Call for Paper & Poster Abstracts

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Overview

Call for Abstracts: Submission Guidelines

Guidelines by Membership category:

Fellows and Emeritus Fellows: Abstract Submission

• Limited to one abstract submission for either a spoken or poster presentation.
• In 2022 for Fellows requesting a spoken presentation. If a Graduate Student Member is a co-author and the presentation represents the original work of the student, the student may be designated as the presenter of the talk. Note that the Fellow must be the submitter and a co-author, and this is the one submission allowed the Fellow. This option is presented to Fellows on Page 1 of the Abstract Submission System. This is a temporary measure that will end after two years (2021-2022) and will then be evaluated by the Governing Board.

Fellows and Emeritus Fellows: Abstract Sponsorship

• Fellows and Emeritus Fellows also may sponsor two additional submissions submitted by either a Graduate Student Member or a non-member.
• The allowance of two sponsorships is an increase from the usual one sponsorship and is for this year only.
• Sponsored abstracts must be submitted by the student or non-member, listing the Fellow as a sponsor.

Members: Abstract Submission

• Limited to one abstract submission for either a spoken or poster presentation.
• Note that priority for spoken presentations goes to Fellows, but usually some Members are selected for spoken presentations.
• To assure that your abstract is included in the program, a Member requesting a spoken presentation is advised to agree to present in the poster format if the spoken presentation is not available.
• In 2022 for Members requesting a spoken presentation. If a Graduate Student Member is a co-author and the presentation represents the original work of the student, the student may be designated as the presenter of the talk. Note that the Member must be the submitter and a co-author and this is the one submission allowed the Member. This option is presented to Members on Page 1 of the Abstract Submission System. This is a temporary measure that will end after two years (2021-2022) and will then be evaluated by the Governing Board.
• Members may not sponsor student submissions.

Graduate Student Members: Sponsored Abstract Submission

• Limited to one sponsored abstract for a poster presentation.
• Graduate students may not submit abstracts for spoken presentations.
• Your abstract must be sponsored by a Fellow (who has paid 2022 dues) or Emeritus Fellow. However, the Graduate Student author must submit the abstract.
• When you use the online submission system, you must identify the name and e-mail of your sponsor and provide the sponsor’s Member ID number. You should contact your sponsor prior to submitting your abstract to obtain their Psychonomic Society Member ID number.
• If your sponsor is not a co-author, you must upload a brief letter from him/her, specifically indicating that she/he is willing to sponsor your paper. The sponsorship letter should include your name as the Graduate Student and the title of your talk. For example, “I will sponsor Mary Smith’s paper titled The Role of Memory in Understanding Language.” Letters are not needed if the sponsor is a co-author on the paper.
• If you are interested in applying for the 2022 J. Frank Yates Student Conference Award or the 2022 Graduate Conference Award, please select that award under Abstract Category. You will submit your poster abstract alongside your award application. You will need another letter of support for your award application. It may be written by your poster abstract sponsor or another PS Fellow. Your award application letter of support should speak to why you should be selected for the award, how the award will support you as a student, and how it will support your continued contributions to the field. Refer to the award application instructions for more detail.  Please note that the Yates and Graduate Award applications close on May 17. From May 18 - June 1, you will still be able to submit a poster abstract, but you will no longer be eligible to apply for a graduate award. 
• Only Fellows and Emeritus Fellows may sponsor abstracts. Each Fellow or Emeritus Fellow may sponsor up to two abstracts. Graduate Student Members should check with their sponsor to ensure that she/he is a Fellow (who has paid 2022 dues) or Emeritus Fellow and that she/he is sponsoring no more than two abstracts.

Non-Members: Sponsored Abstract Submission

• Limited to one sponsored abstract for a talk or poster presentation.
• Your abstract must be sponsored by a Fellow (who has paid 2022 dues) or Emeritus Fellow. However, the non-member author must submit the abstract.
• When you use the online submission system, you must identify the name and e-mail of your sponsor and provide the sponsor’s Member ID number. You should contact your sponsor prior to submitting your abstract to obtain their Psychonomic Society Member ID number.
• If your sponsor is not a co-author, you must upload a brief letter from him/her, specifically indicating that she/he is willing to sponsor your paper. The sponsorship letter should include your name as the non-member and the title of your talk. For example, “I will sponsor Mary Smith’s paper titled The Role of Memory in Understanding Language.” Letters are not needed if the sponsor is a co-author on the paper.
• Non-members will be charged a $75 registration fee to attend the Annual Meeting. (Undergraduate students will be exempt from this fee.) We encourage you to join the Society and receive a complimentary registration. Membership is typically cheaper than the non-member meeting registration fee.
• Only Fellows and Emeritus Fellows may sponsor abstracts. Each Fellow or Emeritus Fellow may sponsor up to two abstracts. Graduate Student Members should check with their sponsor to ensure that she/he is a Fellow (who has paid 2022 dues) or Emeritus Fellow and that she/he is sponsoring no more than two abstracts.

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If you need help finding a sponsor, please contact Reed Hunt, PS Secretary, by May 20, and include the title and body of your abstract with your request. While we cannot guarantee that we will be able to find you a sponsor, we will do our best to assist. 

Priorities for Scheduling Talks and Posters
Typically, the number of abstracts requesting a spoken presentation is greater than time and space allow. If all the abstracts cannot be accepted, the selection of abstracts will be determined by a fixed set of priorities.

In the case of spoken presentations, the person who submits the abstract must also be the person who will present the talk, unless the talk is being ceded to a Graduate Student Member. Priority is given to abstracts submitted by Fellows of the Society. If the number of Fellows submitting talks exceeds the capacity of the convention (i.e., a maximum of 330 talks), priorities are determined by the recent history of participation in previous conferences. Those who have given a paper in the preceding year have lower priority than those who have not. If all Fellows can be accommodated in spoken sessions, priority for remaining speaking opportunities is assigned first to Members, then to Graduate Student Members, and then to non-members. In past years, only a few Members’ abstracts were placed in the program as spoken presentations.

In the case of posters, priorities for acceptance depend upon the status of the submitting author. Unlike spoken presentations, the person submitting a poster abstract is not required to be the actual presenter of the abstract. The priorities for posters are the same as for spoken presentations: Fellows, Members, Graduate Student Members, and non-members.

Posters
Instructions for formatting your virtual poster will be provided in the coming months. If you have questions after receiving the instructions, please email Member Services at info@psychonomic.org.

Topic List and Keywords
To help us build the program, please select two topics from the predefined list that represent appropriate categories for your submission. The Topics will include a general domain (i.e., Memory) and a sub-topic within that domain (i.e., Memory: Working Memory). These choices are important because they are used to group your abstract with other similar abstracts. In addition, you are asked to indicate up to three keywords that more specifically characterize your submission.

Requesting to Chair a Session
Fellows and Emeritus Fellows who plan to present papers are urged to volunteer to chair a session by checking the appropriate box on the submission form. Fellows who do not wish to make a presentation at the meeting but who would be willing to chair a session are urged to contact Reed Hunt. Please specify the topic(s) for sessions you would be willing to chair.

Conflicts of Interest
“Conflicts of Interest” arise in science when financial incentives, personal relationships, or other such considerations undermine a scientist’s objectivity. For example, if a scientist is a shareholder in a company that sells a treatment for a condition, that scientist would have a conflict of interest (COI) with regard to research on that and closely related conditions and treatments. Having a COI does not preclude presenting your research, but COIs must be declared so that the scientific content of the presentation can be reviewed considering the COI(s). If you have a COI, please indicate this when asked in the online submission program. See https://www.pnas.org/page/authors/competing-interest for further discussion.

Instructions for Presentations (subject to change)
An updated list of instructions for presentations will be distributed to all paper and poster presenters in the coming months. The guidelines below provide an overview of what to expect, but specific parameters are subject to change.

1. All spoken papers are 15 minutes in length, followed by a formally scheduled 5-minute discussion period.
2. Please proofread your name, title, and abstract for correctness and completeness. Capitalize the content words in your title. Don’t use abbreviations (such as U of M) in the affiliations. Write out the name of the institution (University of Minnesota). The full name of your institution will appear in the program.
3. The maximum length for abstracts is 1,250 characters (including spaces), or about 150 words. Your abstract will be truncated at 1,250 characters in the abstract submission program. This count does not include the presentation title.
4. The Governing Board of the Psychonomic Society encourages all presenters to follow the Psychonomic Society Statistical Guidelines. Effect sizes should be reported and error bars with appropriate labels should be included on all graphs.
5. In the Release Agreement, you will be asked to provide your permission for your talk to be live streamed and recorded.
6. To be considered complete, all information required must be supplied; incomplete forms WILL be rejected.
7. By August, you will be notified by e-mail of the abstract’s status for the meeting.
8. The completed submission for a poster or paper must have been submitted by 11:59 pm anywhere in the world on June 1, 2022.

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