Psychonomic Society

Survey says - participant choice of scale leads to control. Read the new post by Heather Manitzas Hill on paper by Tanja Kutscher & Michael Eid https://bit.ly/4cUi9sc

Join over 2,700 colleagues from over 40 countries attending our dynamic three-day Annual Meeting featuring a keynote by Nelson Cowan, 5 symposia, 350 talks, 1, 500 posters, 5 workshops, and more. Don’t miss out—early registration ends August 31: https://bit.ly/3RRd0c2

How do our minds remember words? The answer: layers like an onion! A review by Massimo Stella and colleagues shows why multilayer networks are best for modeling the mental lexicon. https://bit.ly/465obnv Post by Daniel Pfaff

Low-energy bluetooth can enhance your research on social interactions in many contexts, from to romantic relationships and beyond! Read our latest post by Jonathan Caballero on paper by Janssen and colleagues

Five-star parenting, would totally recommend – Psychonomic Society Featured Content Statistics and Methodology Five-star parenting, would totally recommend Author Jonathan Caballero Other Posts By Jonathan Caballero July 9, 2024 | No Comments The Black Mirror episode “Nosedive” (2016) introduces a society where people constantly rate their interactions with each other through t...

Calling all Psychonomes! Are you planning to attend the 2024 Annual Meeting and facing additional family care expenses? Our Family Care Grant offers up to $500 USD to support members with extra costs for daycare, babysitting, elder care, or care of a family member with disabilities. Apply by September 1. https://bit.ly/45OUMha

Registration and hotel reservations for the Psychonomic Society’s 2024 Annual Meeting in New York City are now open! Join us November 21-24 to engage with leading experts, attend keynotes, symposia, workshops, and more. Register today and take advantage of the early registration rates (discounted for members) by August 31. https://bit.ly/3RRd0c2

Same-different judgments may be processed by distinct neural networks. Arnold Glass’s lab shows that it matters which side the same and different buttons are on! Post by Brett Myers https://bit.ly/3LazmSe…ct-brain-systems/

“Same or different” controlled by distinct brain systems – Psychonomic Society Featured Content Decision Making, Features and Objects “Same or different” controlled by distinct brain systems Author Brett Myers Other Posts By Brett Myers July 2, 2024 | No Comments The “same or different” concept is something we all learned as a child. We were shown two images and asked if they were the ...

Congratulations to the 2024 Student Travel Award from Developing Nations recipients! The recipients will be honored at the Awards & Business Meeting on Saturday, November 23 in New York City. https://bit.ly/3RENk24 Universidad Nacional de Colombia Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso Boğaziçi Üniversitesi

Deadline Alert: Submit your nominations for the 2025 Governing Board by June 30. All PS Emeriti, Fellows, and Members are invited to nominate up to 4 individuals to run in the upcoming election. Submit today: https://bit.ly/4aDaGwl

The deadline for the 𝘈𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, & 𝘗𝘴𝘺𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘴 issue, “Top-Down vs. Bottom-Up Influences on Perception and Attention: A Special Issue Celebrating Mary A. Peterson,” has been extended to September 1. Submission guidelines can be found here: https://bit.ly/3Tqc1Rq

Are you more likely to remember a blue banana or a stereotypical yellow banana? Turns out the answer is complex and likely depends on our age, our executive function, and our attention. Only through combining the power of adult behavioral studies, developmental studies, and computational modeling can we fully unravel the relationship between prior knowledge and episodic memory. Check out the new review by Carla Macias and Kimele Persaud, where they dig into the value of multi-method approaches to answering big questions in cognitive science. Post by Hannah Mechtenberg https://bit.ly/45E2HxC…-memory-research/

Remembering blue bananas: A multi-method approach to episodic memory research – Psychonomic Society Featured Content Learning and Memory Remembering blue bananas: A multi-method approach to episodic memory research Author Hannah Mechtenberg Other Posts By Hannah Mechtenberg June 25, 2024 | No Comments It’s a beautiful day outside. While you recline comfortably under a tree, you see a small creature in the distan...

Deadline Alert: The 2024 Call for Lunchtime Workshops deadline is June 30. Review the submission requirements and submit here: https://bit.ly/4c3xQNW

Deadline Alert: Nominate yourself or well-suited colleagues to serve on the 2025 Governing Board by June 30. All PS Emeriti, Fellows and Members are invited to nominate up to 4 individuals to help shape the activities and long-term strategy of the organization. https://bit.ly/4aDaGwl

Does cognitive control REALLY differ between bilingual and monolingual speakers? Giacomo Spinelli and Simone Sulpizio take a different approach—and find challenges to traditional assumptions about the role of adaptive control in bilingual processing. Post by Melinh Lai. https://bit.ly/3VLNEhX…adaptive-control/

Congratulations to Randi Martin, Rice University, USA, recipient of the 2024 Clifford T. Morgan Distinguished Leadership Award. The award honors exceptional scientists at the forefront of cognitive psychology who have demonstrated sustained leadership and service to the field and to the Society. https://bit.ly/3X1sxJH Rice University

Congratulations to D. Stephen Lindsay, University of Victoria, Canada, recipient of the 2024 Clifford T. Morgan Distinguished Leadership Award. The award honors exceptional scientists at the forefront of cognitive psychology who have demonstrated sustained leadership and service to the field and to the Society. https://bit.ly/3X1sxJH University of Victoria

Congratulations to the 2024 Mid-Career Award recipients! This award is given in recognition of scientists who have made excellent contributions to the field of cognitive psychology in the middle of their career. https://bit.ly/4ebiTu4 The University of Texas at Austin Northwestern University

📊 A quest for statistical truth – new guidelines for conducting meta-analyses. paper by Fernández-Castilla, Said-Metwaly, Kreitchmann, and Van Den Noortgate Post by Heather Manitzas https://bit.ly/3VD580c…-analysis-galaxy/

Congratulations to the 2024 to the 2024 Early Career Award recipients! This award is given in recognition of scientists who have made significant contributions to the field of cognitive psychology early in their careers. https://bit.ly/3R5O3sV Missouri S&T University of Denver University of Michigan Case Western Reserve University

Deadline Alert: The Call for Abstracts deadline is Saturday. Submit your paper or poster abstract for presentation at the 2024 Annual Meeting in New York City. Review the guidelines and submit here: https://bit.ly/43v45BH.

Do you have a mnemonic device for remembering the order of the cardinal directions, NESW? In most cases, we remember lists better when they form a sentence (even if it hardly makes sense)! In a new Memory & Cognition paper by Steven Schwering, Cassandra Jacobs, Janelle Montemayor, and Maryellen MacDonald, sentence-like lists are investigated to distinguish between emergent and buffer accounts of working memory. Post by

Never Eat Sour Watermelons: Remembering lists as sentences – Psychonomic Society Featured Content Language Processes, Meaning/Semantics, Working Memory Never Eat Sour Watermelons: Remembering lists as sentences Author Daniel Pfaff, Hannah Mechtenberg Other Posts By Daniel Pfaff, Hannah Mechtenberg May 28, 2024 | No Comments Everyone struggles to remember things. Whether it’s a home address, so...

Deadline Alert: The Call for Abstracts closes on June 1. There is still time to submit your research for presentation at the Annual Meeting. You can find the submission guidelines here: https://bit.ly/43v45BH.

How do you get 21 scientists to agree on definitions of visual distraction? Read more in a post by Benjamin Wolfe and Anna Kosovicheva on a new paper by Heinrich Liesefeld, Dominique Lamy, and colleagues https://bit.ly/3Kdarg4

Reminder: The next One World Seminar “Different perceptual strategies in auditory processing” presented by Leah Fostick from Ariel University Israel, is coming up tomorrow. Reserve your free ticket now! https://bit.ly/4aOs7KE

Special Issue! Through approaches like genetics, behavior studies, and neuroscience, we're learning how compulsive behaviors arise and persist. Dr. Amy Milton https://bit.ly/3wJuHCT

New guideline for research with human or primate participants! Developed over 3 years by a large number of experts across the globe to ensure consistent reporting. bit.ly/4bi90cb Post by Manitzas Hill

Special Issue! Elevated parietal alpha power is an EEG for measuring motivation-related behavior in cross-species progressive ratio breakpoint tasks . Michael Noback, James F. Cavanagh, Jared W. Young https://bit.ly/3JZj1yS

Special Issue! By leveraging computational techniques with animal data, we can enhance insights into affective disorders and cognitive processes involved. Peggy Series https://bit.ly/3wBFqPV The University of Edinburgh

Special Issue! Improving translation with touchscreen-based assays to bridge species gaps and better reflect human cognition. https://bit.ly/4bedvo4

Special Issue! Discover how catecholaminergic drugs impact choice behavior, shedding light on and 's role. https://bit.ly/3JWVheM