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Yoav Kessler

@yoavkessler.bsky.social

Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, and head of Statistics and Data Analysis Program, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. Cognitive psychologist. Interested in working memory, cognitive control, group cognition, and much more.

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My lab is recruiting a PhD student or Postdoc to join an exciting BSF project on working memory and prediction. Please RT, spread the word, and DM to apply

12.10.2025 16:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Here's a question in probability that seems simple, however I can't figure out how to answer properly. Help, please....

A and B are simple events.
P(AUB)=1,
0<P(A∩B)< P(A),
and 0<P(A∩B)< P(B).

True/False: P(A)>P(A|B)

And ideas?

23.12.2024 12:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Working Memory Symposium We will return this summer for WMS 2024! July 9-12, 2024 Submissions are OPEN from May 1 - June 1 Submit an abstract

πŸš¨πŸŽ‰Submissions are now open for #WMS2024πŸŽ‰πŸš¨

You'll find the submission link on our home-page: www.wmsymposium.org

01.05.2024 15:29 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
Data Science for Psychology: Natural Language

Very excited to share a new textbook I am working on (led by Louis Teitelbaum). It's called Data Science for Psychology: Natural Language, and it covers text analysis and social media research w/ example code in R ds4psych.com #css #rstats

15.04.2024 12:44 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

New paper alert! In a new study led by Shalva Kvitelashvili we developed a novel task to investigate how people voluntarily use their visual working memory. Spoiler: we tend to underutilize our memory capacity. Check it out! rdcu.be/dDKmq

05.04.2024 07:44 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hoping this is useful to some PhD students and PI's πŸ€“

12.01.2024 20:23 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

🚨New #WorkingMemory PhD position!🚨
Come work with me at the University of Sheffield starting October 2024! All the details at the link, very happy to answer any informal questions, and can put you in touch with former mentees of mine πŸ˜„
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

15.12.2023 13:30 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

PhD in #workingmemory alert!

16.12.2023 10:01 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A Letter to Social Psychologists Dear friends of the Social Psychology community, On the morning of October 7, 2023, Hamas launched a vicious attack on Israeli civilians. Hamas terrorists killed entire families, savagely raped women,...

A letter to Social Psychologists, regarding the war, by (the vast majority of) Israeli social psychologists.

We would appreciate it if you can read and share.

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

#SocialPsyc #PsychSciSky

29.10.2023 12:55 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

🚨Open PhD position🚨: I am looking for a PhD candidate for next year. The topic would be related to visual attention and working memory, using models, behavior and EEG. Reach out here or to bwyble@gmail.com if you're interested.

10.10.2023 16:26 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

In these terrible times, I urge professional societies in psychology to speak up clearly for Israel and to condemn the atrocities committed by Hamas. Your voices matter. Silence is not an option.
#StandWithIsrael
#HamasisISIS

10.10.2023 16:46 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A text explaining the current situation in Israe

A text explaining the current situation in Israe

I, like many of us right now, am at a lost for words.

Michael Peer managed to explain the current situation eloquently in the post below. Please share.

09.10.2023 05:16 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Alt: An image showing two visual scenes, both indoor rooms, and also two sketches that people drew of those scenes.

Alt: An image showing two visual scenes, both indoor rooms, and also two sketches that people drew of those scenes.

New paper!Β  Β People often do not remember information they just searched for (link.springer.com/article/10.3...).
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Subjects were asked to draw the contents of their memory immediately after searching for a target in a natural sceneΒ  Thread!

02.10.2023 17:52 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3
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Excited to share this short & sweet article I wrote with
@samhforbes.bsky.social!

Teaching coding inclusively: if this, then what? doi.org/10.31235/osf...

The title perhaps says it all; we show through arguments and examples what women experience in programming class and what to do to remedy it.

29.09.2023 06:06 β€” πŸ‘ 150    πŸ” 78    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 10

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