Preprints

  • Moretti, L., Koch, I., Hornjak, R., & von Bastian, C. C. (under revision). Quality over quantity: Focusing on high-conflict trials to improve the reliability and validity of attentional control measures. [Preprint PDF]
  • 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., Stoermer, V. S., Garcia Alanis, J. C., Löffler, C., Schubert, A.-L., Biel, A. L. Tretow, A., Xu, W., Hämäläinen, J., 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. (Stage-1 Registered Report accepted at Cortex). Contralateral delay activity as a marker of visual working memory capacity: A multi-site registered replication. [Preprint PDF]
  • 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. [Preprint PDF] [Data]

Journal Articles

2023 - present

  • 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. doi: 10.1038/s44271-024-00067-8 [PDF] [Materials and Data]
  • von Bastian, C. C., Hyde, E. R. A., & Jiang, S. (2024). Tackling cognitive decline in late adulthood: Cognitive interventions. Current Opinion in Psychology, Article 101780. doi: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2023.101780 [PDF]
  • 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. doi: 10.1038/s41597-022-01811-7 [PDF] [Materials and Data]
  • Garvey, F. & von Bastian, C. C. (2023). Cognition: Memory perseverance through binding. Communications Psychology, 1, Article 10. doi: 10.1038/s44271-023-00009-w [PDF]
  • 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. doi: 10.1037/xge0001328 [PDF] [Data]
  • 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. doi: 10.5334/joc.306 [PDF] [Data]
  • 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. doi: 10.1037/xlm0001188 [PDF] [Data]
  • 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. doi: 10.5334/joc.310 [PDF] [Data]
  • 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. doi: 10.1038/s44159-022-00147-8 [PDF]

2022

  • 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. doi: 10.5114/hpr.2022.116812 [PDF]
  • 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. doi: 10.1007/s42761-022-00128-3 [PDF] [Data]
  • 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. doi: 10.1037/xge0001141 [PDF] [Data]
  • 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. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2111091119 [PDF] [Data]
  • 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. doi: 10.1038/s41398-022-02272-7 [PDF].
  • 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. doi: 10.1037/xge0000895 [PDF] [Materials and Data]
  • 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. doi: 10.1038/s44159-021-00001-3
  • 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. doi: 10.1186/s40359-022-00877-7 [PDF]

2021

  • 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. doi: 10.1037/bul0000325 [PDF] [Data]
  • 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. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2021.605213 [PDF]
  • 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. doi: 10.3390/jintelligence9030043 [PDF] [Data]
  • 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. doi: 10.3758/s13421-021-01156-3 [PDF] [Data]
  • von Bastian, C. C. (2021). Are there reliable qualitative individual differences in cognition? Probably not. Journal of Cognition, 4(1), Article 52. doi: 10.5334/joc.174 [PDF]
  • 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. doi: 10.1038/s41562-021-01173-x [PDF] [Data]

2017 - 2020

  • 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. doi: 10.1037/emo0000584 [PDF] [Data]
  • 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. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbz056 [PDF] [Data]
  • 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. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2019.00180 [PDF]
  • Meiran, N., Dreisbach, G., & von Bastian, C. C. (2019). Mechanisms of working-memory training: Insights from individual differences. Intelligence, 73, 78-87. doi: 10.1016/j.intell.2019.01.010 [PDF]
  • 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. doi: 10.1037/xge0000593 [PDF] [Materials and Data]
  • 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. doi: 10.1037/xge0000453 [PDF] [Data]
  • 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. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01997 [PDF] [Materials] [Data]
  • 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. doi: 10.1007/s41465-017-0049-9 [PDF] [Data]
  • 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. doi: 10.1037/pag0000206 [PDF] [Data]
  • 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. doi: 10.1037/xge0000362 [PDF] [Data]
  • 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. doi: 10.1037/xge0000333 [PDF] [Materials] [Data]

2016 and earlier

  • 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. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0147770 [PDF] [Data]
  • von Bastian, C. C., & Eschen, A. (2016). Does working memory training have to be adaptive? Psychological Research, 80(2), 181-194. doi: 10.1007/s00426-015-0655-z [PDF]
  • 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. doi: 10.1037/xge0000120 [PDF] [Materials] [Data]
  • Zimmermann, K., von Bastian, C. C., Martin, M., Roecke, C., & Eschen, A. (2016). Transfer effects after process-based object-location memory training in healthy older adults. Psychology and Aging, 31(7), 798–814. doi: 10.1037/pag0000123 [PDF]
  • von Bastian, C.C., & Oberauer, K. (2014). Effects and mechanisms of working memory training: A review. Psychological Research, 78(6), 803-820. doi: 10.1007/s00426-013-0524-6 [PDF]
  • 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. doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2013.01.008 [Materials]
  • 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. doi: 10.3758/s13421-012-0280-7 [PDF] [Materials]
  • 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. doi: 10.3758/s13428-012-0224-y [PDF] [Software]
  • 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. doi: 10.1016/j.jml.2013.02.002
  • von Bastian, C. C., Schwaninger, A., & Michel, S. (2010). Color impact on security screening. IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, 25(10), 33-38. doi: 10.1109/MAES.2010.5631724
  • 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.

Book Chapters

Software

  • 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).