Connecting memory and vision, with Dr Paul Bays

This week we spoke to Dr Paul Bays, the group leader of the Computational Cognition Group in the Department of Psychology at the University of Cambridge. His research focuses on visual working memory, which is our ability to recall details of what we have just seen. Paul explains how visual working memory is different to other forms of memory, and how his group uses a combination of computational modelling and volunteer trial data to form an understanding about how visual working memory works. We also discuss eidetic or "photographic" memory, and how neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease can impact visual working memory. The BlueSci Podcast is run by the Cambridge University Science Magazine, currently hosted by Ruby Coates and Simone Eizagirre and sponsored by Greiner Bio-One and Nature Careers . Visit to access our free magazine, and find out how to get involved. If you enjoyed this episode, please

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Connecting memory and vision, with Dr Paul Bays is an episode from BlueSci Podcast by Cambridge Uni Science Magazine.

This episode is 00:37:42 long.

This episode was published on Feb 22, 2021.

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