Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

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Dr. Isabel Gauthier, editor
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance
Vanderbilt University PMB 407817
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Nashville, TN 37240-7817

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If you encounter difficulties with submission, please email Magen Speegle.

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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.

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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 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.

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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.

Public significance statements

Authors submitting manuscripts to the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance are required to provide 2–3 (between 120–150 words) brief sentences regarding the public significance of the study or meta-analysis described in their paper. This description should be included within the manuscript on the abstract/keywords page. It should be written in language that is easily understood by both professionals and members of the lay public.

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• "This study strongly suggests that (description of a given psychosocial treatment) is an effective treatment for anxiety, but only if it is of mild to moderate severity. For persons with severe anxiety, additional treatments may be necessary."
• "When treating individuals of (name of a particular ethnic minority group) who are experiencing PTSD, this study demonstrated the importance of taking into account cultural factors, especially those that involve one's spiritual beliefs."
• "This study highlights the importance of directly including one's family in treatment when helping adults diagnosed with cancer overcome their depression."

To be maximally useful, these statements of public significance should not simply be sentences lifted directly out of the manuscript.

They are meant to be informative and useful to any reader. They should provide a bottom-line, take-home message that is accurate and easily understood. In addition, they should be able to be translated into media-appropriate statements for use in press releases and on social media.

Prior to final acceptance and publication, all public significance statements will be carefully reviewed to make sure they meet these standards. Authors will be expected to revise statements as necessary.

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

McCauley, S. M., & Christiansen, M. H. (2019). Language learning as language use: A cross-linguistic model of child language development. Psychological Review, 126(1), 1–51. https://doi.org/10.1037/rev0000126

Authored book

Brown, L. S. (2018). Feminist therapy (2nd ed.). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000092-000

Chapter in an edited book

Balsam, K. F., Martell, C. R., Jones. K. P., & Safren, S. A. (2019). Affirmative cognitive behavior therapy with sexual and gender minority people. In G. Y. Iwamasa & P. A. Hays (Eds.), Culturally responsive cognitive behavior therapy: Practice and supervision (2nd ed., pp. 287–314). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000119-012

Data set citation

Alegria, M., Jackson, J. S., Kessler, R. C., & Takeuchi, D. (2016). Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology Surveys (CPES), 2001–2003 [Data set]. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR20240.v8

Software/Code citation

Viechtbauer, W. (2010). Conducting meta-analyses in R with the metafor package.  Journal of Statistical Software, 36(3), 1–48. https://www.jstatsoft.org/v36/i03/

Wickham, H. et al., (2019). Welcome to the tidyverse. Journal of Open Source Software, 4(43), 1686, https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.01686

All data, program code, and other methods must be appropriately cited in the text and listed in the references section.

Figures

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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
• An additional $450 for each subsequent figure

Journal Article Reporting Standards

Authors should review the APA Style Journal Article Reporting Standards (JARS) for quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods. The standards offer ways to improve transparency in reporting to ensure that readers have the information necessary to evaluate the quality of the research and to facilitate collaboration and replication.

Transparency and openness

APA endorses the Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) Guidelines by a community working group in conjunction with the Center for Open Science (Nosek et al. 2015). Effective July 1, 2021, empirical research, including meta-analyses, submitted to the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance must at least meet the “requirement” level for all eight aspects of research planning and reporting. Authors should include a subsection in the method section titled “Transparency and openness.” This subsection should detail the efforts the authors have made to comply with the TOP guidelines. For example:

• We report how we determined our sample size, all data exclusions (if any), all manipulations, and all measures in the study, and we follow JARS (Kazak, 2018). All data, analysis code, and research materials are available at [stable link to repository]. Data were analyzed using R, version 4.0.0 (R Core Team, 2020) and the package ggplot, version 3.2.1 (Wickham, 2016). This study’s design and its analysis were not pre-registered.

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• Materials and analysis code for this study are not available.
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Preregistration of studies and analysis plans

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Articles must state whether or not any work was preregistered and, if so, where to access the preregistration. Preregistrations must be available to reviewers; authors may submit a masked copy via stable link or supplemental material. Links in the method section and the author note should be replaced with an identifiable copy on acceptance.

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• This study’s design was preregistered; see [STABLE LINK OR DOI].
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• This study’s analysis plan was preregistered; see [STABLE LINK OR DOI].
• This study was not preregistered.

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Editor

Isabel Gauthier, PhD
Vanderbilt University, United States

Associate editors

Joshua Correll, PhD
University of Colorado Boulder, United States

Marc Ernst, PhD
Universität Ulm, Germany

Rob Gray, PhD
Arizona State University, United States

Heiko Hecht, MBA, PhD
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany

Amelia R. Hunt, PhD
University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Athanassios Protopapas, PhD
University of Oslo, Norway

Jacqueline C. Snow, PhD
University of Nevada Reno, United States

Joel S. Snyder, PhD
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, United States

Sarah E. Williams, PhD
University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

Melody Wiseheart, PhD
York University, Canada

Geoffrey F. Woodman, PhD
Vanderbilt University, United States

Consulting editors

Wendy Adams, PhD
University of Southampton, United Kingdom

Elkan G. Akyurek, PhD
University of Groningen, The Netherlands

Eric L. Amazeen, PhD
Arizona State University, United States

Ulrich Ansorge, PhD
Universität Wien, Austria

Anthony Paul Atkinson, PhD
Durham University, United Kingdom

Elena Azañón, PhD
Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany

Melissa Michaud Baese-Berk, PhD
University of Oregon, United States

Michael Barnett-Cowan, PhD
University of Waterloo, Canada

Melissa Beck, PhD
Louisiana State University, United States

Stefanie I. Becker, PhD
The University of Queensland, Australia

Artem Belopolsky, PhD
Vrije Universiteit Amterdam, The Netherlands

Hazel I. Blythe, PhD
University of Southampton, United Kingdom

Walter R. Boot, PhD
Florida State University, United States

Marc Brysbaert, PhD
Ghent University, Belgium

Julie M. Bugg, PhD
Washington University in St. Louis, United States

Nancy Carlisle, PhD
Lehigh University, United States

Monica Castelhano, PhD
Queens University, Canada

Kyle R. Cave, PhD
University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States

Barbara A. Church, PhD
Georgia State University, United States

Joshua D. Cosman, PhD
Pfizer, Inc, United States

Sarah H. Creem-Regehr, PhD
University of Utah, United States

Christopher C. Davoli, PhD
Central Michigan University, United States

Laura C. Dilley, PhD
Michigan State University, United States

Chris Donkin, PhD
University of New South Wales Sydney, Australia

Frank H. Durgin, PhD
Swarthmore College, United States

Paul Edmund Dux, PhD
The University of Queensland, Australia

Mounya Elhilali, PhD
Johns Hopkins University, United States

Brett R. Fajen, PhD
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, United States

Charles L. Folk, PhD
Villanova University, United States

Sophie Forster, PhD
University of Sussex, United Kingdom

Tom Foulsham, PhD
University of Essex, United Kingdom

Gregory Francis, PhD
Purdue University, United States

Christian Frings, PhD, Diplom
University of Trier, Germany

M. Gareth Gaskell, PhD
University of York, United Kingdom

Nicholas Gaspelin, PhD
Binghamton University, United States

Joy J. Geng, PhD
University of California, Davis, United States

Bradley S. Gibson, PhD
University of Notre Dame, United States

Barry Giesbrecht, PhD
University of California Santa Barbara, United States

Scott Glover, PhD
University of London, United Kingdom

Julie Golomb, PhD
Ohio State University, United States

Jonathan Grainger, PhD
Aix-Marseille University, France

Gina M. Grimshaw, PhD
Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

Clayton M. Hickey, PhD
University of Trento, Italy

Nicola Jane Hodges, PhD
University of British Columbia, Canada

Michael C. Hout, PhD
New Mexico State University, United States

Timothy L. Hubbard, PhD
Arizona State University, United States

Amelia R. Hunt, PhD
University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Helene Intraub, PhD
University of Delaware, United States

Jessica Irons, PhD
The Ohio State University, United States

Rebecca L. Johnson, PhD
Skidmore College, United States

Barbara Juhasz, PhD
Wesleyan University, United States

Todd A. Kahan, PhD
Bates College, United States

Sachiko Kinoshita, PhD
Macquarie University, Australia

Carly J. Leonard, PhD
University of Colorado Denver, United States

Daniel T. Levin, PhD
Vanderbilt University, United States

Juan Lupiáñez, PhD
Universidad de Granada, Spain

Stephen J. Lupker, PhD
University of Western Ontario, Canada

Robert D. McIntosh, PhD
University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Jeff O. Miller, PhD
University of Otago, New Zealand

Marko Nardini, PhD
Durham University, United Kingdom

Mark R. Nieuwenstein, PhD
University of Groningen, The Netherlands

Christian N. L. Olivers, PhD
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands

John W. Philbeck, PhD
The George Washington University, United States

Jane Raymond, PhD
University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

Anina N. Rich, PhD
Macquaire University, Australia

Michael J. Richardson, PhD
Macquarie Univeristy, Australia

Timothy J. Ricker, PhD
College of Staten Island & City University of New York, United States

Jelena Ristic, PhD
McGill University, Canada

Rachel A. Robbins, PhD
The Australian National University & Western Sydney University, Australia

Stephanie Rossit, PhD
University of East Anglia, United Kingdom

Glenn Schellenberg, PhD
University of Toronto Mississauga, Canada

Natalie Sebanz, PhD
Central European University, Hungary

Jeroen Smeets, PhD
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Daniel Smilek, PhD
University of Waterloo, Canada

Hannah R. Snyder, PhD
Brandeis University , United States

Mitchell Sommers, PhD
Washington University in St. Louis, United States

Joo-Hyun Song, PhD
Brown University, United States

Alessandra S. Souza, PhD
University of Zurich, Switzerland

Petroc Sumner, PhD
Cardiff University, United Kingdom

Laura E. Thomas, PhD
North Dakota State University, United States

Yehoshua Tsal, PhD
Tel Aviv University, Israel

Rolf Ulrich, PhD
University of Tübingen, Germany

Erik Van der Burg, PhD
Vrije Universiteit, The Netherlands

Troy AW Visser, PhD
University of Western Australia, Australia

Derrick G. Watson, PhD, DSc
University of Warwick, United Kingdom

Simon J. Watt, PhD
Bangor University, United Kingdom

Daniel H. Weissman, PhD
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, United States

Iris Wiegand, PhD
Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Germany

Jessica Witt, PhD
Colorado State University, United States

Alan Chun-Nang Wong, PhD
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Brad Wyble, PhD
Pennsylvania State University, United States

Melvin J. Yap, PhD
National University of Singapore, Singapore

Frank T. J. M. Zaal, PhD
University of Groningen, The Netherlands

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Magen Speegle
American Psychological Association, United States

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Transparency and Openness Promotion

APA endorses the Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) Guidelines by a community working group in conjunction with the Center for Open Science (Nosek et al. 2015). The TOP Guidelines cover eight fundamental aspects of research planning and reporting that can be followed by journals and authors at three levels of compliance.

For example:

• Level 1: Disclosure—The article must disclose whether or not the materials are available.
• Level 2: Requirement—The article must share materials when legally and ethically permitted (or disclose the legal and/or ethical restriction when not permitted).
• Level 3: Verification—A third party must verify that the standard is met.

As of July 1, 2021, empirical research, including meta-analyses, submitted to the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance must, at a minimum, meet Level 1 (Disclosure) for all eight aspects of research planning and reporting and Level 2 (Requirement) for citation; data, code, and materials transparency; and study and analysis plan preregistration. Authors should include a subsection in their methods description titled “Transparency and openness.” This subsection should detail the efforts the authors have made to comply with the TOP guidelines.

The list below summarizes the minimal TOP requirements of the journal. Please refer to the Center for Open Science TOP guidelines for details, and contact the editor (Isabel Gauthier, PhD) with any further questions. Authors must data, materials, and code via trusted repositories (e.g., APA’s repository on the Open Science Framework (OSF)), and we encourage investigators to preregister their studies and analysis plans prior to conducting the research. There are many available preregistration forms (e.g., the APA Preregistration for Quantitative Research in Psychology template, ClininalTrials.gov, or other preregistration templates available via OSF). Completed preregistration forms should be posted on a publicly accessible registry system (e.g., OSF, ClinicalTrials.gov, or other trial registries in the WHO Registry Network).

A list of participating journals is also available from APA.

The following list presents the eight fundamental aspects of research planning and reporting, the TOP level required by the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, and a brief description of the journal's policy.

• Citation: Level 2, Requirement—All data, program code, and other methods developed by others must be appropriately cited in the text and listed in the references section.
• Data Transparency: Level 2, Requirement—Article states whether the raw and/or processed data on which study conclusions are based are available and either where to access them or the legal or ethical reasons why they are not available.
• Analytic Methods (Code) Transparency: Level 2, Requirement—Article states whether computer code or syntax needed to reproduce analyses in an article is available and either where to access it or the legal or ethical reasons why it is not available.
• Research Materials Transparency: Level 2, Requirement—Article states whether materials described in the method section are available and either where to access them or the legal or ethical reasons why they are not available.
• Design and Analysis Transparency (Reporting Standards): Level 1, Disclosure—The journal encourages the use of APA Style Journal Article Reporting Standards ([JARS-Quant, JARS-Qual, and/or MARS]).
• Study Preregistration: Level 2, Requirement—Article states whether the study design and (if applicable) hypotheses of any of the work reported was preregistered and, if so, where to access it. Access to the preregistration must be available at submission. Authors opting for masked review should submit a masked copy via stable link or supplemental material.
• Analysis Plan Preregistration: Level 2, Requirement—Article states whether any of the work reported preregistered an analysis plan and, if so, where to access it. Access to the preregistration must be available at submission. Authors opting for masked review should submit a masked copy via stable link or supplemental material.

Other open science initiatives

• Open Science badges: Not offered
• Public significance statements: Offered
• Author contribution statements using CRediT: Not required
• Registered Reports: Not published
• Replications: Published

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