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All Members, Fellows, and Emeritus Fellows are invited to organize a symposium for the 2024 Annual Meeting to be held November 21-24 in New York City, USA. Start your planning now in anticipation of the submission deadline. 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. Symposium proposals are due April 1, 2024.
All presentations must be made in-person. There will not be opportunities to present your research remotely. Please view the submission requirements here.
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PS One World Seminar Series Presents
Malte Wöstmann on February 28
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Attention, please! Behavioral and neural dynamics of distraction
Speaker: Malte Wöstmann
University of Lübeck, Germany
February 28, 2024
11:15 AM - 1 PM U.S. Eastern Time | Register Now
Abstract
Goal-oriented behavior requires selective attention. Models of attention rest on the idea that irrelevant inputs are filtered out, but the dynamics of attentional filtering are not entirely clear. I will use auditory distraction as a test case and present evidence from psychoacoustics, electroencephalography (EEG), and online research on inter-individual differences to show three insights on the dynamics of processing distraction. More.
All talks in the One World Seminar Series are underwritten by the Psychonomic Society and made available free of charge. The Psychonomic Society is committed to programmatic accessibility and has secured ASL interpretation and closed captioning for all One World events in the 2023-2024 schedule.
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Carbon Neutrality Task Force Updates | |
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We write to update the membership on the Society’s efforts toward carbon neutrality. A task force was commissioned in 2020 to explore ways we could curtail or eliminate our carbon footprint.
The Governing Board (GB) and the Carbon Neutrality Task Force (CNTF) are searching for ways to reduce the greenhouse gas footprint associated with our annual meetings.
For 2024, the CNTF will continue monitoring the situation with carbon offsets and will continue to assist in calculating the total GHG carbon footprint arising from members’ air travel to the meeting.
The Board has authorized a symposium at the November meeting on climate change, and we encourage you and your colleagues to forward to the CNTF any suggestions for how this event might best be structured to be of value to attendees.
In addition, the Psychonomic Society seeks advice and guidance from our membership as we attempt to navigate through the important but often conflicting goals. These include facilitating face-to-face meetings between colleagues through in-person meetings while also preserving our environment by curtailing our contributions to greenhouse gases. Given these tensions, what actions should our Society take now? Learn more and submit a response here.
James Pomerantz and Suparna Rajaram
Co-Chairs, Carbon Neutrality Task Force
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Call for Early Career, Mid-Career and
Distinguished Leadership Award Nominations | |
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The Governing Board created a range of awards with the aim of recognizing individuals who have made outstanding contributions to advancing the experimental study of cognitive psychology in various stages of their career. Members (Fellows and Members) are invited to nominate outstanding scientists in our field for the 2024 Early Career Award, Mid-Career Award, and Clifford T. Morgan Distinguished Leadership Award. Nominations are due March 31.
Clifford T. Morgan Distinguished Leadership Award
The Psychonomic Society's Clifford T. Morgan Distinguished Leadership Award annually recognizes up to two deserving candidates who have demonstrated significant contributions to the field of cognitive psychology, been in the field for 10+ years, and modeled sustained leadership and service to the discipline. Recipients will be formally recognized at the 2024 Annual Meeting and will be presented with an award (no cash prize), complimentary registration, and up to $1,000 USD in travel reimbursement upon request. Learn more and submit a nomination.
Mid-Career Award
The Psychonomic Society Mid-Career Award is given for exceptional contributions to the field of experimental and cognitive psychology and related areas by an individual who is currently in the middle of their career. Recipients will be formally recognized at the 2024 Annual Meeting and will be presented with an award (no cash prize), complimentary registration, and up to $1,000 USD in travel reimbursement upon request. Learn more and submit a nomination.
Early Career Award
The Psychonomic Society Early Career Award is given annually to up to four scientists who have made significant contributions to scientific psychology early in their careers. Recipients will be formally recognized at the 2024 Annual Meeting and will be presented with an award and a $2,500 USD cash prize, complimentary registration, and economy airfare. Learn more and submit a nomination.
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Call for Nominations
PS-sponsored Speaker at NITOP 2025
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Psychonomic Society members are invited to submit a nomination for the PS-sponsored speaker at NITOP 2025. Self-nominations are welcome and encouraged. Hotel, registration, and airfare are covered by the society. The deadline for nominations is April 1.
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 2025 is scheduled for January 3-6, 2025, at the Sheraton Sand Key in Clearwater Beach, Florida, USA. Learn more about this PS-sponsored talk and how to submit a speaker nomination here.
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Call for Lunchtime Workshop Proposals | |
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You are invited to submit a proposal for a lunchtime workshop to be held during the 2024 Annual Meeting in New York City.
Lunchtime workshops are sessions intended to convey specific knowledge or skills. These workshops are more interactive and informal than formal talks, and they can involve extended discussion as well as hands-on training. A strong workshop proposal will make clear what knowledge, skills, tools, or insights participants might expect to gain from the session.
The deadline for proposals (approximately one page) is June 30. Please view the details and submission requirements here.
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Fellowship in the Society recognizes members with clear evidence of independent scholarship, rigorous and compelling research, and demonstrated experience conducting and supervising scientific research in cognitive and experimental psychology.
Self-nominations are due March 1. Apply to become a Fellow.
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Watch the Video
2023 Diversity & Inclusion Symposium
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Diversity in Disability: Evidence from Disability Identity and Research, is now available for viewing here. | |
Organizer: Jill Shelton, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Speakers: Karen Arcos, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA, Rain G. Bosworth, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA, Teresa Blankmeyer Burke, Gallaudet University, USA, and Steven Kapp, University of Portsmouth, UK
Discussant: Morton Ann Gernsbacher, University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA
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Psychonomic Society Journals | |
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Thank you to our 2023 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-Chiefs, 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 over 4,000 reviewers who have worked with our journals over the past year.
2023 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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Think twice: Re-assessing confidence improves visual metacognition | By Patxi Elosegi, Dobromir Rahnev & David Soto | |
To investigate if reassessing initial confidence boosts metacognitive performance, in two experiments, participants made decisions followed by two confidence choices. The results showed improved metacognitive sensitivity after reassessment, suggesting a reduction in metacognitive noise during confidence generation. Read this paper.
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thebeat: A Python package for working with rhythms and other temporal sequences | By Jelle van der Werff, Andrea Ravignani & Yannick Jadoul | |
thebeat, a Python package, works with temporal sequences and rhythms. Written for skilled and novice programmers alike, it simplifies the creation of experimental stimuli, visualization, and temporal data analysis. thebeat is open-source, collaborative, continually evolving, and adaptable for specialized subfields. Read this paper.
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Unringing the bell: Successful debriefing following a rich false memory study | By Ciara M. Greene, Katie M. Ryan, Lisa Ballantyne, Elizabeth Barrett, Conor S. Cowman, Caroline A. Dawson, Charlotte Huston, Julie Maher & Gillian Murphy | |
Can debriefing reduce false memory implantation? After undergoing successful false memory implantation, participants were debriefed. Post-debriefing, the false memory and belief rates dropped in a follow-up assessment. The study demonstrates that even convincing false memories can be retracted. Read this paper.
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New Springer Transformative Agreements | |
VIVA (Virginia’s academic library consortium)
OhioLINK (Ohio’s academic library consortium)
TÜBITAK ULAKBIM (includes 230+ Turkish institutions)
Authors at institutions who are part of these consortiums can publish open access in our six hybrid journals with APCs covered by the agreements. The agreements also cover reading access for all subscription content. View Springer’s Transformative Agreements here.
| Springer Submissions Administrator/Managing Editor Position Available | Springer is seeking a freelance submissions administrator/ managing editor (remote) for the Psychonomic Society portfolio of journals. The Managing Editor will be responsible for the administration and oversight of manuscript submissions for the continuous support of six journals, currently on the ScholarOne / Manuscript Central platform, but may include other platforms in the future, in a freelance position that combines administrative support, data analysis, and customer service. More. | | | |
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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. | | | | | |
