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Caro Hautekiet @carohautekiet.bsky.social · 1d

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...

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Vanessa Loaiza @vmloaiza1.bsky.social · 15d

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 · 15d

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

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Gidon Frischkorn @gidon-frischkorn.bsky.social · Aug 28

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 · Aug 28

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

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Lea Bartsch @leabartsch.bsky.social · Aug 8

😎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 · Aug 8

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

The Flexibility of Working Memory in Drawing on Episodic Long-Term Memory Representations in Serial Recall | Journal of Cognition

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Lea Bartsch @leabartsch.bsky.social · Aug 6

🚨 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 🥰🤓

Applications are invited for a
Postdoctoral Position (80%)
at the Cognitive Psychology Unit, Department of Psychology, University of Zurich. The ideal
start date would be January 1st, 2026 but could be somewhat earlier or later. The position is for
initially 3 years, with possible renewal for another 1.5 years.
The successful applicant will work with the head of the Cognitive Psychology Unit, Prof. Dr. Klaus
Oberauer, and the Cognitive Psychology team. The post involves research and teaching (one course
per semester).
Research at the Zurich Cognitive Psychology Unit focuses on capacity limits of cognition, in particular
working memory, long-term memory, and attention, which we investigate with experimental,
individual-differences and aging studies and computational modeling. For further information see:
https://www.psychology.uzh.ch/en/areas/nec/allgpsy.html
We offer:
- An attractive research environment with close collaboration within the team
- Excellent lab infrastructure
- Salary according to Cantonal regulations
We expect:
- a PhD in psychology or a related discipline
- experience with experimental research
- excellent method knowledge and skills
- very good command of English
- interest in pursuing an academic career in cognitive psychology
In addition, it would be desirable if you had:
- experience with publishing in international journals
- programming skills
- experience with mathematical / computational modeling
Please send applications including your CV and motivation letter
no later than September 10, 2025
electronically as a single PDF to: Michaela Oestmann, michaela.oestmann@psychologie.uzh.ch
For questions about the position please contact Klaus Oberauer, k.oberauer@psychologie.uzh.ch

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Journal of Cognition @jcgntn.bsky.social · Aug 4

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

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European Society for Cognitive Psychology @escop.bsky.social · Jul 18

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

ESCOP - EWOMS (European Working Memory Symposium)

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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Jim Grange @jimgrange.bsky.social · Jul 13

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...

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WMSymposium.bsky.social @wmsymposium.bsky.social · Jul 2

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!

www.wmsymposium.org

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Michael J. Kane @michaeljkane.bsky.social · Jul 1

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...

Registration | SIDIC 2025

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Ruhi Bhanap @ruhibhanap.bsky.social · Jul 2

🚨 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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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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PCI Psychology @psych.peercommunityin.org · Jun 11

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

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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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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · Jun 11

“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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Lea Bartsch @leabartsch.bsky.social · May 22

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

PsyArXivBot @psyarxivbot.bsky.social · May 22

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

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WMSymposium.bsky.social @wmsymposium.bsky.social · May 1

Abstract submission is now open for WMS2025 (Deadline: May 31st)! Working memory ECRs, we look forward to receiving your submissions!!!
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European Society for Cognitive Psychology @escop.bsky.social · Apr 15

📣 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

ESCOP - Family Care grants

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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Working Memory, Cognition, & Development Lab @womcogdevlab.bsky.social · Apr 16

⏳⏰🧠 Tic-toc, it’s research o’clock! In today’s lab meeting, our teammate Ruiheng Zhang shared her latest work on how free time affects working memory. With some early results already on the table, it seems future insights are just a matter of time… we’ll definitely be sticking around for seconds!🧠⏰⏳

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Gidon Frischkorn @gidon-frischkorn.bsky.social · Apr 15

Finally, Ven Popov's & my paper introducing the Bayesian Measurement Models (bmm: venpopov.github.io/bmm/) R package is published in Behavior Research Methods: rdcu.be/ehKtv

In the paper we show how to use bmm for fitting mixture models for visual #workingmemory tasks.

A tutorial for estimating Bayesian hierarchical mixture models for visual working memory tasks: Introducing the Bayesian Measurement Modeling (bmm) package for R

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Caro Hautekiet @carohautekiet.bsky.social · Apr 8

Happy to share that this work is now (finally) published in JEP:HPP 🕺 psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-...

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Working Memory, Cognition, & Development Lab @womcogdevlab.bsky.social · Apr 10

‼️And another one, examining strategic prioritization in #workingmemory

PsyArXivBot @psyarxivbot.bsky.social · Apr 4

The consequences of strategic prioritization in working memory: https://osf.io/4a2bu

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Philipp Musfeld @philippmusfeld.bsky.social · Feb 10

Did you ever wonder how much you can trust your Bayes Factor estimates? Klaus Oberauer, @frederikaust.com and I did and investigated variance, bias, and computational costs for estimating Bayes Factors via bridgesampling and the Savage-Dickey density ratio.

osf.io/preprints/ps...

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Philipp Musfeld @philippmusfeld.bsky.social · Feb 6

Very honored to have been awarded the ESCoP Early Career Publication Award! Very much looking forward to the next @escop.bsky.social meeting in Sheffield this year.

European Society for Cognitive Psychology @escop.bsky.social · Jan 13

We are happy to announce the winner of ESCoP Early Career Publication Awards!

The 2024 Award for a Ph.D. student goes to Philipp Musfeld.

Congratulations!

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Mirko Thalmann @mirkothm.bsky.social · Feb 3

Ever wondered why only some memories 🧠 come easily? Our latest work (osf.io/preprints/ps...) led by S. Haridi, with @ericschulz.bsky.social, shows that targeted memory retrieval speeds up with precise semantic and temporal retrieval cues. Hence, crafting cues can give you instant access to memories⚡

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