Get ready for the 2024 65th Annual Meeting in the Big Apple

The Psychonomic Society’s 65th Annual Meeting is just around the corner, and we’re heading to New York City this year. With an exciting lineup of talks, posters, workshops, and social events, this year’s meeting promises to be unforgettable. A Stellar Kick-off: Nelson Cowan’s Keynote We’re delighted to start the meeting with a keynote address by Nelson […]

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Unraveling Task Sequencing: How OCD and anxiety disorders affect cognitive control

Carrying out a sequence of actions is something we do every day without thinking much about it—like when we cook. We first gather ingredients, then clean, chop, and arrange them so they are ready for cooking. Each step follows the previous one, requiring cognitive control to stay on track. But for people with mental health […]

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The mind’s Spotify: The remarkable pitch of earworms

In this All Things Cognition podcast, I interview Matt Evans and Nicolas Davidenko about their recent paper on the pitch of earworms. Let’s get right into it! Interview Transcript Lai: You’re listening to All Things Cognition, a Psychonomic Society podcast. Now here’s your host, Laura Mickes. Mickes: Having a song stuck in your head is […]

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#digitalEvent honoring the contributions of Lawrence Barsalou

This Digital Event focuses on the scientific contributions of Lawrence Barsalou (pictured below). Articles in this Digital Event: Digital Event honoring Larry Barsalou — Still grounded after all these years Larry Barsalou – enthusiasm, flexibility, and depth Formidable, flexible, friendly, and fun Grounding concepts in the brain Ad hoc concepts as a fundamental operating principle […]

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Interview with new science communications intern Daniel Pfaff

I’m pleased to introduce you to the Psychonomic Society’s newest Science Communication intern, Daniel Pfaff (pictured below). He’ll be joining Hannah Mechtenberg for the next six months, working with our Digital Content team and writing posts on research conducted by our members and published in the Society’s journals. We are delighted they will be part […]

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Interview with new science communications intern Hannah Mechtenberg

Last year, the Psychonomic Society launched a program, a Science Communication internship, for graduate students to gain experience writing about scientific findings for the general public. Two new interns were selected for the second term over the next six months: Hannah Mechtenberg and Daniel Pfaff. As interns, they will be part of our Digital Content team […]

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Mindfulness enhances creativity according to meta-analytic findings

In this episode of All Things Cognition, I interviewed Zoe Hughes (pictured below) about her meta-analysis published in the Psychonomic Society journal Psychonomic Bulletin & Review on the effects of mindfulness on creativity with co-authors, Linden Ball, Jeannie Judge, and Cassandra Richardson. We talked about different types of creativity and which was more impacted by […]

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Pretesting improves learning but learners need a push to appreciate it

In this episode of All Things Cognition, I interviewed Michelle Rivers and Steven Pan (pictured below) about their recent Psychonomic Society journal Memory & Cognition paper called “Metacognitive Awareness of the Pretesting Effect Improves with Self-Regulation Support.” In addition to talking about the benefits of pretesting (or prequestions) on learning, we also talked about other effective […]

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Interview with new science communications intern Kelly Cotton

As mentioned in the last post, the Psychonomic Society launched a new program, a Science Communication internship for graduate students to gain experience writing about scientific findings for the general public. Two interns, Kelly Cotton and Raunak Pillai (Raunak’s interview is here), were selected for the first term that will last over the next six months. During this time, […]

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