Replication Attempts of Important Results in the Study of Cognition.

Topic Editors:
Rolf A. Zwaan, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands
Rene Zeelenberg, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands

A signature strength of science is that the evidence is reproducible. However, direct replications rarely appear in psychology journals because standard incentives...

Deadline for abstract submission: 01 Apr 2013

Deadline for full article submission: 01 Jun 2013

Extended deadline for full article submission: 01 Apr 2014

Psychological perspectives on expertise

Topic Editors:
Guillermo Campitelli, Edith Cowan University, Australia
Michael H. Connors, Macquarie University, Australia
Merim Bilalic, University Tübingen, University Clinic, Germany
David Z. Hambrick, Michigan State University, USA

Experts are persons who are very knowledgeable about or skilful in a particular area. The aim of this Research Topic is to advance knowledge in the understanding of the...

Deadline for abstract submission: 31 Oct 2013

Deadline for full article submission: 31 Mar 2014

Causal discovery and generalization

Topic Editors:
Mimi Liljeholm, University of California, Irvine, USA
Marc J. Buehner, Cardiff University, United Kingdom

The fundamental problem of how causal relationships can be induced from noncausal observations has been pondered by philosophers for centuries, is at the heart of...

Deadline for full article submission: 31 Mar 2014

Paying for alcohol with cognition: really a profitable business?

Topic Editors:
Menizibeya O. Welcome, Belarusian State Medical University, Belarus

Alcohol is a pleiotropic substance with multiple effects. Alcohol is one of the most frequently used drugs in the world. Alcohol misuse may affect all systems of an...

Deadline for abstract submission: 30 Sep 2013

Deadline for full article submission: 31 Dec 2013

Reduction of Environmental Distraction to Facilitate Cognitive Performance

Topic Editors:
Annelies Vredeveldt, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Timothy J. Perfect, Plymouth University, United Kingdom

When faced with a difficult task, people often look at the sky or close their eyes. This behavior is functional: the reduction of distractions in the environment can...

Deadline for abstract submission: 01 Sep 2013

Deadline for full article submission: 01 Dec 2013

The cognitive and neural bases of human tool use

Topic Editors:
François Osiurak, Laboratoire d'Etude des Mécanismes Cognitifs (EMC EA 3082), France
Cristina Massen, Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors, Germany

Humans are not unique in using tools. But human tool use differs from that known to occur in nonhumans in being very frequent, spontaneous, and diversified. So a...

Deadline for abstract submission: 01 Jul 2013

Deadline for full article submission: 01 Dec 2013

Neuropsychological Evaluation

Topic Editors:
Eyal Heled, Sheba Medical Center, Israel
Yehuda Pollak, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Israel

Neuropsychological tests are of prominent significance in research as well as in the clinical fields. Their importance lies in their ability to identify cognitive...

Deadline for abstract submission: 01 Oct 2013

Deadline for full article submission: 01 Dec 2013

Mechanisms of well-adjusted and disordered self-soothing: From Oxytocin and Thermo-Regulation to Addiction and Emotional Coping

Topic Editors:
Mattie Tops, University of Leiden, Netherlands
Hans IJzerman, Tilburg University, Netherlands
Femke Buisman-Pijlman, The University of Adelaide, Australia
Sander Koole, VU University Amsterdam, Netherlands

Various psychiatric disorders are associated with dysfunctional patterns in self-soothing and comforting behaviors. For instance, atypical depression and binge eating...

Deadline for abstract submission: 09 Jun 2013

Deadline for full article submission: 03 Nov 2013

Lateralization and cognitive systems

Topic Editors:
Sebastian Ocklenburg, University of Bergen, Norway
Christian Beste, Ruhr Universität Bochum, Germany
Onur Gunturkun, Ruhr­University Bochum, Germany
Marco Hirnstein, University of Bergen, Norway

Left-right asymmetries of structure and function are a common organization principle in the brains of humans and non-human vertebrates alike. While there are inherently...

Deadline for abstract submission: 01 Apr 2013

Deadline for full article submission: 01 Nov 2013

Perception of visual advertising in different media: from attention to distraction, persuasion, preference and memory

Topic Editors:
Jaana Simola, University of Helsinki, Finland
Jukka Hyönä, University of Turku, Finland
Jarmo Kuisma, Aalto University School of Business (department of marketing), Finland

This special issue aims to showcase the state of the art in visual advertising research. Although visual processes are a central component of consumer behavior, they have...

Deadline for abstract submission: 01 Jun 2013

Deadline for full article submission: 01 Oct 2013

Video Games as Tools to Achieve Insight into Cognitive Processes

Topic Editors:
Walter R. Boot, Florida State University, USA

Though traditionally designed for entertainment, video games are being used more and more by psychologists to understand topics such as skill acquisition, cognitive...

Deadline for abstract submission: 01 Jun 2013

Deadline for full article submission: 01 Oct 2013

Multisensory Integration in Action Control

Topic Editors:
Christine Sutter, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Knut Drewing, Giessen University, Germany
Jochen Musseler, RWTH Aachen University, Germany

The integration of multisensory information is an essential mechanism in perception and in controlling actions. Research in multisensory integration is concerned with how...

Deadline for abstract submission: 01 Feb 2013

Deadline for full article submission: 30 Sep 2013

Lifespan perspectives on implicit and explicit learning

Topic Editors:
Vinciane Gaillard, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Axel Cleeremans, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

Learning is a central feature of human cognition. It shapes many aspects of our daily life, from birth to death. Most of who we are is determined by learned facts and...

Deadline for abstract submission: 01 May 2013

Deadline for full article submission: 01 Aug 2013

Consciousness and Action Control

Topic Editors:
Ezequiel Morsella, San Francisco State University and University of California, San Francisco, USA
T. A. Poehlman, Cox School of Business, Southern Methodist University, USA

The basic nuts and bolts underlying human behavior remain mysterious from a scientific point of view. Everyday acts — naming an object, suppressing the urge to say...

Deadline for full article submission: 08 Jun 2013

Extended deadline for full article submission: 03 Jul 2013

Early and late selection: Effects of load, dilution and salience

Topic Editors:
Tal Makovski, The College of Management Academic Studies, Israel
Glyn Humphreys, Oxford University, United Kingdom
Bernhard Hommel, Leiden University, Netherlands

Our visual system is constantly bombarded by a variety of stimuli, of which only a small part is relevant to the task at hand. As a result, goal-directed behavior...

Deadline for abstract submission: 01 Aug 2012

Deadline for full article submission: 30 Jun 2013

On a generalized magnitude system in the brain: insights from experimental evidence

Topic Editors:
Carmelo M. Vicario, University of Queensland, School of Psychology, Brisbane, Australia & University of Palermo, Faculty of Motor Science, Palermo, Italy

"Man is the measure of all things ... the only criterion for judging the reality is that which is perceived subjectively by the individual through the senses" ...

Deadline for abstract submission: 01 Feb 2013

Deadline for full article submission: 01 May 2013

Extended deadline for full article submission: 20 Jun 2013

Affective Disorders in Focus. Cognitive Functioning and Emotional Information Processing.

Topic Editors:
Marit T. Schmid, University of Bergen, Norway, Norway
Guro Årdal
Åsa Hammar

Affective disorders are among the most prevalent mental disorders worldwide. Patients suffering from affective disorders often experience a high percentage of relapses...

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Forgetting: Recent advances in understanding memory loss

Topic Editors:
Oliver Hardt, McGill University, Canada

Psychology as a discipline was established largely around studies investigating memory loss. Ribot’s Maladies de Memoire marks the beginning of a field now called...

Submission Closed.

Examining the role of memory in social cognition

Topic Editors:
R Nathan Spreng, Cornell University, USA

The function of memory is not only to recall the past, but also to form and update models of our experiences and use these models to navigate the world. Perhaps the most...

Submission Closed.

Action effects in perception and action: The Ideomotor Approach

Topic Editors:
Roland Pfister, Julius-Maximilians-University of Würzburg, Germany
Markus Janczyk, University of Würzburg, Germany
Wilfried Kunde, Julius-Maximilians-Universitaet Wuerzburg, Germany

Over the last decade, experimental findings from a variety of paradigms and fields have given rise to a renaissance of the Ideomotor Approach - an elegant theory of...

Submission Closed.