The Psychonomic Society invites proposals to fund a collaborative symposium between the Psychonomic Society and the European Society for Cognitive Psychology (ESCoP). The collaborative symposium will be held during ESCoP's 23rd Conference in Porto, Portugal, September 6-9, 2023. 

Proposals will be accepted through November 30, 2022. Applicants will be notified of the status of their proposal by late January, 2023. 

Submission Guidelines & Selection Criteria 

Call for Nominations:

NAS Troland Research Award

Two NAS Troland Research Awards of $75,000 are given annually to recognize unusual achievement by early-career researchers (preferably 45 years of age or younger) and to further empirical research within the broad spectrum of experimental psychology. Click here for additional information on past recipients, eligibility requirements, and more.

Nominations are due October 3rd. Submit online.

The Psychonomic Society congratulates the following Graduate Student Members for being named recipients of the 2022 J. Frank Yates Student Conference Award:

* Teairra Z. Evans (The University of Alabama, USA)

* Sara B. Félix (University of Aveiro, Portugal) 

* Gizem Filiz (Washington University in St. Louis, USA)

* Merve Ileri-Tayar (Washington University in St. Louis)

* Adva Levi (Tel Aviv University, Israel)

* Zoe Loh (University of California, Merced, USA)

* Vaishnavi Mohite (University of Hyderabad, India)

* Julie Pham (Southern Methodist University, USA)

* Stephany Duany Rea (The University of Texas at Austin, USA)

* Sónia M.P. Santos (University of Aveiro, Portugal)

* Toni Smith (Michigan State University, USA)

* Rhiannon N. Soriano Smith (University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA)

By Agata Wolna, Magdalena Łuniewska, Ewa Haman & Zofia Wodniecka

A new database of images of objects and actions is available complete with a set of picture-naming norms, pictures' properties norms, representative concepts, and predominant and alternative names of the images. Oh, and it's in Polski (Polish). Read the article.

Error Monitoring in Rats? We Need Models

By Jérémie Jozefowiez

Rats monitor their errors to influence their behavior. Or do they? In this paper, Jozefowiez critically analyzes the assumptions used to support that claim. He calls for formalized models with precise assumptions and comparisons of these models. Read the article.

By Will Deng, Alexa K. Rosenblatt, Thomas Talhelm & Adam L. Putnam

Does how we think about the future differ across cultures? American participants had a positivity bias for their personal future and a negativity bias for their country's future. Chinese participants showed neither type of bias for their own future or their country's future. Read this paper. 

2022 Annual Meeting

November 17 - 20

Boston, Massachusetts, USA & Online

Switching between On-Site and Virtual Presentations

A limited window is available for annual meeting presenters to switch between giving on-site and virtual presentations. Learn more.

Registration Is Open

Sign up to attend in-person in Boston or online. Members and undergrad students attend for free. Register now.

Special Hotel Room Rates

Discounted room rates ($215 USD/night + taxes and fees) at the Sheraton Boston Hotel are now available. Book by Oct 31st.