Zurich Cognition Lab
@cognition-zurich.bsky.social
The Cognition Lab @ UZH (PI: @koberauer.bsky.social) researches the capacity limits of #cognition asking: Why are we not smarter than we are?
We study how #workingmemory, #attention & #longtermmemory interact-using experiments, modeling & #psychometrics
We study how #workingmemory, #attention & #longtermmemory interact-using experiments, modeling & #psychometrics
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!
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!
December 10, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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!
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!
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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]
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December 9, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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]
Memory researchers have known this: If we leave more free time between one study item and the next, memory is better. This is true for WM and LTM - but is it so for the same reason? Probably not. If you want to know more, have a look at our new paper in JEP:General: psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
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November 26, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Memory researchers have known this: If we leave more free time between one study item and the next, memory is better. This is true for WM and LTM - but is it so for the same reason? Probably not. If you want to know more, have a look at our new paper in JEP:General: psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
Good news for all those of us who plan to grow old: Some forms of learning do not decline in old age. Our new paper in Psychology and Aging shows equivalent learning rates in older and younger adults in chunk learning, tested through the Hebb repetition effect.
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-...
@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-...
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November 21, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Good news for all those of us who plan to grow old: Some forms of learning do not decline in old age. Our new paper in Psychology and Aging shows equivalent learning rates in older and younger adults in chunk learning, tested through the Hebb repetition effect.
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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.