Call For Award Nominations
Deadline Alert: March 31
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The Governing Board created a range of awards with the aim of recognizing individuals who have made outstanding contributions to advancing the experimental study of cognitive psychology in various stages of their career. Fellows and Members are invited to nominate outstanding scientists in our field for the 2025 Early Career Award, Mid-Career Award, and Clifford T. Morgan Distinguished Leadership Award.
The Psychonomic Society's Clifford T. Morgan Distinguished Leadership Award annually recognizes up to two deserving candidates who have demonstrated significant contributions to the field of experimental and cognitive psychology, been in the field for 10+ years, and modeled sustained leadership and service to the discipline. Recipients will be formally recognized at the 2025 Annual Meeting and will be presented with an award, complimentary registration, and up to $1,000 USD in travel reimbursement upon request. Learn more and submit a nomination.
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 at the 2025 Annual Meeting and will be presented with an award, complimentary registration, and up to $1,000 USD in travel reimbursement upon request. Learn more and submit a nomination.
The Psychonomic Society Early Career Award is given annually to scientists who have made significant contributions to the field of experimental and cognitive psychology early in their careers. Recipients will be formally recognized at the 2025 Annual Meeting and will be presented with an award, a $2,500 USD cash prize, complementary registration, and economy airfare or travel reimbursement to assist them in attending the Annual Meeting. Learn more and submit a nomination.
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The Psychonomic Society's 66th Annual Meeting will take place November 20-23, 2025, in Denver, Colorado, USA. The Annual Meeting is recognized as the most important international meeting of cognitive psychologists coming from over 40 countries, including some of the field’s most distinguished researchers, innovative early career investigators, and students already making important scientific contributions.
Call for Abstracts Opening Soon
Please consider submitting a paper or poster abstract to be presented in Denver, Colorado this year. The submission system opens April 7. For detailed instructions specific to your membership category, please see the submission guidelines here.
You must be a member in good standing (2025 member dues paid) in order to submit an abstract. To renew your PS membership please click here.
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Call for Symposia
All Members, Fellows, Emeritus Members, and Emeritus Fellows are eligible to submit a symposium proposal for the 2025 Annual Meeting to be held November 20 - 23, 2025 in Denver, Colorado, USA. The proposal should highlight new and emerging ideas that are likely to have broad influence in shaping future research, including ideas from related disciplines. The deadline is April 1. Please view the submission requirements here.
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Call for Symposia
Open February 3 - April 1
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J. Frank Yates Student Travel Award
Applications accepted April 7 - May 8
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Graduate Travel Award
Applications accepted April 7 - May 8
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Developing Nations Travel Award
Applications accepted April 7 - May 8
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Registration and Hotel Reservations
Opens July 7
| | Emergency Hardship Fund for Former US Federal Employees | | In response to the US Federal Government cuts to staff at NIH and NSF, the Governing Board has created this fund to provide up to to five awards for PS members who were employed by the United States Federal government and lost their position after January 20, 2025. PS will provide paid registration and up to $1,000 in reimbursement for qualifying hotel and transit costs to attend 2025 Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA. This award may not be combined with other sources of travel support from PS. The deadline is August 29. More. | | Call for Proposals: Lunchtime Workshops | Lunchtime workshops are sessions intended to convey specific knowledge or skills. These sessions are not appropriate for the presentation of formal research talks. These workshops are more interactive and informal than formal talks, and they can involve extended discussion as well as hands-on training. Workshops may involve one or several leaders/presenters. The deadline is June 30. Please view the submission requirements here. | |
One World Seminar Series Presents
Penny Lewis
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Sleep Engineering for Health and Cognition
Penny Lewis
Cardiff University, UK
March 26, 2025
11:15 AM - 1:00 PM U.S. ET | Register Now
Abstract
This lecture will talk about ways that we can tinker with our sleep though a new science of sleep engineering. The aim of this science are firstly to better understand sleep and why it is important, and secondly to improve health (for instance slowing the ageing process) and cognition (for instance boosting memories and reducing negative emotions). There is also evidence that sleep engineering could facilitate creative processes like extraction of gist from a corpus of information or forming novel links. In this talk I will introduce sleep and show what we can do to it with sleep engineering. I will also talk about potential future applications of sleep engineering to clinical problems.
All talks in the One World Seminar Series are underwritten by the Psychonomic Society and made available free of charge. The Psychonomic Society is committed to programmatic accessibility and has secured ASL interpretation and quality closed captioning for all One World events in the 2024-2025 schedule.
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Resources for US-based Members: Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences
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The Psychonomic Society encourages our US-based members to contact their state’s congressional leaders to express concerns regarding the recent actions by the current administration.
PS is a member of the Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences (FABBS). FABBS works to show members of the US government that focusing on the sciences of the mind, brain, and behavior can assist them in tackling pressing issues and society’s most formidable challenges.
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PS-sponsored Speaker at NITOP
Deadline Alert: April 1
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Psychonomic Society members are invited to submit a nomination for the PS-sponsored speaker at NITOP 2026. Self-nominations are welcome and encouraged. Hotel, registration, and airfare are covered by the Society.
| | | NITOP 2026 is scheduled for January 3-6, 2026, at The Grand Hotel Resort in Point Clear, Alabama, USA. Learn more about this PS-sponsored talk and how to submit a speaker nomination here. The deadline for nominations is April 1. | | Call for Applications
Digital Content Editor | | | | |
The Digital Content Editor (DCE) leads the Psychonomic Society's scientific communications, overseeing digital presence and strategy. The role includes managing up to ten Associate Editors, with a $10,000 annual stipend (paid in July and December). The initial three-year term starts January 1, 2026. The deadline for applications is April 30. More.
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The Fundamentals of Eye Tracking
A PS Digital Event
| | Humans are visual animals and knowing how humans select information from the visual world is both scientifically and practically of great interest. In this Digital Event, experienced eye tracking researchers reflect on the four articles in the “fundamentals of eye tracking” series, from how to formulate research questions that can be answered with an eye tracker, to operationalizing research questions, to choosing an eye tracker, and the tools needed to conduct an eye-tracking study. | | |
- The fundamentals of eye tracking
- Do you need an eye tracker? Let’s take a closer look
- Examining the assumptions underpinning eye-tracking research
- Expanding the perspective: Eye tracking in ophthalmology and neurology
- This overview of tools won’t make eye-tracking research easy
- Expanding the horizons of eye-tracking research: Lessons from the fundamentals series
We extend our gratitude to those who made this special event possible: Laura Mickes, Roy Hessels, Richard Andersson, Erin Buchanan, Frans Cornelissen, Denis Drieghe, Ignace Hooge, Alan Kingstone, Ellen Kok, Diederick Niehorster, Marcus Nyström, Dilce Tanriverdi
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Psychonomic Society Journals
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By Yu Zhang, Xiaoyu Chen, Yuncheng Jia, Yixin Duan, Meihe Liu, Qingyu Xu, Lingrong Jia & Lili Wu | |
Acute stress influences explicit aggression through “fight or flight” or “tend and befriend.” Its impact on implicit aggression is less known. This study tested 55 participants, exposing some to stress and measuring neural activity during an aggression-related task. The findings support the idea that people instinctively fight or flee under pressure.. Read this paper.
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By Alexis Topete, Chuanxiuyue He & Mary Hegarty | |
People navigate different environments using various cues. This study tested whether learning these layouts relies on the same mental skills. Participants explored a virtual maze and campus and completed tasks measuring their spatial knowledge. There was a shared ability for learning layouts in both environments, though they also had unique aspects. Read this paper.
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This Special Issue of Learning & Behavior honors Professor Nicky Clayton for her outstanding contributions to comparative cognition and psychology. The Issue features 11 articles of research inspired by her work. The Digital Content team interviewed Clayton for the upcoming All Things Cognition podcast episode. Read this special issue.
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| Memory & Cognition
Volume 53, Issue 2 | Learning & Behavior
Volume 53, Issue 1 | Behavior Research Methods
Volume 57, Issue 2 | Abstracts in Languages other than English | |
The Psychonomic Society welcomes and encourages authors to submit manuscript abstracts in languages other than English. Authors should place the additional abstract immediately below the English-language abstract in the manuscript.
If the manuscript is accepted, the additional abstract will be published alongside the English abstract. Please note that we cannot do any copyediting to the additional abstract.
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If you have recently published in one of our seven journals, you are eligible to request special coverage of your article on the PS Featured Content blog or All Things Cognition podcast.
To request special coverage, ensure you are a member in good standing, follow these Guidelines for Authors or contact Laura Mickes, Digital Content Editor.
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Additional news, announcements and opportunities may be found on the News & Information page of the PS Website. Be sure to also check out the Featured Content Blog managed by the Digital Content team under the editorship of Laura Mickes, University of Bristol, UK.
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