The awkward greeting. We’ve all seen it. Many of us have participated in it. For some, it may be a daily occurrence. This could happen when you go in for a high-five but the other person fist bumps. Or when you wave at someone who is actually waving to a person behind you. Or when […]
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Coronavirus aka COVID-19 aka severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the cause of the current pandemic that has turned our world upside down. This virus does not discriminate between who will be infected nor who will succumb to it. At the time of writing this blog, there are approximately 1.5 million cases, over […]
In the book of Genesis, Cain, who slayed his brother Abel in jealousy, was asked by God, where is your brother? Cain’s response was, “I know not; Am I my brother’s keeper?” Cain’s sarcastic response suggested an unwillingness to take responsibility for his brother. Thankfully, in today’s society, the concept of serving as “My Brother’s […]
We have much to look forward to in the New Year, including reading and hearing about new cognitive science from Psychonomic Society members and published in the Society’s journals. We thought we’d take this opportunity to wish you a happy new year and to remind you of the Society’s digital content features that are available […]
More changes are afoot among the Psychonomics digital team: I am sad to say good-bye to Joachim Vandekerckhove. I am very pleased to announce that Taylor Curley has joined our team. I am equally pleased to announce that the Society has a further vacancy for a Digital Associate Editor, to be filled effective immediately. Let’s […]
The Psychonomic Society will have a new Digital Content Editor from 1 January 2020 onward. But that’s not the only change of the team: There have been two resignations, and one new appointment to the position of Digital Associate Editor. I am sad to say good-bye to Steve Weisberg and Anja Jambrozik. And I am […]
As we approach a new academic year—at least in the northern hemisphere—there have been some changes on the digital team. Richard Morey has decided to withdraw from the team owing to his other editorial commitments. We are sad to see Richard go because he has been doing a terrific job covering the areas of methodology […]
One sip, and most of us can tell with near-perfect accuracy whether the wine is red or white. And suppose it’s red, it takes relatively little expertise to know whether it’s a shiraz or a merlot. But judging whether it’s an Australian shiraz or a Chilean shiraz may require considerable expertise. Finally, being able to […]
Your tone of voice can tell others a lot about what you mean. Which intonation you use in a sentence matters and your intonation can help listeners figure out the critical difference between “Let’s eat, Grandma!” and “Let’s eat Grandma!” This is only one of a number of examples showing just how the same words […]
Yesterday’s post by one of our Digital Associate Editors, Melissa Vo, will be her last one for quite a while. Mel is now on maternity leave in the beautiful Trentino and has stepped aside—but not down!—from her duties as Digital Associate Editor. I think I speak for the entire team when I say that our […]