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2010 Kavli Prize Winners Announced
Neural Mechanisms of Analogical Reasoning (special section of JEP:LMC) Call for Papers (Deadline 10/1/10)
Recommendations from the National Science Foundation

2010 Kavli Prize Winners Announced

Thomas Südhof, Richard Scheller, and James Rothman are the joint recipients of the 2010 Kavli Neuroscience Prize for their work to reveal the precise molecular basis of the transfer of signals between nerve cells in the brain.

For more information on the other 2010 Kavli Prize winners and the Kavli Foundation visit www.kavliprize.no/ and www.kavlifoundation.org/

Neural Mechanisms of Analogical Reasoning (special section of JEP:LMC)

Call for Papers

The Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, & Cognition invites manuscripts for a special section on the Neural Mechanisms of Analogical Reasoning to be compiled by Associate Editor Miriam Bassok and guest editors Kevin Dunbar and Keith Holyoak. The goal of the special section is to showcase high-quality research that brings together behavioral, neuropsychological, computational, and neuroimaging approaches to understanding the cognitive and neural mechanisms that are involved in analogical reasoning. We are seeking articles on analogy and related cognitive processes (e.g., schema induction, metaphor, role-based relational reasoning, category-based induction) that either present original research using methods of cognitive neuroscience, or that present behavioral research (including studies of cognitive development and/or aging, and studies of brain-damaged patients) strongly connected to the neural mechanisms of analogical reasoning.

The submission deadline is October 1, 2010. The main text of each manuscript, exclusive of figures, tables, references, or appendixes, should not exceed 35 double-spaced pages (approximately 7,500 words). Initial inquiries regarding the special section may be sent to Miriam Bassok (mbassok@u.washington.edu). Papers should be submitted through the regular submission portal for JEP:LMC (www.apa.org/journals/xlm/submission.html) with a cover letter indicating that the paper is to be considered for the special section.

Recommendations from the National Science Foundation

The National Science Foundation has a new Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide, which has been updated as of April 2009 (www.nsf.gov/pubs/policydocs/pappguide/nsf09_29/index.jsp).

The NSF also recommends a recent release from the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) entitled Social, Behavioral and Economic Research in the Federal Context (www.ostp.gov/galleries/NSTC Reports/SBE in the Federal Context (for NSTC) 4-21-09.pdf).

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