The Psychonomic Society received over 400 responses to its post-conference survey for Virtual Psychonomics. To all of you who took the time to offer thoughtful and candid feedback, thank you. Your input will help future Society meetings get even better. 

Nearly 80% of survey respondents rated their conference experience as Excellent or Above Average. Lynn Hasher’s keynote address was a runaway hit, as was the Special Symposium on Seeing Race in Cognitive Psychology and the Invited Talks. The viewer experience for viewing posters and talks was highly positive. For attendees who used Airmeet, many great connections were made, and the conversations were often robust, challenging, and encouraging. 

The Society also identified a handful of pain points where the conference experience could be improved... (Read More)

The Psychonomic Society Early Career Award is given annually to up to four young scientists who have made significant contributions to scientific psychology early in their careers. Recipients will be formally recognized during the 2021 Annual Meeting and will be presented with an award and a $2,500 USD prize. During years when the Annual Meeting is held in-person, recipients' airfare to the meeting is also covered. The call for nominations opens February 15. Learn more.

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 during the 2021 Annual Meeting and will be presented with an award and a $2,500 USD prize. During years when the Annual Meeting is held in-person, recipients' airfare to the meeting is also covered. The call for nominations opens February 15. Learn more.

The Psychonomic Society's Clifford T. Morgan Distinguished Leadership Award annually recognizes up to two deserving candidates who are recognized for their significant contributions to the field of cognitive psychology, who have been in the field for 10+ years, and who have demonstrated sustained leadership and service to the discipline. Recipients will be formally recognized during the 2021 Annual Meeting and will be presented with an award and a $1,000 USD prize. The call for nominations opens February 15. Learn more.

All Members, Fellows, and Emeritus Fellows in good standing are invited to organize a symposium for the 62nd Annual Meeting. Start your planning now in anticipation of the submission deadline. To view the abstracts and video recordings of all eight symposia from the 2020 Annual Meeting, click here.

The Society is monitoring the COVID-19 pandemic and its potential effects on the 2021 Annual Meeting. The meeting is being planned as a hybrid (with live and virtual components), but may become a completely virtual event if guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), World Health Organization (WHO), and/or local health agencies prevents us from meeting in person. Either way, symposia organizers and presenters will have the option to present remotely.

CR:PI Special Issue: Systemic Racism: Cognitive Consequences and Interventions

Systemic Racism is an urgent, real-world problem with implications for every area of cognitive research. Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications (CR:PI) publishes “use-inspired basic research”: fundamental and theoretically relevant research that grows from hypotheses about real-world problems. The purpose of this special issue is to add to the scientific understanding of the cognitive roots of and fallout from minority status, discrimination, police violence, vigilantism, implicit bias, and more. View the Call for Papers.

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!

Fellow applications are accepting on a rolling basis, with applications reviewed twice a year. Applicants wishing to be considered for the Spring 2021 Class of Fellows must submit their applications by March 1, 2021. Apply for Fellow Status.

Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications (CR:PI) is an Open Access journal that publishes new empirical and theoretical work covering all areas of cognition, with a special emphasis on use-inspired basic research: fundamental and theoretically relevant research that grows from hypotheses about real-world problems. The role of the Editor is to select Associate Editors and an Editorial Board, handle manuscripts, assign manuscripts to Associate Editors, and interface with editorial staff and the Psychonomic Society Governing Board.

The term of the editorship is four years. The new incoming Editor will begin receiving new submissions January 1, 2022. The outgoing Editor’s team will continue to receive and act on revisions in 2022 for several months, and their names will continue to appear on the masthead. Read more and submit a nomination by March 15 (self-nominations are invited and encouraged).

All conference sessions from the 2020 Annual Meeting are still available for free viewing at the Virtual Psychonomics website. Simply provide your name and contact information for full site access.

Also available are recordings of all eight symposia, over 250 spoken sessions, and over 1,000 posters. Log in to Virtual Psychonomics, select "Full Program," then search for the session you'd like to view. You may also browse the program by session type (invited talk, poster), session topic (attention, motivation, spatial memory, statistics and methodology, etc.), presenter name, or keyword.

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