Psychological Review ^® publishes articles that make important theoretical contributions to any area of scientific psychology, including systematic evaluation of alternative theories. Papers mainly focused on surveys of the literature, problems of method and design, or reports of empirical findings are not appropriate.

There is no upper bound on the length of Psychological Review articles. However, authors who submit papers with texts longer than 25,000 words will be asked to justify the need for their length.

Psychological Review also publishes, as Theoretical Notes, commentary that contributes to progress in a given subfield of scientific psychology. Such notes include, but are not limited to, discussions of previously published articles, comments that apply to a class of theoretical models in a given domain, critiques and discussions of alternative theoretical approaches, and meta-theoretical commentary on theory testing and related topics.

Incoming (2016) Editorial Board

(handling all new submissions in 2015)

Incoming (2016) Editor

Keith J. Holyoak
University of California, Los Angeles

Incoming (2016) Associate Editors

Nicholas Epley
University of Chicago

Susan Gelman
University of Michigan

Michael J. Kahana
University of Pennsylvania

Laurence T. Maloney
New York University

Elke U. Weber
Columbia University

Incoming (2016) Consulting Editors

John R. Anderson
Carnegie Mellon University

Terry Kit-fong Au
University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Renée Baillargeon
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign

Bernard Balleine
University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

Martin S. Banks
University of California, Berkeley

Deanna Barch
Washington University

Aaron S. Benjamin
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign

Paul Bloom
Yale University

Mark Bouton
University of Vermont

Charles S. Carver
University of Miami

Nick Chater
University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

Chi-yue Chiu
Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Amy Criss
Syracuse University

Peter Dayan
University College London, London, United Kingdom

Gary S. Dell
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign

Nancy Eisenberg
Arizona State University

Simon Farrell
University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

Eli Finkel
Northwestern University

Michael J. Frank
Brown University

Karl Gegenfurtner
University Giessen, Giessen, Germany

Sam Gershman
Harvard University

Robert Goldstone
Indiana University

Peter C. Gordon
University of North Carolina

Tom Griffiths
University of California, Berkeley

Ulrike Hahn
Birkbeck, University of London, London, United Kingdom

Graeme Halford
Griffith University, Nathan, Australia

Reid Hastie
University of Chicago

Andrew Heathcote
University of Newcastle, Callaghan, Australia

Steven J. Heine
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Marc Howard
Boston University

John E. Hummel
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign

Charles Kemp
Carnegie Mellon University

Tatsuya Kameda
University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Arie W. Kruglanski
University of Maryland

John K. Kruschke
Indiana University

Michael D. Lee
University of California, Irvine

Stephan Lewandowsky
Bristol University, Bristol, United Kingdom

Matthew D. Lieberman
University of California, Los Angeles

Gordon D. Logan
Vanderbilt University

Hongjing Lu
University of California, Los Angeles

Zhong-lin Lu
Ohio State University

Pascal Mamassian
École Normale Supérieure, Paris, France

Brenda Major
University of California, Santa Barbara

Janet Metcalfe
Columbia University

Ralph R. Miller
State University of New York at Binghamton

Scott M. Monroe
University of Notre Dame

Yael Niv
Princeton University

Ara Norenzayan
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Kenneth Norman
Princeton University

Robert M. Nosofsky
Indiana University

Mike Oaksford
Birkbeck, University of London, London, United Kingdom

Alexander Petrov
Ohio State University

David C. Plaut
Carnegie Mellon University

Keith Rayner
University of California, San Diego

Valerie Reyna
Cornell University

Laura Schulz
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Jim Sidanius
Harvard University

David R. Shanks
University College London, London, United Kingdom

Neil Stewart
University of Warwick Coventry, United Kingdom

Mark Steyvers
University of California, Irvine

James T. Townsend
Indiana University

Michael Waldmann
University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Sandra Waxman
Northwestern University

John T. Wixted
University of California, San Diego

Jeremy M. Wolfe
Harvard Medical School

Wendy Wood
University of Southern California

Fei Xu
University of California, Berkeley

Incoming (2016) Manuscript Coordinator

Lorie Van Olst

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Outgoing Editorial Board

(handling invited revisions only in 2015)

Outgoing Editor

John R. Anderson
Carnegie Mellon University

Outgoing Associate Editors

Jerome R. Busemeyer
Indiana University Bloomington

Charles S. Carver
University of Miami

Susan T. Fiske
Princeton University

Zhong-Lin Lu
The Ohio State University

John T. Wixted
University of California, San Diego

Outgoing Consulting Editors

David A. Balota
Washington University in St. Louis

Marlene Behrmann
Carnegie Mellon University

Aaron S. Benjamin
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign

Marilynn B. Brewer
University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Claus Bundesen
University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Neil Burgess
University College London, London, United Kingdom

Linnda Caporael
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Patrick Cavanagh
Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France

Kyle R. Cave
University of Massachusetts at Amherst

Nick Chater
University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

Charles Clifton, Jr.
University of Massachusetts at Amherst

Max Coltheart
Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

M. Lynne Cooper
University of Missouri

Jennifer Crocker
The Ohio State University

Peter Dayan
University College London, London, United Kingdom

Gary S. Dell
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign

Jonathan St. B T Evans
University of Plymouth, Plymouth, United Kingdom

Lisa Feldman Barrett
Northeastern University

Wayne Gray
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Tom Griffiths
University of California, Berkeley

Zenzi Griffin
University of Texas at Austin

Alice F. Healy
University of Colorado Boulder

Andrew Heathcote
University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia

Steve Heine
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Lori L. Holt
Carnegie Mellon University

Peter R. Killeen
Arizona State University

Roberta L. Klatzky
Carnegie Mellon University

Eileen Kowler
Rutgers University

Arie W. Kruglanski
University of Maryland at College Park

John K. Kruschke
Indiana University

Mark R. Leary
Duke University

Michael D. Lee
University of California, Irvine

Stephan Lewandowsky
University of Bristol and University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia

Richard L. Lewis
University of Michigan

Gordon D. Logan
Vanderbilt University

Brenda Major
University of California, Santa Barbara

Larry Maloney
New York University

Denis Mareschal
Birkbeck College, University of London, London, United Kingdom

Gail A. McKoon
The Ohio State University

Timothy P. McNamara
Vanderbilt University

Janet Metcalfe
Columbia University

Scott M. Monroe
University of Notre Dame

Robert M. Nosofsky
Indiana University

Mike Oaksford
Birkbeck College, University of London, London, United Kingdom

David C. Plaut
Carnegie Mellon University

Roger Ratcliff
The Ohio State University

Keith Rayner
University of California, San Diego

Lynne Reder
Carnegie Mellon University

Erik D. Reichle
University of Southampton, United Kingdom

Joerg Rieskamp
University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Caren M. Rotello
University of Massachusetts

Dario D. Salvucci
Drexel University

Lael J. Schooler
Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany

Suzanne C. Segerstrom
University of Kentucky

David R. Shanks
University College London, London, United Kingdom

Neil Stewart
University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

Niels Taatgen
University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

James T. Townsend
Indiana University

Marius Usher
Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel

Eric-Jan Wagenmakers
University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Thomas S. Wallsten
University of Maryland

Elke U. Weber
Columbia University

Thomas Widiger
University of Kentucky

Wendy Wood
University of Southern California

Outgoing Manuscript Coordinator

Abraham Anderson

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Submission

Submit manuscripts electronically (.doc or .pdf format) to:

Keith J. Holyoak, Incoming Editor
Department of Psychology
405 Hilgard Avenue
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1563

General correspondence may be directed to the Editor's Office.

Do not submit manuscripts to the Editor's email address.

All submissions should be clear and readable. An unusual typeface is acceptable only if it is clear and legible.

In addition to addresses and phone numbers, please supply electronic mail addresses and fax numbers, if available, for potential use by the editorial office and later by the production office.

Masked Review Policy

Open (i.e., unmasked) review is the default for this journal, though masked review is an option. If you choose masked review, include authors' names and affiliations only in the cover letter for the manuscript. 

Authors who choose masked review should make every effort to see that the manuscript itself contains no clues to their identities.

Length

There is no upper bound on the length of Psychological Review articles. However, authors who submit papers with texts longer than 25,000 words will be asked to justify the need for their length.

Submissions must be under 5 MB in total size.

Manuscript Preparation

Prepare manuscripts according to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6^th edition). Manuscripts may be copyedited for bias-free language (see Chapter 3 of the Publication Manual).

Review APA's Checklist for Manuscript Submission before submitting your article.

Double-space all copy. Other formatting instructions, as well as instructions on preparing tables, figures, references, metrics, and abstracts, appear in the Manual.

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Display Equations

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Tables

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Submitting Supplemental Materials

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Abstract and Keywords

All manuscripts must include an abstract containing a maximum of 250 words typed on a separate page. After the abstract, please supply up to five keywords or brief phrases.

References

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Examples of basic reference formats:

• Journal Article:
  Hughes, G., Desantis, A., & Waszak, F. (2013). Mechanisms of intentional binding and sensory attenuation: The role of temporal prediction, temporal control, identity prediction, and motor prediction. Psychological Bulletin, 139, 133–151. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0028566
• Authored Book:
  Rogers, T. T., & McClelland, J. L. (2004). Semantic cognition: A parallel distributed processing approach. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
• Chapter in an Edited Book:
  Gill, M. J., & Sypher, B. D. (2009). Workplace incivility and organizational trust. In P. Lutgen-Sandvik & B. D. Sypher (Eds.), Destructive organizational communication: Processes, consequences, and constructive ways of organizing (pp. 53–73). New York, NY: Taylor & Francis.

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The same caption will appear on both the online (color) and print (black and white) versions. To ensure that the figure can be understood in both formats, authors should add alternative wording (e.g., "the red (dark gray) bars represent") as needed.

For authors who prefer their figures to be published in color both in print and online, original color figures can be printed in color at the editor's and publisher's discretion provided the author agrees to pay:

• $900 for one figure
• An additional $600 for the second figure
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In addition, APA Ethical Principles specify that "after research results are published, psychologists do not withhold the data on which their conclusions are based from other competent professionals who seek to verify the substantive claims through reanalysis and who intend to use such data only for that purpose, provided that the confidentiality of the participants can be protected and unless legal rights concerning proprietary data preclude their release" (Standard 8.14).

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