Thomas Christophel (He/Him)

Same .... Probably healthy ... One could also panic, but what good what THAT do ...

Effects of TMS on the decoding, electrophysiology, and representational geometry of priority in working memory The flexible control of working memory (WM) requires prioritizing immediately task-relevant information while maintaining information with potential future relevance in a deprioritized state. Using do...

New work led by Jackie Fulvio that adds to growing evidence that dynamics in parietooccipital low-beta oscillations play an important role in the encoding of priority in visual working memory. doi.org/10.1101/2025...

The IfaDo sessions have become really a community staple and I am very glad to be able to chip in.

And while you are doing all that you can find Rosanne's and my students allover ECVP doing all the cool stuff ...

And while you’re at #ECVP seeking out @bradpostle.bsky.social, you may as well stay for the rest of the symposium with the amazing @tbchristophel.bsky.social, Maria Servetnik, and Clay Curtis (and me).

A lot of this reads like more text, less reliable content. Shouldn't we go the other direction? So much work gets written but not properly integrated.

What such a journal could do is encourage boring but useful reviews. No new "theories", just prior work listed, compared, and integrated.

I am incredibly excited to catch-up on the latest #workingmemory research and to be amongst the community at WMS; especially as someone who is missing/avoiding US-based conferences (VSS, OPAM, Psychonomics). I will be absolutely ruining my sleep habits to be a part of the fun!

PhD position — Rademaker lab

Curious about the visual human brain, a vibrant and collaborative lab, and pursuing a PhD in the heart of Europe? My lab is recruiting for a 3-year PhD position. More details: www.rademakerlab.com/job-add

We have a PhD position for an upcoming project in metacognition research in Potsdam / Berlin. A great opportunity for those interested in cognitive modeling of confidence and EEG.

More information at coconeuro.github.io/phd2025

Kindly share this opportunity with potential candidates - Thanks!

🎉 Our paper "Criterion placement threatens the construct validity of neural measures of consciousness" is now out in eLife! 🎉
TL;DR: Both simulations and empirical data show that you should not post-hoc sort neural data based on subjective measures of consciousness.
elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...

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It was AWESOME seeing some of the working memory ECRs at VSS2025! Regardless of VSS attendance, WMS is a PERFECT opportunity to disseminate and discuss your cool working memory research with colleagues across the globe! Don't forget to submit your abstract at www.wmsymposium.org by May 31st!

Ich möchte nicht exzellent sein. Ich möchte keine Spitzenforschung machen. Ich möchte einfach meine Arbeit tun — ohne Befristungs-Schleudersitz, ständigen Bewerbungszwang, wechselnde Arbeitsorte, zig Stunden pro Woche in verspäteten Zügen & den wiederholten Verlust sozialer Kontakte. #IchBinHanna

WMO Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update (2025-2029)

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Key messages:
- 80% chance that at least one of the next five years will exceed 2024 as the warmest on record
- 86% chance that at least one of next five years will be more than 1.5°C above the 1850-1900 average

Paper finally published in JEP General!

Individual variability in mental imagery vividness does not predict perceptual interference with imagery: A replication study of Cui et al., 2007: osf.io/preprints/os...

A study cited over 500 times couldn't be replicated, even in extreme imagery... a 🧵

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LEAD AI postdoctoral research fellow position at the Faculty of Psychology (276920) | University of Bergen Job title: LEAD AI postdoctoral research fellow position at the Faculty of Psychology (276920), Employer: University of Bergen, Deadline: Sunday, May 11, 2025

I just learned that there is an open postdoc position for AI in Psychology with us. The deadline is in two days, but if you are interested and willing to write a quick proposal, let me know. Potential topics: comp. modeling of VWM/perception, brain decoding.
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Steve Kerr wore a Harvard basketball shirt after the Warriors’ win tonight: “Yes, this is me supporting Harvard. Way to go. Way to stand up to the bully.”

I'm not on twitter anymore, but this tweet from 2 years ago is sadly more accurate than ever

Neural mechanisms of resource allocation in working memory Feedback signals from frontal cortex control the allocation of working memory resource by modulating neural gain in visual cortex.

Stunning new work by Hsin-Hung Li and colleagues
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Prioritization in spatial memory, decoding, top-down correlations.

Could not agree more ....

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Research work is an inherent commitment to positive change. Part of our commitment must be acknowledging the need for a change in the way we do research.

Before my kids grew out of diapers, I could change a dirty one in under 30 seconds. It takes me about that much time also to swap a car seat between cars. Bath time is much more variable obvs. Their meal preferences are like little scars seared into my flesh.

In this fatherhood essay I will

The lab is running a talk watching series and we are looking for recorded talks we can watch. What's your favorite talk from recent years?

Das #Klima war jeden Tag im Wahlkampf, es war der heißeste Januar jemals, das WEF hat gewarnt, der BND hat gewarnt, die Wissenschaft auch. Und da auf die politischen Spitzen kein Verlass ist, dazu laut zu werden, machen wir das. Mit über 10k in Berlin & vielen mehr bundesweit.

We're hiring! Know anyone who wants a tenure-track teaching position with a focus on undergraduate statistics and research methods and who also wants to live in a pretty awesome area in 🇨🇦? Tell them to apply!

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