A monthly newsletter of the Psychonomic Society
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A Message from the Governing Board Chair
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Greetings, colleagues! This has been a busy month. We are pleased to update you on our efforts to apply the behavior science expertise of our members to the creation of resources for the public about how best to limit the spread of COVID-19. We are asking everyone who receives this newsletter to help distribute our new flier on best practices for social distancing. Our first flier, on face touching, has been covered in newspapers and television networks within the US and beyond, and it has been translated into over 20 languages. Please help spread the word by distributing both fliers as widely as possible, including to colleagues and others in places where these languages are spoken. Please check out our other volunteering opportunities as well. Our Carbon Neutral Task Force continues planning to reduce our carbon footprint and to strategize for adapting our November annual meeting – which, barring a great calamity, is definitely on! – to a substantially or fully virtual format. You’ll also see updates about approaching deadlines, as well as about Governing Board elections, forthcoming special issues of our journals, and new posts and podcasts from our digital content team. We hope everyone is safe and adapting as well as possible to our new way of living, and we look forward to seeing you, either in person or virtually, at our annual meeting in November.
Best,
Jim Pomerantz
Chair, Governing Board
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- Practical Tips for Social Distancing
- How to Stop Touching Your Face
- Call for Volunteers
- Call for Papers
- Latest Research
- Latest Digital Content
- CR:PI Selected for Inclusion in MEDLINE
- Psychonomes Elected to National Academy of Sciences
- Psychonomics 2020 Annual Meeting
- 2021 Governing Board Elections
Scroll down to read each section.
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Practical Tips for Social Distancing
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(Available in English & Spanish)
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Over time,
COVID-19 stay-at-home orders are likely to be gradually lifted. In this context, it is more important than ever that we strengthen our ability to successfully social distance.
- Why social distancing is important
- Who needs to practice social distancing
- What's effective about social distancing
- How do you maintain proper social distance
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How to Stop Touching Your Face
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(Now available in 20+ languages)
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Human behavior plays a large role in the spread of
coronavirus. Research has shown that we touch our faces far more often than we may realize and this creates a major path for the spread of the disease.
Behavioral scientists have made recommendations based on empirical evidence on how to reduce the number of times you touch your face. We have turned these recommendations into an infographic that is now available in multiple languages. We hope you will
download and share the infographic.
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The Behavioral Science Response to COVID-19 Working Group seeks volunteers to assist with message dissemination, public relations, and conducting research.
Learn more and volunteer.
The Task Force on Carbon Neutrality seeks volunteers to assist with planning and executing the virtual components of our 2020 annual meeting.
Learn more and volunteer.
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By Paulo Ventura, Tânia Fernandes, Alexandre Pereira, José C. Guerreiro, António Farinha-Fernandes, João Delgado, Miguel F. Ferreira, Bruno Faustino, Isabel Raposo, & Alan C.-N. Wong
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"In this paper, the researchers investigated the relationship between the word-composite effect and speedy responses to the orthographic lexicon by fluent readers. They found that "...holistic processing of visual words is associated with efficient access to the orthographic lexicon among adult fluent readers.”
Read the article
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By Juliana K. Leding
"Attention capture may play a role in the animacy effect (i.e., animate objects are remembered better than inanimate objects). Or, more specifically, 'The results of the current studies suggest that the survival-related characteristics of animacy and threat might be capturing attention of participants, and this increased attention could be one factor leading to increased memories for those items.'”
Read the article
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By
Li Z. Sha, Yi Ni Toh, Roger W. Remington, & Yuhong V. Jiang
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"Novices were trained over four sessions using perceptual learning principles to read chest radiographs. Performance improved over training sessions and one notable finding was that 'training yielded generalizable effects.'”
Read the article
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Authors in our journals can
share their content
easily and legally through Springer’s SharedIt program.
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Read the Latest Research & Submit Your Papers
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CR:PI Selected for Inclusion in MEDLINE
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Cognitive Research: Principles & Implications (CR:PI)
, the Psychonomic Society's open access journal, has been selected for inclusion in
MEDLINE. Inclusion in the National Library of Medicine’s MEDLINE database is an honor, as only about 15% of journals under review are selected
. The Psychonomic Society congratulates Editor Jeremy Wolfe and the rest of the
CR:PI Editorial Team on this tremendous achievement.
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Psychonomes Elected to
National Academy of Sciences
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Earlier this week, the
National Academy of Sciences announced the election of 120 new members and 26 international members. Two members of this prestigious group include Psychonomic Society members Randy Engle (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA), 2015 Governing Board Chair, and Susan Goldin-Meadow (University of Chicago, USA). The Psychonomic Society congratulates its fellow Psychonomes on their election to the NAS.
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Psychonomics 2020 Annual Meeting
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2021 Governing Board Elections
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The Psychonomic Society is now accepting
nominations
from the membership for candidates to serve on our Governing Board. The term of service runs from 2021-2026. Nominees must be Fellows or Emeritus Fellows of the Society and cannot include any current members or previous members of the Governing Board.
Nominations will be accepted until June 15, 2020. Following the call for nominations, the election for the 2021 Governing Board members will run from July 15 - August 31. Current 2020 Fellows, Members, and Emeritus Members in good standing may vote.
Learn more.
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