Tom Hardwicke
@tomhardwicke.bsky.social
Meta-research & psychology. Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney. Senior Editor for Statistics, Transparency, and Rigour at Psychological Science. https://tomhardwicke.github.io
standard explanation makes a distinction between synaptic (fast) and systems consolidation (slow). One explanation for why systems consolidation takes longer is that rapid learning would cause catastrophic interference with existing knowledge. See e.g., pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
October 30, 2025 at 1:02 AM
standard explanation makes a distinction between synaptic (fast) and systems consolidation (slow). One explanation for why systems consolidation takes longer is that rapid learning would cause catastrophic interference with existing knowledge. See e.g., pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
yes and lots of links just saying "not found" or never loading 😬
October 23, 2025 at 2:43 AM
yes and lots of links just saying "not found" or never loading 😬