Just published open access in ๐๐ด๐บ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ด: โ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ: ๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ด๐ป๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ตโ
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The rich get richer in visual processing: latest study with Ivan Tomic shows that we allocate resources preferentially to stimuli that we feel confident in estimating, which makes us better at estimating them...even if the initial confidence was misplaced doi.org/10.1038/s41562-026-0โฆ
Do the contents of visual working memory deteriorate more quickly when more items are being remembered? Seems a straightforward question but we had to bring together 13 studies and >120,000 trials to get definitive answers... doi.org/10.1037/rev0000645
New work on sensory prediction resolves some long-standing puzzles about attenuation of self-touch journals.physiology.org/doi/โฆ
Now out in Comms Psych: the "anti-Bayesian" size-weight illusion is a consequence of the brain focusing resources on encoding typical combinations of size and weight (i.e. "efficient coding"). Explains the material-weight illusion too nature.com/articles/s44271-0โฆ
We have an opening for a postdoc to work on a collaborative project with @lengyel_m (UCambridge Engineering) combining machine learning methods with human experiments on visual perception and memory jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49299/
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A systematic dissection of the analogue report methodology and comparison with "gold-standard" 2AFC. Key findings: motor noise is negligible; analogue report error is a robust measure of memory fidelity, but may underestimate perceptual precision doi.org/10.3758/s13428-024-0โฆ
Out now in NHB (finally!), a review of visual working memory from a computational perspective, with @weijima01 @timothyfbrady and Sebastian Schneegans. nature.com/articles/s41562-0โฆ
Nice commentary from @salinas_urgent and @mangosheikh_B on our new eLife paper doi.org/10.7554/eLife.98274
The size-weight illusion is a by-product of efficient sensory coding adapted to the combinations of volume and mass found in everyday objects. New preprint biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/โฆ
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โAmong articles stating that data was available upon request, only 17% shared data upon request.โ
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We measured how effectively observers can reallocate working memory resources to new visual items when old ones become obsolete - people are surprisingly good at it! New paper with @ivntmc @dataforyounz @DAagtenMurphy link.springer.com/article/10โฆ
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The difference between saccades and smooth pursuit eye movements, as demonstrated by sticking gross plastic thingies on your eyeballs
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A critique of the psychological similarity account of working memory errors: work with @ivntmc now out in JEP:LMC biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/โฆ
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New review on visual working memory with @BaysLab, @timothyfbrady, and Sebastian Schneegans: psyarxiv.com/kubr9/ I was surprised by how much news there was since my 2014 review with @BaysLab and @MasudHusain. Comments/excoriations are welcome and may get incorporated.