Our review of value-directed prioritisation in working memory now fully out at QJEP. with Amy Atkinson & Graham Hitch. Getting value out of working memory through strategic prioritisation: Implications for storage and control - journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/17…

Preprint version of a study we did on retrieval practice effects in associative memory -> doi.org/10.31234/osf.i…

A second paper from Xiaotong Yin's PhD, looking at concurrent task effects on value-directed prioritisation over different time delays in episodic memory. Out now in Memory: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

On Wednesday 14th August, we will host a Child of the North Centre for Young Lives webinar on adressing the Special Educational Needs support crisis. Speakers will present evidence, policy recommendations & case studies. Join here on 14/08 ➡️ us06web.zoom.us/j/83592658128

New paper available online in Memory and Cognition! We explored social offloading (i.e., the leveraging of other agents in the social world to facilitate cognitive performance) among adults using a novel visuospatial working memory task. Check it out here: link.springer.com/article/10.375…

BBC News (UK) TV coverage of our Born In Covid Year - Core Lockdown Effects to support children born during the first year of the pandemic as they start primary school this week. Nikki Botting Lucy Henry City Language & Communication Science University of Leeds ElizabethSelbySchool Speech and Language UK Vanessa Clarke youtu.be/o6TC3l87mLk

Our paper on accelerated forgetting in epilepsy is now out and online at Cortex. With Amy Atkinson, Kata Pauly-Takacs, Courtney Goodridge, Steven Kemp, Sarah Martin, & Alan Baddeley. doi.org/10.1016/j.cort…

‼️Closing Sept 30th ‼️ Lecturer/Senior Lecturer job! Seeking a new colleague with expertise in human neuroscience to join our awesome psych dept Lancaster University. Strategic post to develop our neuro research - get in touch for a chat! Pls RT! hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?r…

Our Nuffield funded MetaSENse toolkit is now live. What interventions work for which SEND groups, & barriers teachers face in accessing them. The toolkit: educationalneuroscience.org.uk/metasense/ Jo Van Herwegen Michael Thomas @CAntalekPhD Thomas Masterson @ChloeRuMarshall Julie Dockrell UCL IOE Psychology and Human Development

New post doc position available with us at Leeds, on our ESRC-funded project exploring working memory & cognitive ageing, using behavioural measures, eye-tracking, and fNIRS! jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?r… Get in touch if you'd like to know more.

Running after Two Hares in Visual Working Memory: Exploring Retrospective Attention to Multiple Items Using Simulation, Behavioral Outcomes, and Eye-tracking New work with Taiji Ueno, coming out soon in JEPHPP. eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/219140/