Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance®
The Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance® publishes studies on perception, control of action, perceptual aspects of language processing, and related cognitive processes. All sensory modalities and motor systems are within its purview.
The journal also encourages studies with a neuroscientific perspective that contribute to the functional understanding of perception and performance.
There are three types of articles:
- Observations facilitate the rapid communication of ground-breaking research of general interest to readers of the journal. Observations are limited to 2,500 words in the main body of the text. A cover letter should explain why the research is appropriate to present as an Observation.
- Reports consist of empirical studies that increase theoretical understanding of human perception and performance. Studies will typically include human data, although machine and animal studies that reflect on human capabilities may also be published. Should an author submit a full Report following an Observation, the relationship between the two manuscripts must be acknowledged in an author footnote.
- Commentary may occasionally be published consisting of nonempirical reports, theoretical notes, or criticism on topics pertinent to the journal's concerns.
Editor
James T. Enns
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Associate Editors
Naseem Al-Aidroos
University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Monica Castelhano
Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Sarah Creem-Regehr
University of Utah
Marc O. Ernst
Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany
Brett Fajen
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rob Gray
Arizona State University Polytechnic
Barbara Juhasz
Wesleyan University
Geoffrey Woodman
Vanderbilt University
Consulting Editors
Wendy Adams
University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
Elkan Akyurek
University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
F-Xavier Alario
Aix-Marseille Université & CNRS, Marseille, France
Eric Amazeen
Arizona State University
Ulrich Ansorge
University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Anthony P. Atkinson,
University of Durham, Durham, United Kingdom
Benjamin Backus
State University of New York
Michael Barnett-Cowan
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Mark W. Becker
Michigan State University
Artem V. Belopolsky
VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Derek Besner
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Walter R. Boot
Florida State University
Bruno Breitmeyer
University of Houston
Marc Brysbaert
Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Nancy Carlisle
University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom
Kyle Cave
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Barbara A. Church
University of Buffalo
Josh Cosman
University of Iowa
Massimiliano Di Luca
University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Chris Donkin
The University of New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia
Knut Drewing
Giessen University, Giessen, Germany
Frank Durgin
Swarthmore College
Paul E. Dux
University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Charles Folk
Villanova University
Sophie Forster
University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom
Thomas W. Foulsham
University of Essex, Essex, United Kingdom
Carol A. Fowler
University of Connecticut and Haskins Laboratories
Gregory Francis
Purdue University
Christian Frings
University of Trier, Trier, Germany
M. Gareth Gaskell
University of York, York, United Kingdom
Bradley S. Gibson
University of Notre Dame
Barry Giesbrecht
University of California, Santa Barbara
Stefan Glasauer
Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany
Scott Glover
Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, Surrey, United Kingdom
Jonathan Grainger
Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France
Gina M. Grimshaw
Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
William G. Hayward
University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Heiko Hecht
Johannes Gutenberg-Universiät Mainz, Mainz, Germany
Clayton Hickey
University of Trento, Roveretto, Italy
Timothy L. Hubbard
Texas Christian University
Amelia Hunt
University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Helene Intraub
University of Delaware
Luis Jimenez
University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago, Spain
Todd A. Kahan
Bates College
Sachiko Kinoshita
Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
Andrew Leber
Ohio State University
Juan Lupiáñez
Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
Stephen J. Lupker
University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
Michael E. J. Masson
University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Robert D. McIntosh
University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Lynden K. Miles
University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Jeff Miller
University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Suvobrata Mitra
Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom
Marko Nardini
University of Durham, Durham, United Kingdom
Mark R. Nieuwenstein
University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
Christian N. L. Olivers
VU University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
John Philbeck
University of Wollongong, Wonnongong, Australia
Alexander Pollatsek
University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Jane E. Raymond
University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Anina N. Rich
Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
Michael J. Richardson
University of Cincinnati
Timothy J. Ricker
University of Missouri
Jelena Ristic
McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Rachel A. Robbins
University of Western Sydney, Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Eric Ruthruff
University of New Mexico
Thomas Sanocki
University of South Florida
Glenn Schellenberg
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Natalie Sebanz
Central European University, Budapest, Hungary
Adriane Seiffert
Vanderbilt University
Kimron Shapiro
University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Daniel Smilek
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Joel S. Snyder
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Mitchell S. Sommers
Washington University in St. Louis
Thomas A. Stoffregen
University of Minnesota
Petroc Sumner
Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
Yehoshua Tsal
Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Rolf Ulrich
University of Tuebingen, Tübingen, Germany
Erik Van der Burg
University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Troy Visser
University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
Derrick G. Watson
University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
Simon Watt
Bangor University, Gwynedd, United Kingdom
Jessica K. Witt
Colorado State University
Alan C.-N. Wong
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Brad Wyble
Pennsylvania State University
Melvin J. Yap
National University of Singapore, Singapore
Frank T. J. M. Zaal
University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
Editorial Manuscript Coordinator
David Roddy
American Psychological Association
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Prior to submission, please carefully read and follow the submission guidelines detailed below. Manuscripts that do not conform to the submission guidelines may be returned without review.
Submission
Submit manuscripts electronically through the Manuscript Submission Portal (.rtf, PDF, or .doc).
James T. Enns, Editor
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance
Department of Psychology
University of British Columbia
2136, West Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z4
General correspondence may be directed to the Editor.
If you encounter difficulties with submission, please email David Roddy or call 202-336-5659.
In addition to addresses and phone numbers, please supply email addresses and fax numbers, if available, for potential use by the editorial office and later by the production office.
Keep a copy of the manuscript to guard against loss.
Masked Review Policy
Most papers are reviewed for this journal with author identity visible to reviewers (unmasked review). However, masked reviews are available upon request. Authors seeking masked review should make every effort to ensure that the manuscript contains no clues to author identity.
When requesting masked review, please ensure (1) the cover letter includes all authors' names and institutional affiliations, and (2) the first manuscript page includes only the title of the manuscript and the date of submission.
If your manuscript was mask reviewed, please ensure that the final version for production includes a byline and full author note for typesetting.
Related Journals of Experimental Psychology
For the other JEP journals, authors should submit manuscripts according to the instructions to authors for each individual journal:
- Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning and Cognition
- Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied
- Journal of Experimental Psychology: General
- Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition
When one of the editors believes a manuscript is clearly more appropriate for an alternative APA journal, the editor may redirect the manuscript with the approval of the author.
Manuscript Preparation
Prepare manuscripts according to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th 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.
Below are additional instructions regarding the preparation of display equations, computer code, and tables.
Display Equations
We strongly encourage you to use MathType (third-party software) or Equation Editor 3.0 (built into pre-2007 versions of Word) to construct your equations, rather than the equation support that is built into Word 2007 and Word 2010. Equations composed with the built-in Word 2007/Word 2010 equation support are converted to low-resolution graphics when they enter the production process and must be rekeyed by the typesetter, which may introduce errors.
To construct your equations with MathType or Equation Editor 3.0:
- Go to the Text section of the Insert tab and select Object.
- Select MathType or Equation Editor 3.0 in the drop-down menu.
If you have an equation that has already been produced using Microsoft Word 2007 or 2010 and you have access to the full version of MathType 6.5 or later, you can convert this equation to MathType by clicking on MathType Insert Equation. Copy the equation from Microsoft Word and paste it into the MathType box. Verify that your equation is correct, click File, and then click Update. Your equation has now been inserted into your Word file as a MathType Equation.
Use Equation Editor 3.0 or MathType only for equations or for formulas that cannot be produced as Word text using the Times or Symbol font.
Computer Code
Because altering computer code in any way (e.g., indents, line spacing, line breaks, page breaks) during the typesetting process could alter its meaning, we treat computer code differently from the rest of your article in our production process. To that end, we request separate files for computer code.
In Online Supplemental Material
We request that runnable source code be included as supplemental material to the article. For more information, visit Supplementing Your Article With Online Material.
In the Text of the Article
If you would like to include code in the text of your published manuscript, please submit a separate file with your code exactly as you want it to appear, using Courier New font with a type size of 8 points. We will make an image of each segment of code in your article that exceeds 40 characters in length. (Shorter snippets of code that appear in text will be typeset in Courier New and run in with the rest of the text.) If an appendix contains a mix of code and explanatory text, please submit a file that contains the entire appendix, with the code keyed in 8-point Courier New.
Tables
Use Word's Insert Table function when you create tables. Using spaces or tabs in your table will create problems when the table is typeset and may result in errors.
Submitting Supplemental Materials
APA can place supplemental materials online, available via the published article in the PsycARTICLES® database. Please see Supplementing Your Article With Online Material for more details.
Abstract and Keywords
All manuscripts must include an abstract containing a maximum of 200 words typed on a separate page. After the abstract, please supply up to five keywords or brief phrases.
References
List references in alphabetical order. Each listed reference should be cited in text, and each text citation should be listed in the References section.
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.
Figures
Graphics files are welcome if supplied as Tiff or EPS files. Multipanel figures (i.e., figures with parts labeled a, b, c, d, etc.) should be assembled into one file.
The minimum line weight for line art is 0.5 point for optimal printing.
For more information about acceptable resolutions, fonts, sizing, and other figure issues, please see the general guidelines.
When possible, please place symbol legends below the figure instead of to the side.
APA offers authors the option to publish their figures online in color without the costs associated with print publication of color figures.
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
- An additional $450 for each subsequent figure
Permissions
Authors of accepted papers must obtain and provide to the editor on final acceptance all necessary permissions to reproduce in print and electronic form any copyrighted work, including test materials (or portions thereof), photographs, and other graphic images (including those used as stimuli in experiments).
On advice of counsel, APA may decline to publish any image whose copyright status is unknown.
Publication Policies
APA policy prohibits an author from submitting the same manuscript for concurrent consideration by two or more publications.
See also APA Journals® Internet Posting Guidelines.
APA requires authors to reveal any possible conflict of interest in the conduct and reporting of research (e.g., financial interests in a test or procedure, funding by pharmaceutical companies for drug research).
Authors of accepted manuscripts are required to transfer the copyright to APA.
- For manuscripts not funded by the Wellcome Trust or the Research Councils UK
Publication Rights (Copyright Transfer) Form (PDF, 83KB) - For manuscripts funded by the Wellcome Trust or the Research Councils UK
Wellcome Trust or Research Councils UK Publication Rights Form (PDF, 34KB)
Ethical Principles
It is a violation of APA Ethical Principles to publish "as original data, data that have been previously published" (Standard 8.13).
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).
APA expects authors to adhere to these standards. Specifically, APA expects authors to have their data available throughout the editorial review process and for at least 5 years after the date of publication.
Authors are required to state in writing that they have complied with APA ethical standards in the treatment of their sample, human or animal, or to describe the details of treatment.
The APA Ethics Office provides the full Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct electronically on its website in HTML, PDF, and Word format. You may also request a copy by emailing or calling the APA Ethics Office (202-336-5930). You may also read "Ethical Principles," December 1992, American Psychologist, Vol. 47, pp. 1597–1611.
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