Best Article Award

The Psychonomic Society Best Article Award recognizes the best article published in each of the Psychonomic Society’s journals during the last year. Selections are made by the editorial team of each journal during the summer and the selected first authors of those papers will be honored at the Annual meeting and receive a certificate and honorarium of $1,000 USD.

Congratulations to our 2025 Best Article Award Recipients

The recipients will be formally honored during the Awards Ceremony at the 2025 Annual Meeting.
This ceremony is scheduled for Saturday, November 22 from 5:10-6:30 PM EST.

	Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics Absolute pitch in involuntary musical imagery Matthew G. Evans, Pablo Gaeta, & Nicolas Davidenko https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-024-02936-0
	Behavior Research Methods The fundamentals of eye tracking part 1: The link between theory and research question. Roy Hessels, Antje Nuthmann, Marcus Nystrom, Richard Andersson, Diederick C. Niehorster, & Ignace T.C. Hooge https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-024-02544-8
	Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience Tell me why: the missing w in episodic memory’s what, where, and when Fernanda Morales-Calva & Stephanie L. Leal https://doi.org/10.3758/s13415-024-01234-4
		Cognitive Research: Principles & Implications Anecdotes impact medical decisions even when presented with statistical information or decision aids. Emily N. Line, Sara Jaramillo, Micha Goldwater, & Zachary Horne https://doi.org/10.1186/s41235-024-00577-3
	Learning & Behavior To know or not to know? Curiosity and the value of prospective information in animals Victor Ajuwon, Tiago Monteiro, Alexandra K. Schnell, & Nicola S. Clayton https://doi.org/10.3758/s13420-024-00647-y
	Memory & Cognition Inside Ockham’s razor: A mechanism driving preferences for simpler explanations Thalia H. Vrantsidis & Tania Lombrozo https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-024-01604-w
		Psychonomic Bulletin & Review Optimal metacognitive decision strategies in signal detection theory. Brian Maniscalco, Lucie Charles, & Megan A.K. Peters https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-024-02510-7