Registration is now open for the Psychonomic Society's 2021 Annual Meeting, taking place November 4-7, 2021 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, and online. The conference is being offered as a hybrid experience, integrating in-person presentations and on-site meeting opportunities with live-streamed and recorded presentations. Learn more.

Whether you plan to attend in person or virtually, registration is FREE for Psychonomic Society members and undergraduate students. The registration fee for non-members is $75 USD. Register here. To renew your PS membership or join for the first time, click here.

Special Offer! Register by the October 15th early registration deadline and be automatically entered to win one of three sets of Apple AirPods Pro! Registering by Oct 15th will greatly assist PS staff in making accommodations for COVID-related health and safety guidelines, so that all attendees can feel as safe and comfortable as possible when participating in the meeting.

The Psychonomic Society's special room block rate for the 2021 Annual Meeting is now available.

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Cancellation Policy: Cancellation of individual reservations shall be accepted by the hotel, without penalty, up to 48 hours prior to the arrival date. Any cancellations due to medical emergencies that can be verified shall not be charged a penalty. 

Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications (CR:PI) has received its first Impact Factor. CR:PI has an overall 2-Year IF of 3.701, and a 5-Year IF of 4.079. Although a Journal Impact Factor is only one (imperfect) way of measuring a journal's success, it is an indication that the journal is doing well.

CR:PI is the Open Access journal of the Psychonomic Society. Its mission is to publish use-inspired basic research: fundamental cognitive research that grows from hypotheses about real-world problems. As with all Psychonomic Society journals, submissions to CR:PI are subject to rigorous peer review.

The Psychonomic Society Governing Board congratulates CR:PI Editor-in-Chief Jeremy M. Wolfe (Harvard Medical School/Brigham and Women's Hospital, USA) and the entire CR:PI Editorial Team on leading the journal to achieving its first Impact Factor.

The Society would also like to acknowledge that all PS journals saw increases in their Impact Factors from 2019 to 2020. Kudos to all of our Editors-in-Chief and Editorial Teams for a job well done.

The Psychonomic Society Governing Board is pleased to announce the appointment of Sarah H. Creem-Regehr (The University of Utah, USA) as the incoming Editor-in-Chief of Cognitive Research: Principles & Implications (CR:PI). Creem-Regehr will begin her four-year editorial term on January 1, 2022.

The Psychonomic Society congratulates Creem-Regehr on her appointment and welcomes her to her new position. The Society also thanks Jeremy M. Wolfe (Harvard Medical School/Brigham and Women's Hospital, USA), the first and current Editor-in-Chief of CR:PI, for his leadership in shaping the journal during its inaugural years and leading CR:PI to its recent achievement of receiving its first Impact Factor.

Hippocampal neurons prepare for heading south for the winter or north for the summer. Long-distance migratory birds, like the spotted sandpiper (Actitis macularius), provide the opportunity to learn about neuronal plasticity required for travel. In a comparison of parvalbumin neurons in the hippocampal formation of spotted sandpipers that were in a rest period vs. premigration period, there were significantly more neurons in premigration individuals. The authors proposed that this increase reflects the changes needed to make the long journeys. Read the article.

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Cambridge Psycholinguistic Inventory of Christian Beliefs: A registered report of construct validity, internal consistency and test–retest reliability

By Kaili Clackson, Nadya Pohran, Riccardo M. Galli, Laura Labno, Miguel Farias, Tristan A. Bekinschtein & Valdas Noreika

A standardized tool for investigating Christian religious beliefs is now available for use. The Cambridge Psycholinguistic Inventory of Christian Beliefs has 400 audio-recorded statements related to religious beliefs, moral beliefs, scientific knowledge, and everyday life knowledge. Results from two studies show that the tool has good construct validity, internal consistency, and test-retest reliability. Read the article.

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Karen Lander (University of Manchester, UK)

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Jeremy M. Wolfe (Brigham & Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School, USA)

In response to the global COVID-19 pandemic, many governments around the world around the world required or strongly recommended the wearing of face coverings (masks) in public spaces. Many of these restrictions remain in place today. While the wearing of face coverings to prevent the spread of disease is fairly common in some Asian countries, it seems likely that their use elsewhere will continue, even after the immediate risk of COVID-19 subsides. View the full Call for Papers.

Submissions are due Sept 1, 2021.

You've worked hard to develop your expertise and contribute meaningful research to the field of psychological science. Be recognized for your contributions. Become a Psychonomic Society Fellow!

Applications are currently being accepted for the Psychonomic Society's 2021 Fall Class of Fellows. To be considered, submit your application by Sept 1, 2021.

PS Fellows are recognized for their clear evidence of independent scholarship, active engagement in methodologically rigorous and theoretically interesting high level research, and national/international reputation for excellence in the psychological sciences. To qualify for Fellow status, in addition to the qualifications listed above, you must be a Psychonomic Society member in good standing for at least 2 years, have a minimum of 3 years post-PhD experience, and have at least six recent research publications in high-quality refereed journals, in addition to publications resulting from the PhD.

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. Proposed training opportunities may take place virtually or in person. The committee believes that in-person trainings have benefits not available in a virtual setting but will consider funding for a virtual event when a proposal makes a sufficiently strong case for one. Proposals with budgets not exceeding $20,000 are encouraged. Initial Proposals are due Sept 1, 2021. Full proposals are by invitation only and will be due Dec 1, 2021. Review the Application Process for proposal requirements and to submit your initial proposal.

The Psychonomic Society's Family Care Grant program is designed to support attendees who incur extra family care expenses (i.e., extra daycare, babysitting services, elder care, or care of a family member with disabilities), above and beyond their regular family care expenses, in order to present at the annual meeting.

Virtual meeting attendees and on-site meeting participants are eligible to apply, as long as they are Society members in good standing or undergraduate students. This year, the Society is offering a combination of $100 USD grants (no receipts required) for virtual meeting participants and grants of up to $500 USD (receipts required) for on-site meeting participants. Learn more and apply.

The National Academy of Sciences is now accepting nominations for its Troland Research Awards. Two (2) awards of $75,000 each are given annually in recognition of 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. For additional information about the award, including past recipients, eligibility requirements, and more, click here.

Nominations are due October 4, 2021. Submit a nomination for the NAS Troland Research Award.

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