A monthly newsletter of the Psychonomic Society
September 2020 | Issue 8
In this Issue
  • 2020 Annual Meeting: Presenter Guides & Submission Deadlines for Recorded Presentations
  • 2021 Governing Board Election Results
  • 2020 Best Article Award Recipients (Sponsored by Springer)
  • Latest Research
  • Latest Digital Content
  • Call for Papers
  • Call for Nominations: 2021 Keynote Speaker (Oct 15 deadline)
  • 2020 Special Membership Offers
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2020 Annual Meeting
Presenter Guides & Submission Deadlines for Recorded Presentations

The 2020 Annual Meeting is a short two months away! If you are presenting at the meeting, please remember that all talks and poster presentations must be prerecorded and submitted by the appropriate deadline. To assist in preparing your presentation, the Psychonomic Society has provided the following resources:

Submission Deadlines for Recorded Presentations

In an effort to increase accessibility, it is the Society's aim to caption as many recordings as possible. Submission deadlines for your recorded talks and poster presentations have been set to allow the Society time to caption your recording for you, or to allow you to provide your own captions.

October 16 or October 28

All recorded poster presentations submitted by October 16 will be machine captioned by the Psychonomic Society. If you would like more time to prepare your presentation, you may submit by October 28, but you will be asked to caption your own recording. Click here for instructions on how to prepare, record, and caption your presentation.

October 23 or November 2

All recorded talks submitted by October 23 will be human captioned by the Psychonomic Society. If you would like more time to prepare your talk, you may submit by November 2, but you will be asked to caption your own recording. Click here for instructions on how to prepare, record, and caption your talk.
Coming Soon - Info & Registration for this year's virtual Jogonomics!
Plans are in the works for the inaugural virtual Jogonomics event. This year will feature more choices in terms of distance and activity options. Jeff Zacks and Marianne Lloyd hope you will join them and make this the biggest Jogonomics yet!
2021 Governing Board Election Results
The Psychonomic Society is pleased to announce the results of the recent Governing Board Election, and welcome Jeanette Altarriba, Priti Shah, and Eva Van den Bussche to the Governing Board beginning January 1, 2021.

Jeanette and Priti will serve full, six-year terms. Eva will serve a partial, two-year term, filling the seat vacated by Marc Brysbaert when he left to become Editor of Behavior Research Methods.

Please join the Society in welcoming the new members of the Governing Board!
2020 Best Article Award Recipients
Sponsored by Springer
The Psychonomic Society is pleased to announce the 2020 recipients of the Psychonomic Society Best Article Award. The Best Article Award honors individuals for the best paper published in each Psychonomic Society journal in the last year. Articles are chosen by their respective journal's Editorial Board. We encourage you to read the articles (links provided below) and congratulate your fellow Society members on their achievement.

Psychonomic Bulletin & Review

Memory & Cognition

Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics

Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience

Learning & Behavior

Behavior Research Methods

Cognitive Research: Principles & Implications

Latest Research
Want to remember faces better? Here's a tip, according to new research: Describe the face. Counter to findings that describing the face diminishes memory for that face (i.e., 'the overshadowing effect'), more recent results suggest otherwise. Read the article.


By Ullrich K. H. Ecker, Stephan Lewandowsky & Matthew Chadwick 

Beliefs in false claims are stubborn against corrections. There is some concern that by the very virtue of repeating, the misinformation will strengthen the memory. Recent research suggests that this is not the case and that corrections can include the false claims. Read the article.


By Andrew Clement, Alexandra Moffat & Jay Pratt 
Do numbers and space share a common representation? The answer is: yes, at a particular level. According to new research, they share representation at the response level, but not at the attention level. Read the article.

Authors in our journals can share their content easily and legally through Springer’s SharedIt program.
Latest Digital Content
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Call for Papers
Call for Nominations: 2021 Keynote Speaker
Due October 15, 2020
All Psychonomic Society Fellows and Members are invited to nominate an eminent researcher to deliver the Keynote Address at the 2021 Psychonomic Society Annual Meeting (November 18-21, 2021). Nominations should include the nominee’s name and affiliation and a short statement indicating why the nominee should be the 2021 Keynote Speaker.

Consider diversity: The Psychonomic Society is committed to scientific merit, which entails the inclusion of scientists of all genders, races, sexual orientations, disability status, countries of origin, geographical locations, and disciplinary expertise. Please critically examine your deliberations to eliminate biases that detract from our commitment to merit.

Submit a Nomination. Nominations are due October 15, 2020.
2020 Special Membership Offers
Available through December 31, 2020
In recognition of the financial strain many are experiencing this year as a result of the coronavirus epidemic, the Governing Board is extending the following special membership offers to new Members and Student Members of the Society.

Complimentary 2020 Member Dues to New Members
Anyone who qualifies for membership with the Society may now join for free (2020 dues waived) and thus attend the 2020 Annual Meeting for free (separate registration required). Join Today.

Refunded 2020 Student Membership Dues or Complimentary Student Membership Extension through 2021
Student Members who have already paid their 2020 membership dues may request a refund of their 2020 dues or a complimentary year-long extension of their membership (through December 31, 2021). New student members may join for free through December 31, 2020.

Student members should contact Member Services at info@psychonomic.org to request a membership refund or extension. Please allow up to two weeks for refund processing.
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