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Richard Allen

@richjallen.bsky.social
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Professor of Cognitive Psychology. Interested in working memory, long-term memory, and attention, based at the University of Leeds, Yorkshire. Dad of two boys and follower of bad football teams.

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Richard Allen @richjallen.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Article in The Psychologist from myself & Charity Brown, prompted by our recently published textbook Key Topics in Memory (BPS & Routledge). This reflects on Chapter 1 & Chapter 7 of the book, while also indicating the ground we cover in the intervening chapters. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
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Memory research: Foundations to futures | BPS
Richard Allen and Charity Brown reflect on the many ways we can think about, capture and explore the content and workings of our memories. They trace the origins and trajectory of memory research, rev...
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Richard Allen @richjallen.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Three new lectureship positions available at the School of Psychology, University of Leeds: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSE550/l...
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Lecturer (Teaching and Research) in Psychology (Three Posts) at University of Leeds
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Richard Allen @richjallen.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
New paper led by Tianxiao Yang just out in Behavioral Sciences, examining how working memory for instructions in 8-9 and 12-14 year olds is potentially improved by different forms of action-based processing. www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/16...
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Richard Allen @richjallen.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Pretty exciting to receive physical copies of our new brief textbook on memory today! Key Topics in Memory is co-authored with Charity Brown, published by Routledge, and part of the BPS Key Topics series.
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International Conference On Memory 26-30 July 2027 in Glasgow @icom-memory.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Today's keynote speaker to highlight is Prof Nora Newcombe! icom-memory.org @noranewcombe.bsky.social #neuroskyence #psychscisky #cognition #ICOM2027 #philosophysky 🧪
Prof Nora Newcombe, Temple University
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International Conference On Memory 26-30 July 2027 in Glasgow @icom-memory.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Today's keynote speaker to highlight is Prof Klaus Oberauer! icom-memory.org #neuroskyence #psychscisky #cognition #ICOM2027 #philosophysky 🧪
Prof Klaus Oberauer, University of Zurich
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International Conference On Memory 26-30 July 2027 in Glasgow @icom-memory.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
We're back with another keynote speaker highlight - Prof Lawrence Barsalou! icom-memory.org #neuroskyence #psychscisky #cognition #ICOM2027 #philosophysky 🧪
Prof Lawrence Barsalou, University of Glasgow
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International Conference On Memory 26-30 July 2027 in Glasgow @icom-memory.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Today's keynote speaker to highlight is Prof Dorthe Bernsten! icom-memory.org #neuroskyence #psychscisky #cognition #ICOM2027 #philosophysky 🧪
Prof Dorthe Bernsten, Aarhus University
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International Conference On Memory 26-30 July 2027 in Glasgow @icom-memory.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Today's keynote speaker to higlight is Prof Felipe De Brigard! icom-memory.org @felipedebrigard.bsky.social #neuroskyence #psychscisky #cognition 🧪
Prof Felipe de Brigard, Duke University
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International Conference On Memory 26-30 July 2027 in Glasgow @icom-memory.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
We are very excited to officially announced that ICOM - The International Conference on Memory - is back in 2027 from 26th-30th July! icom-memory.org #neuroskyence #psychscisky #cognition 🧪
Poster advertising ICOM 26th-30th July 2027 with 8 keynote speakers
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International Conference On Memory 26-30 July 2027 in Glasgow @icom-memory.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
For the next few days we'll be focussing on our amazing keynote speakers! First up, we have Prof Sue Gathercole. This is particularly fitting as Sue was one of the co-founders of ICOM. icom-memory.org
Prof Sue Gathercole, University of Cambridge
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Richard Allen @richjallen.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Development and validation of an AI-generated real-world object stimuli set - new paper led by Gerard Campbell, now out in Behaviour Research Methods. link.springer.com/article/10.3...
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Development and validation of an AI-generated real-world object stimuli set - Behavior Research Methods
The availability of real-world object stimuli that meet researchers’ requirements is an ongoing challenge in visual cognition research. While numerous manually curated object stimulus sets exist, stim...
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International Conference On Memory 26-30 July 2027 in Glasgow @icom-memory.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
🧠 ICOM is back! The International Conference on Memory (ICOM7) returns 26–30 July 2027 in Glasgow, bringing together researchers from neuroscience, psychology, and beyond. 🔗 Learn more and sign-up for the newsletter here: icom-memory.org #ICOM7 #MemoryResearch #Neuroscience #Psychology
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Richard Allen @richjallen.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Our Trends in Cognitive Sciences article (with Alan Baddeley and Graham Hitch), is now online & open access. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... We set out a new version of the multicomponent working memory model, with the concept of the episodic buffer updated as the 'awareness buffer'.
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Awareness as the heart of working memory
The assumption that attention and short-term memory combine to play a crucial role in cognition continues to influence cognitive modeling. We trace th…
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Richard Allen @richjallen.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Exciting news for ICOM7 (International Conference on Memory), in Glasgow, 26th-30th July 2027. The conference website is live and we can announce our keynote speakers!
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Louise Nicholls @louisenicholls.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Delighted to share that this year's Working Memory Discussion Meeting, held at the beautiful Parcevall Hall in North Yorkshire on 1st-3rd July, is now open for bookings. Hurry, because places are filling up fast! I will be co-hosting again this year with Alicia Forsberg and @richjallen.bsky.social 🙌
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Amanda Waterman @amandawaterman.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
New paper on PsyArXiv looking at task difficulty (memory load), serial order, and error patterns in children’s #workingmemory using a large-scale dataset (N~15,000) #developmental #psychology With @richjallen.bsky.social and @amyatkinson.bsky.social osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Richard Allen @richjallen.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Bookings for the 2026 Working Memory Discussion Meeting at Parcevall Hall are now open! 1st-3rd July, 2026. All information here -> sites.google.com/site/working...
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WorkingMemoryDiscussionMeeting
Working Memory Discussion Meeting 2026 Wednesday 1st of July to Friday 3rd of July Parcevall Hall, Skipton, North Yorkshire. For all information about this meeting, use the menu at the top of the page...
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Aidan Horner @aidanhorner.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
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 🧪
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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 …
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Vanessa Loaiza @vmloaiza1.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Here is your chance to become an associate editor of a fantastic journal! The incoming editor of @jcgntn.bsky.social, @davidecrepaldi.bsky.social, is looking for associate editors. Check out this cool opportunity to self-nominate or nominate someone you know! www.escop.eu/about-us/jou...
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ESCOP - Journal
ESCOP is a dynamic scientific society that provides a venue within which current research in cognitive psychology and neighboring disciplines can be presented, discussed and encouraged.
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Richard Allen @richjallen.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
New paper from Hatice Cinar's PhD, in Memory & Cognition.... Prioritising feature bindings across space and modality in working memory rdcu.be/eLz40
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Prioritizing feature bindings across space and modality in working memory
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Richard Allen @richjallen.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Working memory and attentional control abilities predict individual differences in visual long-term memory tasks doi.org/10.1016/j.jm...
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Redirecting
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Sam McDougle @actlab.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Thrilled that our new review "Motor Working Memory" is now in press at TiCS! @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social @cellpress.bsky.social By me + Hanna Hillman We argue that a dedicated research program on 'working memory for movements' is long overdue Link: authors.elsevier.com/a/1lmMX4sIRv...
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Richard Allen @richjallen.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Leeds WoMCog group at the #ESCoP2025 conference in Sheffield!
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Richard Allen @richjallen.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Excited for the start of ESCoP 2025 (www.escop2025.com) in Sheffield this week. Our group has a bunch of things going on across the meeting...
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ESCOP | Cognitive Psychology Conference
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Richard Allen @richjallen.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Heading off to University of Queensland in Brisbane this week to help kick off a 3-year ARC-funded project on the causes & consequences of cognitive offloading in children. It's hosted at UoQ, & also involves collaborations with colleagues at Leeds (@amandawaterman.bsky.social), UCL, and Melbourne.
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Richard Allen @richjallen.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Heading to the 2025 Working Memory Discussion Meeting at beautiful Parcevall Hall today. Looking forward to three days of talks, chats, walks to the pub, and hopefully not too much rain.
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Vanessa Loaiza @vmloaiza1.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
🚨 Calling all colleagues who work on #workingmemory and #aging 🚨 Do you have any unpublished data on age differences in WM? 👴 👵 🧠 🌨️ We're working on a BIG meta-analysis, and I'd love any and all data that are currently not "out there" for us to find! 🔬 🤓 Please repost for reach, thanks! 🔁 😁
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Richard Allen @richjallen.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
New article now out in Epilepsy & Behavior! Subjective and objective memory in a community-derived sample of people with epilepsy: Evidence from the Crimes and Four Doors tests authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S... Thanks again for support from @exppsychsoc.bsky.social and Epilepsy Action.
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Charlotte Hawksworth @c-hawksworth.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
🧠 Myself and the rest of the Beautiful Mind team for Pint of Science in Leeds hosted a brilliant first event last night, with great talks from @richjallen.bsky.social and @maddie-gilbert.bsky.social! You can check out the other events we’re putting on here: pintofscience.co.uk/events/leeds #pint25
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Richard Allen @richjallen.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Doing this tonight! A whistle-stop tour through Nietzsche, Ebbinghaus, Epilepsy, deja vu, accelerated forgetting, and the Crimes Test, with Disney's Seven Dwarfs thrown in for good measure.
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Richard Allen @richjallen.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
I'm doing Pint of Science on Monday in Leeds! Come along if you'd like to hear about memory and forgetting in epilepsy. Warning: will contain a memory test...
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Richard Allen @richjallen.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
BNS Spring Meeting about to start. Looking forward to presenting our work on memory and forgetting in epilepsy.
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Amy Atkinson @amyatkinson.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
** New paper with @richjallen.bsky.social, @mwarb.bsky.social and others (not on BlueSky) in Journal of Attention Disorders ** Here we demonstrate that the ability to direct attention in working memory is not impaired in adults with symptoms of ADHD: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Richard Allen @richjallen.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Great presentations over the last few days at #EPS from my colleagues/collaborators @lusuperbia.bsky.social @amyatkinson.bsky.social @louisenicholls.bsky.social & Daisy Roe
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Richard Allen @richjallen.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Deep inside enemy territory
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Richard Allen @richjallen.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
A sunny train ride through the north of England this morning, heading to #EPS in Lancaster. @exppsychsoc.bsky.social
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Richard Allen @richjallen.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Cleaning out our very old and grubby car and found this… #retro #thosewhoknow
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Richard Allen @richjallen.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
New post-doc Research Associate position at University of Sheffield with @cvonbastian.bsky.social on our ESRC-funded project exploring cognition, ageing, and strategy use! Details here -> www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DML040/r...
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Research Associate at University of Sheffield
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Richard Allen @richjallen.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
In one of my occasional music posts, I’ve again dipped back into enjoying how consistently brilliant REM were in the 80s. Look out for this post again in about a year’s time.
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Richard Allen @richjallen.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Really happy and somewhat dazed to be able to say that I've been promoted to Professor in Cognitive Psychology, at @universityofleeds.bsky.social! Many thanks to all the people who have supported me through collaboration and friendship to this point. I'm looking forward to what comes next.
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Louise Nicholls @louisenicholls.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
📣 We are recruiting a 1-yr neuroimaging postdoc @universityofleeds.bsky.social for our ESRC-funded project on strategies to support healthy cognitive ageing, working with Melanie Burke, @richjallen.bsky.social, @cvonbastian.bsky.social, Mario Parra Rodriguez, and me! jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
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Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Research Fellow in Cognitive Ageing and Brain Imaging
Are you looking for an exciting PostDoc position working in brain imaging and cognition? Do you have a PhD or near to completion using imaging methods? Are you interested in how strategies can improve...
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Richard Allen @richjallen.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Subjective and objective memory in a community-derived sample of people with epilepsy: Evidence from the Crimes and Four Doors tests osf.io/fvz49/
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Subjective and objective memory in a community-derived sample of people with epilepsy: Evidence from the Crimes and Four Doors tests
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Richard Allen @richjallen.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
A one-year post doc opportunity on an ESRC-funded project at the University of Leeds. Details -> jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx... Get in touch if you'd like to know more!
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Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Research Fellow in Cognitive Ageing and Brain Imaging
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Richard Allen @richjallen.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Reading around for the textbook on memory that I'm working on (to be finished this year so watch this space folks...) and I'm enjoying the figures in Gordon Bower's classic 1970 article on mnemonic techniques.
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Richard Allen @richjallen.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Final version of our study on forgetting in epilepsy is out in Cortex (in the special issue for Sergio Della Sala). Detecting accelerated long-term forgetting remotely in a community sample of people with epilepsy: Evidence from the Crimes and Four Doors tests www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Detecting accelerated long-term forgetting remotely in a community sample of people with epilepsy: Evidence from the Crimes and Four Doors tests
People with epilepsy often report experiencing memory problems though these are not always detectable using standard neuropsychological measures. One …
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Richard Allen @richjallen.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
A really enjoyable Greater Yorkshire Memory Meeting in Leeds today. Lots of great talks and a fun evening in the pub. Thanks @lusuperbia.bsky.social and @alimair.bsky.social for organising!
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UCL News @uclnews.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
UCL colleagues and alumni have paid tribute to award-winning researcher, Professor Eleanor Maguire @uclqsion.bsky.social, whose studies into spatial awareness and memory led to a deeper understanding of how the brain works and had a profound impact on neuroscience www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ja...
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Tribute to pioneering cognitive neuroscientist Professor Eleanor Maguire
UCL colleagues and alumni have paid tribute to the award-winning researcher, Professor Eleanor Maguire, whose groundbreaking studies into spatial awareness and memory, led to a deeper understanding of...
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Richard Allen @richjallen.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
New paper with Taiji Ueno now out at JEPHPP! Running after two hares in visual working memory: Exploring retrospective attention to multiple items using simulation, behavioral outcomes, and eye tracking. psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...
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Richard Allen @richjallen.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Really sad news. I never met Eleanor, though saw her talk (ICOM6 in Budapest, 2016) and always admired her innovative & field-changing work on memory, spatial thinking, and the hippocampus.
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