ESCoP-sponsored thematic meeting: the 11th European Working Memory Symposium (EWoMS) EWoMS will take place in Lyon, France, from August 26 to 28, 2026. The theme of this edition is “Working Memory, Strategy, and Consciousness”. Abstract submission deadline is on the 13th of March 2026.

If you are a PhD student in cognitive science, psychology or linguistics, come visit us in Potsdam! We have short fellowships available for this year (deadline is in two weeks). Shoot me an email if you are interested. Here is the call: linguistlist.org/issues/36/38...

So many things to be grateful for! At first I couldn’t remember where this was taken, which must mean I’ve seen so many beautiful places that they blur together. I think this one is London. Might be missing the sun a little ☀️

I’m a hopeless interdisciplinarian 😅 Just found this CogSci Mind Challenge (cognitivesciencesociety.org/cogsci-mind-...) video where scientists try to explain tricky concepts to kids. In this one, they try to figure out why I have the memory of a starfish: youtu.be/exPn7UsF35w?... , and I loved it.

How small decisions affect your life in the long term always amazes me. @fundayilmaz.bsky.social and I started decoding WM load years ago as a student project. This RQ got me into the WM field. Last week, we presented the final version of this project at #CCN2025.

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

Applications for the ninth summer school on statistical methods for linguistics and psychology close on April 1, 2025. Every year people contact me saying they missed the call, so here it is again :) vasishth.github.io/smlp2025/