Both in everyday life and in memory research, people tend to think that items are 'held'in
mind, in the same way that a real-world object can be held in one's hand. Inspired by this …

Rate-distortion theory provides a powerful framework for understanding the nature of human
memory by formalizing the relationship between information rate (the average number of bits …

In many decision tasks, we have a set of alternative choices and are faced with the problem
of how to use our latent beliefs and preferences about each alternative to make a single …

Recognition memory is an essential form of memory retrieval, allowing us to determine
whether a thing or episode we experience in the present has been experienced in the past …

Working memory is an evolving concept. Our understanding of the neural functions that
support WM develops iteratively alongside the approaches used to study it, and both can be …