Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition®
• Editorial by Randi C. Martin, Editor
• At the boundaries of cognition
The new editor plans to give authors more flexibility in how they structure their articles (from Monitor on Psychology, January 2012)
The Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition® publishes original experimental studies on basic processes of cognition, learning, memory, imagery, concept formation, problem solving, decision making, thinking, reading, and language processing.
The journal emphasizes empirical reports, which may be either multi-experiment, integrative articles, or research reports. Research reports are limited to 3,000 to 5,000 words in length (including references, but excluding abstract and footnotes).
The journal also publishes specialized reviews and other non-empirical reports, called observations, which are theoretical notes, commentary, or criticism on topics appropriate to the journal's content area. The journal will only consider commentaries on articles that were published in the journal. Observations are limited to a maximum of twenty pages of text all-inclusive. Commentaries on articles should be at maximum half the length of the target article.
Incoming (2013) Editorial Board
(handling all new submissions in 2012)
Incoming (2013) Editor
Robert L. Greene
Case Western Reserve University
Incoming (2013) Editorial Associate
Andrew Cantine
Incoming (2013) Associate Editors
Jennifer E. Arnold
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Pierre Barrouillet
University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Michael Cortese
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Richard Gerrig
State University of New York at Stony Brook
Andrew Heathcote
University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia
Evan Heit
University of California, Merced
Luis Jimenez
Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Andrea Kiesel
University of Wurzburg, Wurzburg, Germany
Sachiko Kinoshita
Macquarie University, New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Barbara Malt
Lehigh University
Elizabeth Marsh
Duke University
Alissa Melinger
Saarland University Saarbrucken, Germany
Laura Novick
Vanderbilt University
John Philbeck
George Washington University
Rebekah Smith
University of Texas at San Antonio
Michael R. Waldmann
University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
Incoming (2013) Consulting Editors
Jeanette Altarriba
University at Albany, State University of New York
Erik M. Altmann
Michigan State University
Sally Andrews
University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Jason Arndt
Middlebury College
Mark H. Ashcraft
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Karl-Heinz Bäuml
Regensburg University, Regensburg, Germany
Ute Johanna Bayen
Heinrich-Heine-Universitaet Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
Aaron S. Benjamin
University of Illinois, Urbana–Champaign
Julie E. Boland
University of Michigan
C. J. Brainerd
Cornell University
Marc Brysbaert
Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Tom Busey
Indiana University
Jamie I. Campbell
University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Laura A. Carlson
University of Notre Dame
Richard A. Carlson
Pennsylvania State University
Shana Carpenter
Iowa State University
Anne M. Cleary
Colorado State University
Gabriel I. Cook
Claremont McKenna College
Albert Costa
ICREA and University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
Amy H. Criss
Syracuse University
Eddy J. Davelaar
Birkbeck College, University of London, London, England
Peter F. Delaney
University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Gary S. Dell
University of Illinois, Urbana–Champaign
John Dunlosky
Kent State University
John C. Dunn
University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Kara Federmeier
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Myra Fernandes
University of Waterloo
Paola Giuli Dussias
Pennsylvania State University
Zachary Estes
University of Warwick, Coventry, England
Laurie Beth Feldman
University of Albany, SUNY and Haskins Labs, Albany, NY
Tamar H. Gollan
University of California, San Diego
James A. Hampton
City University, London, England
Robert J. Hartsuiker
Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Alice F. Healy
University of Colorado, Boulder
Mary Hegarty
University of California, Santa Barbara
Darlene V. Howard
Georgetown University
Yi-Ting Huang
University of Maryland College Park
R. Reed Hunt
University of Texas, San Antonio
Keith A. Hutchison
Montana State University
Helene Intraub
University of Delaware
Jeffrey Karpicke
Purdue University
Elizabeth A. Kensinger
Boston College
Annette Kinder
University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
Karl Christoph Klauer
University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Iring Koch
RWTH Aachen University, North Rhine–Westphalia, Germany
Nate Kornell
Williams College
Koen Lamberts
University of Warwick, Coventry, England
Robyn A. LeBouef
University of Florida
Michael E. Le Pelley
University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Stephen J. Lupker
University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
Maryellen C. MacDonald
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Kenneth J. Malmberg
University of South Florida
Randi C. Martin
Rice University
Sven Mattys
University of Bristol
Michael E. J. Masson
University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Mark A. McDaniel
Washington University, St. Louis
Nachshon Meiran
Ben-Gurion University of Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
Antje S. Meyer
Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, and University of Birmingham, Birmingham, England
John Paul Minda
University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
Weimin Mou
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Neil Mulligan
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
James Neely
University at Albany, State University of New York
Klaus Oberauer
University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
David E. Over
Durham University, Durham City, England
Pierre Perruchet
University of Bourgogne, Dijon, France
Kathleen Rastle
Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey, England
Katherine A. Rawson
Kent State University
Patricia A. Reuter-Lorenz
University of Michigan
Valerie F. Reyna
Cornell University
Ardi Roelofs
Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Caren M. Rotello
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Colleen M. Seifert
University of Michigan
Adrian Staub
University of Massachusetts
Neil Stewart
University of Warwick, Coventry, England
Gert Storms
University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Aimée M. Surprenant
Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
Holly A. Taylor
Tufts University
Anjali Thapar
Bryn Mawr College
Ayanna K. Thomas
Tufts University
Matthew Traxler
University of California, Davis
Nash Unsworth
University of Oregon
Mieke Verfaellie
VA Medical Center, Boston
Paul Verhaeghen
Georgia Institute of Technology
Michael S. Vitevitch
University of Kansas
Ranxiao Frances Wang
University of Illinois, Urbana–Champaign
Duane Watson
University of Illinois, Urbana–Champaign
Deanne Westerman
State University of New York at Binghamton
Jennifer Wiley
University of Illinois, Chicago
George Wolford
Dartmouth College
Geoffrey F. Woodman
Vanderbilt University
Andrew P. Yonelinas
University of California, Davis
Johannes C. Ziegler
CNRS and University of Provence, Marseille, France
Outgoing Editorial Board
(handling invited revisions only in 2012)
Outgoing Editor
Randi C. Martin
Rice University
Outgoing Associate Editors
Jennifer E. Arnold
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Pierre Barrouillet
University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Miriam Bassok
University of Washington
Aaron S. Benjamin
University of Illinois, Urbana–Champaign
Laura A. Carlson
University of Notre Dame
John Dunlosky
Kent State University
Andrew Heathcote
University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia
R. Reed Hunt
University of Texas, San Antonio
Iring Koch
RWTH Aachen University, North Rhine–Westphalia, Germany
Barbara Malt
Lehigh University
Pierre Perruchet
University of Bourgogne, Dijon, France
Kathleen Rastle
Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey, England
Paul Verhaeghen
Georgia Institute of Technology
Michael R. Waldmann
University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
Outgoing Editorial Associate
Emma K. Tsai
Rice University
Outgoing Consulting Editors
Erik M. Altmann
Michigan State University
Michael C. Anderson
MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge, England
Sally Andrews
University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Jason Arndt
Middlebury College
Mark H. Ashcraft
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Karl-Heinz Bäuml
Regensburg University, Regensburg, Germany
Ute Johanna Bayen
Heinrich-Heine-Universitaet Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
Julie E. Boland
University of Michigan
C. J. Brainerd
Cornell University
Marc Brysbaert
Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Tom Busey
Indiana University
Jamie I. Campbell
University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Richard A. Carlson
Pennsylvania State University
Gabriel I. Cook
Claremont McKenna College
Albert Costa
ICREA and University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
Amy H. Criss
Syracuse University
Eddy J. Davelaar
Birkbeck College, University of London, London, England
Colin J. Davis
Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey, England
Peter F. Delaney
University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Gary S. Dell
University of Illinois, Urbana–Champaign
Stephen Dopkins
George Washington University
John C. Dunn
University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Paola Giuli Dussias
Pennsylvania State University
Zachary Estes
University of Warwick, Coventry, England
Laurie Beth Feldman
University of Albany, SUNY and Haskins Labs, Albany, NY
Kenneth I. Forster
University of Arizona
Tamar H. Gollan
University of California, San Diego
James A. Hampton
City University, London, England
Robert J. Hartsuiker
Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Eliot Hazeltine
University of Iowa
Alice F. Healy
University of Colorado, Boulder
Mary Hegarty
University of California, Santa Barbara
Evan Heit
University of California, Merced
Jason L. Hicks
Louisiana State University
Elliot L. Hirshman
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Darlene V. Howard
Georgetown University
Helene Intraub
University of Delaware
Luis Jiménez
University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Colleen M. Kelley
Florida State University
Elizabeth A. Kensinger
Boston College
Andrea Kiesel
University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
Annette Kinder
University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
Sachiko Kinoshita
Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Karl Christoph Klauer
University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Judith F. Kroll
Pennsylvania State University
Koen Lamberts
University of Warwick, Coventry, England
David M. Lane
Rice University
Robyn A. LeBouef
University of Florida
Michael E. Le Pelley
University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Leah L. Light
Pitzer College
Stephen J. Lupker
University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
Maryellen C. MacDonald
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Kenneth J. Malmberg
University of South Florida
Elizabeth J. Marsh
Duke University
Michael E. J. Masson
University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Cynthia P. May
College of Charleston
Richard E. Mayer
University of California, Santa Barbara
Mark A. McDaniel
Washington University, St. Louis
Nachshon Meiran
Ben-Gurion University of Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
Alissa Melinger
University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland
Antje S. Meyer
Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, and University of Birmingham, Birmingham, England
John Paul Minda
University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
Weimin Mou
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Laura R. Novick
Vanderbilt University
Klaus Oberauer
University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
David E. Over
Durham University, Durham City, England
John W. Philbeck
George Washington University
Alexander Pollatsek
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Suparna Rajaram
Stony Brook University
Katherine A. Rawson
Kent State University
Patricia A. Reuter-Lorenz
University of Michigan
Valerie F. Reyna
Cornell University
Tim Rickard
University of California, San Diego
Jörg Rieskamp
University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Henry L. Roediger, III
Washington University, St. Louis
Ardi Roelofs
Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Cristina Romani
Aston University, Birmingham, England
Caren M. Rotello
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Colleen M. Seifert
University of Michigan
Rebekah E. Smith
University of Texas, San Antonio
Neil Stewart
University of Warwick, Coventry, England
Gert Storms
University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Aimée M. Surprenant
Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
Holly A. Taylor
Tufts University
Anjali Thapar
Bryn Mawr College
Matthew Traxler
University of California, Davis
Gabriella Vigliocco
University College London, London, England
Michael S. Vitevitch
University of Kansas
Anthony Wagner
Stanford University
Ranxiao Frances Wang
University of Illinois, Urbana–Champaign
Duane Watson
University of Illinois, Urbana–Champaign
Jennifer Wiley
University of Illinois, Chicago
George Wolford
Dartmouth College
Geoffrey F. Woodman
Vanderbilt University
Andrew P. Yonelinas
University of California, Davis
Johannes C. Ziegler
CNRS and University of Provence, Marseille, France
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- Manuscript Preparation
- Submitting Supplemental Materials
- Abstract and Keywords
- References
- Figures
- Permissions
- Publication Policies
- Ethical Principles
Submission
Submit manuscripts electronically through the Manuscript Submission Portal in Rich Text Format (.rtf) or Microsoft Word Format (.doc).
As of January 1, 2012, all new manuscripts should be directed to the Incoming Editor:
Robert L. Greene, PhD
Department of Psychology
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH 44106
Authors who are unable to use electronic submission may email their manuscript:
Send your manuscript as an attachment to Andrew Cantine.
Acceptable formats include:
- Rich Text Format (.rtf)
- Microsoft Word Document (.doc)
Authors who do not have access to email and cannot email their manuscript
Send your manuscript to the Editor's Office:
Andrew Cantine, Editorial Associate
904 Kirkwood Ave.
Iowa City, IA 52240
When submitting a manuscript electronically, authors should type their abstract directly into the Abstract text box in the submission form or save their abstract as a text file and copy and paste it from that file. Any special formatting (from a Word document, for example) will be lost when the form is submitted.
The editorial policy of the journal encompasses integrative articles containing multiple experiments as well as articles reporting single experiments. The journal also publishes observations, commentaries, and brief reports. Please note that brief reports are limited to 3,000 to 5,000 words in length (including references, excluding abstract and footnotes).
Cover Letter
Your cover letter must include the following information:
- Contact information for each author, including valid email address, affiliation, mailing address, as well as phone and fax numbers
- Type of article (commentary, brief report, or regular article)
- A statement that your manuscript is original, not previously published, and not under concurrent consideration elsewhere
- If your cover letter does not contain this information, you will receive a written request from JEP: LMC asking for a revised cover letter.
When submitting your manuscript, please include your cover letter in its entirety by copying it to the text box provided by the Manuscript Submission Portal. Unfortunately, the portal cannot currently accept formatted cover letters. Even if you send a formatted version of your letter to the Journal, we must also have a text version of your cover letter.
If you are submitting a revision, feel free to email the Journal a formatted version of your cover letter, though you must still also send a text version of your cover letter through the portal as you're uploading your revision.
Manuscript Submission Acknowledgement
Once authors have submitted their manuscript through the submission portal, an email acknowledging receipt of the manuscript will be sent to the corresponding author. If this acknowledgement email does not reach the corresponding author in a few days of submitting the manuscript, please contact Andrew Cantine.
Anonymous Review
Anonymous review is optional. If an author wants anonymous review, the button "Request Anonymous Review" should be selected on the submission form, and the request should be included in the author's cover letter.
The manuscript receiving anonymous review should be formatted as follows:
All author-identifying information should be removed from the manuscript, including authors' names and affiliations on the title page, footnotes, and author notes. The properties of the file should also not reveal the authors' names.
The authors' contact information should instead be included in the cover letter, which is not seen by the reviewers.
Related Journals of Experimental Psychology
For the other JEP journals, authors should submit manuscripts according to the manuscript submission guidelines for each individual JEP journal:
- Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes
- Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied
- Journal of Experimental Psychology: General
- Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance
When one of the editors believes a manuscript is clearly more appropriate for an alternative journal of the American Psychological Association, the editor may redirect the manuscript with the approval of the author.

