Noise in Competing Representations Determines the Direction of Memory Biases Our memories are reconstructions, prone to errors. Historically treated as a mere nuisance, memory errors have recently gained attention when found to be systematically shifted away from or towards no...

@shansmann-roth.bsky.social and I finally finished our paper confirming a unique prediction of the Demixing Model (DM): inter-item biases in #visualworkingmemory depend on the _relative_ noise of targets and non-targets, potentially going in opposing directions. 🧵1/9
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Visual working memory prioritization modulates serial dependence beyond simple attentional effects - BMC Biology Background Serial dependence (SD) is a contextual bias in visual processing, where current perception is influenced by past stimuli. This study explores how prioritization in visual working memory (VW...

Our new paper tests Bayesian and Demixing Model's ideas about the role of noise in serial dependence by manipulating prioritization in VWM via cueing and extra maintenance instruction, and finds mixed support for the models. 1/n bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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📢New preprint w/ ayaecanb.bsky.social! Noisy visual representations strengthen repulsive serial biases but inducer uncertainty doesn’t. Working memory adapts to reduce error in ways that exceed simple Bayesian explanations.
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Research Byte: Lets hear it (again) for #visual-spatial (#Gv) #workingmemory (#Gwm) and math #reasoning (#Gf-RQ) — #CHC #SPED #EDPSY #schoolpsychology #schoolpsychologist #WJV From Spatial Construction to Mathematics: Exploring the Mediating Role of Visuospatial Working Memory.   Developmental Psychology.   An open...

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www.iqscorner.com/2025/06/rese... #visualworkingmemory #workingmemory #Gwm #Gv #executivefunctions #WJV #WJIII #WJIV #intelligence #CHC

New paper out with @ahugokce.bsky.social and @ayaecanb.bsky.social! 👁️
We show that attentional cues can override automatic outlier detection in visual ensembles. Even salient "odd ones out" aren't immune to where attention is directed. rdcu.be/eqVsS
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The priority state of items in visual working memory determines their influence on early visual processing Items held in visual working memory (VWM) can influence early visual processing by favoring input that matches memory contents. Recent studies suggest that memory items can have different priorities d...

All data and analyis scripts can be found here: osf.io/x2uzh/

Also thanks to @attentionlab.bsky.social

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