Journal of Experimental Psychology: General^®

Editor

Isabel Gauthier
Vanderbilt University

Associate Editors

Tim Curran
University of Colorado at Boulder

Klaus Fiedler
University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Ran Hassin
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

Michael Inzlicht
University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Michael Jones
Indiana University

Alejandro Lleras
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign

Iris Mauss
University of California, Berkeley

Bob Rehder
New York University

Jennifer J. Richler
Vanderbilt University

Amy Shelton
John Hopkins University

Sharon Thompson-Schill
University of Pennsylvania

Melody Wiseheart
York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Consulting Editors

Dolores Albarracin
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign

Daniel Algom
Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel

Erik M. Altmann
Michigan State University

Galen Bodenhausen
Northwestern University

Norman R. Brown
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Joshua Buckholtz
Harvard University

Daniel Casasanto
The New School for Social Research

Alan Castel
University of California, Los Angeles

Eran Chajut
The Open University of Israel, Raanana, Israel

Joan Y. Chiao
Northwestern University

Jan De Houwer
Ghent University

Marci DeCaro
University of Louisville

Gary S. Dell
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign

Michael Dodd
University of Nebraska—Lincoln

Mieke Donk
Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Angela L. Duckworth
University of Pennsylvania

Paul E. Dux
University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia

Lisa Feigenson
Johns Hopkins University

Melissa Ferguson
Cornell University

Fernanda Ferreira
University of South Carolina

W. Tecumseh Fitch
University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Kentaro Fujita
Ohio State University

Simona Ghetti
University of California, Davis

Bradley Gibson
University of Notre Dame

June Gruber
Yale University

David Z. Hambrick
Michigan State University

Michael Hautus
The University of Auckland

William G. Hayward
University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Evan Heit
University of California, Merced

William Hirst
The New School for Social Research

Andrew Hollingworth
University of Iowa

Lori L. Holt
Carnegie Mellon University

Mary Helen Immordino-Yang
University of Southern California

Amishi Jha
University of Miami

Kerry Kawakami
York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Katherine D. Kinzler
University of Chicago

Iring Koch
RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

John K. Kruschke
Indiana University

Mark Landau
University of Kansas

Hakwan Lau
Columbia University

Rebecca Lawson
University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Ottmar V. Lipp
University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Vanessa LoBue
Rutgers University

Robert H. Logie
University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Juan Lupianez
Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain

Cindy A. Lustig
University of Michigan

Chad J. Marsolek
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Campus

Mara Mather
University of Southern California

Nicole McNeil
University of Notre Dame

Wendy B. Mendes
University of California, San Francisco

Jeffrey O. Miller
University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

Karen J. Mitchell
Yale University

Akira Miyake
University of Colorado at Boulder

Stephen Monsell
University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom

Gregory L. Murphy
New York University

Lynne Nygaard
Emory University

Thomas J. Palmeri
Vanderbilt University

David Pizarro
Cornell University

Timothy J. Pleskac
Michigan State University

Stephanie D. Preston
University of Michigan

Jennifer A. Richeson
Northwestern University

Henry L. Roediger, III
Washington University in St. Louis

Caren M. Rotello
University of Massachusetts at Amherst

Christoph Scheepers
University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Toni Schmader
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Brandon Schmeichel
Texas A&M University

Norbert Schwarz
University of Michigan

Lisa S. Scott
University of Massachusetts at Amherst

Tali Sharot
University College London, London, United Kingdom

Charles Spence
University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Maya Tamir
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

Jan Theeuwes
Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Jessica Tracy
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Yaacov Trope
New York University

Kees van den Bos
Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands

Julie Van Dyke
Haskins Laboratories

Timothy J. Vickery
University of Delaware

Kathleen Vohs
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Campus

Edward A. Wasserman
University of Iowa

Max Weisbuch
University of Denver

Linda Wheeldon
University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Jessica K. Witt
Colorado State University

John T. Wixted
University of California, San Diego

Andrew P. Yonelinas
University of California, Davis

Chen-Bo Zhong
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Editorial Associate

Jennifer J. Richler
Vanderbilt University

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Submission

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The file format should be Microsoft Word Format (.doc or .docx), or PDF (.pdf).

If authors wish to do so for review, to facilitate readability, they can include tables, figures and figure legends as appropriate in the manuscript close to where they would appear in the published article. Note however that when a paper is accepted, a file will need to be promptly submitted that must exactly copy, in all respects and in a single Word file, the complete APA-style printed version of the manuscript.

In a cover letter, provide the following information:

• a brief paragraph summarizing how the work might appeal to more than one traditional area of psychology
• a list of 3–5 appropriate reviewers, explaining what their relevant expertise is
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On the first page of the manuscript, provide a word count for the text excluding title, references, author affiliations, acknowledgments, figures and figure legends, but including the abstract.

Articles in the Journal will be evaluated for the quality of the research designs, in particular their ability to provide strong tests of broadly important theoretical hypotheses.

Articles will also be evaluated for the soundness of their statistical claims. Authors are urged to consider reporting effect sizes (and confidence intervals around them) and to discuss their practical and theoretical implications. The editorial team believes precision of estimation can at times be more important than the dichotomous statistical decisions of null hypothesis significance testing.

We also encourage authors to explain their sample sizes, ideally using power analyses based on effect sizes calculated from their own prior studies, other prior work, or when available, meta-analyses. This is particularly important when samples sizes are relatively small, or vary greatly from one experiment to the next, in which case the stopping rule for data collection should be clearly stated.

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Related Journals of Experimental Psychology

For the other JEP journals, authors should submit manuscripts according to the manuscript submission guidelines for each individual journal:

• Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes
• Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied
• Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance
• Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition

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Abstract and Keywords

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References

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Examples of basic reference formats:

Journal Article:
Herbst-Damm, K. L., & Kulik, J. A. (2005). Volunteer support, marital status, and the survival times of terminally ill patients. Health Psychology, 24, 225–229. doi: 10.1037/0278-6133.24.2.225

Authored Book:
Mitchell, T. R., & Larson, J. R., Jr. (1987). People in organizations: An introduction to organizational behavior (3rd ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.

Chapter in an Edited Book:
Bjork, R. A. (1989). Retrieval inhibition as an adaptive mechanism in human memory. In H. L. Roediger III & F. I. M. Craik (Eds.), Varieties of memory & consciousness (pp. 309–330). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

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