Which risky choices should (and do) we study as behavioral scientists? In two related articles, we recently examined the current "ecology of risk" (i.e., laypersons' reports on what risky choices they face in real life) and how these choices differ from those [โฆ]
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Join our lab in Geneva, as a postdoc working on #workingmemory, with both Jarrod Lewis-Peacock and myself !
We are excited to announce that we will host WMS2026!
The tentative dates are July 14th-17th, and we are currently looking for a postdoc to join the WMS2026 organizer team.
If you are interested, please submit your application using the link below (Deadline: March 29th)
forms.gle/noqsuEja2tB8...
The 11th European Working Memory Symposium (EWoMS)
Lyon, France
26 - 28 August 2026
The theme of this edition is โWorking Memory, Strategy, and Consciousnessโ.
Abstract submission deadline: 13 March 2026
As a PhD alumna and former postdoc, I canโt recommend this lab enough for it's incredible science, amazing people, and an environment that supports growth!
Can We Process Information Without Encoding It into Working Memory?
Our findings with @gidon-frischkorn.bsky.social and @koberauer.bsky.social suggest that processing entails encoding. Task-irrelevant information enters working memory during processing, impairing memory for relevant information.
Postdoctoral researcher (80%) in Cognitive Psychology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
The successful applicant will work with the head of the Cognitive Psychology Unit, Klaus Oberauer, and the Cognitive Psychology team.
Application deadline: 20 March 2026
In a new review paper in @jcgntn.bsky.social , we compare the #BRAC framework with procedural #WM theories.
We clarify where they agree & diverge, and demonstrate with simulations that procedural WM can capture hallmark BRAC effects.
journalofcognition.org/articles/10....
@warwickpsych.bsky.social is recruiting an Assistant / Associate Professor (permanent post). Come join us! It's a great department. warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/appcentre...
Briefly not attending something may help you remember it later ๐ช: new paper led by phenomenal PhD student Frieda Born (not on Bsky) out now in Comms Psychology:
โจwww.nature.com/articles/s44...
This work๐ is now published in PB&R ๐ฅณ๐ #workingmemory link.springer.com/article/10.3...
A group of approximately 20 female researchers standing together on a staircase at a conference venue.
๐ฉโ๐ฌ #InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience โ Slightly late to the party, but still a perfect time for a shout-out to the wonderful Women in #WorkingMemory (WomWom) community โ a network of brilliant, generous, & supportive researchers who continue to inspire me.
A few of us at #ESCOP25 last year ๐
๐จNew paper altert๐จ
As a synthesis of my PhD research, we revisited the prevailing assumption about the mechanisms underlying repetition learning, and re-evaluated these assumption in light of recent findings.
Now out in Perspectives on Psychological Science:
doi.org/10.1177/1745...
"Repetitions lead to better memory." Sure - but how? Our new paper led by former lab member @philippmusfeld.bsky.social shines new light on this question, and challenges some longstanding assumptions. Now published in Perspectives on Psychological Science.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
I am happy to share that our preprint โ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ: ๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ด๐ป๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ตโ is now out.
Huge thanks to @bayslab.org, Julie de Falco, Zahara, @cjungerius.bsky.social, @ivntmc.bsky.social, Adam, and Xiaolu for the lovely collaboration.
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
The Department of Psychology @uzh-ch.bsky.social has an open position for a tenured Lecturer (Research) ยซPsychological Data Management and -Stewardshipยป
jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...
#psychjobs
Big news from the lab today: @joschadutli.bsky.social has officially defended his PhD! ๐
Weโre grateful to @aidanhorner.bsky.social for serving as external examiner and as Joschaโs supervisors we @leabartsch.bsky.social and @koberauer.bsky.social are incredibly proudโcongrats, Joscha!
It was great having you @aidanhorner.bsky.social ! Thank you for serving as the external examiner on the defense committee of my (former!!) phd student @joschadutli.bsky.social !
Big congrats to Dr. Dutli!!
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]
new paper in TICS officially out today. great learning from and writing with Anastasia, and super cool cover art from Prof. Pinar Yoldas.
www.cell.com/trends/cogni...
Do you have an open working memory dataset and want it to be findable and reused? You can now add it to the Open WM Data Hub: williamngiam.github.io/OpenWMData! The collection of datasets tagged with useful metadata is steadily growing thanks to a small team of volunteers!
Full professorship in general psychology open @tudresden.bsky.social
We are a lively department with a fantastically equipped neuroimaing center. DM me with questions.
@dgps.bsky.social @dgps-fgal.bsky.social @biodgps-dgpa.bsky.social
tu-dresden.de/vacancy/12517
A recent redesign of OSF by @cos.io led to widespread access failures. What began as a few broken download links became for me a total disappearance of eight years of DOI-registered work. What happened, how was it resolved, and what it reveals about trust and infrastructure in open science
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.
PCI Psychology is open for submissions! Did you know that you can easily submit your recommended preprint to any of the 20+ PCI Psych friendly journals? See all friendly journals here: psych.peercommunityin.org/about/pci_fr...
#PsychSciSky #SciPub
The final part of my PhD work is now published in JEP:LMC ๐คฉ Special thanks to my wonderful PhD supervisors @evievergauwe.bsky.social and @nlangerock.bsky.social ๐ค psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
Weโre looking for a postdoc to join our Max Planck group in Germany some time in 2026. If you have computational and/or neuroimaging expertise, and are interested in questions intersecting perception and cognition, please reach out! Iโll also be happy to chat at the #Bernsteinconference this week.
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 ๐ Check out the pre-print below and a short thread on the study design and main takeaways ๐งต๐
New pre-print day! Distributed and drifting signals for working memory load in human cortex ๐ง (with Ed Awh & @serences.bsky.social)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
3/3 My personal highlight of #ESCOP2025 was becoming this yearโs #WomWom research fairy! ๐งโโ๏ธ Thanks again to all my fellow #WomeninWorkingMemory. It means a lot โค๏ธ
