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SUMMARY:Processing in working memory boosts long-term memory representatio
 ns and their retrieval - Adam Triabhall
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CONTACT:Adam Triabhall
DESCRIPTION:This week we will discuss and debate a very recent paper by Sa
 bo and Schneider (2025).\n\nAbstract: “Prior research has explored how w
 orking memory influences the formation of new long-term memories\, but its
  role in modifying existing representations remains unclear. This study ex
 amines whether attentional prioritization and testing in working memory en
 hance long-term memory retrieval and investigates the underlying neural me
 chanisms. Eighty-six participants completed a three-phase memory task comb
 ining a long-term memory—with a working memory retro-cue paradigm. First
 \, participants learned object-location associations. Next\, during a work
 ing memory task\, some objects have undergone attentional prioritization a
 nd testing\, others have only been tested in working memory. Finally\, par
 ticipants retrieved the object locations from long-term memory. Three key 
 findings emerged: (1) both attentional prioritization and testing in worki
 ng memory improved long-term memory retrieval\; (2) serving as a probe in 
 working memory further contributed to long-term memory enhancement\, with 
 benefits observed at behavioral and neural levels\; and (3) cross-phase de
 coding revealed a comparable representational format for location informat
 ion across task phases\, possibly explained by the neural reinstatement of
  location information across phases. These results suggest that working me
 mory dynamically shapes long-term memory representations\, playing a more 
 active and integrated role in long-term memory formation than previously t
 hought” (Sabo & Schneider\, 2025).\n\nReference: Sabo\, M.\, & Schneider
 \, D. (2025). Processing in working memory boosts long-term memory represe
 ntations and their retrieval. Communications Psychology\, 3(1). https://do
 i.org/10.1038/s44271-025-00309-3
LOCATION:https://cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/92612577704?pwd=MUtqMjVQdXNmUTVIYjRkM
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