New preprint with @SamJung @timbrady.bsky.social and @violastoermer.bsky.social: osf.io/preprints/ps.... Here we uncover what might be driving the “meaningfulness benefit” in visual working memory. Studies show that real objects are remembered better in VWM tasks than abstract stimuli. But why? 1/

This was such a joy!!! In this work, the brilliant @fridaprintzlau.bsky.social demonstrates the core features of VWM representations, namely its dynamicity and flexibility. TLDR: VWM dynamically shifts its representational geometry during maintenance depending on its task demand! What an ART!

🎉 New preprint 🎉 with Olya Bulatova, @drmack.bsky.social & @keisukefukuda.bsky.social! We decode shapes in working memory from EEG and show that representations are task-dependent, flexibly integrating information about category and task during the memory delay

New pre-print w/ @keisukefukuda.bsky.social ! In this study, we show that memory biases selectively persist across time following perceptual comparisons, but not passive interference, even when observers abstain from making explicit memory reports. osf.io/preprints/ps... doi.org/10.31234/osf...

New paper day! Whereas earlier studies have shown that human eye movement patterns are influenced by the physical properties of remembered stimuli, we show that they are also influenced by stimulus meaning. h/t to Ali Pexsa (not on bluesky) who led this work. tinyurl.com/4y4aev3a

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 paper alert at JEP:G: when we're making recognition memory decisions, are we aware of our recognition errors? The answer is YES (with two error detection systems for different purposes): (w/ Geoff Woodman & @keisukefukuda.bsky.social ) psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-... 1/3

EEG Correlates of Active Removal from Working Memory Jiangang Shan and Bradley R. Postle Journal of Neuroscience 9 July 2025, 45 (28) e2414242025; doi.org/10.1523/JNEU...

What a week! 🤩I can´t believe it is over already 😱 But more than just good memories remain - you can (re-)wacht all the amazing and inspiring talks from #WMS2025 drive.google.com/file/d/1cSrp...

Dear working memory researchers across the globe, everything good comes to an end... See you in 150mins (10am CDT) for the last day of WMS2025! www.wmsymposium.org

New paper with LaurenWilliams, @timbrady.bsky.social, and @violastoermer.bsky.social now out in JEP: General! "Limits of verbal labels in cognition: Category labels do not improve visual working memory performance for obfuscated objects" psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...

45mins till... See you all there, WM researchers! www.wmsymposium.org

Finally #WMS2025 starts Today 🤩🥳 #workingmemory

WM researchers of all ages across the globe, see you tomorrow at 9am CDT (2pm GMT)! www.wmsymposium.org

I am incredibly excited to catch-up on the latest #workingmemory research and to be amongst the community at WMS; especially as someone who is missing/avoiding US-based conferences (VSS, OPAM, Psychonomics). I will be absolutely ruining my sleep habits to be a part of the fun!

🚨 Hey #WorkingMemory folks! 🚨 #WMS25 is coming up next week! Join us for 4 days of cutting-edge science, featuring amazing work by #ECRs. ✅ No registration – join our Slack and tune in via Zoom! 👉 More info: www.wmsymposium.org If you’re interested in WM, this is the event you can’t miss!

Our paper on the neural basis of serial dependence is finally published! In @elife.bsky.social: A direct neural signature of serial dependence in working memory doi.org/10.7554/eLif... Oh, and check out the commentary by Yang&Kiyonaga too! elifesciences.org/articles/101...

Who doesn't like a good model of the brain? Yet, from simple regression to neural nets, some limitations keep popping up (e.g., overfitting) @mjwolff.bsky.social & I saw some cool but puzzling data, ran a quick analysis & found one such limitation: model mimicry. Now in #naturecommunications &🧵below

MY ALL TIME FAVORITE ONLINE CONFERENCE is less than a week away!!! If you are a working memory researchers, consider checking it out!!

#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...

OPAM33 is now accepting abstract submissions for our conference this year and will be open until July 15th, 2025 (last time zone on earth)! Abstracts can be submitted on our website: www.opamconference.com/abstract-sub.... Please see our OPAM 2025 conference page for additional instructions.

📣 The countdown is on! Early-Bird reg for #ESCOP2025 ends 30 June! ⏰ Join us in Sheffield - a city known for its innovation, green spaces, and vibrant culture - for an exciting scientific programme, headlined by four outstanding keynote speakers! 🤩 #Sheffield

If you are an early career researcher interested in working memory, you have one day to submit your cool research to a global and vibrant community of working memory researchers online at WMS2025 (July 8th-11th). If interested, please submit your abstract TODAY (www.wmsymposium.org)!

I'm excited to give the keynote at the Symposium for Individual Differences in Cognition (11/20). Thanks for the invite! I'm esp. honored to be able to give this talk in Denver (I live in CO). If you're planning to attend Psychonomics, please consider coming one day earlier & attending SIDIC, too!

It was AWESOME seeing some of the working memory ECRs at VSS2025! Regardless of VSS attendance, WMS is a PERFECT opportunity to disseminate and discuss your cool working memory research with colleagues across the globe! Don't forget to submit your abstract at www.wmsymposium.org by May 31st!

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:

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

Happy Friday y’all! I don’t know what I did in my former life to be this lucky, but it’s such a privilege and a humbling experience to witness how young brilliant minds grow so much as they immerse themselves in science. Keep rocking on, @uoftmississauga.bsky.social PSYCHOLOGY!!!

Welcome @cjungerius.bsky.social!!!

First paper from my PhD is now out @naturecomms.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I’m planning to hire an RA for my new lab at the University of Miami (www.jam-lab.org) to start August 1st! Please feel free to get in touch or share with anyone who may be interested! umiami.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UMCareerStaff/job/Coral-Gables-FL/Research-Associate---Psychology_R100085344-1

Are short-term memories just noisier versions of what we perceive? Are they fundamentally different? We (Chaipat Chunharas, @mjwolff.bsky.social, @meikehettwer.bsky.social and myself) delved into this in a paper out now in #elife: elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre.... For a quick summary, a 🧵 below:

Come join us for some excellent science and the lovely Peaks at #ESCOP2025 @sheffielduni.bsky.social 🥰 Final day for submitting your abstract! 🤩

Attention here! We found ind. diff. & fMRI evidence that sustained attention is more closely related to long term memory than to attentional control. With the best team @monicarosenb.bsky.social @edvogel.bsky.social @annacorriveau.bsky.social @jinke.bsky.social

This summer, I will be hosting a virtual workshop for computer programming in cognitive neuroscience, funded by NSF. It is designed to teach early-career students the basics of R to analyze data from cognitive tasks. More info, including a syllabus and how to apply: sites.google.com/view/r-progr...

Why not make an impactful contribution to our field by organising the growing Working Memory Symposium? A great opportunity for a postdoc to demonstrate that they care about the researcher community, while having a lot of fun!

JOIN US!

My favorite remote conference is coming back this year, and we are looking for a postdoc to join the team of organizers! If you LOVE working memory research and its wonderful community, join us!

Dear working memory researchers! Looking forward to seeing you and your work there!

We have some exciting WMS announcements! First, the *5th* Annual Working Memory Symposium is happening July 9-12, 2024! (Submissions will open May 1) Second, we're excited to welcome two new organizers: Anastasia Kiyonaga and Marlene Rösner!

WELCOME Anastasia & Marlene on board!!! WOOO, CAN NOT WAIT!!!! If you are a working memory early career researchers, WMS is a FANTASTIC venue to present and discuss your cool WM research with other nerds, young and old, across the globe!!

Reminder: There is 1 week left to apply to become a WMS post-doc organizer for this summer!

Check our new preprint about highly invariant recognition-memory spaces tested item-wise in over 1,200 participants (with a flavor of Signal-Detection Theory and Memorability): osf.io/preprints/ps...

WMS is now on Bluesky! (And we're looking for a post-doc to help organize WMS 2024 this summer!)

My favorite virtual conference by far!! If you are a postdoc interested in building an empowering community for working memory ECRs, let's make an AWESOME conference even better!

The Working Memory Symposium is now on Bluesky, and will return in 2024! 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 by February 26: www.wmsymposium.org/home