Call for Abstracts

The Call for Abstracts is now closed. If you have been granted an exception,
please contact us at info@psychonomic.org to obtain an entry code. 

Acceptance letters will be sent to all spoken and poster presenters late July. 

      Statistical Guidelines (Rev. 3/19) 

Suggestions for Preparing Effective Posters

Abstract Submission System

 Deadlines
Call for Abstracts   (Apr 10 - Jun 1)
Call for Symposia Proposals  (Feb 9 - Apr 18)
Graduate Conference Award   (April 10 - May 15)
Yates Student Conference Award (April 10 - May 15)

The 2023 Call for Abstracts (for talks and posters) is now open. Login to the abstract submission system here or above using your PS member username and password. You must be a member in good standing (2023 member dues paid) in order to submit an abstract. To renew your PS membership, click here. To join for the first time,  click here. To submit an abstract as a non-member, please contact Member Services at  info@psychonomic.org or +1 847-375-3696 to request a non-member user account. 

For full submission guidelines, please see below. 

    Submission Guidelines

For the system to identify you as a member, you must use the same e-mail address that is affiliated with your Psychonomic Society membership. If you are unsure which e-mail address is associated with your Psychonomic Society membership, please contact Member Services at  info@psychonomic.org.

Guidelines by Membership category:

Fellows and Emeritus Fellows: Abstract Submission

• Limited to one abstract submission for either a spoken or poster presentation.
• In 2023 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. 

Fellows and Emeritus Fellows: Abstract Sponsorship

• Fellows and Emeritus Fellows also may sponsor two additional submissions submitted by either a Graduate Student Member, an Undergraduate Student Member, or a non-member.
• The allowance of two sponsorships is an increase from the usual one sponsorship and will continue going forward.
• 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 2023 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. 
• 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 2023 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 them, specifically indicating that they are 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 2023 J. Frank Yates Student Conference Award or the  2023 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 closed on May 15. 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 they are a Fellow (who has paid 2023 dues) or Emeritus Fellow and that they are sponsoring no more than two abstracts.

Undergraduate Student Members: Sponsored Abstract Submission

• Limited to one sponsored abstract for a poster presentation.
• Undergraduate students may not submit abstracts for spoken presentations.
• Your abstract must be sponsored by a Fellow (who has paid 2023 dues) or Emeritus Fellow. However, the Undergraduate 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 them, specifically indicating that they are willing to sponsor your paper. The sponsorship letter should include your name as the Undergraduate 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.
• Undergraduate Student Members may not apply for the Yates Conference Award or Graduate Conference Award. 
• Only Fellows and Emeritus Fellows may sponsor abstracts. Each Fellow or Emeritus Fellow may sponsor up to two abstracts. Undergraduate Student Members should check with their sponsor to ensure that they are a Fellow (who has paid 2023 dues) or Emeritus Fellow and that they are 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 2023 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 them, specifically indicating that they are 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. 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.

Finding a Sponsor
If you need help finding a sponsor, please contact Marianne Lloyd (marianne.lloyd@shu.edu), 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 Annual Meeting (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, Undergraduate Student Members, and non-members.

 Join the Psychonomic Society now
Non-members, including non-member graduate and undergraduate students, will be charged a $75 registration fee to attend the Annual Meeting. We encourage you to join the Society and receive a complimentary registration before you submit your abstract. To join for the first time, click here. To renew your PS membership,  click here. 

*Note that only Fellows and Emeritus Fellows may sponsor abstracts. Each Fellow or Emeritus Fellow may sponsor only two abstracts.  student members should check with their sponsor to ensure that they are a Fellow (who has paid 2023 dues) or Emeritus Fellow and that they are sponsoring that abstract.

  Posters
Each poster presenter will have one side of a 4-foot X 8-foot poster board (includes a 1” frame). Please format your poster presentation using these dimensions. There are five poster sessions that do not overlap with spoken sessions: Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evening; and Friday and Saturday noon. Instructions for creating your poster can be found  here .

 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 simi lar 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 Marianne Lloyd (Marianne.Lloyd@shu.edu). 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/familial 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 www.pnas.org/site/misc/coi.shtml for further discussion.

 Instructions for Presentations

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 information that you enter will appear in the program as you have entered it.
3. The maximum length for abstracts is 150 words. Your abstract will be truncated at 1,250 characters (including spaces) 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 Statistical Guidelines. Effect sizes should be reported and error bars with appropriate labels should be included on all graphs.
5. To be considered complete, all information required must be supplied; incomplete forms WILL be rejected.
6. For the spoken sessions, the Society provides a laptop computer (PC), a screen, LCD projector, and microphones in all rooms for PowerPoint presentations or other computer-generated displays. Note that projection equipment and electrical outlets will not be available in the poster session area.
7. In mid-July, 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 U.S. Pacific Time on June 1, 2023.

 Graduate Conference Awards
The Society awards up to 15 Graduate Conference Awards in 2023. Only current Graduate Student members of the Psychonomic Society can apply. Each Awardee will receive an cash award of $750 USD, based on a scientific review by the Review Committee. Graduate Student Members must pay their 2023 dues by May 15, 11:59 p.m. EDT, to be eligible to submit a Graduate Conference Award application. Applicants will need to upload a 1,000-word expanded abstract to apply for one of these awards. The deadline for submissions is May 15, 2023. More information about these awards can be found here .

 J. Frank Yates Student Conference Awards

Questions?

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