Melinda Sabo
@sabomelinda.bsky.social
Postdoc @brognition.bsky.social | Yale University
Research interests: attention | long-term memory | working memory | EEG | machine learning
Research interests: attention | long-term memory | working memory | EEG | machine learning
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Melinda Sabo
@sabomelinda.bsky.social
· Aug 28
Attentional prioritization and testing in working memory not only effect immediate memory recall but can also enhance long-term memory and its underlying neural representation.
@sabomelinda.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
@sabomelinda.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Processing in working memory boosts long-term memory representations and their retrieval - Communications Psychology
Attentional prioritization and testing in working memory not only effect immediate memory recall but can also enhance long-term memory and its underlying neural representation.
www.nature.com
Excited to share that the last paper of my PhD is out in Communications Psychology! This project has been a long journey, with the tremendous challenge of collecting EEG data from 86 participants. That’s why it feels soo rewarding to see it published. Grateful for every step along the way! 1/n
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Our response to "Visual attention in crisis" by @ruthrosenholtz.bsky.social is here www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
And here is the author's response to all comments: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... I found the target paper very thought-provoking, and Ruth's responses are insightful. But...
And here is the author's response to all comments: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... I found the target paper very thought-provoking, and Ruth's responses are insightful. But...
Attention is doing just fine! Just don’t take it too seriously | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Cambridge Core
Attention is doing just fine! Just don’t take it too seriously - Volume 48
www.cambridge.org
November 26, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Our response to "Visual attention in crisis" by @ruthrosenholtz.bsky.social is here www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
And here is the author's response to all comments: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... I found the target paper very thought-provoking, and Ruth's responses are insightful. But...
And here is the author's response to all comments: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... I found the target paper very thought-provoking, and Ruth's responses are insightful. But...
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Dysfunctional oscillatory bursting patterns linked to working memory in adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
link.springer.com/article/10.3...
#neuroscience
link.springer.com/article/10.3...
#neuroscience
Dysfunctional oscillatory bursting patterns linked to working memory in adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder - Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience
Background Identifying neural markers of clinical symptom fluctuations is prerequisite to developing more precise brain-targeted treatments in psychiatry. We have recently shown that working memory (W...
link.springer.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Dysfunctional oscillatory bursting patterns linked to working memory in adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
link.springer.com/article/10.3...
#neuroscience
link.springer.com/article/10.3...
#neuroscience
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Our paper on improving statistical reporting in psychology is now online 🎉
As a part of this paper, we also created the Transparent Statistical Reporting in Psychology checklist, which researchers can use to improve their statistical reporting practices
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
As a part of this paper, we also created the Transparent Statistical Reporting in Psychology checklist, which researchers can use to improve their statistical reporting practices
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
November 14, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Our paper on improving statistical reporting in psychology is now online 🎉
As a part of this paper, we also created the Transparent Statistical Reporting in Psychology checklist, which researchers can use to improve their statistical reporting practices
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
As a part of this paper, we also created the Transparent Statistical Reporting in Psychology checklist, which researchers can use to improve their statistical reporting practices
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Ten Simple Rules for AI-Assisted Coding in Science arxiv.org/abs/2510.22254 - our latest, led by @ericwbridgeford.bsky.social
Ten Simple Rules for AI-Assisted Coding in Science
While AI coding tools have demonstrated potential to accelerate software development, their use in scientific computing raises critical questions about code quality and scientific validity. In this pa...
arxiv.org
October 28, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Ten Simple Rules for AI-Assisted Coding in Science arxiv.org/abs/2510.22254 - our latest, led by @ericwbridgeford.bsky.social
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How do changes in context influence how we organize our memories in time?
Faster contextual changes are associated with faster drift in hippocampal activity and reduced temporal clustering in recalled memories.
Elegant work led by @lindsayrait.bsky.social!
www.jneurosci.org/content/45/4...
Faster contextual changes are associated with faster drift in hippocampal activity and reduced temporal clustering in recalled memories.
Elegant work led by @lindsayrait.bsky.social!
www.jneurosci.org/content/45/4...
Hippocampal Drift Rate Reflects the Temporal Organization of Memories
When freely recalling past events, individuals tend to successively remember stimuli that were studied close together in time—a phenomenon known as temporal clustering. Temporal clustering is thought ...
www.jneurosci.org
November 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
How do changes in context influence how we organize our memories in time?
Faster contextual changes are associated with faster drift in hippocampal activity and reduced temporal clustering in recalled memories.
Elegant work led by @lindsayrait.bsky.social!
www.jneurosci.org/content/45/4...
Faster contextual changes are associated with faster drift in hippocampal activity and reduced temporal clustering in recalled memories.
Elegant work led by @lindsayrait.bsky.social!
www.jneurosci.org/content/45/4...
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New paper! Brains stretch representations along task-relevant dimensions. Spike timing is important.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#neuroscience
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#neuroscience
Adaptive stretching of representations across brain regions and deep learning model layers - Nature Communications
How the brain adapts its representations to prioritize task-relevant information remains unclear. Here, the authors show that both monkey brains and deep learning models stretch neural representations...
www.nature.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:44 PM
New paper! Brains stretch representations along task-relevant dimensions. Spike timing is important.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#neuroscience
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#neuroscience
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It's out out. Saying that your favourite signal is an oscillation is not enough, it would be good to quantify to what extent.
New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Siqi Zhang, James J. Bonaiuto, et al:
Multi-scale parameterization of neural rhythmicity with lagged Hilbert autocoherence
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
Multi-scale parameterization of neural rhythmicity with lagged Hilbert autocoherence
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
November 18, 2025 at 12:44 PM
It's out out. Saying that your favourite signal is an oscillation is not enough, it would be good to quantify to what extent.
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new paper by Sean Westwood:
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
November 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
new paper by Sean Westwood:
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
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🚨I am looking for a POSTDOC, LAB MANAGER/TECH and GRAD STUDENTS to join my new lab in beautiful Madison, WI.
We study how our brains perceive and represent the physical world around us using behavioral, computational, and neuroimaging methods.
paulunlab.psych.wisc.edu
#VisionScience #NeuroSkyence
We study how our brains perceive and represent the physical world around us using behavioral, computational, and neuroimaging methods.
paulunlab.psych.wisc.edu
#VisionScience #NeuroSkyence
November 17, 2025 at 9:43 PM
🚨I am looking for a POSTDOC, LAB MANAGER/TECH and GRAD STUDENTS to join my new lab in beautiful Madison, WI.
We study how our brains perceive and represent the physical world around us using behavioral, computational, and neuroimaging methods.
paulunlab.psych.wisc.edu
#VisionScience #NeuroSkyence
We study how our brains perceive and represent the physical world around us using behavioral, computational, and neuroimaging methods.
paulunlab.psych.wisc.edu
#VisionScience #NeuroSkyence
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3 Presentations from my lab at Psychonomics this week!
Friday (Nov.21), 3:30-5:30 Working Memory I
Does Reward-Based Prioritization Function
through the Same Mechanisms in Verbal and
Visual Working Memory?
TIMOTHY J. RICKER, University of South Dakota,
JOSHUA SANDRY, Montclair State University
Friday (Nov.21), 3:30-5:30 Working Memory I
Does Reward-Based Prioritization Function
through the Same Mechanisms in Verbal and
Visual Working Memory?
TIMOTHY J. RICKER, University of South Dakota,
JOSHUA SANDRY, Montclair State University
November 17, 2025 at 10:11 PM
3 Presentations from my lab at Psychonomics this week!
Friday (Nov.21), 3:30-5:30 Working Memory I
Does Reward-Based Prioritization Function
through the Same Mechanisms in Verbal and
Visual Working Memory?
TIMOTHY J. RICKER, University of South Dakota,
JOSHUA SANDRY, Montclair State University
Friday (Nov.21), 3:30-5:30 Working Memory I
Does Reward-Based Prioritization Function
through the Same Mechanisms in Verbal and
Visual Working Memory?
TIMOTHY J. RICKER, University of South Dakota,
JOSHUA SANDRY, Montclair State University
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❤️ Bluesky fMRI people! 3-day #fMRI course live online Jan 7-9, 2026.
#SPM, #ICA, GLM, connectivity, mediation, MRI physics, #DataScience with @vcalhoun.bsky.social and Kent Kiehl.
We love talking methods & connecting with colleagues! Come join us!
Register here:
sites.google.com/dartmouth.ed...
#SPM, #ICA, GLM, connectivity, mediation, MRI physics, #DataScience with @vcalhoun.bsky.social and Kent Kiehl.
We love talking methods & connecting with colleagues! Come join us!
Register here:
sites.google.com/dartmouth.ed...
fMRI Course
Instructors
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November 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
❤️ Bluesky fMRI people! 3-day #fMRI course live online Jan 7-9, 2026.
#SPM, #ICA, GLM, connectivity, mediation, MRI physics, #DataScience with @vcalhoun.bsky.social and Kent Kiehl.
We love talking methods & connecting with colleagues! Come join us!
Register here:
sites.google.com/dartmouth.ed...
#SPM, #ICA, GLM, connectivity, mediation, MRI physics, #DataScience with @vcalhoun.bsky.social and Kent Kiehl.
We love talking methods & connecting with colleagues! Come join us!
Register here:
sites.google.com/dartmouth.ed...
🚀 New preprint alert 🚀
How easily can working memory create interference in long-term memories? Our new preprint, Interference Across Memory Systems: Disrupting Long-Term Memories Through Working Memory examines this
osf.io/preprints/ps...
w/ @sahcan.bsky.social Anna Lena Mantei, Daniel Schneider
How easily can working memory create interference in long-term memories? Our new preprint, Interference Across Memory Systems: Disrupting Long-Term Memories Through Working Memory examines this
osf.io/preprints/ps...
w/ @sahcan.bsky.social Anna Lena Mantei, Daniel Schneider
OSF
osf.io
November 16, 2025 at 7:22 PM
🚀 New preprint alert 🚀
How easily can working memory create interference in long-term memories? Our new preprint, Interference Across Memory Systems: Disrupting Long-Term Memories Through Working Memory examines this
osf.io/preprints/ps...
w/ @sahcan.bsky.social Anna Lena Mantei, Daniel Schneider
How easily can working memory create interference in long-term memories? Our new preprint, Interference Across Memory Systems: Disrupting Long-Term Memories Through Working Memory examines this
osf.io/preprints/ps...
w/ @sahcan.bsky.social Anna Lena Mantei, Daniel Schneider
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Excited to be at #SfN25! Come catch my poster “Neural dimensionality expands over the course of brain-computer interface learning” wed PM (W15) if you’re interested in non-invasive BCIs, neural manifolds, human learning, etc. Building upon our recent work (doi.org/10.1101/2025.03.29.646109)
Accelerated learning of a noninvasive human brain-computer interface via manifold geometry
Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) promise to restore and enhance a wide range of human capabilities. However, a barrier to the adoption of BCIs is how long it can take users to learn to control them. W...
www.biorxiv.org
November 16, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Excited to be at #SfN25! Come catch my poster “Neural dimensionality expands over the course of brain-computer interface learning” wed PM (W15) if you’re interested in non-invasive BCIs, neural manifolds, human learning, etc. Building upon our recent work (doi.org/10.1101/2025.03.29.646109)
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Check out my SfN poster if you are interested in how retrospective and prospective representations in working memory work together to create plans and replans when being distracted! I will present it at the early career poster session at 6:45 pm on Saturday or from 1-5 on Tuesday.
November 15, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Check out my SfN poster if you are interested in how retrospective and prospective representations in working memory work together to create plans and replans when being distracted! I will present it at the early career poster session at 6:45 pm on Saturday or from 1-5 on Tuesday.
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I wrote a thing on episodic memory and systems consolidation. I hope you all enjoy it and/or find it interesting.
A neural state space for episodic memories
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #cognition 🧪
A neural state space for episodic memories
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #cognition 🧪
A neural state space for episodic memories
Episodic memories are highly dynamic and change in nonlinear ways over time. This dynamism is not captured by existing systems consolidation theories …
www.sciencedirect.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I wrote a thing on episodic memory and systems consolidation. I hope you all enjoy it and/or find it interesting.
A neural state space for episodic memories
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #cognition 🧪
A neural state space for episodic memories
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #cognition 🧪
Reposted by Melinda Sabo
Our new preprint on the FOODEEG open dataset is out! EEG recordings and behavioural responses on food cognition tasks for 117 participants will be made publicly available 🧠 @danfeuerriegel.bsky.social @tgro.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
FOODEEG: An open dataset of human electroencephalographic and behavioural responses to food images
Investigating the neurocognitive mechanisms underlying food choices has the potential to advance our understanding of eating behaviour and inform health-targeted interventions and policy. Large, publi...
www.biorxiv.org
November 10, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Our new preprint on the FOODEEG open dataset is out! EEG recordings and behavioural responses on food cognition tasks for 117 participants will be made publicly available 🧠 @danfeuerriegel.bsky.social @tgro.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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🚨🧠🚨 POSTDOC POSITION 🚨🧠🚨 in my lab: www.ru.nl/en/working-a... Connectivity in Working Memory. Deadline 12 Nov! Apply via website; please repost.
Postdoc Position: Neural Circuitry Underlying Working Memory | Radboud University
Do you want to work as a Postdoc Position: Neural Circuitry Underlying Working Memory at the Faculty of Social Sciences? Check our vacancy!
www.ru.nl
November 9, 2025 at 9:17 AM
🚨🧠🚨 POSTDOC POSITION 🚨🧠🚨 in my lab: www.ru.nl/en/working-a... Connectivity in Working Memory. Deadline 12 Nov! Apply via website; please repost.
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The Cognition Lab @ University of Zurich is on Bluesky! Follow us for updates on new papers & preprints, conferences that lab members attend & other news around research on #workingmemory, #attention, and #longtermmemory.
November 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The Cognition Lab @ University of Zurich is on Bluesky! Follow us for updates on new papers & preprints, conferences that lab members attend & other news around research on #workingmemory, #attention, and #longtermmemory.
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Please repost! I am looking for a PhD candidate in the area of Computational Cognitive Neuroscience to start in early 2026.
The position is funded as part of the Excellence Cluster "The Adaptive Mind" at @jlugiessen.bsky.social.
Please apply here until Nov 25:
www.uni-giessen.de/de/ueber-uns...
The position is funded as part of the Excellence Cluster "The Adaptive Mind" at @jlugiessen.bsky.social.
Please apply here until Nov 25:
www.uni-giessen.de/de/ueber-uns...
November 4, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Please repost! I am looking for a PhD candidate in the area of Computational Cognitive Neuroscience to start in early 2026.
The position is funded as part of the Excellence Cluster "The Adaptive Mind" at @jlugiessen.bsky.social.
Please apply here until Nov 25:
www.uni-giessen.de/de/ueber-uns...
The position is funded as part of the Excellence Cluster "The Adaptive Mind" at @jlugiessen.bsky.social.
Please apply here until Nov 25:
www.uni-giessen.de/de/ueber-uns...
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1/4 I’m really excited to share that my first PhD manuscript has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Neuroscience 🎉! Until it becomes available, don’t forget to check out our updated preprint (with some additional insights) #JNeurosci
Preprint Alert!!
In our latest study, we describe a novel relationship between action planning and working memory. Our results show that action-item associations affect how working memory maintains the fidelity of sensory information during a task.
Check it out: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
In our latest study, we describe a novel relationship between action planning and working memory. Our results show that action-item associations affect how working memory maintains the fidelity of sensory information during a task.
Check it out: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Motor control processes moderate visual working memory gating
Gating processes that regulate sensory input into visual working memory (WM) and the execution of planned actions share neural mechanisms, suggesting a mutual interaction. In a preregistered study (OS...
www.biorxiv.org
September 15, 2025 at 10:32 AM
1/4 I’m really excited to share that my first PhD manuscript has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Neuroscience 🎉! Until it becomes available, don’t forget to check out our updated preprint (with some additional insights) #JNeurosci
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🚀 We’re hiring - Join our lab 🚀
🔍 Hiring: PhD (75% TV-L) & Postdoc (100% TV-L)
🧠 fMRI, VR, EEG, modelling
We combine a range of cognitive neuroscience methods to study flexible behaviour.
📅 Start: Feb 2026 or later | ⏳ Apply by Nov 3!
More details:
tinyurl.com/ms3a9ajt
#CognitiveNeuroscience
🔍 Hiring: PhD (75% TV-L) & Postdoc (100% TV-L)
🧠 fMRI, VR, EEG, modelling
We combine a range of cognitive neuroscience methods to study flexible behaviour.
📅 Start: Feb 2026 or later | ⏳ Apply by Nov 3!
More details:
tinyurl.com/ms3a9ajt
#CognitiveNeuroscience
October 27, 2025 at 11:57 AM
🚀 We’re hiring - Join our lab 🚀
🔍 Hiring: PhD (75% TV-L) & Postdoc (100% TV-L)
🧠 fMRI, VR, EEG, modelling
We combine a range of cognitive neuroscience methods to study flexible behaviour.
📅 Start: Feb 2026 or later | ⏳ Apply by Nov 3!
More details:
tinyurl.com/ms3a9ajt
#CognitiveNeuroscience
🔍 Hiring: PhD (75% TV-L) & Postdoc (100% TV-L)
🧠 fMRI, VR, EEG, modelling
We combine a range of cognitive neuroscience methods to study flexible behaviour.
📅 Start: Feb 2026 or later | ⏳ Apply by Nov 3!
More details:
tinyurl.com/ms3a9ajt
#CognitiveNeuroscience
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Any early-career researchers in #workingmemory wanting to contribute to an #openscience initiative? I'm looking for help building up a data hub resource for the field. Volunteers can expect to devote a few hours, and might pick up insights into handling research data and how to use Github.
OpenWMData
A collection of publicly available<br>working memory datasets
williamngiam.github.io
October 22, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Any early-career researchers in #workingmemory wanting to contribute to an #openscience initiative? I'm looking for help building up a data hub resource for the field. Volunteers can expect to devote a few hours, and might pick up insights into handling research data and how to use Github.
Reposted by Melinda Sabo
✨My first first-author paper is out✨
Entorhinal grid-like codes for visual space during memory formation in @natcomms.nature.com ➡️ rdcu.be/eLRm2
Big thanks to everyone @isabellacwagner.bsky.social, @tobiasstaudigl.bsky.social, @olejensen.bsky.social, @doellerlab.bsky.social, @clauslamm.bsky.social
Entorhinal grid-like codes for visual space during memory formation in @natcomms.nature.com ➡️ rdcu.be/eLRm2
Big thanks to everyone @isabellacwagner.bsky.social, @tobiasstaudigl.bsky.social, @olejensen.bsky.social, @doellerlab.bsky.social, @clauslamm.bsky.social
Entorhinal grid-like codes for visual space during memory formation
Nature Communications - Eye movements during scene viewing are tied to grid-like codes in the entorhinal cortex. Grid signals are specific to later remembered scenes, covary with activity in...
rdcu.be
October 20, 2025 at 4:42 PM
✨My first first-author paper is out✨
Entorhinal grid-like codes for visual space during memory formation in @natcomms.nature.com ➡️ rdcu.be/eLRm2
Big thanks to everyone @isabellacwagner.bsky.social, @tobiasstaudigl.bsky.social, @olejensen.bsky.social, @doellerlab.bsky.social, @clauslamm.bsky.social
Entorhinal grid-like codes for visual space during memory formation in @natcomms.nature.com ➡️ rdcu.be/eLRm2
Big thanks to everyone @isabellacwagner.bsky.social, @tobiasstaudigl.bsky.social, @olejensen.bsky.social, @doellerlab.bsky.social, @clauslamm.bsky.social