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Please consider submitting a paper or poster abstract to be presented at the 64th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society in San Francisco, California, USA, November 16-19, 2023. For more details about how to prepare by membership category, please review the submission guidelines here. The deadline is June 1 at 11:59 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time. The keynote and symposia will be livestreamed, however, remote presentations of talks or posters are not offered this year.
Applications for this year's J. Frank Yates Student Conference Awards and Graduate Conference Awards are also open using the same submission system. Log in to the abstract system using your PS member username and password.
You must be a member in good standing (2023 member dues paid) in order to submit an abstract. To renew your PS membership, please click here. To join for the first time, please click here. To submit an abstract as a non-member, contact Member Services at info@psychonomic.org or +1 847-375-3696 to request a non-member user account.
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Call for Symposia - Deadline Today | |
All Members, Fellows, and Emeritus Fellows are invited to submit a symposium for the 2023 Annual Meeting. The submission deadline is today! A symposium proposal should highlight new and emerging ideas that are likely to have broad influence in shaping future research, including ideas from related disciplines. All presentations must be made in-person. There will not be opportunities to present your research remotely. Please view the submission requirements here. | |
One World Seminar Series presents
Claudia von Bastian
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Mechanisms of Cognitive Training and Transfer Effects: Capacity and Efficiency
Speaker: Claudia von Bastian
The University of Sheffield, UK
May 17, 2023 | 11:15 AM - 1 PM ET | Register Now
Visual awareness of everyday complex environments involves both the individuation and recognition of objects and rapid extraction of global image properties of the scene. Humans have rapid access to global structural and statistical regularities which allows them the extraction of the “gist” or meaning of an image, central to the efficient assessment and orienting in complex environments. This ability is based on our extensive experience with the regularities of the natural world. Radiological images can be thought of as a specialized class of scenes and radiologists are experts who have learned to tune their visual system to regularities in these unusual scenes. Consequently, we have found that the gist of the abnormal in radiographs, viewed only for 500 milliseconds, allows radiologists to detect the presence of disease independent of the locus of any lesion and up to 3 years before the onset of cancer. I will address the nature of the gist signal in natural and radiological images and what affords humans the ability to detect it. I will address how this expertise can be trained as well as ways to refine the screening of medical images and inform and enhance the capabilities of computer-based detection systems to save lives.
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Call for Nominations
2024 Governing Board
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The Call for Nominations for the 2024 Governing Board Election is now open. The elected candidates in this year's election will fill the two full terms available on the Governing Board (2024-2029).
Fellows and Emeritus Fellows of the society may nominate Fellows as well as run for election. The deadline for nominations is June 15. The election will open on July 15. To learn more about the election, voting eligibility and service, click here.
Members of the Governing Board help shape the activities and long-term strategy of the organization through participation in Board meetings and service on various PS committees. A full list of the 2023 Governing Board and committees may be viewed here.
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Call for Initial Proposals
2024 Leading Edge Workshop
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You are invited to submit an initial proposal for a Leading Edge Workshop to be sponsored by the Psychonomic Society in 2024. Financial support of up to $30,000 USD is available.
Psychonomic Society Leading Edge Workshops advance knowledge and understanding by bringing together senior scientists and early career researchers to examine the most innovative cognitive science.
The deadline for initial proposals (max 500 words) is June 30. Please view the details and submission requirements here.
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2023 Annual Meeting
November 16-19, 2023 | Hilton San Francisco | San Francisco, California, USA
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The 2023 Annual Meeting website is now live. Check back regularly as information is regularly updated. | |
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Keynote Speaker
The 2023 Annual Meeting, featuring keynote speaker Jennifer Eberhart, Stanford University, USA, is currently being planned as an in-person meeting only with live streaming of the keynote and symposia.
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Psychonomic Society Journals | |
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Thank you to our 2022 reviewers!
Peer review is a critical part of ensuring the quality and credibility of our journals, and reviewers play a vital role in this process by evaluating the validity, originality, and rigor of submitted manuscripts. Without the dedication of these expert reviewers, the publication of our high-quality research would not be possible.
The Editors-in-Chief, Publications Committee, and Governing Board would like to take this opportunity to express our sincere gratitude and appreciation for the invaluable service provided by the almost 4,000 reviewers who have worked with our journals over the past year.
2022 Reviewer Lists
Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics (AP&P)
Behavior Research Methods (BRM)
Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience (CABN)
Cognitive Research: Principles & Implications (CR:PI)
Learning & Behavior (L&B)
Memory & Cognition (M&C)
Psychonomic Bulletin & Review (PB&R)
If you are interested in becoming a reviewer for one or more of our journals, please contact us at info@psychonomic.org and include [Journal Name] Reviewer Request in the subject line. All reviewers are carefully selected by our editorial teams who balance experience levels, research interests, publication history, and volunteer status amongst other factors in consideration of requests. Please understand that our editorial teams are unable to grant reviewer status to all that apply.
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By Rosa E. Torres, Stephen M. Emrich & Karen L. Campbell
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The study investigated whether older adults use negative cues to filter irrelevant information from their visual working memory. While negative cues aided in the filtering of VWM, they were less effective than positive cues, possibly due to residual attention being directed towards distractor items. Read this paper.
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Truckenbrod andcolleagues investigated the cognitive contributions to risk taking in males and females rats using a decision-making task involving the risk of a foot shock punishment, followed by a series of cognitive behavioral tests. They found that females were more risk-averse than males, which is consistent with prior research. Read this paper.
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Don't look back on failure: spontaneous uncertainty monitoring
in chimpanzees
By Masaki Tomonaga, Yoshiki Kurosawa, Yuri Kawaguchi & Hiroya Takiyama
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Tomonaga et al. investigated whether the "looking back" behavior exhibited by chimpanzees during computer-controlled cognitive tasks indicates their confidence. The findings provide evidence that chimpanzees have the ability to monitor their confidence, allowing them to make more accurate decisions in their natural environment. Read this paper.
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Behavior Research Methods (BRM), Volume 55, Issue 2
Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, Volume 23, Issue 2
Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, Volume 85, Issue 3
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Please Note
CR:PI is fully open access. All other PS journals become fully open access after 12 months.
Authors in our journals can share their content easily and legally through Springer’s SharedIt program, a content-sharing initiative.
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Call for Nominations
PS-sponsored Speaker at NITOP 2024
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Psychonomic Society members are invited to submit a nomination for the PS-sponsored speaker at NITOP 2024. Self-nominations are welcome and encouraged. The hotel room charge and airfare are covered by the society. The deadline for nominations is May 31.
The National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology (NITOP) is an annual conference for teachers of psychology. Speakers based on nominations from past participants, selections from scientific societies, or expertise in topics related to the teaching of psychology, and demonstrated skill in presenting.
NITOP 2024 is scheduled for January 3-6, 2024 in Bonita Springs, Florida, USA. Learn more about this PS-sponsored talk and how to submit a speaker nomination here.
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Grants Available Up to $40,000 from
William K. and Katherine W. Estes Fund
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The William K. and Katherine W. Estes Fund invites proposals to fund advanced training opportunities in mathematical and computational modeling for psychological science in summer schools or focused workshops. The deadline for initial proposals is September 1.
Jointly overseen by the Psychonomic Society and the Association for Psychological Science, the Estes Fund supports a variety of activities aimed at strengthening methodology in mathematical, quantitative and experimental psychology and related areas. Learn more about the funded projects and how you can submit a 2024 initial proposal here.
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PS members attend the Annual Meeting for FREE. Membership also gives you complimentary access to all seven PS journals, the chance to submit proposals for exclusive PS funding opportunities, and more. | | | | | |
