- .Campbell, G., Hart, R., Allen, R. J., von Bastian, C. C., Burke, M. R., Parra, M. A., Shiramizu, V., & Brown-Nicholls, L. A. (under review). The role of spontaneous strategy use in younger and older adults' visuospatial memory.
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- von Bastian, C. C., Blais, C., Brewer, G. A., Gyurkovics, M., Hedge, C., Kałamała, P., Laketa, A., Meier, M. E., Oberauer, K., Rey-Mermet, A., Rouder, J. N., Souza, A. S., Bartsch, L. M., Conway, A. R. A., Draheim, C., Engle, R. W., Friedman, N. P., Frischkorn, G. T., Gustavson, D. E., Koch, I., Redick, T. S., Smeekens, B. A., Whitehead, P. S., & Wiemers, E. A. (in preparation). Advancing the understanding of individual differences in attentional control: Theoretical, methodological, and analytical considerations.
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- Garvey, W. F., Hao, H., Conway, A. R. A., Forsberg, A., & von Bastian, C. C. (accepted for publication). Individual differences in the three-embedded components of working memory and their relation to fluid intelligence. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition.
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- Hyde, E. R. A., Carroll, D. J., Schmidt, R., & von Bastian, C. C. (accepted for publication). Processing speed, not multitasking, drives expert decision-making under pressure. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance.
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- Knight, E. D., Guitard, D., von Bastian, C. C., & Forsberg, A. (accepted for publication). When words are seen but not heard: Working memory constrains long-term memory for visually presented, but not for auditorily presented, verbal information. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition.
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- Nottamkandath, V., Chandran, D., Debnarayan, D., von Bastian, C. C., Bhaskaran, R., & Surendran, H. (in press). Neuropsychological functioning and emotional processing in acoustic schwannoma: Insights from an Indian cohort. Applied Neuropsychology: Adult.
- Aryanto, C. B., Aisyah, A. R. K., Timmers, R., Blakey, E., & von Bastian, C. C. (2026). How is musical expertise related to executive functions? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 33, Article 64.
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- Campbell, G., Nicholls, G., Hart, R., Allen, R. J., von Bastian, C. C., Burke, M. R., Parra, M. A., & Brown-Nicholls, L. A. (2026). Development and validation of an AI-generated real-world object stimuli set. Behavior Research Methods, 58, Article 154.
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- Moretti, L., Koch, I., Hornjak, R., & von Bastian C. C. (2026). Quality over quantity: Focusing on high-conflict trials to improve the reliability and validity of attentional control measures. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 52(1), 34-54.
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- Strzelczyk, D., Clayson, P. E., Sigurdardottir, H. M., Mushtaq, F., Pavlov, Y. G., Devillez, H., Lukashevich, A., Rocha, H. A., Chung, Y. H., Ortego, K. M., Störmer, V. S., Garcia Alanis, J. C., Löffler, C., Schubert, A.-L., Biel, A. L., Birkholz, S. A., Johnson, E. M., Johnson, J. S., Lu, Z., Choi, Y. M., Lout, E., Golomb, J. D., Jiang, S., Jones, M., Mizrak, E., von Bastian, C. C., Busch, N. A., Machizawa, M. G., Ngiam, W. X. Q., Vogel, E. K., & Langer, N. (2026). Contralateral delay activity as a marker of visual working memory capacity: A multi-site registered replication. Cortex, 201, 10-39.
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- Talamini, F., Grassi, M., Altoè, G., Brattico, E., Caclin, A., Carretti, B., Drai-Zerbib, V., Ferreri, L., Gambarota, F., Grahn, J., Guiotto, L., Fovino, N., Roccato, M., Rodriguez-Fornells, A., Swaminathan, S., Tillmann, B., Vuust, P., Wilbiks, J., Zentner, M., ..., Aryanto, C. B., ... , von Bastian, C. C., … & Zappa, A. (2026). Music ensemble: A large dataset on musicianship, cognition, and personality in musicians and nonmusicians. Scientific Data, 13, Article 473.
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- Wyllie, A., von Bastian, C. C., & Zivony, A. (2026). Long-term memory speeds encoding, independently of attention. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 33, Article 258.
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- Zivony, A., von Bastian, C. C., & Pye, R. (2026). Measuring individual differences in the speed of attention using the distractor intrusion task. Behavior Research Methods, 58, Article 47.
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- Grassi, M., Talamini, F., Altoè, G., Brattico, E., Caclin, A., Carretti, B., Drai-Zerbib, V., Ferreri, L., Gambarota, F., Grahn, J., Guiotto, L., Fovino, N. G. N., Roccato, M., Rodriguez-Fornells, A., Swaminathan, S., Tillmann, B., Vuust, P., Wilbiks, J., Zentner, M., ..., Aryanto, C. B., von Bastian, C. C., ... & Zappa, A. (2025). Do musicians have better short-term memory than nonmusicians? A multi-lab study. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 8(4), 1-30.
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- James-Brabham, E., von Bastian, C. C., Brough, C., & Blakey, E. (2025). Do home mathematical activities relate to early mathematical skills? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Child Development, 96, 451-468.
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- Jiang, S., Jones, M., & von Bastian, C. C. (2024). TDCS over PPC or DLPFC does not improve visual working memory capacity. Communications Psychology, 2, Article 20.
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- von Bastian, C. C., Hyde, E. R. A., & Jiang, S. (2024). Tackling cognitive decline in late adulthood: Cognitive interventions. Current Opinion in Psychology, 56, Article 101780.
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- Buchanan, E. M., Lewis, S. C., Paris, B., Forscher, P. S., Pavlavic, J. M., Beshears, J. E., Drexler, S. M., Gourdon-Kanhukamwe, A., Mallik, P. R., Silan, M. A. A., Miller, J. K., IJzerman, H., Beaudry, J. L., Suchow, J. W., Chartier, C. R., Todsen, A. L., Levitan, C. A., … von Bastian, C. C., … Primbs, M. A. (2023). The Psychological Science Accelerator’s COVID-19 rapid-response dataset. Scientific Data, 10, Article 87.
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- Garvey, F., & von Bastian, C. C. (2023). Cognition: Memory perseverance through binding. Communications Psychology, 1, Article 10.
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- Himi, S. A., Stadler, M., von Bastian, C. C., Bühner, M. & Hilbert, S. (2023). Limits of near transfer: Content- and operation-specific effects of working memory training. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 152(5), 1305-1333.
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- Jiang, S., Jones, M., & von Bastian, C. C. (2023). Mechanisms of cognitive change: Training improves the quality but not the quantity of visual working memory representations.Journal of Cognition, 6(1), Article 42.
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- Piątkowski, K. von Bastian, C. C., Zawadzka, K., & Hanczakowski, M. (2023). Elaboration by superposition: From interference in working memory to encoding in long-term memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 49(3), 371-388.
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- Reinhartz, A., Strobach, T., Jacobsen, T., & von Bastian, C. C. (2023). Mechanisms of training-related change in processing speed: A drift-diffusion model approach.Journal of Cognition, 6(1), Article 46.
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- von Bastian, C. C., Belleville, S., Reinhartz, A., & Strobach, T. (2023). Reply to 'Efficiency and capacity mechanisms may coexist in cognitive training'. Nature Reviews Psychology, 2(128), 41.
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- Debowska, A., Horeczy, B., Boduszek, D., Dolinski, D., & von Bastian, C. C. (2022). Development and validation of a stress response measure: The Daily Stress Response Scale (DSRS). Health Psychology Report, 10(3), 238-248.
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- Dorison, C., Lerner, J. S., Heller, B. H., Rothman, A., Kawachi, I. I., Wang, K., Rees, V. W., Gill, B. P., Gibbs, N., ... von Bastian, C. C., ... Coles, N. A. (2022). In COVID-19 health messaging, loss framing increases anxiety without concomitant benefits: Experimental evidence from 84 countries. Affective Science, 3, 588-602.
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- Frischkorn, G. T., von Bastian, C. C., Souza, A. S., & Oberauer, K. (2022). Individual differences in updating are not related to reasoning ability and working memory capacity. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 151(6), 1341-1357.
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- Psychological Science Accelerator Self-Determination Theory Collaboration (2022). A global experiment on motivating social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 119(22), Article 2111091119.
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- Ripp, I., Emch, M., Wu, Q., Lizarraga, A., Udale, R. C., von Bastian, C. C., Koch, K., & Yakushev, I. (2022). Adaptive working memory training does not produce transfer effects in cognition and neuroimaging. Translational Psychiatry, 12, Article 512.
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- Vergauwe, E., von Bastian, C. C., Kostova, R., & Morey, C. C. (2022). Storage and processing in working memory: A single, domain-general resource explains multi-tasking. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 151(2), 285-301.
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- von Bastian, C. C., Belleville, S., Udale, R. C., Reinhartz, A., Essounni, M., & Strobach, T. (2022). Mechanisms underlying training-induced cognitive change. Nature Reviews Psychology, 1(1), 30-41.
- von Bastian, C. C., Reinhartz, A., Udale, R. C., Grégoire, S., Essounni, M., Belleville, S., & Strobach, T. (2022). Mechanisms of processing speed training and transfer effects across the adult lifespan: Protocol of a multi-site cognitive training study. BMC Psychology, 10, Article 168.
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- Cafferata, R. M. T., Hicks, B., & von Bastian, C. C. (2021). Effectiveness of cognitive stimulation for dementia: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychological Bulletin, 147(5), 455-476.
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- Dziemian, S., Appenzeller, S., von Bastian, C. C., Jäncke, L., & Langer, N. (2021). Working memory training effects on white matter integrity in young and older adults. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 15, Article 605213.
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- Frischkorn, G. T., & von Bastian, C. C. (2021). In search of the executive cognitive processes proposed by Process-Overlap Theory.Journal of Intelligence, 9(3), Article 43.
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- Kane, M. J., Carruth, N. P., Lurquin, J. H., Silvia, P. J., Smeekens, B. A., von Bastian, C. C., & Miyake, A. (2021). Individual differences in task-unrelated thought in university classrooms. Memory & Cognition, 49, 1247-1266.
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- von Bastian, C. C. (2021). Are there reliable qualitative individual differences in cognition? Probably not. Journal of Cognition, 4(1), Article 52.
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- Wang, K., Goldenberg, A., Dorison, C. A., Miller, J. K., Uusberg, A., Lerner, J. S., Gross, J., Agesin, B. B., Bernardo, M., Campos, O., Eudave, L., Grzech, K., Ozery, D. H., Jackson, E. A., Garcia, E. O. L., Drexler, S. M., Jurkovic, A. P., … von Bastian, C. C., … Moshontz, H. (2021). A multi-country test of brief reappraisal interventions on emotions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nature Human Behaviour, 5, 1089-1110.
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- Gustavson, D. E., Lurquin, J. H., Michaelson, L. E., Barker, J. E., Carruth, N. P., von Bastian, C. C., & Miyake, A. (2020). Lower general executive function is primarily associated with trait worry: A latent variable analysis of negative thought/affect measures. Emotion, 20(4), 557-571.
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- Guye, S., Röcke, C., Martin, M., & von Bastian, C. C. (2020). Functional ability in everyday life: Are associations with an engaged lifestyle mediated by working memory? The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 75(9), 1873-1883.
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- Emch, M., von Bastian, C. C., & Koch, K. (2019). Neural correlates of verbal working memory: An fMRI meta-analysis. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 13, 180.
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- Meiran, N., Dreisbach, G., & von Bastian, C. C. (2019). Mechanisms of working-memory training: Insights from individual differences. Intelligence, 73, 78-87.
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- Rey-Mermet, A., Gade, M., Souza, A. S., von Bastian, C. C., & Oberauer, K. (2019). Is executive control related to working memory capacity and fluid intelligence? Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 148(8), 1335-1372.
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- De Simoni, C., & von Bastian, C. C. (2018). Working memory updating and binding training: Bayesian evidence supporting the absence of transfer. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 147(6), 829-858.
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- Oschwald, J., Schättin, A., von Bastian, C. C., & Souza, A. S. (2018). Bidialectism and bilingualism: Exploring the role language similarity as a link between linguistic ability and executive control. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, Article 1997.
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- Guye, S., De Simoni, C., & von Bastian, C. C. (2017). Do individual differences predict change in cognitive training performance? A latent growth curve modeling approach. Journal of Cognitive Enhancement, 1(4), 374-393.
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- Guye, S., & von Bastian, C. C. (2017). Working memory training in older adults: Bayesian evidence supporting the absence of transfer. Psychology and Aging, 32(8), 732-746.
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- Kane, M. J., Smeekens, B. A., von Bastian, C. C., Lurquin, J. H., Carruth, N. P., & Miyake, A. (2017). A combined experimental and individual-differences investigation into mind wandering during a video lecture. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 146(11), 1649-1674.
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- von Bastian, C. C., & Druey, M. D. (2017). Shifting between mental sets: An individual differences approach to commonalities and differences of task switching components. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 146(9), 1266-1285.
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- Lurquin, J. H., Michaelson, L. E., Barker, J. E., Gustavson, D. E., von Bastian, C. C., Carruth, N. P., & Miyake, A. (2016). No evidence of the ego-depletion effect across task characteristics and individual differences: A pre-registered study. PLoS One, 11(2), e0147770.
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- von Bastian, C. C., & Eschen, A. (2016). Does working memory training have to be adaptive? Psychological Research, 80(2), 181-194.
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- von Bastian, C. C., Souza, A. S., & Gade, M. (2016). No evidence for bilingual cognitive advantages: A test of four hypotheses. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 145(2), 246-258.
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- Zimmermann, K., von Bastian, C. C., Roecke, C., Martin, M., & Eschen, A. (2016). Transfer after process-based object-location memory training in healthy older adults. Psychology and Aging, 31(7), 798–814.
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- von Bastian, C.C., & Oberauer, K. (2014). Effects and mechanisms of working memory training: A review. Psychological Research, 78(6), 803-820.
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- Langer, N., von Bastian, C. C., Oberauer, K., & Jäncke, L. (2013). The effects of working memory training on functional brain network efficiency. Cortex, 49(9), 2424-2438.
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- von Bastian, C. C., Langer, N., Jäncke, L., & Oberauer, K. (2013). Effects of working memory training in young and old adults. Memory & Cognition, 41(4), 611-624.
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- von Bastian, C. C., Locher, A., & Ruflin, M. (2013). Tatool: A Java-based open-source programming framework for psychological studies. Behavior Research Methods, 45(1), 108-115.
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- von Bastian, C. C., & Oberauer, K. (2013). Distinct transfer effects of training different facets of working memory capacity. Journal of Memory and Language, 69, 36-58.
- von Bastian, C. C., Schwaninger, A., & Michel, S. (2010). Color impact on security screening. IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, 25(10), 33-38.
- von Bastian, C. C., Schwaninger, A., & Michel, S. (2008). Do multi-view X-ray systems improve X-ray image interpretation in airport security screening? Zeitschrift für Arbeitswissenschaft, 62(3), 165-173.
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- Guye, S., Röcke, C., Mérillat, S., von Bastian, C. C., & Martin, M. (2021). Cognitive training across the adult lifespan. In T. Strobach & J. Karbach (Eds.), Cognitive Training: An Overview of Features and Applications (2nd ed., pp. 141-152). Springer.
- von Bastian, C. C., Guye, S., & De Simoni, C. (2019). How strong is the evidence for the effectiveness of working memory training? In M. F. Bunting, J. M. Novick, M. R. Dougherty & R. W. Engle (Eds.), Cognitive and Working Memory Training: Perspectives from Psychology, Neuroscience, and Human Development (pp. 58–75). Oxford University Press.
- Guye, S., Röcke, C., Mérillat, S., von Bastian, C. C., & Martin, M. (2016). Plasticity in different age groups: Adult lifespan. In T. Strobach & J. Karbach (Eds.), Cognitive Training: An Overview of Features and Applications (pp. 45-55). Springer.
- von Bastian, C. C., & Locher, A. (2015). Tatool Web. Open-source software based on JavaScript and HTML5 for developing and running psychological experiments, published under the GNU General Public License (GPL v3.0).
- von Bastian, C. C., Locher, A., & Ruflin, M. (2012). Tatool (Training and Testing Tool). Open-source Java framework for developing psychological trainings and experiments, published under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL).