2025 Annual Meeting:
A Resounding Success in Denver | | While attendance at the 2025 Annual Meeting in Denver was lower due to recent shifts in US policy affecting our Canadian and European colleagues, the event was a resounding success. The intimate gathering fostered meaningful connections and vibrant scientific discussions. Being among colleagues passionate about discovery was particularly inspiring during these challenging times. Those who couldn't attend were deeply missed, and the Society remains hopeful that circumstances will allow everyone to join us in San Diego next year. | | Relive Exciting Annual Meeting Moments | | |
Keynote Address
The Cognition of Social Remembering: Implications for Individual and
Collective Memory
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Town Hall
Current Threats to Psychological Science - What's Going On and What You Can Do About It
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Opening Ceremony
Highlights of the Society’s 2025 and
Future Activities
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Awards Ceremony
Recognizing the 2025 Award Recipients
and Volunteers
| | Annual Meeting Recaps & Photos | | Click the links below to read the daily recaps of select scientific presentations and to view the photos captured throughout the Annual Meeting. | | Thank you to Laura Mickes, University of Bristol, UK, our Digital Content Editor, and her team of science writers for providing the thoughtful summaries. | | 2025 Annual Meeting by the Numbers | | | Attendees
1,690 | Countries
28 | Keynote
1 | | Town Hall
1 | Symposia
4 | Talks
250 | | Data Blitzes
32 | Posters
1,000+ | Affiliates
12 | | Workshops
4 | Awardees
85 | Exhibitors
13 | | | Thank you to the Program Committee led by Chair Myra Fernandes, with members Jeanette Altarriba, Zenzi M. Griffin, Heather Hill, Christopher Madan, Kristi Multhaup, and Eva Van den Bussche. Special thanks to Marianne Lloyd, Secretary and Program Organizer, for creating such an unforgettable meeting in Denver. | | Thank you to the Exhibitors & Advertisers | | PS Announces a New Journal Focusing on Individual Differences | | | | |
PS is excited to announce the launch of a new journal that will serve as the premier outlet for research on individual differences in cognition. Individual Differences in Cognition (IDIC, pronounced "id-ick") will be published by Springer as an open-access journal and will begin receiving manuscripts in the spring.
This journal will feature research from cognitive psychology, cognitive science, and cognitive neuroscience—including theoretical work and work focused on methods and measurements to study individual differences.
The inaugural Co-Editors-in-Chief are Andrew R. A. Conway (New Mexico State University) and Michael J. Kane (University of North Carolina Greensboro).
More information will be provided in the new year.
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Call for Proposals
EMBRACE: Engaging Marginalized and Broader Representative Audiences in Cognitive Exploration
Initial Deadline for Proposals: March 1, 2026 | | |
The Psychonomic Society’s Diversity & Inclusion Committee is proud to announce the launch of a new initiative to provide up to $5,000 in funding for activities that expand participation and engagement among marginalized and underrepresented groups, with a specific focus on cognitive psychology.
The EMBRACE Initiative supports the 2024-2030 Strategic Plan by promoting practices that ensure the Society is diverse, inclusive, and welcoming to all members. Learn about eligibility, proposal criteria, and the selection process here.
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One World Seminar Series Presents
Daniel J. Simons
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Inattentional blindness in and out of the lab
Daniel J. Simons
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA
February 26, 2026
11:15 AM - 1:00 PM ET | Register Now
Abstract
Inattentional blindness is the failure to notice unexpected objects or events when a person is focusing their attention on something else. It is a side effect of our remarkable and essential ability to focus attention and ignore distractions, but it can have real consequences. In this presentation, I will describe recent (and older) research on inattentional blindness both in and out of the lab. Read more.
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, quality closed captioning for all One World events in the 2025-2026 schedule.
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The deadline for the international search for new Editors-in-Chief (EIC) for two of our esteemed journals, Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience and Learning & Behavior, is approaching on February 15, 2026. This is an excellent opportunity for experienced researchers to shape the future of these publications and advance our field.
Key Details
- Application Deadline: February 15, 2026
- Start Date: January 1, 2027 (accepting manuscripts)
- Competitive honorarium provided
- Term: 4 years
- Publisher: Springer
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Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience
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Chair of Search Committee: Marie Banich, University of Colorado Boulder, USA
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Focus: Perception, attention, memory, language, problem solving, reasoning, and decision-making; emotional processes, motivation, reward prediction, and affective states; and individual differences in relevant domains, including personality.
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Learning & Behavior
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Chair of Search Committee: Tom Beckers, KU Leuven, Belgium
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Focus: Sensation, perception, conditioning, learning, attention, memory, motivation, emotion, development, social behavior, and comparative investigations.
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Call for Science Communication Editor
Application Deadline: February 27, 2026
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The Psychonomic Society is seeking a Science Communication Editor, a position that will last about three years, from early 2026 to December 2028, with an annual stipend of $10,000. This role involves leading the society's science communication efforts by creating engaging content for the website, newsletter, and social media.
Key Details
- Application Deadline: February 27, 2026
- Stipend: $10,000
- Term: ~3 years (Early 2026 – Dec 2028)
Additionally, the position requires managing a team of up to five Associate Editors and overseeing social media efforts during the Annual Meeting. Applicants should be PS Fellows with a strong record in science writing. More.
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Psychonomic Society Journals
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Determining the potential benefits of error feedback and metacognition on perceptual learning in the temporal and spatial domain | By Jiaxuan Teng & Eve A. Isham | |
Temporal and spatial learning were compared under explicit and metacognitive feedback. Spatial performance improved, but temporal performance showed limited gains. Participants tracked their temporal errors, suggesting metacognitive monitoring despite weak learning. Read this paper.
| Aesthetic experience is supported by spontaneous autobiographical memory recollection | By Anna P. Smith, Felipe De Brigard & Elizabeth J. Marsh | |
Across three studies, autobiographical memory contributed to feeling aesthetically moved by abstract art. Participants felt more moved when a painting evoked a specific personal memory. Memory-based personal meaning enhances an aesthetic experience. Read this paper.
| The role of inhibitory function in associative memory among older adults and its plasticity | By Jia-Jie Xu, Jun-Yi Chen, Hong-Zhou Xu, Zhiwei Zheng & Jing Yu | |
The study tested the link between age-related decline in associative memory and reduced inhibitory function, and whether inhibitory training can mitigate this deficit. Inhibitory function contributes to age-related decline in associative memory, but it remains malleable, which may inform intervention. Read this paper.
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Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics
Volume 88, Issue 1
Behavior Research Methods
Volume 58, Issue 1
Cognitive, Affective,
& Behavioral Neuroscience
Volume 25, Issue 6
Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications
Latest Articles
Learning & Behavior
Volume 53, Issue 4
Memory & Cognition
Volume 53, Issue 8
Psychonomic
Bulletin & Review
Volume 33, Issue 1
| | | News and Blog Posts on the PS Website | | |
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