov 15

50 years ago Alan Baddeley and Graham Hitch propelled the term #workingmemory into the psychological lexicon, with a vision that still resonates today!
This editorial with Mark Hurlstone, @amyatkinson.bsky.social , Satoru Saito and Robert Logie, reflects on that remarkable contribution in 1974.

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Richard Allen @richjallen.bsky.social · Jul 31

Our review on value-directed prioritisation in working memory now fully out in QJEP. With @amyatkinson.bsky.social and Graham Hitch.

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Amy Atkinson @amyatkinson.bsky.social · May 28

Our new paper reviewing value-directed prioritisation in working memory ↓

Richard Allen @richjallen.bsky.social · May 28

Getting value out of working memory through strategic prioritisation; implications for storage and control

Preprint version of our new review in @SageQJEP, with @amyatkinson.bsky.social and Graham Hitch.

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Cognitive Psychology at Lancaster University @lancastercognition.bsky.social · May 10

Recent research from @amyatkinson.bsky.social & collaborators at the University of Leeds: link.springer.com/article/10.3...

Whilst participants could effectively prioritise valuable information at working memory, there was little evidence that the boosts persisted at long-term memory.

Does value-based prioritization at working memory enhance long-term memory? - Memory & Cognition

Research has demonstrated that individuals can direct their attention to valuable information in both working memory and long-term memory tasks with observable effects on performance. However, it is c...

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Richard Allen @richjallen.bsky.social · Jan 29

New paper out in QJEP, led by Daisy Roe & Andy Johnson.

Working memory prioritisation effects in tactile immediate serial recall.

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Working Memory, Cognition, & Development Lab @womcogdevlab.bsky.social · Feb 1

Be sure to check out our lab's newest pre-print on cue-based and reward-based prioritization in verbal working memory! 🦩🎉
What are the benefits of directed attention within verbal working memory?: osf.io/p759e/

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Aidan Horner @aidanhorner.bsky.social · Feb 3

Postdoc alert! Come work with me on an ESRC project on the role of narratives in the learning and retention of educational material.

2 year position, start date flexible but no later than 1st September.

Application deadline 1st March.

#neuroskyence #psychscisky #cognition

Jobs - The University of York

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PsyArXivBot @psyarxivbot.bsky.social · Jan 31

Grouping in Working Memory Guides Chunk Formation in Long-Term Memory: Evidence from the Hebb Effect: http://osf.io/bpsdf/

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Evie Vergauwe @evievergauwe.bsky.social · Jan 31

#workingmemory preprint

PsyArXivBot @psyarxivbot.bsky.social · Jan 24

Working Memory Limitations Constrain Visual Episodic Long-Term Memory at Both Specific and Gist Levels of Representation: http://osf.io/xead5/

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Amy Atkinson @amyatkinson.bsky.social · Jan 24

Brilliant news @carohautekiet.bsky.social. Congratulations!!!

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