What is the representation underlying cognition? Formal models rely on multidimensional scaling of similarity judgments to derive the representation. In this preprint with @mdlbayes.bsky.social, we take an alternative approach; we build Bayesian generative models for three cognitive tasks. /1

Happy Fechner Day, to those who celebrate

Any early-career researchers in #workingmemory wanting to contribute to an #openscience initiative? I'm looking for help building up a data hub resource for the field. Volunteers can expect to devote a few hours, and might pick up insights into handling research data and how to use Github.

Join @matthiasmichel.bsky.social and me (over Zoom), won't you, for next speaker at the MIT Consciousness Club. Today at noon EDT Rachel Denison (Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, Boston University) - "Attentional Distortions of Subjective Perception" sites.google.com/view/mit-con...

The final bit of work from my PhD just got published at JOV! We looked at similarity judgements made for naturalistic image patches, and whether these are predicted by simple image statistics… (spoiler: yep!) Link to paper: doi.org/10.1167/jov.... 1/11

I'm looking for a doctoral student with Bayesian background to work on Bayesian workflow and cross-validation (see my publication list users.aalto.fi/~ave/publica... for my recent work) at Aalto University. Apply through the ELLIS PhD program (dl October 31) ellis.eu/news/ellis-p...

What annotations / metadata do you wish was included with every #cogsci dataset (especially #workingmemory folks 👀)? My current list includes the experiment task, stimulus, level of data (trial-, subject-, or group-level), format, and whether analysis code is provided. Any more?

New preprint with Sebastian Schneegans and @bayslab.org doi.org/10.31234/osf... Here, we ask whether the key limits of working memory - load and retention interval - are independent, or do they interact? Despite years of research, this question is still much debated. #psychscisky #neuroskyence 1/6

@matthiasmichel.bsky.social and I are beavering away reading and responding to all the excellent commentaries on our BBS paper outlining an evolutionary account of visual consciousness. In the meantime, if you missed our target article, it's available here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Dynamics of variability and bias in working memory: https://osf.io/y2bjv

New preprint with Sebastian Schneegans and @bayslab.org doi.org/10.31234/osf... Here, we ask whether the key limits of working memory - load and retention interval - are independent, or do they interact? Despite years of research, this question is still much debated. #psychscisky #neuroskyence 1/6

As #ECVP2025 wraps up, I’m delighted that #ECVP2028 in Paris was accepted at the Business Meeting! ECVP will meet again before but the Parisian organizing committee is already planning an unforgettable 50th anniversary!

Equal Pay Day for women with children falls on 1 September this year. From this date, mothers are working for free for the rest of the year compared with fathers. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

PsyArXiv is seeking new moderators to help combat an increase in AI submissions! If you've ever posted a preprint to PsyArXiv, please consider joining. Minimum commitment 1h/month, there's a training session this Monday @ 1pm ET. More info here: forms.gle/9LB1rEtxHAeZ... #PsychSciSky

Due to a recent influx of problematic submissions, PsyArXiv has switched to pre-moderating its content. If your submitted preprint had not yet been approved, it will be temporarily inaccessible to the public (you can still view your preprint when logged into your OSF account). #PsychSciSky

Hi, we will have three NeuroAI postdoc openings (3 years each, fully funded) to work with Sebastian Musslick (@musslick.bsky.social), Pascal Nieters and myself on task-switching, replay, and visual information routing. Reach out if you are interested in any of the above, I'll be at CCN next week!

📢 Job announcement: Two (!) 3-year postdoc jobs in our lab at UCL 📢 🧠💫🔊 We are looking for postdocs interested in the abstract mechanisms underlying social cognition. Modelling, fMRI and non-invasive ultrasound, a new deep-brain stimulation method. Please RT www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

🚨 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 🥰🤓

Now out in JEP:G! We (@fridaprintzlau.bsky.social & @keisukefukuda.bsky.social ) resolve inconsistent attentional protection in WM by addressing discrepancies in cueing. Upshot: Attention changes how perception biases memory, but *not* how memory biases perception! doi.org/10.1037/xge0...

New work on sensory prediction resolves some long-standing puzzles about attenuation of self-touch journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10....

New published paper with Ham Huang and @actlab.bsky.social! @cognitionjournal.bsky.social authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

ONE MORE DAY til the #WorkingMemory event of the year! 👇

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

#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...

Excited to see our Centaur project out in @nature.com. TL;DR: Centaur is a computational model that predicts and simulates human behavior for any experiment described in natural language.

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

🚨 Calling all colleagues who work on #workingmemory and #aging 🚨 Do you have any unpublished data on age differences in WM? 👴 👵 🧠 🌨️ We're working on a BIG meta-analysis, and I'd love any and all data that are currently not "out there" for us to find! 🔬 🤓 Please repost for reach, thanks! 🔁 😁

I am recruiting a postgraduate research assistant to work in the Cambridge Memory Lab, administering cognitive tasks and helping with lab administration. Would suit someone who's just finished their degree and wants to gain research experience before further study. Please apply!

🚨PhD position alert!🚨 Joint PhD position with @fedemar.bsky.social @predictivebrain.bsky.social and Sonja Kotz, to investigate the neurobiological underpinnings of perceptual decisions vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric... Please share and if you have questions, send me a message!

#VSS2025 Super excited to present my poster “Categorical Representations in Sequential Evidence Accumulation” on Tuesday May 20, 2:45pm-6:45pm at Pavilion 56.440! Come say hi if you are curious about how we study categorical decision-making and evidence accumulation 🧠👀

Yes indeed- please do consider submitting a commentary proposal!

Welcome #VSS2025! For those attending the sunny, beaches, and science at this years Florida conference, make sure not to miss the awesome talks and posters from our lab!

I’m excited to announce that I’m recruiting for a fully-funded 3.5-year PhD position in my lab in Southampton (UK). For details and to apply, see here: www.southampton.ac.uk/study/postgr...

The Brady Lab @timbrady.bsky.social will be at #VSS2025 @vssmtg.bsky.social this year! Here's a thread with some of the cool work we're coming to share:

⏰⏰⏰ countdown to the Metacognitive Science meeting submission deadline on May 20th, last timezone on earth! Amsterdam, Aug 11 2025 keynotes by @simonag.bsky.social and Ingmar Posner free registration & submission! t minus 6 days to submit or register to attend ⏰ sites.google.com/view/metacog...

I'm super excited that our new preprint titled "Intrinsic rewards guide visual resource allocation via reinforcement learning" with Rodrigo Raimundo and Paul Bays (@bayslab.org) is finally out! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 1/n #visionscience #compneurosky #neuroskyence

I just learned that there is an open postdoc position for AI in Psychology with us. The deadline is in two days, but if you are interested and willing to write a quick proposal, let me know. Potential topics: comp. modeling of VWM/perception, brain decoding. www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

How does this magic work? bsky.app/profile/did:... - like this is some great magic!

Dear WM ECRs across the globe, please consider joining the BEST ONLINE conference ever!

Abstract submission is now open for WMS2025 (Deadline: May 31st)! Working memory ECRs, we look forward to receiving your submissions!!! wmsymposium.org

Intrinsic rewards guide visual resource allocation via reinforcement learning https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.25.650663v1

I'm super excited that our new preprint titled "Intrinsic rewards guide visual resource allocation via reinforcement learning" with Rodrigo Raimundo and Paul Bays (@bayslab.org) is finally out! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 1/n #visionscience #compneurosky #neuroskyence

I am teaching a seminar on neural networks for psych students this semester. Does anyone know good *accessible* overviews of the original milestone papers that help students with minimal tech. training to follow? Readings are welcome! #compneurosky #neuroskyence #PsychSciSky

Very pleased that the Special Issue of Visual Cognition on Teaching Sensation & Perception that @ankosov.bsky.social, @juliafstrand.bsky.social and myself edited is now published in full! If you're looking for some exciting ideas about teaching #VisionScience, start here!

Hey @vssmtg.bsky.social, do you no longer support diversity and inclusion? Looks like your policies were quietly removed from your website? #VSS2025 #VSS

OK here it is, the moment you have all been waiting for! Our advert for 5 posts here at Glasgow: Cognitive neuroscience/psychology. Closing date May 12 - please spread the word www.nature.com/naturecareer...

There is again a model-based neuroscience summer school from Aug 4-8th in Amsterdam! modelbasedneurosci.com

⌛ Neuromatch Academy applications close 🚨THIS SUNDAY🚨 , March 23 at midnight in your local time zone. Make sure to get your application in to be a student or TA before the deadline! Don't miss this incredible opportunity. 🧪 neuromatch.io/courses/ #neuroskyence #compneuro #ai #MLSky #ClimateSky

Our "I would have seen it if it were there" paper — a collaboration with @ranimo.bsky.social and @clarepress.bsky.social — is now out in Psych. Review. There’s a lot in this paper, but here are what I see as the 3 main takeaways: psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...

The Working Memory Symposium will return in 2025 (Tentative date: July 8-11)! We are now seeking a new post-doc organizer to join our organizing team. To apply, fill out the google form linked on our home page (www.wmsymposium.org) by March 16!