The Psychonomic Society is pleased to announce that Lauren M. Guillette (University of Alberta, Canada) has been named the incoming Editor-in-Chief of Learning & Behavior (L&B). Guillette will begin her four-year editor term on January 1, 2023.

PS 2022 Award Recipients 

The Psychonomic Society is pleased to congratulate the following scientists on being recipients of the PS 2022 Awards: 

Clifford T. Morgan Distinguished Leadership Award

• Randall W. Engle (Georgia Institute of Technology)
• Jeremy M. Wolfe (Harvard Medical School / Brigham & Women's Hospital)

Mid-Career Award 

• Elizabeth Kensinger (Boston College)
• Charan Ranganath (University of California, Davis) 
• Eric-Jan Wagenmakers (University of Amsterdam)

Early Career Award 

• Felipe De Brigard (Duke University)
• Brendan T. Johns (McGill University)
• Beatrice G. Kuhlmann (University of Mannheim)
• Vishnu "Deepu" Murty (Temple University)

You've worked hard to develop your area of expertise and make significant and independent contributions to the field. Be recognized for your contributions. Apply to become a PS Fellow. Applications for the Fall Class of Fellows are due September 1, 2022. 

By Benjamin J. Abts & Aimee S. Dunlap  

Bumblebees' learning curves for flowers and other bees track each other, but there is less forgetting of social information. Bees learn about the reliability or unreliability of social cues and use this to modify their choices across time. Read the article.

Attentional Bias To Threat and Gray Matter Volume Morphology in High Anxious Individuals

By Joshua M. Carlson & Lin Fang  

In this morphology study of highly anxious participants, high attentional bias to threat was associated with more gray matter in various regions, including frontal areas, the insula, and the cerebellum.  Read the article.

By Philipp Sprengholz & Cornelia Betsch

Hey Siri! 

Siri: What can I help you with today? 

Can we use virtual assistants (like you) to recruit hard-to-reach participants (e.g. with visual impairments) and people in hard-to-reach locations?

Siri: Yes, and yes. Read this paper. 

2022 Annual Meeting

November 17 - 20

Boston, Massachusetts, USA & Online

All submitted abstracts for the 2022 Annual Meeting are currently being reviewed. Acceptance letters will be sent later this summer.

As a reminder, our program this year is going to look a bit different, given that we will be offering both in-person and virtual attendance options. Read our announcement about what you can expect at this year's hybrid conference. 

Registration Opens July 11th 

Members will have their registration fee waived. To join or renew your membership, click here. 

Hotel Room Block Opens 

Discounted hotel rates through the PS room block will become available beginning July 11th. Room blocks can fill up quickly, so book early.