Working Memory

A call for submissions in the Journal of Numerical Cognition for the following special issue Domain-general factors influencing numerical and arithmetic processing Overview: "Traditionally, numerical cognition research has focussed on domain-specific contributions to numerical and arithmetic pr...

As part of a series of workshops organised at Lancaster University, there will be a one day meeting focusing on working memory and education, on the 21 June 2011

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John Towse

Senior Research Associate/Research Associate: Why Johnny doesn’t Write Secure Software: Secure Software Development by the Masses https://hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=A1783 You will conduct in-depth research into understanding software developers’ awareness and planning with respect to secur...

Information about a battery of open-source working memory tasks is available from here: http://www.workingmemory.lancs.ac.uk/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=308 Associated documentation explains how to run the software, and adapt the task parameters to fit specific research needs. The tasks are built using ...

Title: The developmental influence of primary memory capacity on working memory and academic achievement Journal: Developmental Psychology Authors: Debbora Hall, Christopher Jarrold, John N. Towse, and Amy L. Zarandi Contact email: Debbora.Hall@bristol.ac.uk. Abstract: In this study, we investigate ...

We are seeking to appoint a Lecturer (the equivalent of Assistant Professor) in the area of adult cognition especially, but not limited to, expertise in moral cognition, social cognition as it relates to perspective taking and trust, working memory and attention, and/or cognition in applied contexts...

Two posts (one at Professorial level, the other at Senior Lecturer/Reader level – equivalent to Associate Professor) are open in the Department of Psychology at Lancaster University, UK. One of these appointments will be made in the area of developmental disorders in late childhood or adolescence to...

... One issue that follows from this general thread set up some time ago: Are there useful blogs that discuss working memory research? Or, more to the point, where are some of the blogs that discuss working memory research? I invite people to comment on this thread and identify or self-nominate blog...

Towse JN, Towse AS, Saito S, Maehara Y, Miyake A (2016. Joint Cognition: Thought Contagion and the Consequences of Cooperation when Sharing the Task of Random Sequence Generation. PLoS ONE 11(3): e0151306. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0151306

Title: Joint cognition: Thought contagion and the consequences of cooperation when sharing the task of random sequence generation Journal: PLoS ONE Authors: Towse, J.N., Towse, A.S., Saito, S., Maehara, Y., & Miyake, A. Abstract: Generating random number sequences is a popular psychological task...