Cognitive neuroscience at the University of Wisconsin–Madison; Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience @postlab@mstdn.social
Madison, WI USA
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Does knowing that distractions are coming change how we use working memory?
In two EEG experiments, anticipating interference did not change how strongly previously learned information was reactivated in working memory.
doi.org/10.1162/JOCN.a.2625
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The foundational claim that newborns visually prefer upright over inverted face-like configurations is a myth, as the original data actually showed no such preference. This review reveals that a false narrative constructed in subsequent literature was projected back onto the source, overturning the primary evidence for innate face knowledge in infant psychology.
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New paper out in @NeuroCellPress! Using Multi-Site Neuropixels recordings in NHPs, we show that automatic behaviors are interrupted by the OFC "jamming" rather than "suppressing" the striatum!
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Exploring Neural Mechanisms Underlying Error-related Impairments in Active Working Memory Suggests an Adaptive Shielding of Contents during Cognitive Control dlvr.it/TVvYW7
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Transformer Mechanisms Mimic Frontostriatal Gating Operations When Trained on Human Working Memory Tasks dlvr.it/TVvYXs
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Imaging Neuroscience: The First 3 Years—Editorial
Thanks to our Editorial Board, reviewers, and authors, who trusted that this would work, and moved with us to the new journal. Its success belongs to that community.
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG.a.1392
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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/s41562-026-0…
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Traveling waves may underlie working memory (and many other functions).
Traveling brain waves support flexible storage of human working memory
doi.org/10.64898/2026.10.01.…
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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
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When you focus on one item in working memory, beta rhythms may help “park” the other in a protected, set-aside state.
Prioritization in Working Memory Reduces Interference via Beta Band-Linked Stimulus Transformations
doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.04…
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Really chuffed about this one. It's impt for our efforts to understand neural and computational bases of controlling the contents of WM. It also highlights a control-related signal in the beta band that is NOT "inhibitory" in the way often assumed doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.04…
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We're excited to share our newest addition, @c3llas! Welcome, Dr. Cellas Hayes!
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New paper - Improved detection and spatiotemporal spectral analysis of neural traveling waves biorxiv.org/content/10.64898…
