The PS One World Seminar Series is pleased to announce the second seminar in its 2022-2023 program, Karla Evan's talk, "All that One Sees in a Blink of an Eye from Natural to Radiological Images." 

All talks in this series are underwritten by the Psychonomic Society and made available free of charge. For a full description of Karla Evan's talk and to reserve your free ticket, click here. 

Call for Editors-in-Chief: 

Behavior Research Methods, 

Memory & Cognition, & 

Psychonomic Bulletin & Review

Nominations Deadline: Feb 15, 2023

Nominations are being sought for the position of Editors-in-Chief of three Psychonomic Society journals: Behavior Research Methods, Memory & Cognition, and Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. These new Editors-in-Chief will begin accepting manuscripts on January 1, 2024.

Nominations are now being solicited and will be considered until February 15, 2023. Self-nominations are welcome and encouraged.

For call information and instructions for submitting nominations, select the link(s) of interest below.

 * Behavior Research Methods (BRM)  

 * Memory & Cognition (M&C)

 * Psychonomic Bulletin & Review (PB&R)

Graduate Conference Awards are given annually to graduate student members of the Society who will present their research at the 2022 Annual Meeting, scheduled for November 17-20 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, and online. Award recipients are recognized during the meeting and receive a competitive $1,000 USD award.

Meet the 2022 PS Graduate Award recipients.

By Jianping Huang, Chujun Wang & Xiaoang Wan  

Our expectations and decisions change when eating with others or alone. Participants gave fewer positive ratings of unhealthy food if consumed alone and even less for unhealthy foods. These factors also led to differential activations in regions of the insula. Read this paper.

Following the Human Point: Research with Nonhuman Animals Since Povinelli, Nelson, and Boysen (1990)

By Maeve K. McCreary, Sara V. R. Jones & Valerie A. Kuhlmeier  

Look over there! We point to communicate with others, and so do nonhumans. This review covers 32 years of research on the topic. Various research questions are organized as they relate to 1) evolutionary adaptiveness and phylogenetic differences, and 2) experiential and temperamental processes. Read this paper.

By Madison Fansher, Tyler J. Adkins, Richard L. Lewis, Aysecan Boduroglu, Poortata Lalwani, Madelyn Quirk, Priti Shah & John Jonides

This paper discusses research about forecasts on the spread of COVID-19. When information was presented in tables, participants gave more accurate forecasts than when information was presented in figures. But participants made forecasts with higher confidence when shown figures. Read this paper.  

2022 Annual Meeting

November 17 - 20

Boston, Massachusetts, USA & Online

Draft Abstract Book

Now Available: Poster Presentation Guide

The 2022 Poster Presentation Guide provides tips and instructions for preparing posters for on-site and online presentations.

All poster presenters (virtual and on-site presenters) are required to upload a digital version of their poster to the conference website by October 27th. 

Now Available: Spoken Presentation Guide 

View the 2022 Spoken Presentation Guide for instructions and tips on preparing your talk for Psychonomics.

Early Registration Deadline: Oct 20th 

Sign up to attend in person in Boston or online. Members and undergrad students attend for free. Please register by Oct 20th to help expedite on-site registration for all attendees. Register now.

Hotel Reservations: Book by Oct 31st

A limited number of discounted room rates ($215 USD/night + taxes and fees) are still available at the Sheraton Boston Hotel, but the room block is nearly full. Book your hotel reservation.

Additional rooms are now available at the nearby Boston Marriott Copley Place Hotel at the same discounted rate of $215 USD/night + taxes and fees. Book your hotel reservation.