A new study uses AI-generated stimuli to uncover attention to complex scene features. Read more in a post by @ankosov.bsky.social on a new #psynomAPP paper by @songaeun.bsky.social, @drmack.bsky.social, and @dirkbwalther.bsky.social buff.ly/2So7ndD

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The Psychonomic Society is pleased to announce that Matthew G. Evans has been honored with the 2025 Best Article Award for AP&P. Congratulations on this well-deserved recognition. Read the paper here: bit.ly/3HnnZYC #psynomAPP linkedin.com/in/mattgilevans

Right meaning “same” differs from right meaning “different” so what's left? New post by Melinh Lai on #psynomAPP paper by Arnold Glass and colleagues. buff.ly/JKVy0bu

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We are pleased to announce that Michael C. Hout, New Mexico State University, USA, will serve as the new Editor-in-Chief of AP&P. Please join us in extending our congratulations to Mike. bit.ly/45qjtCl #psynomAPP @michaelhout.bsky.social buff.ly/RVTq3mS

Do you look for your glasses 200 times in a row? Can we learn from blocked designs even though we don’t block search in the world? Search in the lab doesn’t look like search in the world (mostly) Visual search is something that we do all the time – in the morning, pre-coffee, you might stumble into the washroom and look for yo…

Lab vs. real world. Turns out we can learn a lot from making observers look for the same thing over and over, even though we don’t do that at home! #psynomAPP by Jeremy Wolfe and colleagues; post by @benwolfevision.bsky.social‬

Getting better and better with practice (if practicing is pleasant) I hate going grocery shopping, so when I go to the supermarket, I usually have a shopping list and try to quickly find what I want in the sea of grocery objects on each aisle to finish as soon as p…

We get better with practice, but when stimuli are appealing, we improve even more. Post by Caballero and #psynomAPP paper by Reppa & McDougall #Attention #VisualSearch #PracticeEffects.

Why do we constantly glance at our phones? New research shows it’s not just habit or distraction. Objects with a history of giving us useful info capture our attention automatically. #psynomAPP by Doyle et al. and post by Alyssa Asmar buff.ly/skPd58L

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Deadline Alert: AP&P, a journal of the Psychonomic Society, is seeking nominations for a new Editor-in-Chief to begin January 1, 2026. Please consider nominating yourself or a colleague by February 15, 2025. Learn more: https://buff.ly/3AXZLk6 #psynomAPP

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Deadline Alert: AP&P, a journal of the Psychonomic Society, is seeking nominations for a new Editor-in-Chief to begin January 1, 2026. Please consider nominating yourself or a colleague by February 15, 2025. Learn more: https://buff.ly/3AXZLk6 #psynomAPP

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AP&P, a journal of the Psychonomic Society, is seeking nominations for a new Editor-in-Chief to begin January 1, 2026. Please consider nominating yourself or a colleague by February 15, 2025. Learn more: https://buff.ly/3AXZLk6 #psynomAPP

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Deadline Extended: Make your submission for the AP&P new special issue, “Top-Down vs. Bottom-Up Influences on Perception and Attention: A Special Issue Celebrating Mary A. Peterson” by December 1. Submission guidelines can be found here: https://buff.ly/43dOYwj #psynomAPP

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…

The remarkable pitch of earworms. New #AllThingsCognition podcast interview with Matt Evans and Nicolas Davidenko on their #psynomAPP paper

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Deadline Alert: AP&P seeks paper submissions for “Top-Down vs. Bottom-Up Influences on Perception and Attention: A Special Issue Celebrating Mary A. Peterson” by October 15. Submission guidelines can be found here: https://buff.ly/43dOYwj #psynomAPP

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Deadline Alert: AP&P seeks paper submissions for “Top-Down vs. Bottom-Up Influences on Perception and Attention: A Special Issue Celebrating Mary A. Peterson” by September 1. Submission guidelines can be found here: https://buff.ly/43dOYwj #psynomAPP

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Congratulations to Heinrich R. Liesefeld for receiving the Psychonomic Society’s 2024 Best Article Award for AP&P! You can read his award-winning article online. Congratulations, Heinrich! https://buff.ly/46BlXfP #psynomAPP

Seeing less than meets the eye: Why we underestimate numbers in peripheral vision Many of us have collected things at some point in our lives, whether it’s coins, records, CDs, or stuffed animals. You might be surprised by the range of weird and wonderful things that people like to...

When it comes to peripheral vision, we literally see less than meets the eye. Read more in a post by @ankosov.bsky.social on a new #psynomAPP paper by Fazilet Zeynep Yildirim-Keles, Daniel Coates, and Bilge Sayim on redundancy masking. bit.ly/3LIF9Pd

“Same or different” controlled by distinct brain systems The “same or different” concept is something we all learned as a child. We were shown two images and asked if they were the same or different. This activity teaches us to compare objects in the world;...

Same-different judgments may be processed by distinct neural networks. Glass’s lab shows it matters which side the same and different buttons are on! #psynomAPP Post by Brett Myers. buff.ly/4cMPjtk

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Deadline Extended: AP&P is accepting submissions for “Top-Down vs. Bottom-Up Influences on Perception and Attention: A Special Issue Celebrating Mary A. Peterson” until September 1. Submission guidelines can be found here: bit.ly/3Tqc1Rq #psynomAPP

Getting 21 scientists to agree on definitions of visual distraction? Inconceivable! Read more in a post by
@benwolfevision.bsky.social and @ankosov.bsky.social on a new #psynomapp paper by Heinrich Liesefeld, Dominique Lamy, and colleagues: buff.ly/3WQKTgr

Clearing lines and myths: Tetris does not improve mental rotation How old were you when you first played Tetris? The famous puzzle game of fitting together block shapes has been ubiquitous in arcades, tablets, and smartphones for decades, earning its place as one of...

Sorry, #gamers 🎮! #Tetris doesn’t improve mental rotation skills according to a replication study investigating skill transfer from Tetris by Timm, Markus Huff Schwan, Papenmeier. Post by Daniel Pfaff #psynomAPP bit.ly/3UGqppk

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AP&P is accepting submissions for a new special issue, “Top-Down vs. Bottom-Up Influences on Perception and Attention: A Special Issue Celebrating Mary A. Peterson” until July 1. Submission guidelines can be found here: bit.ly/3Tqc1Rq #psynomAPP

AP&P is accepting submissions to “Top-Down vs. Bottom-Up Influences on Perception and Attention: A Special Issue Celebrating Mary A. Peterson” until July 1. Submission guidelines can be found here: bit.ly/3Tqc1Rq #psynomAPP