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Evie Vergauwe @evievergauwe.bsky.social · 10d

Collaborate with us!! #workingmemory

Candice Morey @candicemorey.bsky.social · 13d

Call for collaborators! 🧵

The TL;DR: we seek collaborators on a #ManyLabs #RegisteredReport about what causes rapid forgetting.

In-principle accepted Stage 1: osf.io/ahjn5

Expressions of interest: cardiffunipsych.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Further details in the 🧵:

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William Ngiam | 严祥全 @williamngiam.github.io · 20d

How does the visual system track moving objects while remembering the color of those objects? My latest research article (co-first with Piotr @styrkowiec.bsky.social) exploring this question using EEG is out in JoCN! @jocn.bsky.social #workingmemory #cognition #cogneuro #cogsci #neuro

Item-based Parsing of Dynamic Scenes in a Combined Attentional Tracking and Working Memory Task

Abstract. Human visual processing is limited—we can only track a few moving objects at a time and store a few items in visual working memory (WM). A shared mechanism that may underlie these performanc...

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Laura-Isabelle Klatt @lauraklatt.bsky.social · 23d

Make sure to stop at Ceren Arslan‘s (@scannedfruits.bsky.social) poster at #ICON2025 today at 3:30! She‘s presenting some of our recent EEG work on audiovisual object storage in #WorkingMemory! 👇

Ceren Arslan @scannedfruits.bsky.social · 24d

Tomorrow afternoon at #icon2025 I will present a poster on feature extraction costs in working memory in an audiovisual context using behavioral measures and EEG based decoding analysis. I will be at the main hall, 1st floor (P2.55). I’d be happy to discuss our results further with you.

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Vanessa Loaiza @vmloaiza1.bsky.social · 23d

Congrats to @lauraklatt.bsky.social for being the #WomWoM research fairy of 2025! She is both a star researcher & incredibly generous and collegial with all in the field, especially the juniors! Thank you to everyone who sent in nominations & to @scannedfruits.bsky.social for making Laura's wand 🪄🧚‍♀️

Laura-Isabelle Klatt @lauraklatt.bsky.social · 24d

3/3 My personal highlight of #ESCOP2025 was becoming this year‘s #WomWom research fairy! 🧚‍♂️ Thanks again to all my fellow #WomeninWorkingMemory. It means a lot ❤️

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Darius Suplica @dsuplica.bsky.social · Sep 4

Very excited to announce my first paper is out in @currentbiology.bsky.social! Using EEG, we identify an item-based measure of storage in working memory that generalizes across auditory and visual items.

authors.elsevier.com/a/1ljFF3QW8S...

#PsychSciSky #neuroskyence #workingmemory

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Miles Wischnewski @miles2708.bsky.social · Sep 4

🚨WHOHOO!! I am happy to share that I received the #ERCStG for my project PRECHRON: The Prefrontal Chronometer for Organizing Working Memory.

I am going to study #neuraloscillations during #workingmemory at the @rug.nl @rug-gmw.bsky.social

#brainstimulation #TMS #EEG

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Erin Conwell @erconwell.bsky.social · Aug 22

We are HIRING! The Department of Psychology at NDSU is seeking a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Developmental Psychology (broadly defined) to begin August, 2026. Full details here: tinyurl.com/3sjknmxn
Questions can be directed to me.
Please share widely!

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Vanessa Loaiza @vmloaiza1.bsky.social · Jul 25

🚨 Just about a week left to celebrate all our fantastic female colleagues in #workingmemory by nominating them for the #WomWoM research fairy award! 🚨

Vanessa Loaiza @vmloaiza1.bsky.social · Jul 1

#workingmemory researchers! It's time to nominate all of our brilliant and wonderful female colleagues for the 2025 #WomWoM research fairy award! 🧚‍♀️🪄 Please share widely -- deadline 2nd August! bit.ly/2025womwomfa...

The 2025 WomWoM research fairy award

Welcome, fellow working memory researchers! It's time to decide who should be this year's research fairy. If you are not yet aware of the story about this award or would like a refresher, please che...

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Vanessa Loaiza @vmloaiza1.bsky.social · Jul 8

Are you presenting a poster at #ESCOP2025? Why not have one less thing to travel with and have your poster printed on site to collect when you arrive in Sheffield! Send your poster no later than 17th August to take advantage of this option 🤓🧠

www.escop2025.com/poster-print...

Poster Printing Service | ESCOP 2025

www.escop2025.com

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Daniel Ansari 🇨🇦 @numcog.bsky.social · Jul 8

If you are in the US and are doing research on Cognitive Development, Educational Psychology, Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience or in related fields, contact me and we can put together an application for these brilliant new programs at Western University. We value diversity & academic freedom!

Western University @westernu.ca · Jul 8

To attract top global talent, #WesternU is doubling the number of Postdoctoral Fellowship Program awards and launching the new US-CAN Doctoral Excellence Awards. #CdnPSE #HigherEd

Western expands PhD and postdoc funding - Western News

Western is boosting funding for postdoctoral fellows and PhD candidates from the U.S. and other countries with expanded and new award programs.

news.westernu.ca

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Evie Vergauwe @evievergauwe.bsky.social · Jul 2

Who will be the research fairy 2025? 💫🧚💫

Vanessa Loaiza @vmloaiza1.bsky.social · Jul 1

#workingmemory researchers! It's time to nominate all of our brilliant and wonderful female colleagues for the 2025 #WomWoM research fairy award! 🧚‍♀️🪄 Please share widely -- deadline 2nd August! bit.ly/2025womwomfa...

The 2025 WomWoM research fairy award

Welcome, fellow working memory researchers! It's time to decide who should be this year's research fairy. If you are not yet aware of the story about this award or would like a refresher, please che...

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Mike Frank @mcxfrank.bsky.social · Jul 1

Experimentology is out today!!! A group of us wrote a free online textbook for experimental methods, available at experimentology.io - the idea was to integrate open science into all aspects of the experimental workflow from planning to design, analysis, and writing.

Experimentology cover: title and curves for distributions.

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Rosanne Rademaker @rademaker.bsky.social · Jul 1

Curious about the visual human brain, a vibrant and collaborative lab, and pursuing a PhD in the heart of Europe? My lab is recruiting for a 3-year PhD position. More details: www.rademakerlab.com/job-add

PhD position — Rademaker lab

www.rademakerlab.com

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Evie Vergauwe @evievergauwe.bsky.social · Jun 30

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

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Paul Förster :verified_blue: @paulfoerster.swiss.social.ap.brid.gy · Jun 25

Just a simple #fact for #today and, in fact, any other day. 🤣

#memes #microsoft #MicrosoftTeams #windows

A meme. A vampire hates sunlight. Superman hates kryptonite. And me, I hate Microsoft Teams.

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WiCS+ Europe @wicseurope.bsky.social · Jun 24

#ESCOP2025 is offering several funding opportunities, including the new family care grants and travel support for PhD students.

Don’t miss the chance to apply! 👇

Vanessa Loaiza @vmloaiza1.bsky.social · Jun 11

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

www.escop2025.com

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Seyma Nur Ertekin @seymaertekin.bsky.social · Jun 23

Do kids show adult-like working memory patterns?

🧠 We analyzed nearly 1M observations from 9K+ Dutch students in a real-world adaptive learning platform.
✅ Benchmark effects in children
📊 Bayesian modeling + big adaptive data = new insights

⬇️ Authors & links

#WorkingMemory #DevPsych

APA PsycNet

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Hu Chuan-Peng @hcp4715.bsky.social · Jun 19

🎉 After 2 years of work, our #OpenScience guide for researchers in developing countries is LIVE!

Check out our new preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...

We map the opportunities 🌟 + barriers 🧱 facing Global South researchers.
*(1/4)*

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Evie Vergauwe @evievergauwe.bsky.social · Jun 19

A day full of learning, sharing, and scientific fun, with Cristina Priboi and @hannowuerbel.bsky.social from @swissrn.bsky.social

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Akira Miyake @amiyake.bsky.social · Jun 9

I've started to create a Google doc to compile & share cog psych teaching resources, organized by topics (e.g., attention, memory, language) & resource types.

This week, I ask you to share any in-class demos you'd like to give. Please reply to this post or tag me in a separate post. Thanks!

Akira Miyake @amiyake.bsky.social · May 31

If you teach cognitive psychology or related topics & are willing to share your favorite teaching resources (e.g., demos, videos), please reply to/quote this post, tag me in a new post, or send me email. I'll compile them, share the list, & keep updating it this summer. Let's inspire each other!

Akira Miyake @amiyake.bsky.social · May 29

I teach an undergrad cognitive psychology class. I've been thinking about assembling useful teaching resources (demos, videos, etc.) from other cogpsy instructors & sharing them in a single place. If there's enough interest here, I'll make a separate post & ask you to share your favorite materials.

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Working Memory, Cognition, & Development Lab @womcogdevlab.bsky.social · May 26

Thank you @annemscheel.bsky.social for visiting us in Geneva, we were delighted to get to know & exchange with you!💬

Your insightful meta-science talk put the underlying structure of research (the different processes of scientific discovery, testing, & inference) into perspective - so helpful! ⚙️🤓

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Ludo Waltman @ludowaltman.bsky.social · May 22

How does the adoption of preprinting differ between European countries?

Preprint adoption is significantly higher in Western and Northern European countries than in their Southern and Eastern European neighbors.

Switzerland has the highest preprint adoption in Europe.

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simine vazire @simine.com · May 23

Please spread the word!

Psych Science is recruiting volunteers to help conduct computational reproducibility checks.
If you have experience writing reproducible analysis scripts in psychology, and want to join the team, please apply!

www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...

Call for Volunteers: Psychological Science REPEAT Network

Are you passionate about ensuring the reproducibility of scientific research? The journal Psychological Science is looking for volunteers to join REPEAT—our new network of computational reproducibilit...

www.psychologicalscience.org

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Evie Vergauwe @evievergauwe.bsky.social · May 23

Spread the word!!

European Society for Cognitive Psychology @escop.bsky.social · May 23

📣 The 2025 ESCoP Travel Grants: announcement of the second round!

We are delighted to share that we are able to support a few more early career researchers to attend the ESCoP conference in Sheffield. If you were unable to meet the previous deadline, please submit your application by 30 June.

ESCOP - Travel funding

ESCOP is a dynamic scientific society that provides a venue within which current research in cognitive psychology and neighboring disciplines can be presented, discussed and encouraged.

www.escop.eu

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David A. Sbarra @dsbarra.bsky.social · May 10

@psych.peercommunityin.org is getting ready to launch! This is going to be a major advance for open and transparent psychological science via preprint peer review. Looking for more RECOMMENDERS-- similar role to an AE at traditional journals. Please consider it and share news about the psych PCI!

PCI Psychology @psych.peercommunityin.org · Apr 23

The PCI Psychology website is live! psych.peercommunityin.org We're working hard to be ready for launch (planned May 2025) but there's plenty you can do in the meantime to help it along. Go check it out! #psychscisky #scipub

PCI Psychology

Peer Community in Psychology

psych.peercommunityin.org

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